scholarly journals Collective Motions and Mechanical Response of a Bulk of Single-Chain Nano-Particles Synthesized by Click-Chemistry

Polymers ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 50
Author(s):  
Jon Maiz ◽  
Ester Verde-Sesto ◽  
Isabel Asenjo-Sanz ◽  
Peter Fouquet ◽  
Lionel Porcar ◽  
...  

We investigate the effect of intra-molecular cross-links on the properties of polymer bulks. To do this, we apply a combination of thermal, rheological, diffraction, and neutron spin echo experiments covering the inter-molecular as well as the intermediate length scales to melts of single-chain nano-particles (SCNPs) obtained through ‘click’ chemistry. The comparison with the results obtained in a bulk of the corresponding linear precursor chains (prior to intra-molecular reaction) and in a bulk of SCNPs obtained through azide photodecomposition process shows that internal cross-links do not influence the average inter-molecular distances in the melt, but have a profound impact at intermediate length scales. This manifests in the structure, through the emergence of heterogeneities at nanometric scale, and also in the dynamics, leading to a more complex relaxation behavior including processes that allow relaxation of the internal domains. The influence of the nature of the internal bonds is reflected in the structural relaxation that is slowed down if bulky cross-linking agents are used. We also found that any residual amount of cross-links is critical for the rheological behavior, which can vary from an almost entanglement-free polymer bulk to a gel. The presence of such inter-molecular cross-links additionally hinders the decay of density fluctuations at intermediate length scales.

Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (14) ◽  
pp. 2316
Author(s):  
Jon Maiz ◽  
Ester Verde-Sesto ◽  
Isabel Asenjo-Sanz ◽  
Paula Malo de Molina ◽  
Bernhard Frick ◽  
...  

We present a combined study by quasielastic neutron scattering (QENS), dielectric and mechanical spectroscopy, calorimetry and wide-angle X-ray diffraction on single-chain nano-particles (SCNPs), using the corresponding linear precursor chains as reference, to elucidate the impact of internal bonds involving bulky cross-links on the properties of polymer melts. Internal cross-links do not appreciably alter local properties and fast dynamics. This is the case of the average inter-molecular distances, the β-relaxation and the extent of the atomic displacements at timescales faster than some picoseconds. Contrarily, the α-relaxation is slowed down with respect to the linear precursor, as detected by DSC, dielectric spectroscopy and QENS. QENS has also resolved broader response functions and stronger deviations from Gaussian behavior in the SCNPs melt, hinting at additional heterogeneities. The rheological properties are also clearly affected by internal cross-links. We discuss these results together with those previously reported on the deuterated counterpart samples and on SCNPs obtained through a different synthesis route to discern the effect of the nature of the cross-links on the modification of the diverse properties of the melts.


1989 ◽  
Vol 156-157 ◽  
pp. 426-429 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Richter ◽  
B. Farago ◽  
B. Ewen ◽  
R. Oeser

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clare L. Armstrong ◽  
Laura Toppozini ◽  
Hannah Dies ◽  
Antonio Faraone ◽  
Michihiro Nagao ◽  
...  

Diffusion is the fundamental mechanism for lipids and other molecules to move in a membrane. It is an important process to consider in modelling the formation of membrane structures, such as rafts. Lipid diffusion is mainly studied by two different techniques: incoherent neutron scattering and fluorescence microscopy. Both techniques access distinctly different length scales. While neutron scattering measures diffusion over about 3 lipid diameters, microscopic techniques access motions of lipids over micrometer distances. The diffusion constants which are determined by these two methods often differ by about an order of magnitude, with the neutrons usually seeing a faster lipid diffusion. Different theories are used to describe lipid diffusion in the two experiments. In order to close the “gap” between these two techniques, we propose to study lipid diffusion at mesoscopic length scales using a neutron spin-echo (NSE) spectrometer. We have conducted an experiment in highly oriented, solid supported lipid bilayers to prove the feasibility of performing incoherent NSE on biological samples. Lateral lipid diffusion was measured in a fluid phase model membrane system at a length scale of 12 Å. Using the high-energy resolution of the NSE technique, we find evidence for two dynamic processes.


2015 ◽  
Vol 17 (29) ◽  
pp. 19126-19133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi ◽  
Takuya Yonezawa ◽  
Shinobu Koda

The frequency-dependent viscosity and conductivity of three imidazolium-based ionic liquids were measured at several temperatures in the MHz region, and the results are compared with the intermediate scattering functions determined by neutron spin echo spectroscopy.


2002 ◽  
Vol 311 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 102-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Tasaki ◽  
T Ebisawa ◽  
M Hino ◽  
T Kawai ◽  
D Yamazaki ◽  
...  

Neutron News ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 4-5
Author(s):  
Thomas Gutberlet ◽  
Catherine Pappas

2016 ◽  
Vol 120 (26) ◽  
pp. 13963-13969 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daria Noferini ◽  
Michael M. Koza ◽  
Peter Fouquet ◽  
Gøran J. Nilsen ◽  
Moureen C. Kemei ◽  
...  

Soft Matter ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 10 (36) ◽  
pp. 6926-6930 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Egger ◽  
G. H. Findenegg ◽  
O. Holderer ◽  
R. Biehl ◽  
M. Monkenbusch ◽  
...  

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