The viscosity of polymers and their concentrated solutions

Viscoelastic Properties of Polymers

1961 • 13,533 citations

The Temperature Dependence of Relaxation Mechanisms in Amorphous Polymers and Other Glass-forming Liquids

1955 • 7,468 citations

On the Temperature Dependence of Cooperative Relaxation Properties in Glass-Forming Liquids

1965 • 5,553 citations

A Theory of the Linear Viscoelastic Properties of Dilute Solutions of Coiling Polymers

1953 • 4,006 citations

ANALYSIS OF RECENT MEASUREMENTS OF THE VISCOSITY OF GLASSES

1925 • 3,892 citations

Molecular Transport in Liquids and Glasses

1959 • 3,793 citations

Die Abhängigkeit der Viscosität von der Temperatur bie unterkühlten Flüssigkeiten

1926 • 2,980 citations

The Nature of the Glassy State and the Behavior of Liquids at Low Temperatures.

1948 • 2,692 citations

Ideal copolymers and the second‐order transitions of synthetic rubbers. i. non‐crystalline copolymers

1952 • 2,440 citations

Second-Order Transition Temperatures and Related Properties of Polystyrene. I. Influence of Molecular Weight

1950 • 2,232 citations

Nature of the Glass Transition and the Glassy State

1958 • 1,974 citations

Influence of Diluent and of Copolymer Composition on the Glass Temperature of a Poly-mer System

1956 • 1,786 citations

The Dimensions of Chain Molecules Containing Branches and Rings

1949 • 1,740 citations

Studies in Newtonian Flow. II. The Dependence of the Viscosity of Liquids on Free-Space

1951 • 1,725 citations

Free-Volume Model of the Amorphous Phase: Glass Transition

1961 • 1,226 citations

Transition vitreuse dans les polymères amorphes. Etude phénoménologique

2006 • 993 citations

Physical Properties of Polymers

1986 • 962 citations

The Physical Properties of Polymers

1963 • 957 citations

Diffusion in polymer-diluent systems

2006 • 956 citations

On a General Relation Involving the Glass Temperature and Coefficients of Expansion of Polymers

1962 • 796 citations

Influence of molecular weight and degree of crosslinking on the specific volume and glass temperature of polymers

1955 • 762 citations

The glass temperature and related properties of polystyrene. Influence of molecular weight

1954 • 752 citations

Intrinsic viscosities and unperturbed dimensions of long chain molecules

1963 • 726 citations

Thermodynamic and Conformational Properties of Polystyrene. I. Light-Scattering Studies on Dilute Solutions of Linear Polystyrenes

1966 • 716 citations

The Relation of Transition Temperatures to Chemical Structure in High Polymers

1963 • 711 citations

Viscosity and glass temperature relations for polymer‐diluent systems

1961 • 575 citations

Dynamics of branched polymer molecules in dilute solution

1996 • 429 citations

The Behavior of Macromolecules in Inhomogeneous Flow

1946 • 423 citations

Viscosity, Self-Diffusion, and Allied Effects in Solid Polymers

1952 • 420 citations

The Entanglement Concept in Polymer Systems

1966 • 391 citations

CRYSTALLINE POLYMERS OF METHYL METHACRYLATE

1958 • 345 citations

Studies in Newtonian Flow. V. Further Verification of the Free-Space Viscosity Equation

1957 • 338 citations

Synthesis of Multichain Polymers and Investigation of their Viscosities¹

1948 • 338 citations

Viscosity—Molecular Weight and Viscosity—Temperature Relationships for Polystyrene and Polyisobutylene^1,2

1948 • 331 citations

The Intrinsic Viscosity of Polymer Solutions

1946 • 311 citations

Chemistry and physics of polycarbonates

1964 • 311 citations

Statistical Mechanics and Dynamics

1967 • 307 citations

Glass Transitions of the Poly-(n-Alkyl Methacrylates)

1957 • 299 citations

Temperature Dependence of the Viscoelastic Behavior of Polystyrene

1965 • 298 citations

Physical Properties of Aromatic Hydrocarbons. I. Viscous and Viscoelastic Behavior of 1:3:5-Tri-α-Naphthyl Benzene

1966 • 284 citations

Further Studies on the Melt Viscosity of Polyisobutylene.

