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We analyze the structure and rheological properties of ring and linear polymers under shear byusing the non-equilibrium molecular dynamics simulation. The simulation results show that compared with the ring chains, the linear polymers do not present prominent stress over shoot phenomenon. Since the overshoot reflects the maximum flow-induced deformation of the polymer, this qualitative observation already implies that the ring experience less deformation than its linear precursor in simple shear flow. This is consistent with the recent experimental result. In order to further study the molecular mechanism of this phenomenon, the segmental structure and orientation angle distribution as a function of strain under the different Weissenberg numbers are given in this study. The weak overshoot of the stretching of the ring polymers proves that the weak shear thinning and peak strain are due to the weak deformation of the segment chain of the ring in the shear flow. The rheological properties of linear and ring system are extracted from the stress-strain curves, can be used further to analyze the data. The peak strain γmax as afunction of WiR follows a power-law with an exponent of 0.3 for linear polymer at WiR>1, however, for the ring system thepeak strain follows a power-law with an exponent of 0.1. The parameter ηmax/ηsteady is also the measure of the effective chain deformation at a steady state. The data show its progressive increase with WiR increasing, and follows a power-law with a scaling slop of 0.13 and 0.08 for linear and ring polymers, respectively. The peak stress σmax as a function of WiR is also extracted from stress-strain curve. The two investigated systems both obey the scaling law with an exponent of 0.5. The normalized steady-state shear viscosity obeys a shear thinning slop of –0.86 for the linear polymer, the ring polymer obeysa shear thinning slop of –0.4. According to the gyration tensor and orientation angle, the power-law relationship between stretching and orientation is also given in this work.
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图 1 线性链与其对应的环状链对应的结构
Figure 1. The structure of linear and ring chains.
图 2 (a), (b)线性链体系对应的应力随着应变及剪切黏性随着时间的演化过程；(c), (d)环状链体系对应的应力随着应变及剪切黏性随着时间的演化过程
Figure 2. (a), (b) Stress-strain and nonlinear startup shear viscosity as function of strain and time for linear polymers, respectively; (c), (d) stress-strain and nonlinear startup shear viscosity as function of strain and time for ring polymers, respectively.
图 3 不同流场强度下线性链及其环状链的归一化稳态黏性
${\eta _{{\rm{steady}}}}/{\eta _0}$ (a), 最大黏性和稳态黏性比值${\eta _{\max }}/{\eta _{{\rm{steady}}}}$ (b), 峰应变${\gamma _{\max }}$ (c) 和最大应力${\sigma _{\max }}$ (d)随着$W{i_{\rm{R}}}$ 的变化Figure 3. (a) Evolution of steady viscosity normalized with the zero-shear viscosity
${\eta _{{\rm{steady}}}}/{\eta _0}$ , (b) maximum viscosity scaled with steady viscosity${\eta _{\max }}/{\eta _{{\rm{steady}}}}$ , (c) peak strains${\gamma _{\max }}$ and (d) peak shear stress${\sigma _{\max }}$ as a function of$W{i_{\rm{R}}}$ .
图 4 (a)线性链和环状链体系的
$\langle R_{\rm{g}}^2 \rangle/\langle {R_{{\rm{g}}0}^2}\rangle $ 随着$W{i_{\rm{R}}}$ 的变化；(b)线性链和环状链熔体的取向$\left\langle {\tan 2\theta } \right\rangle $ 随着$W{i_{\rm{R}}}$ 的变化Figure 4. The
$\langle {R_{\rm{g}}^2}\rangle/\langle {R_{{\rm{g}}0}^2}\rangle $ (a) and$\left\langle {\tan 2\theta } \right\rangle $ (b) as a function of$W{i_{\rm{R}}}$ for linear and ring polymers.
图 5 不同
$W{i_{\rm{R}}}$ 下线性与环状分子链段长度分布随着应变的演化Figure 5. Evolution of segmental length distribution of linear and ring polymers under the different
$W{i_{\rm{R}}}$ .
图 6 不同
$W{i_{\rm{R}}}$ 下线性与环状分子链段沿着剪切方向角分布随着应变的演化Figure 6. Evolution of segmental angle distribution for linear and ring polymers under the different
$W{i_{\rm{R}}}$ . -
[1] Li Y, Hsiao K W, Brockman C A, Yates D Y, Robertson-Anderson R M, Kornfield J A, San Francisco M J, Schroeder C M, McKenna G B 2015 Macromolecules 48 5997
Google Scholar
[2] Sanchez T, Kulic I M, Dogic Z 2010 Phys. Rev. Lett. 104 098103
Google Scholar
[3] Micheletti C, Orlandini E 2012 Macromolecules 45 2113
Google Scholar
[4] Kapnistos M, Lang M, Vlassopoulos D, Pyckhout-Hintzen W, Richter D, Cho D, Chang T, Rubinstein M 2008 Nature Mater. 7 997
Google Scholar
[5] Klein J 1986 Macromolecules 19 105
Google Scholar
[6] Halverson J D, Grest G S, Grosberg A Y, Kremer K 2012 Phys. Rev. Lett. 108 038301
Google Scholar
[7] Hernández Cifre J G, Pamies R, López Martínez M C, García de la Torre J 2005 Polymer 46 267
Google Scholar
[8] Yan Z C, Costanzo S, Jeong Y, Chang T, Vlassopoulos D 2016 Macromolecules 49 1444
Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
[11] Rubinstein M 1986 Phy. Rev. Lett. 57 3023
Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
[13] Chen W, Li Y, Zhao H, Liu L, Chen J, An L 2015 Polymer 64 93
Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
[16] Kremer K, Grest G S 1990 J. Chem. Phys. 92 5057
Google Scholar
[17] Wang Z, Likhtman A E, Larson R G 2012 Macromolecules 45 3557
Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
[20] DoiY, Matsubara K, Ohta Y, Nakano T, Kawaguchi D, Takahashi Y, Takano A, Matsushita Y 2015 Macromolecules 48 3140
Google Scholar
[21] Boukany P E, Wang S Q, Wang X 2009 J. Rheol. 53 617
Google Scholar
[22] Jeong S, Kim J M, Baig C 2017 Macromolecules 50 3424
Google Scholar
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