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 | Nanotech 2005 Vol. 2
Technical Proceedings of the 2005 NSTI Nanotechnology Conference and Trade Show, Volume 2
Chapter 9: Catalysis Technologies, Fuel Cells and Physical Chemistry |
| | Viscoelastic Relaxation and Molecular Mobility of Hyperbranched Poly(epsilon-caprolactone)s in Their Melt State | | Authors: | H.J. Song, J. Choi and S-Y Kwak | | Affilation: | Seoul National University, KR | | Pages: | 593 - 596 | | Keywords: | hyperbrached poly(epsilon-caprolactone), dynamic viscoelastic relaxation, molecular mobility, correlation time, activation energy | | Abstract: | The dynamic viscoelastic relaxation behavior and the molecular mobility of hyperbranched poly(epsilon-caprolactone)s (HPCLs) possessing the molecular architectural variation and their linear counterpart, linear poly(epsilon-caprolactone) (LPCL), were characterized and evaluated in conjunction with their specific molecular architectures which are the different lengths of the linear backbone segments and the different relative degrees of branching (DBs). The relative DBs, determined by the branching ratio values, were in decreasing order of HPCL–5 > HPCL–10 > HPCL–20. Dynamic viscoelastic relaxation measurements exhibited unentangled behavior for HPCLs compared to the apparently entangled linear, and the parallel G'(_) and G'(_) curves were observed for the HPCLs, while the LPCL exhibited a typical curve. This characteristic dynamic behavior of HPCLs, particularly incorporating the shorter segments, can be seen to be another example of gel-like power-law relaxation of hyperbranched systems. The correlation time, tauc, was determined the empirical Havriliak-Negami equation. Further insights to the correlation times with the Arrhenius equation provided novel information about the temperature-dependence of the molecular mobility and the activation energy, Ea. The molecular mobility of three HPCLs was found to be higher than that of LPCL, and was observed to enhance with decreasing lengths of oligo(epsilon-caprolactone) segments and increasing relative DB. | | ISBN: | 0-9767985-1-4 |
| Pages: | 808 |
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