1951 • 284 citations

The Configuration of the Polyoxyethylene Chain

1965 • 278 citations

Studies in Newtonian Flow. III. The Dependence of the Viscosity of Liquids on Molecular Weight and Free Space (in Homologous Series)

1952 • 268 citations

Viscosities of Linear Polyesters. An Exact Relationship between Viscosity and Chain Length

1940 • 240 citations

Complementary Stereospecific Interaction Between Isotactic and Syndiotactic Polymer Molecules

1965 • 226 citations

The viscoelastic behavior of polymethyl methacrylate

1952 • 221 citations

Stress-Temperature Coefficients of Polymer Networks and the Conformational Energy of Polymer Chains¹

1961 • 201 citations

The free volume interpretation of the dependence of viscosities and viscoelastic relaxation times on concentration, pressure, and tensile strain

1960 • 195 citations

The Relaxation Distribution Function of Polyisobutylene in the Transition from Rubber-Like to Glass-Like Behavior

1953 • 194 citations

Viscometric Investigation of Dimethylsiloxane Polymers

1946 • 187 citations

Viscoelasticity of Poly Methacrylates

1955 • 184 citations

The irreversible approach to equilibrium in glasses

1953 • 174 citations

Diffusion‐controlled stress relaxation in polymers. II. Stress relaxation in swollen polymers

1958 • 172 citations

Statistical Mechanics of Dilute Polymer Solutions. IV. Variation of the Osmotic Second Coefficient with Molecular Weight^{1a, b}

1953 • 170 citations

Flow Properties of Disperse Systems

1955 • 169 citations

The viscous flow of molten polystyrene. II

1949 • 169 citations

Molecular weight‐intrinsic viscosity relationship and molecular weight distribution of low pressure polyethylenes

1957 • 164 citations

Fractionation of polyethylene

1958 • 162 citations

Intrinsic Viscosity of Polymer Chains

1965 • 161 citations

Zur Theorie der Glastemperatur von Polymerhomologen, Copolymeren und weichgemachten Polymeren

1963 • 159 citations

The viscous flow of molten polystyrene

1948 • 157 citations

Viscosity of Polymers in Concentrated Solution

1956 • 153 citations

Dependence of the Zero Shear Melt Viscosity and the Related Friction Coefficient and Critical Chain Length on Measurable Characteristics of Chain Polymers

1964 • 150 citations

Thermodynamique chimique

1984 • 150 citations

Properties of dilute polymer solutions IIIIntrinsic viscosity/temperature relationships for conventional polymethyl methacrylate

1962 • 146 citations

Existence of a sharply defined maximum relaxation time for monodisperse polystyrene

1959 • 145 citations

Interpretation of Viscosity Data for Concentrated Polymer Solutions

1961 • 144 citations

Crystallization of Poly-(Tetramethyl-p-Silphenylene)-Siloxane Polymers

1964 • 144 citations

Stress-relaxation of polyisobutylene in the transition region (1, 2)

1955 • 143 citations

Statistical Mechanics of Dilute Polymer Solutions

1949 • 142 citations

The relationship between glass temperature, molar cohesion, and polymer structure

1961 • 142 citations

Fractionation of polyethylene

1959 • 138 citations

Unperturbed Dimension and Translational Friction Constant of Branched Polymers

1964 • 135 citations

Structural and Shear Relaxation in Liquids

1965 • 121 citations

Configuration of the Poly-(dimethylsiloxane) Chain. II. Unperturbed Dimensions and Specific Solvent Effects

1964 • 115 citations

Flow Properties of Disperse Systems

1954 • 114 citations

Intrinsic Viscosity-Molecular Weight Relationship for Fractions of Linear Polyethylene¹

1965 • 108 citations

Viscoelastic Theory of Branched and Cross-Linked Polymers

1957 • 108 citations

Theories of Liquid Viscosity.

1962 • 106 citations

Dynamic mechanical properties of poly-n-hexyl methacrylate

1957 • 106 citations

Viscoelastic behavior of the polycarbonate of bisphenol A

1965 • 106 citations

Viscosity—Molecular Weight Dependence for Short Chain Polystyrenes

1964 • 104 citations

The Temperature Dependence of Mechanical and Electrical Relaxations in Polymers

1955 • 104 citations

Dynamic mechanical properties of poly-n-butyl methacrylate

1957 • 103 citations

Test of Adam—Gibbs Liquid Viscosity Model with o-Terphenyl Specific-Heat Data

1967 • 103 citations

The technology of solvents and plasticizers

1955 • 102 citations

The effect of molecular weight distribution on the rheological properties of polystyrene

1960 • 102 citations

Isothermal Viscosity-Molecular Weight Dependence for Long Polymer Chains

1955 • 101 citations

Configuration of the Poly-(dimethylsiloxane) Chain. I. The Temperature Coefficient of the Unperturbed Extension

