Molecular Interpretation of Dynamic Birefringence and Viscoelasticity of Amorphous Polymers
Molecular Interpretation of Dynamic Birefringence and Viscoelasticity of Amorphous Polymers
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非晶态聚合物动态双折射和粘弹性的分子解释
DOI:
10.1021/ma00114a016
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发表时间:
1995
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影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
E. Hwang
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作者:
K. Osaki;H. Okamoto;Tadashi Inoue;E. Hwang
Published data of dynamic birefringence and viscoelasticity of amorphous polymers were compared with the molecular expression of stress proposed by Gao and Weiner. The theory states that the stress is composed of contributions from the chain orientation (orientation term), the monomer orientation around the chain axis (rotation term), and the fluctuation of the local stress tensor (fluctuation term); the birefringence is composed of only two terms corresponding to the first two of the stress. The experimental data indicate that in the glassy zone and the high-frequency region of the glass-to-rubber transition zone the stress is attributable to the rotation and the fluctuation terms and the degrees of contribution vary with polymer species. For polymers with flat units (like polycarbonate), the fluctuation term is negligible and the relaxation spectrum in the glassy zone is low. For polymers with thin axisymmetric units (like polyisobutylene) or bulky irregular units (like poly(2-vinylnaphthalene)), the relaxation spectrum in the glassy zone is enhanced by the fluctuation term. It is also argued that, for polymers with thin axisymmetric units, the relaxation spectrum for the rotation term resembles that of a dilute solution; the role of rotational barrier along the chain is relatively enhanced since the rotational barrier from the surrounding is low because of the symmetry of the unit and because of the high fluctuation of the local stress. Some experiments are proposed to verify the statements