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Pawlik G, Mitus AC. Complex Monte Carlo Light-Driven Dynamics of Monomers in Functionalized Bond Fluctuation Model Polymer Chains. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 16:4373. [PMID: 37374556 DOI: 10.3390/ma16124373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2023] [Revised: 06/09/2023] [Accepted: 06/11/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023]
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We study Monte Carlo dynamics of the monomers and center of mass of a model polymer chain functionalized with azobenzene molecules in the presence of an inhomogeneous linearly polarized laser light. The simulations use a generalized Bond Fluctuation Model. The mean squared displacements of the monomers and the center of mass are analyzed in a period of Monte Carlo time typical for a build-up of Surface Relief Grating. Approximate scaling laws for mean squared displacements are found and interpreted in terms of sub- and superdiffusive dynamics for the monomers and center of mass. A counterintuitive effect is observed, where the monomers perform subdiffusive motion but the resulting motion of the center of mass is superdiffusive. This result disparages theoretical approaches based on an assumption that the dynamics of single monomers in a chain can be characterized in terms of independent identically distributed random variables.
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- Grzegorz Pawlik
- Institute of Theoretical Physics, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Institute of Theoretical Physics, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland
- Social and Technical Sciences Faculty, Jan Wyzykowski University, 59-101 Polkowice, Poland
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Elder RM, Saylor DM. Predicting Solute Diffusivity in Polymers Using Time-Temperature Superposition. J Phys Chem B 2022; 126:3768-3777. [PMID: 35583328 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c00057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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We demonstrate a novel application of the time-temperature superposition (TTS) principle to predict solute diffusivity D in glassy polymers using atomistic molecular dynamics simulations. Our TTS approach incorporates the Debye-Waller factor ⟨u2⟩, a measure of solute caging, along with concepts from thermodynamic scaling methods, allowing us to balance contributions to the dynamics from temperature and ⟨u2⟩ using adjustable parameters. Our approach rescales the solute mean-squared displacement curves at several temperatures into a master curve that approximates the diffusive dynamics at a reference temperature, effectively extending the simulation time scale from nanoseconds to seconds and beyond. With a set of "universal" parameters, this TTS approach predicts D with reasonable accuracy in a broad range of polymer/solute systems. Using TTS greatly reduces the computational cost compared to standard MD simulations. Thus, our method offers a means to rapidly and routinely provide order-of-magnitude estimates of D using simulations.
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- Robert M Elder
- Center for Devices and Radiological Health, FDA, Silver Spring, Maryland 20903, United States
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- Center for Devices and Radiological Health, FDA, Silver Spring, Maryland 20903, United States
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Rybin I, Shikhov I, Arns CH. Lattice Boltzmann framework for accurate NMR simulation in porous media. Phys Rev E 2022; 105:055304. [PMID: 35706235 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.105.055304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2020] [Accepted: 04/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) responses of fluids saturating porous media arise from complex relaxation-diffusion dynamics of polarized spins. These constitute a sensitive probe of the microstructure and are described by the Bloch-Torrey equations. An NMR simulation framework based on an augmented lattice Boltzmann method aimed at the fine-scale resolution of nuclear polarization density is presented. The approach encapsulates the time evolution of the full magnetization vector and naturally incorporates the mechanisms of diffusional transport. Spin dephasing mechanisms are fully resolved at tomogram voxel scale to account for magnetic field inhomogeneity. The approach is validated against analytical solutions of spin-echo decays for simple pore geometries. An application to a nano-computed-tomography image of chalk with inhomogeneous internal fields yields T_{2} spectral measures in good agreement with experiment and illustrates the spatial pore-scale dynamics of net magnetization. Findings establish the feasibility of the framework for pure diffusion and present an approach vector to modeling the evolution of magnetization under flow conditions.