1964 • 100 citations

Melt viscosity of polyethylene at zero shear

1960 • 99 citations

Dynamic mechanical properties of polyethyl methacrylate

1957 • 99 citations

Derivation of the WLF Equation for the Mobility of Molecules in Molten Glasses

1956 • 99 citations

Elastoviscous properties of polyisobutylene. IV. Relaxation time spectrum and calculation of bulk viscosity

1951 • 95 citations

The Reaction Rate Theory of Viscosity and Some of its Applications

1938 • 89 citations

Viscoelastic Properties of Monodisperse Polystyrene

1965 • 85 citations

Molecular Dimensions of Natural Rubber and Gutta Percha¹

1952 • 85 citations

Viscosity of Molten Branched Polymers and Their Concentrated Solutions

1964 • 82 citations

Mobility of Molecules in Liquids near the Glass Temperature

1959 • 82 citations

Viscosities of concentrated polymer solutions. II. Polyisobutylene

1952 • 82 citations

Properties of High Molecular Weight Hydrocarbons

1955 • 81 citations

Diffusion‐controlled stress relaxation in polymers. III. Stress relaxation in a swelling polymer

1958 • 80 citations

Organosilicon Polymers. II. The Open Chain Dimethylsiloxanes with Trimethylsiloxy End Groups¹

1946 • 80 citations

The Technology of Solvents and Plasticizers

2013 • 78 citations

Rheological properties of multichain polybutadienes

1965 • 75 citations

Viscosity/Molecular weight relation in bulk polymers—I

1963 • 75 citations

The Temperature Dependence of the Viscosity of Liquids

1952 • 74 citations

Molecular friction coefficients in polymers and their temperature dependence

1956 • 70 citations

Viscosity of concentrated polymer solutions. I. Polyvinylchloride in cyclohexanone

1966 • 69 citations

Termination of anionic polymerization

2006 • 69 citations

The determination of unperturbed dimensions of polymer molecules by viscometry of moderately concentrated solutions

1965 • 69 citations

Viscosity and plasticity

1951 • 68 citations

Viscoelastic dispersion of polydimethyl siloxane in the rubberlike plateau zone

1961 • 68 citations

On the Macedo—Litovitz Hybrid Equation for Liquid Viscosity

1966 • 65 citations

Effect of molecular weight distribution and branching on the viscosity of polyethylene melts

1962 • 65 citations

Rate and Pressure Effects in Polymers and Other Glass-Forming Substances

1962 • 64 citations

Üuber lineare Polyester

1950 • 64 citations

The Newtonian melt viscosity of polyethylene: An index of long‐chain branching

1962 • 63 citations

Non‐Newtonian flow of concentrated solutions of high polymers

1963 • 62 citations

Viscosity–molecular weight relationship for polydimethylsiloxane

1966 • 61 citations

Temperature Dependence of the Unperturbed Dimensions of Polystyrene

1964 • 60 citations

VISCOELASTIC PROPERTIES OF POLYVINYL ACETATES. II. CREEP STUDIES OF BLENDS¹

1963 • 60 citations

Viscosity–molecular weight relationship for polyvinyl acetate

1960 • 60 citations

Solution and bulk properties of branched polyvinyl acetates IV—Melt viscosity

1964 • 56 citations

Solution and bulk properties of branched polyvinyl acetates part III—Intrinsic viscosity and light scattering measurements

1964 • 56 citations

Bulk Viscosity of the System Polystyrene—Diethyl Benzene

1953 • 54 citations

Physical properties of aromatic hydrocarbons

1973 • 54 citations

The Viscosity of Undercooled Liquid Glucose

1934 • 53 citations

The Molecular Structure of Polyethylene. VII. Melt Viscosity and the Effect of Molecular Weight and Branching¹

1957 • 52 citations

Free Volume Approach to Polystyrene Melt Viscosity

1958 • 52 citations

Relations among melt viscosity, solution viscosity, molecular weight, and long‐chain branching in polyethylene

1959 • 50 citations

Corresponding state relations for the viscosity of moderately concentrated polymer solutions

1963 • 48 citations

Melt viscosity of polymers: Effect of polydispersity

1960 • 46 citations

VISCOELASTIC PROPERTIES OF A SIMPLE ORGANIC GLASS

1963 • 45 citations

Capillary viscometry of molten polycaprolactam

1964 • 45 citations

Viscosity of polyethylenes: Dependence on molecular weight and temperature

1960 • 44 citations

The Structure and Dynamics of Liquids

1941 • 44 citations

Introduction to the Molecular Viscoelastic Theory of Polymers and Its Applications

