Polymer and Dye Probe Diffusion in Poly(methyl methacrylate) below the Glass Transition Studied by Forced Rayleigh Scattering

By dissolving tracer quantities of 9,10-phenanthrenequinone (PQ) in poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) it was possible to study by forced Rayleigh scattering (FRS) the tracer diffusion of the unbleached PQ as well as the photoproduct which is covalently bound to the PMMA molecules. The PMMA samples wi...

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Published in:Macromolecules 1999-03, Vol.32 (6), p.1828-1837
Main Authors: Veniaminov, Andrey V, Sillescu, Hans
Format: Article
Language:English
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Applied sciences
Exact sciences and technology
Miscellaneous
Organic polymers
Physicochemistry of polymers
Properties and characterization
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Summary:By dissolving tracer quantities of 9,10-phenanthrenequinone (PQ) in poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) it was possible to study by forced Rayleigh scattering (FRS) the tracer diffusion of the unbleached PQ as well as the photoproduct which is covalently bound to the PMMA molecules. The PMMA samples with molecular weights, M w, of 103−105 were intermittently annealed at 80 °C for diffusion times of up to one year. From the results we conclude that polymer chain diffusion may be possible at temperatures more than 20 K below the glass transition temperature T g, but further experiments are necessary, in particular, since we cannot exclude that our results are due to yet unexplained long time aging effects in PMMA. The translational diffusion coefficients of the unbleached PQ are enhanced by several decades in comparison with predictions from rotational correlation times that were determined by using a modified FRS technique.
ISSN:0024-9297
1520-5835
DOI:10.1021/ma981312d