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- Ivan Rybin
- School of Minerals and Energy Resources Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- School of Minerals and Energy Resources Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- School of Minerals and Energy Resources Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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Bichler KJ, Jakobi B, Schneider GJ. Dynamical Comparison of Different Polymer Architectures-Bottlebrush vs Linear Polymer. Macromolecules 2021; 54:1829-1837. [PMID: 33642616 PMCID: PMC7905874 DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c02104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2020] [Revised: 01/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Different polymer architectures behave differently regarding their dynamics. We have used a combination of dielectric spectroscopy, and fast field cycling nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) to compare the dynamical behavior of two different polymer architectures, with similar overall molecular weight. The systems of interest are a bottlebrush polymer and a linear one, both based on poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS). To verify the structure of the PDMS-g-PDMS bottlebrush in the melt, small-angle neutron scattering was used, yielding a spherical shape. Information about the segmental dynamics was revealed by dielectric spectroscopy and extended to higher temperatures by fast field cycling NMR. One advantage of fast field cycling NMR is the detection of large-scale chain dynamics, which dielectric spectroscopy cannot probe for PDMS. While segmental relaxation seems to be independent of the architecture, the large-scale chain dynamics show substantial differences, as represented by the mean square displacement. Here, two regions are detected for each polymer. The linear polymer shows the Rouse regime, followed by reptation. In contrast, the bottlebrush polymer performs Rouse dynamics and diffusion in the available time window, and entanglement effects are completely missing.
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- Karin J. Bichler
- Department
of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State
University, Baton
Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States
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- Department
of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State
University, Baton
Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States
- Department
of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States
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AbstractLabeling in diffusion measurements by pulsed field gradient (PFG) NMR is based on the observation of the phase of nuclear spins acquired in a constant magnetic field with purposefully superimposed field gradients. This labeling does in no way affect microdynamics and provides information about the probability distribution of molecular displacements as a function of time. An introduction of the measuring principle is followed by a detailed description of the ranges of measurements and their limitation. Particular emphasis is given to an explanation of possible pitfalls in the measurements and the ways to circumvent them. Showcases presented for illustrating the wealth of information provided by PFG NMR include a survey on the various patterns of concentration dependence of intra-particle diffusion and examples of transport inhibition by additional transport resistances within the nanoporous particles and on their external surface. The latter information is attained by combination with the outcome of tracer exchange experiments, which are shown to become possible via a special formalism of PFG NMR data analysis. Further evidence provided by PFG NMR concerns diffusion enhancement in pore hierarchies, diffusion anisotropy and the impact of diffusion on chemical conversion in porous catalysts. A compilation of the specifics of PFG NMR and of the parallels with other measurement techniques concludes the paper.
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Pestryaev EM. Chain Heterogeneity in Simulated Polymer Melts: Segment Orientational Autocorrelation Function. POLYMER SCIENCE SERIES A 2020. [DOI: 10.1134/s0965545x20060085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Tang X, Tian F, Xu T, Li L, Reinhardt A. Numerical calculation of free-energy barriers for entangled polymer nucleation. J Chem Phys 2020; 152:224904. [PMID: 32534553 DOI: 10.1063/5.0009716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The crystallization of entangled polymers from their melt is investigated using computer simulation with a coarse-grained model. Using hybrid Monte Carlo simulations enables us to probe the behavior of long polymer chains. We identify solid-like beads with a centrosymmetry local order parameter and compute the nucleation free-energy barrier at relatively high supercooling with adaptive-bias windowed umbrella sampling. Our results demonstrate that the critical nucleus sizes and the heights of free-energy barriers do not significantly depend on the molecular weight of the polymer; however, the nucleation rate decreases with the increase in molecular weight. Moreover, an analysis of the composition of the critical nucleus suggests that intra-molecular growth of the nucleated cluster does not contribute significantly to crystallization for this system.
