Polymer dynamics and relaxation / Richard H. Boyd, Grant D. Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boyd, Richard H. (Richard Hays), 1929- author.

Smith, Grant D., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Polymers.

Polymers--Structure.

Molecular dynamics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 255 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Polymer Dynamics & Relaxation

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Polymers exhibit a range of physical characteristics, from rubber-like elasticity to the glassy state. These particular properties are controlled at the molecular level by the mobility of the structural constituents. Remarkable changes in mobility can be witnessed with temperature, over narrow, well defined regions, termed relaxation processes. This is an important, unique phenomenon controlling polymer transition behaviour and is described here at an introductory level. The important types of relaxation processes from amorphous to crystalline polymers and polymeric miscible blends are covered, in conjunction with the broad spectrum of experimental methods used to study them. In-depth discussion of molecular level interpretation, including atomistic level computer simulations and applications to molecular mechanism elucidation, are discussed. The result is a self-contained approach to polymeric interpretation suitable for researchers in materials science, physics and chemistry interested in the relaxation processes of polymeric systems.

Contents:

Methodology

Mechanical relaxation

Dielectric relaxation

NMR spectroscopy

Dynamic neutron scattering

Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of amorphous polymers

Amorphous polymers

The primary transition region

Secondary (subglass) relaxations

The transition from melt to glass and its molecular basis

Complex systems

Semi-crystalline polymers

Miscible polymer blends

Appendix AI : the Rouse model

Appendix AII : site models for localized relaxation.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-19499-7

1-139-80979-2

1-107-31609-X

1-107-32148-4

1-107-31705-3

1-107-31795-9

1-299-39925-8

1-107-31511-5

0-511-88887-2

0-511-60031-3