丙三醇水溶液玻璃结构松弛现象学研究

为了考察水含量对丙三醇水溶液玻璃体结构松弛行为的影响，利用差示扫描量热法(DSC)测量了五种高浓度丙三醇水溶液的玻璃化转变温度和玻璃化转变区域的比热容，利用TNM模型进行了结构松弛的现象学分析. 松弛时间的分析结果表明，水溶液玻璃中水含量越高，则松弛过程越快. TNM模型的计算结果表明，随着水含量的增加，玻璃体系的结构松弛活化能和非指数参数都有逐渐降低的趋势，而非线性参数和指前因子逐渐增加.     

1,2-丙二醇水溶液玻璃化转变与结构松弛

为了考察水含量对1, 2-丙二醇水溶液玻璃化转变和结构松弛参数的影响, 用差示扫描量热法(DSC), 测量了5种高浓度1, 2-丙二醇水溶液(60%、70%、80%、90%、100%, w)玻璃化转变区域的表观比热容. 用5种降温速率(1、2、5、10、20 K·min-1)和10 K·min-1的升温速率获得玻璃化转变的相关参数. 玻璃化转变温度分析结果表明, 虽然水含量增加能从总体上降低体系的玻璃化转变温度, 但与纯羟基类多元醇相比, 水对1, 2-丙二醇的增塑作用并不显著. 结构松弛活化能计算结果表明, 体系水含量的增加能明显降低结构松弛活化能. 脆度分析结果表明, 随着体系水含量增加, 动力学脆度逐渐降低, 但热力学脆度是先升高后降低, 在80%左右达到最大值. 结构松弛协同重排域计算结果表明, 当浓度由60%增加至100%时, 玻璃化转变特征长度由2.79 nm增加至3.57 nm.     

基于位形熵模型的山梨醇玻璃焓松弛的量热分析

利用DSC技术考察了无定形山梨醇体系的焓松弛行为, 在10 K•min^－1的升温速率下测定了经历不同降温速率(0.5～20 K•min^－1)的山梨醇在玻璃化转变(T_g)前后的比热容[c_p(T)]. 利用基于位形熵演变的焓松弛现象学模型(GR模型)模拟了实验数据. 不论是否假设松弛过程存在一个亚稳极限态, 模型参数均能很好地重现经历不同热历史体系的升温c_p(T)曲线. 在物理意义明确的模型参数组中, 除了非指数参数随降温速率的增加而增加外, 其余均不随热历史的变化而变化. 拟合较低降温速率下c_p(T)曲线获得的GR模型参数的预测力明显好于在较大降温速率下获得的结果. 由于松弛时间对拟合过程中选择的“固定参数”的取值很敏感, 因此模型能否预测体系的比热容不能看成确定松弛时间的唯一依据. 在利用GR模型分析无定形山梨醇体系的脆度时, 如果选择极限假想温度作为T_g, 会导致计算结果明显小于文献值.     

PPO及其改性物在低于玻璃化转变退火时的热行为研究

用DSC法研究了聚苯醚(PPO)、羧化度为16.0mol%的羧化PPO(C-PPO)和相应的C-PPO的正十二酯(Et-CPPO)在稍低于玻璃化转变温度等温退火的热焓松弛行为,讨论改性基团对热焓松弛速率的影响。发现三种样品在等温退火过程中产生的吸热峰随退火时间或温度的增加而增加。在相同退火条件下,峰宽随侧基链加长而增加,热焓松弛速率降低。     

聚谷氨酸苄酯-g-(聚四氢呋喃-b-聚异丁烯)共聚物的微观结构与形态

通过可控/活性离子聚合方法设计合成一系列不同共聚组成的聚谷氨酸苄酯-g-(聚四氢呋喃-b-聚异丁烯)的新型嵌段接枝共聚物,即PBLG-g-(PTHF-b-PIB),研究共聚物中支链(PTHF-b-PIB)长度及接枝密度对主链PBLG玻璃化转变温度、α-螺旋二级结构及其转变的影响,研究支链中PTHF链段长度对其双端受限的玻璃化转变及凝聚态结构的影响.结果表明:PBLG-g-(PTHF-b-PIB)共聚物中刚性主链保持α-螺旋二级结构;随着支链长度增加或接枝密度增加,主链PBLG的α-螺旋二级结构特征峰逐渐减弱,玻璃化转变温度逐渐提高,α-螺旋结构发生转变的焓值逐渐增大;在确定接枝密度的情况下,随着支链中PTHF链段长度增加,共聚物中双端受限的PTHF链段结晶逐渐增强,结晶熔融温度及熔融焓均增加;在确定支链中PTHF链段长度的情况下,随着接枝密度增大,支链间链段相互排斥,PTHF链段结晶逐渐减弱.     