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- Xiaoliang Tang
- National Synchrotron Radiation Lab, CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Film, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Lab, CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Film, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Lab, CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Film, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Lab, CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Film, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, United Kingdom
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Becher M, Steinrücken E, Vogel M. On the relation between reorientation and diffusion in glass-forming ionic liquids with micro-heterogeneous structures. J Chem Phys 2019; 151:194503. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5128420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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- Manuel Becher
- Institut für Festkörperphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut für Festkörperphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut für Festkörperphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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Becher M, Becker S, Hecht L, Vogel M. From Local to Diffusive Dynamics in Polymer Electrolytes: NMR Studies on Coupling of Polymer and Ion Dynamics across Length and Time Scales. Macromolecules 2019. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.9b01400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Manuel Becher
- Institut für Festkörperphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut für Festkörperphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut für Festkörperphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut für Festkörperphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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Kresse B, Höfler MV, Privalov AF, Vogel M. One dimensional magnetic resonance microscopy with micrometer resolution in static field gradients. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2019; 307:106566. [PMID: 31454699 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2019.106566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2019] [Revised: 07/31/2019] [Accepted: 08/01/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Magnetic resonance microscopy (MRM) is a valuable tool for spatially resolved studies. While it is desirable to address voxels in the general case, it is sufficient to resolve slices of the sample in many cases of practical importance, e.g., for layered structures or at planar surfaces. We demonstrate that use of high static field gradients of 73 T/m in combination with a specially designed probe head enable MRM with an ultrahigh resolution of ∼2 μm in one dimension. The key feature of the built probe head is a precise computer controlled adjustment of the sample position and orientation, which allows for an accurate alignment of the samples with respect to the gradient of the magnetic field. Since slice-wise scanning of extended samples with this high spatial resolution is time-consuming, we introduce a methodology to reduce the experimental time significantly. Unlike the usual approach, which involves elaborate hardware and software correction, experimental imperfections are removed by stepwise moving the sample in our case. We demonstrate the capabilities of high-resolution 1D MRM for a solid sample with a layered structure and a liquid droplet on a planar solid substrate.
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- B Kresse
- Institut für Festkörperphysik, TU Darmstadt, Hochschulstr. 6, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany.
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- Institut für Festkörperphysik, TU Darmstadt, Hochschulstr. 6, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut für Festkörperphysik, TU Darmstadt, Hochschulstr. 6, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut für Festkörperphysik, TU Darmstadt, Hochschulstr. 6, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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Flämig M, Hofmann M, Lichtinger A, Rössler EA. Application of proton field-cycling NMR relaxometry for studying translational diffusion in simple liquids and polymer melts. MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN CHEMISTRY : MRC 2019; 57:805-817. [PMID: 30604576 DOI: 10.1002/mrc.4823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2018] [Revised: 12/19/2018] [Accepted: 12/20/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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With the availability of commercial field-cycling relaxometers together with progress of home-built instruments nuclear magnetic resonance relaxometry has gained new momentum as a method of investigating the dynamics in viscous liquids and polymer melts. The method provides the frequency dependence of the spin-lattice relaxation rate. In the case of protons, one distinguishes intramolecular and intermolecular relaxation pathways. Whereas the intramolecular contribution prevails at high frequencies and reflects rotational dynamics, the often ignored intermolecular relaxation contribution dominates at low-frequency and provides access to translational dynamics. A universal low-frequencies dispersion law holds which in pure systems allows determining the diffusion coefficient in a straightforward way. In addition, the rotational time constant is extracted from the high-frequency relaxation contribution. This is demonstrated for simple and ionic liquids and for polymer melts.
