Free Volume Element Sizes and Dynamics in Polystyrene and Poly(methyl methacrylate) Measured with Ultrafast Infrared Spectroscopy
| Autor: | Michael D. Fayer, Sebastian M. Fica-Contreras, Chungwen Liang, David J. Hoffman, Junkun Pan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Dynamics (mechanics)
Analytical chemistry Infrared spectroscopy General Chemistry 010402 general chemistry 01 natural sciences Biochemistry Poly(methyl methacrylate) Catalysis 0104 chemical sciences chemistry.chemical_compound Colloid and Surface Chemistry chemistry Volume (thermodynamics) visual_art visual_art.visual_art_medium Polystyrene Methyl methacrylate Volume element Ultrashort pulse |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the American Chemical Society. 143(9) |
| ISSN: | 1520-5126 |
| Popis: | The size, size distribution, dynamics, and electrostatic properties of free volume elements (FVEs) in polystyrene (PS) and poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) were investigated using the Restricted Orientation Anisotropy Method (ROAM), an ultrafast infrared spectroscopic technique. The restricted orientational dynamics of a vibrational probe embedded in the polymer matrix provides detailed information on FVE sizes and their probability distribution. The probe's orientational dynamics vary as a function of its frequency within the inhomogeneously broadened vibrational absorption spectrum. By characterizing the degree of orientational restriction at different probe frequencies, FVE radii and their probability distribution were determined. PS has larger FVEs and a broader FVE size distribution than PMMA. The average FVE radii in PS and PMMA are 3.4 and 3.0 Å, respectively. The FVE radius probability distribution shows that the PS distribution is non-Gaussian, with a tail to larger radii, whereas in PMMA, the distribution is closer to Gaussian. FVE structural dynamics, previously unavailable through other techniques, occur on a ∼150 ps time scale in both polymers. The dynamics involve FVE shape fluctuations which, on average, conserve the FVE size. FVE radii were associated with corresponding electric field strengths through the first-order vibrational Stark effect of the CN stretch of the vibrational probe, phenyl selenocyanate (PhSeCN). PMMA displayed unique measured FVE radii for each electric field strength. By contrast, PS showed that, while larger radii correspond to unique and relatively weak electric fields, the smallest measured radii map onto a broad distribution of strong electric fields. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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