1963 • 43 citations

Temperature and molecular weight dependence of the melt viscosity of polyethylene oxide in bulk

1965 • 43 citations

Über die Temperatur- und die Molekulargewichtsabhängigkeit des 2. osmotischen Virialkoeffizienten (A ₂) von Polymethylmethacrylatlösungen

1961 • 42 citations

Correlations for Non-Newtonian Flow Viscosity-Shear Studies of Entanglement in Linear Polymers

1962 • 42 citations

Viscosities of concentrated polymer solutions. IV. Cellulose tributyrate

1957 • 42 citations

Statistical Thermodynamics

2006 • 42 citations

Rheological properties of polybutadienes prepared by n‐butyllithium initiation

1964 • 40 citations

The flow properties of polyethylene whole polymers and fractions

1964 • 39 citations

Influence de la Stereorégularite des Chaînes sur les Transitions du Polyméthacrylate de Méthyle

1967 • 39 citations

Molecular weight of poly(vinyl chloride)

1964 • 38 citations

Conformational energy of chain molecules. Part 1.—Tension-temperature coefficient for polydimethylsiloxane networks

1961 • 38 citations

On the tension‐temperature‐coefficient of natural rubber

1961 • 38 citations

Activation Energy for Viscous Flow and Short-Range Order

1953 • 37 citations

Dynamic mechanical properties of polymethyl acrylate

1955 • 37 citations

Molecular properties of amorphous high polymers. I. A cell theory for amorphous high polymers

1963 • 37 citations

Shear viscosity–molecular weight relationships for polymers

1960 • 37 citations

Viscous Properties of Polyisobutylene

1935 • 37 citations

Dilute solution studies on a polycarbonate in good and poor solvents

1967 • 36 citations

Mechanical properties of poly-n-octyl methacrylate at low frequencies and in creep; entanglements in methacrylate polymers

1959 • 35 citations

Diffusion and viscosity of polyvinyl acetate‐diluent systems

1964 • 34 citations

THE VISCOSITY OF HIGH POLYMERS—THE RANDOM WALK OF A GROUP OF CONNECTED SEGMENTS

1958 • 33 citations

Random and block copolymers of poly(tetramethyl‐p‐silphenylene‐siloxane) and polydimethylsiloxane

1964 • 32 citations

Über physikalische eigenschaften linearer polyester. 8. Mitteilung über polyester

1953 • 32 citations

Viscosities of concentrated polymer solutions. III. Polystyrene and styrene-maleic acid copolymer

1953 • 32 citations

VISCOELASTIC PROPERTIES OF POLYVINYL ACETATES. I. CREEP STUDIES OF FRACTIONS¹

1963 • 32 citations

A light scattering study of alfin polybutadiene

1958 • 31 citations

Melt Viscosities of Dimethylpolysiloxanes

1955 • 31 citations

FREE VOLUME AND VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS: EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE

1963 • 29 citations

The molecular‐weight and temperature dependence of some dilute‐solution properties of linear polymers

1966 • 28 citations

Röntgenkleinwinkelstreuung an isotaktischem und syndiotaktischem Polymethylmethacrylat in Lösung

1964 • 27 citations

CALCULATIONS OF ENTANGLEMENT COUPLING SPACINGS IN LINEAR POLYMERS

1962 • 26 citations

VISCOSITY BEHAVIOR OF THE SYSTEM POLYMETHYL ACRYLATE AND DIETHYL PHTHALATE OVER THE COMPLETE RANGE OF COMPOSITION

1962 • 26 citations

Diffusion-controlled stress-relaxation in polymers, I

1957 • 25 citations

Diffusion and Glass Transition in Simple Liquids

1964 • 25 citations

Viscosities of concentrated polyvinyl acetate solutions in various solvents

1951 • 25 citations

Determination of the intermolecular entanglement coupling spacings in polyisoprene by viscosity measurements

1965 • 25 citations

Anionic polymerization

2006 • 24 citations

Entanglement Effects in Concentrated Polymer Solutions from Viscosity Measurements

1963 • 24 citations

Intrinsic Viscosity of Linear Polyethylene in a θ-Solvent

1965 • 23 citations

Studies in Newtonian Flow. IV. Viscosity vs Molecular Weight in Liquids; Viscosity vs Concentration in Polymer Solutions

1952 • 22 citations

Viscoelastic properties of branched whole polymers. II. Regularities in the solution viscosity, melt viscosity, and molecular weight