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- Max Flämig
- Experimentalphysik and Nordbayerisches NMR-Zentrum, Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
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- Experimentalphysik and Nordbayerisches NMR-Zentrum, Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
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- Experimentalphysik and Nordbayerisches NMR-Zentrum, Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
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- Experimentalphysik and Nordbayerisches NMR-Zentrum, Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
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Maghami S, Sadeghi M, Mehrabani-Zeinabad A, Zarabadi M, Ghalei B. The Role of Interfacial Morphology in the Gas Transport Behavior of Nanocomposite Membranes: A Mathematical Modeling Approach. Ind Eng Chem Res 2019. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b01398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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- Saeid Maghami
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, 84156-83111, Iran
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, 84156-83111, Iran
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, 84156-83111, Iran
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- Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS), Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan
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Phani Kumar BVN, Stapf S, Mattea C. Molecular Dynamics in the Lyophases of Copolymer P123 Investigated with FFC NMR Relaxometry. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2019; 35:435-445. [PMID: 30571920 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b03057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Associative block copolymers of the type (EO) x(PO) y(EO) x (where EO and PO represent ethylene and propylene oxides, respectively) in aqueous solution have far reaching commercial applications such as solubilization, controlled-drug delivery, etc. The molecular dynamics of a self-associating triblock copolymer (EO)20(PO)70(EO)20 (known as P123 with a molecular weight of ∼5800), in aqueous solution (D2O), consisting of various lyotropic liquid crystalline phases such as isotropic micellar, cubic, hexagonal, and lamellar phases, is investigated using the fast field cycling nuclear magnetic resonance (FFC NMR) relaxometry technique in the Larmor frequency range from 5 kHz to 30 MHz. A nuclear spin-relaxation model consisting of chain modes (Rouse modes) and order fluctuation (OF) modes typical for polymers and liquid crystals, respectively, is considered to explain the observed proton magnetic relaxation dispersion (PMRD) data in the lyophases under investigation. The PMRD analysis in both isotropic micellar and cubic phases revealed a Rouse frequency dependence of spin-lattice relaxation rate ( R1), i.e., R1 ∝ -τs ln(ωτs), in the entire frequency range of study. Hexagonal and lamellar phase data show Rouse modes as well as OF modes, leaving the signature of the latter as R1 ∝ ω- p, where p ∼ 0.5 is typical for nematic mesogens. The activation energies were also determined from segmental correlation times in the lyophases of study. To the best of our knowledge, the present FFC NMR relaxometry study is unique and quantitative in unraveling molecular dynamics of the associative copolymer P123 in aqueous solution.
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- Bandaru V N Phani Kumar
- Department of Technical Physics II/Polymer Physics, Institute of Physics , Ilmenau University of Technology , Ilmenau , Germany
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- Department of Technical Physics II/Polymer Physics, Institute of Physics , Ilmenau University of Technology , Ilmenau , Germany
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- Department of Technical Physics II/Polymer Physics, Institute of Physics , Ilmenau University of Technology , Ilmenau , Germany
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Lozovoi A, Mattea C, Fatkullin N, Stapf S. Segmental Dynamics of Entangled Poly(ethylene oxide) Melts: Deviations from the Tube-Reptation Model. Macromolecules 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.8b01857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- A. Lozovoi
- Department of Technical Physics II, Technische Universität Ilmenau, 98684 Ilmenau, Germany
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- Department of Technical Physics II, Technische Universität Ilmenau, 98684 Ilmenau, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, Kazan Federal University, 420008 Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia
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- Department of Technical Physics II, Technische Universität Ilmenau, 98684 Ilmenau, Germany
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Li W, Yue Z, Lozovoi A, Petrov O, Mattea C, Stapf S. Heterogeneous distribution of chain mobility in nascent UHMWPE in the less entangled state. JOURNAL OF POLYMER RESEARCH 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s10965-018-1637-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Flämig M, Hofmann M, Rössler EA. Field-cycling NMR relaxometry: the benefit of constructing master curves. Mol Phys 2018. [DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2018.1517906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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- M. Flämig
- Experimentalphysik II, Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
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- Experimentalphysik II, Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
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- Marius Hofmann
- Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States
