Physics – Condensed Matter – Soft Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
2009-11-11
C. Dalle-Ferrier et al., PRL 103, 185702 (2009)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Soft Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.185702
By taking advantage of the molecular weight dependence of the glass transition of polymers and their ability to form perfectly miscible blends, we propose a way to modify the fragility of a system, from fragile to strong, keeping the same glass properties, i.e. vibrational density of states, mean-square displacement and local structure. Both slow and fast dynamics are investigated by calorimetry and neutron scattering in an athermal polystyrene/oligomer blend, and compared to those of a pure 17-mer polystyrene considered to be a reference, of same Tg. Whereas the blend and the pure 17-mer have the same heat capacity in the glass and in the liquid, their fragilities differ strongly. This difference in fragility is related to an extra configurational entropy created by the mixing process and acting at a scale much larger than the interchain distance, without affecting the fast dynamics and the structure of the glass.
Alba-Simionesco Christiane
Badrinarayanan P.
Dalle-Ferrier Cecile
Fennell Tom
Frick Bernhard
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