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The universal trend of the non-exponential Rouse mode relaxation in polymer systems: a theoretical interpretation
1Centro de Física de Materiales (CSIC-UPV/EHU), Materials Physics Center (MPC), Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal 5, 20018 San Sebastián, Spain. juan.colmenero@ehu.es.
Abstract:
We show that the universal behavior of the Rouse-mode relaxation in polymer systems - which has been recently reported from experimental data [S. Arrese-Igor, et al., Phys. Rev. Lett., 2014, 113, 078302] - can be quantitatively explained in the framework of a theoretical approach based on: (i) a generalized Langevin equation formalism and (ii) a memory function which takes into account the coupling between intra-chain dynamics and collective dynamics. This approach opens the way for generalizing the magnitudes probing chain dynamics in polymer systems.
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