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Mohamed F, Flämig M, Hofmann M, Heymann L, Willner L, Fatkullin N, Aksel N, Rössler EA. Scaling analysis of the viscoelastic response of linear polymers. J Chem Phys 2018; 149:044902. [PMID: 30068172 DOI: 10.1063/1.5038643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Viscoelastic response in terms of the complex shear modulus G*(ω) of the linear polymers poly(ethylene-alt-propylene), poly(isoprene), and poly(butadiene) is studied for molar masses (M) from 3k up to 1000k and over a wide temperature range starting from the glass transition temperature Tg (174 K-373 K). Master curves G'(ωτα) and G″(ωτα) are constructed for the polymer-specific relaxation. Segmental relaxation occurring close to Tg is independently addressed by single spectra. Altogether, viscoelastic response is effectively studied over 14 decades in frequency. The structural relaxation time τα used for scaling is taken from dielectric spectra. We suggest a derivative method for identifying the different power-law regimes and their exponents along G″(ωτα) ∝ ωε″. The exponent ε″ = ε″(ωτα) ≡ d ln G″(ωτα)/d ln(ωτα) reveals more details compared to conventional analyses and displays high similarity among the polymers. Within a simple scaling model, the original tube-reptation model is extended to include contour length fluctuations (CLFs). The model reproduces all signatures of the quantitative theory by Likhtman and McLeish. The characteristic times and power-law exponents are rediscovered in ε″(ωτα). The high-frequency flank of the terminal relaxation closely follows the prediction for CLF (ε″ = -0.25), i.e., G″(ω) ∝ ω-0.21±0.02. At lower frequencies, a second regime with lower exponent ε″ is observed signaling the crossover to coherent reptation. Application of the full Likhtman-McLeish calculation provides a quantitative interpolation of ε″(ωτα) at frequencies below those of the Rouse regime. The derivative method also allows identifying the entanglement time τe. However, as the exponent in the Rouse regime (ωτe > 1) varies along εeRouse = 0.66 ± 0.04 (off the Rouse prediction εRouse = 0.5) and that at ωτe < 1 is similar, only a weak manifestation of the crossover at τe is found at highest M. Yet, calculating τe/τα= (M/Mo)2, we find good agreement among the polymers when discussing ε″(ωτe). The terminal relaxation time τt is directly read off from ε″(ωτα). Plotting τt/τe as a function of Z = M/Me, we find universal behavior as predicted by the TR model. The M dependence crosses over from an exponent significantly larger than 3.0 at intermediate M to an exponent approaching 3.0 at highest M in agreement with previous reports. The frequency of the minimum in G″(ωτα) scales as τmin ∝ M1.0±0.1. An M-independent frequency marks the crossover to glassy relaxation at the highest frequencies. Independent of the amplitude of G″(ω), which may be related to sample-to-sample differences, the derivative method is a versatile tool to provide a detailed phenomenological analysis of the viscoelastic response of complex liquids.
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- F Mohamed
- Experimentalphysik II, Universität Bayreuth, D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Experimentalphysik II, Universität Bayreuth, D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
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- Technische Mechanik und Strömungsmechanik, Universität Bayreuth, D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Institute of Complex Systems, Forschungszentrum Jülich, D-52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, Kazan Federal University, Kazan 420008, Tatarstan, Russia
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- Technische Mechanik und Strömungsmechanik, Universität Bayreuth, D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Experimentalphysik II, Universität Bayreuth, D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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Pestryaev EM. Oscillating Free Induction Decay in Polymer Systems: Theoretical Analysis. POLYMER SCIENCE SERIES A 2018. [DOI: 10.1134/s0965545x18040090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Trutschel ML, Mordvinkin A, Furtado F, Willner L, Saalwächter K. Time-Domain NMR Observation of Entangled Polymer Dynamics: Focus on All Tube-Model Regimes, Chain Center, and Matrix Effects. Macromolecules 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.8b00443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Marie-Luise Trutschel
- Institut für Physik − NMR, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Betty-Heimann-Str. 7, D-06120 Halle, Germany
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- Institut für Physik − NMR, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Betty-Heimann-Str. 7, D-06120 Halle, Germany
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- Institut für Physik − NMR, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Betty-Heimann-Str. 7, D-06120 Halle, Germany
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- Institute of Complex Systems, Forschungszentrum Jülich, D-52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Institut für Physik − NMR, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Betty-Heimann-Str. 7, D-06120 Halle, Germany
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Lozovoi A, Petrova L, Mattea C, Stapf S, Rössler EA, Fatkullin N. On the theory of the proton dipolar-correlation effect as a method for investigation of segmental displacement in polymer melts. J Chem Phys 2017; 147:074904. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4998184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- A. Lozovoi
- Department Technical Physics II, Technische Universität Ilmenau, 98684 Ilmenau, Germany
- Institute of Physics, Kazan Federal University, Kazan 420008, Tatarstan, Russia
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- Institute of Physics, Kazan Federal University, Kazan 420008, Tatarstan, Russia