不同结晶度的乙二醇及其水溶液玻璃化转变与焓松弛

为了考察晶体成分对无定形成分玻璃化转变和结构松弛行为的影响,利用差示扫描量热法(DSC),结合低温显微技术,研究了乙二醇(EG)及其50％水溶液在不同结晶度时的玻璃化转变和焓松弛行为.采用等温结晶方法控制骤冷的部分结晶玻璃体中的晶体份额.DSC结果表明,对于部分结晶的EG,只有单一的玻璃化转变过程,而对于50％EG,当结晶度不同时,不同程度地表现出两次玻璃化转变（无定形相Ⅰ和无定形相Ⅱ）.相Ⅰ的玻璃化转变温度和完全无定形态的含水EG的玻璃化转变温度相一致;相Ⅱ的玻璃化转变温度要比此温度约高6 ℃.低温显微观察结果印证了DSC实验结果.DSC等温退火的实验和KWW(Kohlrausch-Williams-Watts)衰变函数分析结果表明,EG无定形和50％EG中的两种无定形有不同的焓松弛行为.     

DTA中升温速率及样品热导率对Tg测量值影响的模拟研究

就不同升温速率和实际样品的不同热导率对差热分析(DTA)中高分子材科的玻璃化转变曲线的影响进行了MonteCarlo模拟研究,发现当所有样品刚完成玻璃化转变时,在Tg曲线中该特征点要低于Tg的转变中点.转变中点所对应的样品温度肯定要高于实际的玻璃化转变温度.如果以玻璃化转变曲线的转变中点所对应的样品温度作为该材料的玻璃化转变温度,那么,升温速率越快、样品的热导率越小,所测得的玻璃化转变温度就越大,反之亦然.DTA测得的玻璃化转变温度与升温速率间有很好的线性依赖关系,但与样品热导率间的关系是非线性的.     

退火条件对山梨醇玻璃焓松弛参数的影响

采用差示扫描量热法(DSC)测定山梨醇样品经历不同时间(t_a)等温退火后, 以10 K·min^-1速率进行升温时玻璃化转变温度(T_g)前后的比热容(C_p(T)). 将Gómez Ribelles (GR)提出的一种基于构型熵的现象学模型用于描述山梨醇玻璃的焓松弛行为, 考察GR模型能否适用于小分子玻璃体系. 结果表明, 单组GR模型参数拟合的曲线均能较好重现对应热历史条件下的山梨醇体系的实验所得C_p(T)曲线, 尽管并未找到不随热历史而变的一组参数作为材料常数, 但与其它现象学模型应用于小分子玻璃时, 其模型参数都随热历史变化而变化的特点相比, GR模型的某些参数基本保持不变. 且在较长退火时间下拟合得到的模型参数普适性较好. 同经历连续降温的山梨醇相比, 等温退火过程得到的松弛极限态参数(δ)的平均值与T_g处比热容增量(ΔC_p(T_g))的比值明显增大, 但仍小于聚合物的值, 表明GR模型提出的亚稳极限态对小分子玻璃的影响值得商榷.     

气相白炭黑/低分子量聚乙二醇悬浮体系的分子弛豫与流变行为

采用亲水气相二氧化硅(FS)、非缠结聚乙二醇(PEG,重均分子量400)制备悬浮体系,考察FS体积分数(φ)对PEG本体相α-松弛、结晶行为及悬浮体系流变行为的影响.结果表明,FS可延缓PEG本体相α-松弛,提高玻璃化转变温度,并显著增加浮体系黏度,降低本体PEG相结晶与熔融焓.低填充时,FS起成核作用;高填充时,FS延迟PEG分子扩散,并降低结晶温度.FS对PEG结晶的不同作用发生在悬浮体系溶胶-凝胶转变附近,此时悬浮液非线性动态流变行为呈现显著的硬化软化特性,线性动态流变行为呈现最为显著的频率依赖性.通过建立线性动态流变行为叠加曲线,揭示了FS对PEG分子链扩散行为的显著推迟作用.     

