Viscoelastic Properties of Dumbbell-Shaped Polystyrenes in Bulk and Solution

This study examined viscoeslastic properties of two flexible dumbbell-shaped polystyrene (PS) samples, D-30/120/30 and D-30/240/30, which possess the same ring size (MR ∼ 30 kg/mol) and different l...

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