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- Department Technical Physics II, Technische Universität Ilmenau, 98684 Ilmenau, Germany
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- Department Technical Physics II, Technische Universität Ilmenau, 98684 Ilmenau, Germany
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- Department Experimentalphysik II, University of Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, Kazan Federal University, Kazan 420008, Tatarstan, Russia
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Kimmich R, Fatkullin N. Self-diffusion studies by intra- and inter-molecular spin-lattice relaxometry using field-cycling: Liquids, plastic crystals, porous media, and polymer segments. PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY 2017; 101:18-50. [PMID: 28844220 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnmrs.2017.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2017] [Revised: 04/02/2017] [Accepted: 04/02/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
Abstract
Field-cycling NMR relaxometry is a well-established technique for probing molecular dynamics in a frequency range from typically a few kHz up to several tens of MHz. For the interpretation of relaxometry data, it is quite often assumed that the spin-lattice relaxation process is of an intra-molecular nature so that rotational fluctuations dominate. However, dipolar interactions as the main type of couplings between protons and other dipolar species without quadrupole moments can imply appreciable inter-molecular contributions. These fluctuate due to translational displacements and to a lesser degree also by rotational reorientations in the short-range limit. The analysis of the inter-molecular proton spin-lattice relaxation rate thus permits one to evaluate self-diffusion variables such as the diffusion coefficient or the mean square displacement on a time scale from nanoseconds to several hundreds of microseconds. Numerous applications to solvents, plastic crystals and polymers will be reviewed. The technique is of particular interest for polymer dynamics since inter-molecular spin-lattice relaxation diffusometry bridges the time scales of quasi-elastic neutron scattering and field-gradient NMR diffusometry. This is just the range where model-specific intra-coil mechanisms are assumed to occur. They are expected to reveal themselves by characteristic power laws for the time-dependence of the mean-square segment displacement. These can be favorably tested on this basis. Results reported in the literature will be compared with theoretical predictions. On the other hand, there is a second way for translational diffusion phenomena to affect the spin-lattice relaxation dispersion. If rotational diffusion of molecules is restricted, translational diffusion properties can be deduced even from molecular reorientation dynamics detected by intra-molecular spin-lattice relaxation. This sort of scenario will be relevant for adsorbates on surfaces or polymer segments under entanglement and chain connectivity constraints. Under such conditions, reorientations will be correlated with translational displacements leading to the so-called RMTD relaxation process (reorientation mediated by translational displacements). Applications to porous glasses, protein solutions, lipid bilayers, and clays will be discussed. Finally, we will address the intriguing fact that the various time limits of the segment mean-square displacement of polymers in some cases perfectly reproduce predictions of the tube/reptation model whereas the reorientation dynamics suggests strongly deviating power laws.
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- Institute of Physics, Kazan Federal University, Kazan 420008 Tatarstan, Russia
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Lozovoi A, Mattea C, Hofmann M, Saalwaechter K, Fatkullin N, Stapf S. Segmental dynamics of polyethylene-alt-propylene studied by NMR spin echo techniques. J Chem Phys 2017; 146:224901. [PMID: 29166039 DOI: 10.1063/1.4984265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Segmental dynamics of a highly entangled melt of linear polyethylene-alt-propylene with a molecular weight of 200 kDa was studied with a novel proton nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) approach based upon 1H → 2H isotope dilution as applied to a solid-echo build-up function ISE(t), which is constructed from the NMR spin echo signals arising from the Hahn echo (HE) and two variations of the solid-echo pulse sequence. The isotope dilution enables the separation of inter- and intramolecular contributions to this function and allows one to extract the segmental mean-squared displacements in the millisecond time range, which is hardly accessible by other experimental methods. The proposed technique in combination with time-temperature superposition yields information about segmental translation in polyethylene-alt-propylene over 6 decades in time from 10-6 s up to 1 s. The time dependence of the mean-squared displacement obtained in this time range clearly shows three regimes of power law with exponents, which are in good agreement with the tube-reptation model predictions for the Rouse model, incoherent reptation and coherent reptation regimes. The results at short times coincide with the fast-field cycling relaxometry and neutron spin echo data, yet, significantly extending the probed time range. Furthermore, the obtained data are verified as well by the use of the dipolar-correlation effect on the Hahn echo, which was developed before by the co-authors. At the same time, the amplitude ratio of the intermolecular part of the proton dynamic dipole-dipole correlation function over the intramolecular part obtained from the experimental data is not in agreement with the predictions of the tube-reptation model for the regimes of incoherent and coherent reptation.
