Physics – Condensed Matter – Soft Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
2006-10-19
Physics
Condensed Matter
Soft Condensed Matter
10 pages, 6 figures
Scientific paper
We present fully atomistic Molecular Dynamics simulation results on a main-chain polymer, 1,4-Polybutadiene, in the merging region of the $\alpha$- and $beta$-relaxations. A real space analysis reveals the occurrence of localized motions (``$\beta$-like'') in addition to the diffusive structural relaxation. A molecular approach provides a direct connection between the local conformational changes reflected in the atomic motions and the secondary relaxations in this polymer. Such local processes occur just in the time window where the $\beta$-process of the Mode Coupling Theory is expected. We show that the application of this theory is still possible, and yields an unusually large value of the exponent parameter. This result might originate from the competition between two mechanisms for dynamic arrest: intermolecular packing and intramolecular barriers for local conformational changes (``$\beta$-like'').
Alvarez Fernando
Arbe Arantxa
Colmenero Juan
Moreno Angel J.
Narros Arturo
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