Published April 30, 2004 | Version v1
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Neutron Scattering and Dielectric Study on the Structural and Dynamical Peculiar Properties of Poly(vinyl chloride)

  • 1. Unidad de Fisica de Materiales CSIC-UPV/EHU Apartado 1072, 20080 San Sebastian (Spain)
  • 2. Departamento de Fisica de Materiales UPV/EHU, Apartado 1072, 20080 San Sebastian (Spain)
  • 3. Institut fuer Festkoerperforschung, Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, D-52425 Juelich (Germany)
  • 4. Institut Laue-Langevin, BP 156, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9 (France)

Description

In this work we have studied the anomalous dynamical behavior of poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) searching its origin in the dynamical heterogeneities arising from the structural peculiarities of this polymer. For this purpose we have combined dielectric spectroscopy, coherent and incoherent neutron scattering for the dynamics investigation, and SANS for resolving the heterogeneous structure of PVC. The SANS experiments indicate the existence of structural modulations that persist in the temperature range T < 430 K. We show that a distribution of glass transition temperatures due to these density modulations causes the broadening of the response from the structural relaxation and the anomalous momentum transfer dependence of the incoherent scattering function

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Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
708
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 594-597
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPCS

Conference

Title
3. international symposium on slow dynamics in complex systems
Dates
3-8 Nov 2003
Place
Sendai (Japan)

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(c) 2004 American Institute of Physics