Studies of magnetic resonance phenomena in polymers. I. The effects of free volume and segmental mobility on the motion of nitroxide spin probes and labels in poly(methyl methacrylate)

Autor: Jovan Moacanin, Amitava Gupta, Fun-Dow Tsay, Su Don Hong
Rok vydání: 1982
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Zdroj: Journal of Polymer Science: Polymer Physics Edition. 20:763-772
ISSN: 1542-9385
0098-1273
DOI: 10.1002/pol.1982.180200417
Popis: Thin films of spin-probed and spin-labeled poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) have been examined by electron spin resonance (ESR) at X-band frequency (9.2 GHz) and at various temperatures. Direct spectral evidence is presented to indicate that the composite ESR spectra observed in a certain temperature range originate from two states of distinctly different mobility, one with slow motions corresponding to a glassy state and the other with fast motions corresponding to a liquidlike state. The coexistence of these two states at temperatures considerably below the glass transition temperature can be explained as a result of the effect of free volume in a solid polymeric glass.
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