Influence of the cross-link density and the filler content on segment dynamics in dry and swollen natural rubber studied by the NMR dipolar-correlation effect

Autor: Farida Grinberg, Winfried Kuhn, Maciej Garbarczyk
Rok vydání: 1999
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Zdroj: The Journal of Chemical Physics. 111:11222-11231
ISSN: 1089-7690
0021-9606
DOI: 10.1063/1.480478
Popis: Chain dynamics in a series of natural rubbers with different cross-link densities was studied using the dipolar correlation effect (DCE) on the stimulated echo. In dry samples, amplitudes of the stimulated echo were shown to be affected by attenuation mechanisms due to the DCE and spin exchange which occurs between the protons of CH and CH3 (and/or CH2) groups of polyisoprene chains. The estimated spin exchange time was 0.04 s. The DCE free of undulations due to spin exchange was examined using a special modification of the radio frequency pulse sequence with additional π-pulses inserted in the free-evolution intervals. Modulations of stimulated echo amplitudes could completely be suppressed. A strong dependence of the DCE on the cross-link density was observed. Attenuation curves of the dipolar-correlation quotient, that is, the quotient of the stimulated and the primary echo amplitudes, were fitted using analytical expressions. The mean-squared fluctuation of the dipolar coupling constant, 〈δΩd2〉, and c...
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