Tuning Shear Banding and Wall Slip in Entangled Polyelectrolytes by Intermolecular Interactions KU Leuven
The study of flow instabilities such as shear banding and wall slip in entangled polymers is of great significance for both fundamental science and industry. There is, however, an ongoing debate in the polymer rheology community whether shear banding is generic for polymers. This discussion is involved as the molecular mechanism for shear banding in entangled polymers is poorly known and the interplay of shear banding with wall slip makes ...