The elastic modulus of isolated polytetrafluoroethylene filaments

Autor: Patrick Drawe, Nils Lüttschwager, Martin Suhm
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: ScienceOpen Research (2014)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2199-1006
DOI: 10.14293/S2199-1006.1.SOR-MATSCI.AKA0J6.v2
Popis: We report vibrational Raman spectra of small extended perfluoro-n-alkanes (C{n}F{2n+2} with n=6, 8-10, 12-14) isolated in supersonic jet expansions and use wavenumbers of longitudinal acoustic vibrations to extrapolate the elastic modulus of cold, isolated polytetrafluoroethylene filaments. The derived value E = 209(10) GPa defines an upper limit for the elastic modulus of the perfectly crystalline, non-interacting polymer at low temperatures and serves as a benchmark for quantum chemical predictions.
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