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- A Lozovoi
- Department of Technical Physics II, Technische Universität Ilmenau, 98684 Ilmenau, Germany
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- Department of Technical Physics II, Technische Universität Ilmenau, 98684 Ilmenau, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, 70803 Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
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- Institut für Physik, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, D-06099 Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Institute of Physics, Kazan Federal University, Kazan 420008, Tatarstan, Russia
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- Department of Technical Physics II, Technische Universität Ilmenau, 98684 Ilmenau, Germany
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Kresse B, Becher M, Privalov AF, Hofmann M, Rössler EA, Vogel M, Fujara F. 1H NMR at Larmor frequencies down to 3Hz by means of Field-Cycling techniques. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2017; 277:79-85. [PMID: 28258024 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2017.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2016] [Revised: 01/30/2017] [Accepted: 02/02/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
Abstract
Field-Cycling (FC) NMR experiments were carried out at 1H Larmor frequencies down to about 3Hz. This could be achieved by fast switching a high polarizing magnetic field down to a low evolution field which is tilted with respect to the polarization field. Then, the low frequency Larmor precession of the nuclear spin magnetization about this evolution field is registered by means of FIDs in a high detection field. The crucial technical point of the experiment is the stabilization of the evolution field, which is achieved by compensating for temporal magnetic field fluctuations of all three spatial components. The paper reports on some other basic low field experiments such as the simultaneous measurement of the Larmor frequency and the spin-lattice relaxation time in such small fields as well as the irradiation of oscillating transversal magnetic field pulses at very low frequencies as a novel method for field calibration in low field FC NMR. The potential of low field FC is exemplified by the 1H relaxation dispersion of water at frequencies below about 2kHz stemming from the slow proton exchange process.
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- B Kresse
- Institut für Festkörperphysik, TU Darmstadt, Hochschulstr. 6, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany.
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- Institut für Festkörperphysik, TU Darmstadt, Hochschulstr. 6, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut für Festkörperphysik, TU Darmstadt, Hochschulstr. 6, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
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- Experimentalphysik II, Universität Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Institut für Festkörperphysik, TU Darmstadt, Hochschulstr. 6, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut für Festkörperphysik, TU Darmstadt, Hochschulstr. 6, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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Mordvinkin A, Saalwächter K. Microscopic observation of the segmental orientation autocorrelation function for entangled and constrained polymer chains. J Chem Phys 2017. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4977041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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- Anton Mordvinkin
- Institut für Physik – NMR, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Betty-Heimann-Str. 7, D-06120 Halle,
Germany
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- Institut für Physik – NMR, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Betty-Heimann-Str. 7, D-06120 Halle,
Germany
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Spiess HW. 50th Anniversary Perspective: The Importance of NMR Spectroscopy to Macromolecular Science. Macromolecules 2017. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.6b02736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Hofmann M, Fatkullin N, Rössler EA. Inconsistencies in Determining the Entanglement Time of Poly(butadiene) from Rheology and Comparison to Results from Field-Cycling NMR. Macromolecules 2017. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.6b02546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- M. Hofmann
- Department
of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States
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- Institute
of Physics, Kazan Federal University, Kazan 420008, Tatarstan, Russia
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- Experimentalphysik
II, Universität Bayreuth, D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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Hofmann M, Kresse B, Heymann L, Privalov AF, Willner L, Fatkullin N, Aksel N, Fujara F, Rössler EA. Dynamics of a Paradigmatic Linear Polymer: A Proton Field-Cycling NMR Relaxometry Study on Poly(ethylene–propylene). Macromolecules 2016. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.6b01906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- M. Hofmann
- Experimentalphysik
II, Universität Bayreuth, D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Institut
für Festkörperphysik, TU Darmstadt, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Technische
Mechanik und Strömungsmechanik, Universität Bayreuth, D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Institut
