Infrared spectroscopic study of thermal transitions in poly(methyl methacrylate)

The ester CD3 stretching modes in a partially deuterated poly(methyl methacrylate) sample have been studied as a function of temperature and bands in the CD stretching region assigned to fundamentals in Fermi resonance with overtone/combination modes. Changes in band parameters (widths, shapes) are...

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Published in:Vibrational spectroscopy 2011-03, Vol.55 (2), p.224-234
Main Authors: Painter, Paul, Zhao, Hanqing, Park, Yung
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Esters
Infrared
Infrared spectroscopy
Infrared spectrum of deuterated PMMA
Mathematical models
Modulation
Polymethyl methacrylates
Relaxation time
Spectroscopy
Stretching
Thermal transitions in glassy polymers
Vibrational relaxation
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Summary:The ester CD3 stretching modes in a partially deuterated poly(methyl methacrylate) sample have been studied as a function of temperature and bands in the CD stretching region assigned to fundamentals in Fermi resonance with overtone/combination modes. Changes in band parameters (widths, shapes) are observed at specific temperatures. Time correlation functions and their variation with temperature were calculated for the most intense modes observed in this region of the spectrum. The correlation functions were modeled by assuming that there is a fast relaxation process characterized by a single relaxation time that is inhomogeneously broadened by a slower process, also characterized by a single relaxation time. The fast modulation is in the sub picosecond time range, while the slower process has a relaxation time of the order of 1–10ps. Relaxation times and other parameters are sensitive to transitions observed both below and above the glass transition, as well as at the Tg itself. The high temperature transition corresponds to a liquid–liquid transition observed in other studies and predicted by theory. The lower temperature transition appears to correspond to the Vogel–Fulcher or Kauzmann temperature. Infrared spectroscopy and band shape analysis appear to be a useful probe of these transitions.
ISSN:0924-2031
1873-3697
DOI:10.1016/j.vibspec.2010.12.005