DYNAMICS OF THE STRONG POLYMER OF N-LAURYL METHACRYLATE BELOW AND ABOVE THE GLASS-TRANSITION

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FLOUDAS, G
PLACKE, P
STEPANEK, P
BROWN, W
FYTAS, G
NGAI, KL
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[1] MAX PLANCK INST POLYMER RES, D-55021 MAINZ, GERMANY
[2] ACAD SCI CZECH REPUBL, INST MACROMOLEC CHEM, CR-16206 PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC
[3] UNIV UPPSALA, DEPT PHYS CHEM, S-75121 UPPSALA, SWEDEN
[4] USN, RES LAB, WASHINGTON, DC 20375 USA
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10.1021/ma00124a015
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O63 [高分子化学(高聚物)];
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070305 ; 080501 ; 081704 ;
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Dielectric spectroscopy (DS) and dynamic light scattering (DLS) are employed to study the dynamics of poly(n-lauryl methacrylate) (PnLMA) (M(w) 1.1 x 10(5)) at temperatures below and above the glass transition temperature T-g (T-g approximate to 225 K). The DS and DLS data show no evidence for the splitting between the primary (alpha-) and secondary (beta-) relaxations within the experimental frequency range. The main process affecting DS and DLS is the mixed alpha beta-relaxation which bears similarities to a single alpha-process with regard to the T-dependence of the relaxation times. Excellent agreement between the two sets of experimental relaxation times was found. The distribution of relaxation times exhibits a pronounced temperature dependence: from a Kohlrausch-Williams-Watts (KWW) exponent of beta(KWW) approximate to 0.25 at T approximate to T-g to beta(KWW) approximate to 1 at T approximate to T-g + 100 K and at a frequency of about 1 MHz. PnLMA is therefore, to our knowledge, the only polymer with a Debye (beta = 1) distribution of relaxation times at megahertz frequencies so far. The extremely broad distribution near T-g and the weak normalized temperature dependence of the relaxation time apparently contradict the phenomenologically established correlation between the two in many glass formers. This contradiction might arise from concentration fluctuations of the long alkyl chain which can broaden the relaxation spectrum near T-g. In addition to the main beta-process, a ''fast'' beta-relaxation can be resolved in both experiments and originates from the polyethylene-like alkyl chain.
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