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polymer relaxation time

Dependence of relaxation time on the polymer length (via a string of viscoelastic springs)

Submitted by kongdong on

Dear all,



According to polymer theory, the relaxation time depends on its length (or unit number), and there exist some relationships to describe such dependence. The smaller number of polymer units, the smaller the relaxation time  of the polymer is. How to describe this via a simple model of visco-elastic springs?