Elastomeric Polymer NetworksLooking at recent advances in the area of elastomers and rubber-like elasticity, this monograph reviews and evaluates existing elastomers and presents some new results. |
Contents
Recollections of Eugene Guth | 1 |
Microscopic Theory of Rubber Elasticity | 12 |
The Free Energy of an Entangled Network | 20 |
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