Issue 23, 2017

Molecular dynamic heterogeneity in relation to free volume and relaxation dynamics in organic glass-formers: oligomeric cis-1,4-poly(isoprene)

Abstract

Herein, a combined study of the molecular rotation dynamics and free volume in cis-1,4-poly(isoprene) using two external probing techniques via ESR and PALS together with relaxation dynamics of the host medium via BDS is presented. The spectral evolution of the spin probe TEMPO from simulations over a wide range from 100 K up to 300 K exhibits three different regions of its correlation time consisting of a slow regime at low temperatures followed by the molecular dynamic heterogeneity zone from TslowX1 = Tfastin = 155 K = 0.82 × TDSCg up to Tc ≅ 236 K = 1.26 × TDSCg and ending with a fast regime at high temperatures with the further characteristic ESR temperatures, TslowX2 = 186 K ≅ TDSCg and TfastX1 = 260 K. These are in close coincidence with four characteristic PALS temperatures: TGb1 = 160 K, TPALSg = 190 K, TLb1 = 227 K, and TLb2 = 263 K. Finally, using BDS, we revealed that the high-frequency features of the structural relaxation of 1,4-PIP 0.8k were related to the observed effects in the ESR and PALS response of the liquid state.

Graphical abstract: Molecular dynamic heterogeneity in relation to free volume and relaxation dynamics in organic glass-formers: oligomeric cis-1,4-poly(isoprene)

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
20 Jan 2017
Accepted
16 May 2017
First published
17 May 2017

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2017,19, 15215-15226

Molecular dynamic heterogeneity in relation to free volume and relaxation dynamics in organic glass-formers: oligomeric cis-1,4-poly(isoprene)

H. Švajdlenková, S. Arrese-Igor, Z. Nógellová, A. Alegría and J. Bartoš, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2017, 19, 15215 DOI: 10.1039/C7CP00446J

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