Nature of the Sub-Rouse Modes in the Glass−Rubber Transition Zone of Amorphous Polymers
Nature of the Sub-Rouse Modes in the Glass−Rubber Transition Zone of Amorphous Polymers
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DOI:
10.1021/ma102897e
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发表时间:
2011-04
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5.5
通讯作者:
Xuebang Wu;C. S. Liu;Zhen-Gang Zhu;K. Ngai;Li-Min Wang
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作者:
Xuebang Wu;C. S. Liu;Zhen-Gang Zhu;K. Ngai;Li-Min Wang
The shear mechanical compliance of the glass−rubber transition or softening zone of high molecular weight amorphous polymers typically increases from the glassy compliance of ∼10−10 cm2/dyn up to the rubbery plateau of ∼10−6 cm2/dyn. The contributions from the local segmental relaxation and the Rouse modes cannot account for the entire range of compliance, leaving three decades of compliance in between their contributions unaccounted for. Although new viscoelastic mechanism called sub-Rouse modes with length scales intermediate between the local segmental relaxation and the Rouse modes have been found to fill the void, so far they have not been found in archetypal polymers including polystyrene (PS) and poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA). This calls the generality of the existence of sub-Rouse modes into question. Using high precision shear mechanical spectroscopic tool, we report the observation of the sub-Rouse modes in PS and PMMA. From the various properties of the sub-Rouse modes determined, we find th...