Analytical Rheology of Metallocene-Catalyzed Polyethylenes

作者：Takeh Arsia; Worch Joshua; Shanbhag Sachin^*

来源：Macromolecules, 2011, 44(9): 3656-3665.

DOI：10.1021/ma2004772

In this paper, a computational algorithm that seeks to invert the linear viscoelastic spectrum of single-site metallocene-catalyzed polyethylenes is presented. The algorithm uses a general linear theological model of branched polymers as its underlying engine, and is based on a Bayesian formulation that transforms the inverse problem into a sampling problem. Given experimental rheological data on unknown single-site metallocene-catalyzed polyethylenes, it is able to quantitatively describe the range of values of weight-averaged molecular molecular weight, M-W, and average branching density, b(m), consistent with the data. The algorithm uses a Markov-chain Monte Carlo method to simulate the sampling problem. If, and when, information about the molecular weight is available through supplementary experiments, such as chromatography or light scattering, it can easily be incorporated into the algorithm, as demonstrated.

• 出版日期2011-5-10