Segmental dynamics of poly(methyl phenyl siloxane) confined to nanoporous glasses
| Autor: | M. Mayorova, Christoph Schick, Harald Goering, Reiner Zorn, Bernhard Frick, Andreas Schönhals |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Arrhenius equation Materials science Nanoporous Relaxation (NMR) General Physics and Astronomy Activation energy Heat capacity symbols.namesake Differential scanning calorimetry Chemical physics symbols Physical chemistry General Materials Science Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Glass transition |
| Zdroj: | The European Physical Journal Special Topics. 141:255-259 |
| ISSN: | 1951-6401 1951-6355 |
| DOI: | 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00049-3 |
| Popis: | The effect of a nanometer confinement on the molecular dynamics of poly (methyl phenyl siloxane) (PMPS) was studied by dielectric spectroscopy (DS), temperature modulated DSC (TMDSC) and neutron scattering (NS). Nanoporous glasses with pore sizes of 2.5-20 nm have been used. DS and TMDSC experiments show that for PMPS in 7.5 nm pores the molecular dynamics is faster than in the bulk which originates from an inherent length scale of the underlying molecular motions. For high temperatures the temperature dependence of the relaxation rates for confined PMPS crosses that of the bulk state. Besides finite states effects also the thermodynamic state of nano-confined PMPS is different from that of the bulk. At a pore size of 5 nm the temperature dependence of the relaxation times changes from a Vogel/Fulcher/Tammann like to an Arrhenius behavior where the activation energy depends on pore size. This is in agreement with the results obtained by NS. The increment of the specific heat capacity at the glass transition depends strongly on pore size and vanishes at a finite length scale between 3 and 5 nm which can be regarded as minimal length scale for glass transition to appear in PMPS. |
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