Polymer Glasses
Polymer Glasses
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聚合物玻璃
DOI:
10.1002/9783527815562.mme0064
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2022
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Connie B. Roth
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Connie B. Roth
Polymers exist in the glass state for a wide range of applications. The slow and limited crystallizability of polymers means that solid polymer materials are either wholly or in part glassy giving them great importance. The glass is a nonequilibrium amorphous state that occurs because the cooperative molecular dynamics become kinetically trapped on cooling as the available thermal energy for molecular motion decreases. This chapter aims to provide the reader with a molecular picture of what this packing frustration that causes glass formation means for polymers. Experimental considerations for accurately measuring the glass transition temperature g given this nonequilibrium nature will be discussed. Basic concepts underpinning theoretical efforts to model the glass transition will be summarized to provide the reader with a lexicon and paradigm for understanding different approaches used in the field to capture the main characteristics of glasses. Current research areas of interest in polymer glasses will be briefly outlined. Hopefully this chapter will provide the beginning investigator a starting point for their own studies.