für Festkörperphysik, TU Darmstadt, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institute
of Complex Systems, Forschungszentrum Jülich, D-52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Institute
of Physics, Kazan Federal University, Kazan 420008, Tatarstan Russia
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- Technische
Mechanik und Strömungsmechanik, Universität Bayreuth, D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Institut
für Festkörperphysik, TU Darmstadt, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Experimentalphysik
II, Universität Bayreuth, D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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Hofmann M, Kresse B, Privalov AF, Heymann L, Willner L, Aksel N, Fatkullin N, Fujara F, Rössler EA. Segmental Mean Square Displacement: Field-Cycling 1H Relaxometry vs Neutron Scattering. Macromolecules 2016. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.6b01860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- M. Hofmann
- Experimentalphysik
II, Universität Bayreuth, D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Institut
für Festkörperphysik, TU Darmstadt, Hochschulstrasse 6, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut
für Festkörperphysik, TU Darmstadt, Hochschulstrasse 6, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Technische
Mechanik und Strömungsmechanik, Universität Bayreuth, D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Institute
of Complex Systems, Forschungszentrum Jülich, D-52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Technische
Mechanik und Strömungsmechanik, Universität Bayreuth, D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Institute
of Physics, Kazan Federal University, Kazan 420008, Tatarstan Russia
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- Institut
für Festkörperphysik, TU Darmstadt, Hochschulstrasse 6, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Experimentalphysik
II, Universität Bayreuth, D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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Flämig M, Becher M, Hofmann M, Körber T, Kresse B, Privalov AF, Willner L, Kruk D, Fujara F, Rössler EA. Perspectives of Deuteron Field-Cycling NMR Relaxometry for Probing Molecular Dynamics in Soft Matter. J Phys Chem B 2016; 120:7754-66. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b05109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- M. Flämig
- Experimentalphysik
II, Universität Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Institut
für Festkörperphysik, TU Darmstadt, Hochschulstrasse 6, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Experimentalphysik
II, Universität Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Experimentalphysik
II, Universität Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Institut
für Festkörperphysik, TU Darmstadt, Hochschulstrasse 6, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut
für Festkörperphysik, TU Darmstadt, Hochschulstrasse 6, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institute
of Complex Systems, Forschungszentrum Jülich, D-52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Warmia & Mazury, Słoneczna 54, 10-710 Olsztyn, Poland
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- Institut
für Festkörperphysik, TU Darmstadt, Hochschulstrasse 6, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Experimentalphysik
II, Universität Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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Lozovoi A, Mattea C, Herrmann A, Rössler EA, Stapf S, Fatkullin N. Communication: Proton NMR dipolar-correlation effect as a method for investigating segmental diffusion in polymer melts. J Chem Phys 2016; 144:241101. [PMID: 27369489 DOI: 10.1063/1.4954664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- A. Lozovoi
- Department of Technical Physics II, Technische Universität Ilmenau, 98684 Ilmenau, Germany
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- Department of Technical Physics II, Technische Universität Ilmenau, 98684 Ilmenau, Germany
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- Department of Experimentalphysik II, University of Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Department of Experimentalphysik II, University of Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Department of Technical Physics II, Technische Universität Ilmenau, 98684 Ilmenau, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, 420008 Tatarstan, Russia
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Hofmann M, Gainaru C, Cetinkaya B, Valiullin R, Fatkullin N, Rössler EA. Field-Cycling Relaxometry as a Molecular Rheology Technique: Common Analysis of NMR, Shear Modulus and Dielectric Loss Data of Polymers vs Dendrimers. Macromolecules 2015. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.5b01805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- M. Hofmann
- Experimentalphysik
II, Universität Bayreuth, D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Fakultät Physik, Technische Universität Dortmund, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany
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- Fakultät Physik, Technische Universität Dortmund, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany
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- Faculty of Physics and Earth
Sciences, Leipzig University, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, Kazan Federal University, Kazan 420008, Tatarstan, Russia
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- Experimentalphysik
II, Universität Bayreuth, D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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