Molecular Dynamics in grafted layers of poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS)

Details Molecular Dynamics in grafted layers of poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) Molecular Dynamics in grafted layers of poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS)

2002-08-05

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0208087v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

20 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

10.1063/1.1556852

Dielectric relaxation spectroscopy 10^-1 Hz to 10^6 Hz) is employed to study the molecular dynamics of poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS, Mw=1.7 10^5 g/mol and Mw=9.6 10^4 g/mol as grafted films with thicknesses d below and above the radius of gyration Rg. For d smaller than Rg the molecular dynamics becomes faster by up to three orders of magnitude with respect to the bulk resulting in a pronounced decrease of the Vogel temperature T0 and hence the calorimetric glass transition temperature Tg. For d larger than Rg the molecular dynamics is comparable to that of the bulk melt. The results are interpreted in terms of a chain confinement effect and compared with the findings for low molecular eight glass forming liquids contained in nanoporous glasses and zeolites. Crystallization effects - well known for PDMS - are observed for films of thicknesses above and below Rg.

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