1962 • 22 citations

A comparison of the dynamic properties of natural rubber and GR‐S

1955 • 21 citations

The Viscosity of Polymer-Diluent Mixtures

1966 • 21 citations

Rheological measurements on polycarbonate

1963 • 20 citations

Viscosity of concentrated polymer solutions. II. Application of a free‐volume treatment to solutions of poly(vinyl chloride) in cyclohexanone and to other polymer solutions

1966 • 20 citations

Molecular-Weight Dependence of the Viscoelastic Properties of Whole Polymers

1961 • 19 citations

Branching in polybutadiene

1955 • 18 citations

Glass temperature and crystal modification of linear polymethylene

1965 • 18 citations

A molecular weight–intrinsic viscosity study of several diene polymers

1955 • 18 citations

The viscosities of concentrated polymer solutions. I. Moderately concentrated solutions

1959 • 18 citations

Melt viscosity of polyethylenes

1960 • 18 citations

Synthesis of Branched Polymers

1954 • 18 citations

Solution properties in θ‐solvents of polyvinyl acetate obtained at different polymerization temperatures

1961 • 17 citations

Packing density of polymer melts near the glass transition temperature

1964 • 17 citations

Low shear melt viscosity of polystyrene

1962 • 16 citations

Concentrated solutions of polymers—IV. Viscosity of solutions of polystyrene in various solvents

1964 • 16 citations

Theory of Viscoelasticity in Temporarily Crosslinked Polymers (III)

1964 • 15 citations

VISCOELASTIC PROPERTIES OF POLYETHYLENE OXIDE IN THE RUBBER-LIKE STATE^*

1961 • 15 citations

VISCOSITY OF POLYALKYL METHACRYLATE PLASTICIZED WITH DIETHYL PHTHALATE. I. POLY-n-BUTYL METHACRYLATE

1963 • 15 citations

The viscosities of concentrated polymer solutions. II. Extremely concentrated solutions

1959 • 14 citations

A Theory on the Relationship between Viscosity and Molecular Weight in Bulk Polymers

1964 • 13 citations

Viscosities of concentrated polymer solutions V. Two polyelectrolytes

1960 • 13 citations

VISCOELASTIC PROPERTIES OF CONCENTRATED SOLUTIONS OF POLYISOBUTYLENE IN CETANE. II. CREEP AND VISCOUS FLOW¹

1963 • 12 citations

Dynamic mechanical properties of concentrated solutions of polymethyl methacrylate in diethyl phthalate

1962 • 12 citations

Das Viskositäts-Temperatur-Verhalten von Flüssigkeiten

1955 • 12 citations

VISCOELASTIC PROPERTIES OF CONCENTRATED SOLUTIONS OF POLYISOBUTYLENE IN CETANE. I. DYNAMIC MEASUREMENTS¹

1963 • 11 citations

Position of ethyl branches in conventional polyethylene made by the free radical process

1965 • 11 citations

Branching and flow activation‐energy of conventional high pressure process polyethylene

1965 • 11 citations

Viscosities of concentrated polymer solutions

1965 • 10 citations

Study of molten isotactic polystyrene. I. The relationship between melt viscosity and average molecular weight

1964 • 9 citations

Low shear viscosity of polypropylene melts

1963 • 7 citations

FREE VOLUMES AND VISCOSITIES OF BENZENE AND CARBON TETRACHLORIDE

1963 • 7 citations

The Rheology of Poly(neopentyl Succinate)

1962 • 7 citations

A derivation of Moore's equation relating melt and intrinsic viscosities

1959 • 7 citations

Liquid Viscosity Near Glass Transition Temperature

1962 • 7 citations

The Viscometric Properties of Polyesters. II. Viscosity in the Range of Low Temperatures near the Glass Transition Point

1964 • 6 citations

The reference point for liquid relaxation processes. II. Melt viscosity of polyisobutylene

1963 • 6 citations

Intrinsic and bulk viscosities of some polyethylene oxide polymers

1961 • 6 citations

XIX. On a relation between viscosity and density of liquids and liquid mixtures

1941 • 5 citations

Comparison of polyethylene molecular weights determined by light‐scattering measurements in 1‐chloronaphthalene and 1,2,3,4‐tetrahydronaphthalene

1964 • 4 citations

Viscosity-Temperature Relationship of Lubricating Oils

1931 • 4 citations

THE RHEOLOGY OF INORGANIC GLASSES

1960 • 4 citations

The correlation of the non-newtonian flow of polymeric melts with the theories of Bueche

1964 • 3 citations

Sur la viscosité des hauts polymères

1962 • 1 citations