A new paradigm for the molecular basis of rubber elasticity

The entropy of the rotational conformations of (poly)isoprene molecules and its relationship to rubber elasticity and temperature increase for moderate tensile or compressive strains

(2013) David E. Hanson et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Measurement of the mechanocaloric effect in rubber

(2013) A. Sakata et al.   JOURNAL OF THERMAL ANALYSIS AND CALORIMETRY

The theoretical strength of rubber: numerical simulations of polyisoprene networks at high tensile strains evidence the role of average chain tortuosity

(2013) David E Hanson et al.   MODELLING AND SIMULATION IN MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

The distributions of chain lengths in a crosslinked polyisoprene network

(2011) David E. Hanson   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Quantum chemistry and molecular dynamics studies of the entropic elasticity of localized molecular kinks in polyisoprene chains

(2010) David E. Hanson et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

How far can a rubber molecule stretch before breaking? Ab initio study of tensile elasticity and failure in single-molecule polyisoprene and polybutadiene

(2009) David E. Hanson et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Numerical simulations of rubber networks at moderate to high tensile strains using a purely enthalpic force extension curve for individual chains

(2009) David E. Hanson   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

The dynamic response of isolated polybutadiene chains undergoing thermal retraction from extended conformations

(2008) David E. Hanson   POLYMER