热释电研究聚碳酸酯掺杂染料体系的玻璃化转变

采用热刺激电流 /松弛谱图分析法 (TSC/RMA)研究了聚碳酸酯掺杂染料体系 (TDAA/PC)的玻璃化转变 ,发现染料含量增加 ,体系的玻璃化转变温度 (Tg)随之降低 ,玻璃化转变的温度范围变宽 .在TDAA掺杂质量比达到 4wt%时 ,其玻璃化转变 (协同松弛 )延伸至 95℃ ,温度范围增加到 3 5℃ .在较大的温度范围内存在协同松弛 ,说明在低于Tg 数十度的温度时 ,染料发色体的极化松弛仍然主要受聚合物玻璃化转变的控制 .     

Calorimetric Studies on Enthalpy Relaxation in Maltitol Glass Transition Based on Phenomenological Models

To investigate the enthalpy relaxation behavior of maltitol glass system, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) was used to obtain the specific heat capacity[C_p(T)] near the glass transition temperature(T_g) at different coo- ling rates ranged between 1 and 20 K/min. Three phenomenological models of enthalpy relaxation, Tool-Narayanaswamy-Moynihan(TNM) model, Adam-Gibbs-Vogel(AGV) model and Gómez Ribelles(GR) model, were used to simulate the experimental data. The models’ parameters were obtained via a curve-fitting method. The results indicate that TNM and AGV models gave the almost identical prediction powers and can reproduce the curves of experimental C_p(T) very well. However, the prediction power of GR model evolved from configurational entropyapproach is not so good as those of TNM and AGV models. In particular, the metastable limit state parameter(δ) introduced by Gómez Ribelles has insignificant effect on the enthalpy relaxation of the small molecular hydrogen-bonding glass system.     

Heat capacity in the glass transition range modeled on the basis of heterogeneous dynamics

A heterogeneous version of the Tool-Narayanaswamy-Moynihan (TNM) model is proposed, in which enthalpy relaxation is heterogeneous in the sense that the overall nonexponential relaxation originates from the superposition of independently and exponentially relaxing domains with individual time constants. Analogous to rate exchange at a constant temperature, there is only a single fictive temperature that controls the rate at which all time constants can change considerably during a temperature scan. The model is shown to be consistent with differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) data taken across the glass transition of polystyrene, propylene carbonate, and glycerol. In contrast to the standard homogeneous TNM model, the heterogeneous counterpart fits DSC up-scans for As(2)Se(3) for cooling rates of 0.31, 2.5, and 20 K∕min with a common set of parameters.     

丙三醇浓溶液玻璃化转变与结构松弛参数DSC分析

In order to examine the effects of water contents and heating/cooling rates on the glass transition and the structure relaxation parameters of glycerol/water mixtures, five aqueous solutions (60%, 70%, 80%, 90% and 100%) were investigated using the differential scanning calorimetry. Four scanning rates (10, 15, 20, 25 K/min) were used to obtain the glass transition parameters. The fitting results of plasticization constants indicated that Gordon-Taylor relationship could not be used effectively without considering scanning rates and that point on calorimetric step was chosen as the glass transition temperature. The specific heat changes during glass transition processes were relative not only to water content but also to heating rates. With the increasing of water contents in glycerol aqueous solutions, the structure relaxation activation energies and dynamic fragilities were decreased. Since the thermodynamic fragilities were increased with the increasing of water content, so the dynamic fragility and thermodynamic fragility were changed inversely if the water contents were changed in glycerol/water mixtures.     

Enthalpy recovery in glassy materials: heterogeneous versus homogenous models

Models of enthalpy relaxations of glasses are the basis for understanding physical aging, scanning calorimetry, and other phenomena that involve non-equilibrium and non-linear dynamics. We compare models in terms of the nature of the relaxation dynamics, heterogeneous versus homogeneous, with focus on the Kovacs-Aklonis-Hutchinson-Ramos (KAHR) and the Tool-Narayanaswamy-Moynihan (TNM) approaches. Of particular interest is identifying the situations for which experimental data are capable of discriminating the heterogeneous from the homogeneous scenario. The ad hoc assumption of a single fictive temperature, T(f), is common to many models, including KAHR and TNM. It is shown that only for such single-T(f) models, enthalpy relaxation of a glass is a two-point correlation function in reduced time, implying that experimental results are not decisive regarding the underlying nature of the dynamics of enthalpy relaxation. We also find that the restriction of the common TNM model to a Kohlrausch-Williams-Watts type relaxation pattern limits the applicability of this approach, as the particular choice regarding the distribution of relaxation times is a more critical factor compared with isothermal relaxation experiments. As a result, significant improvements in fitting calorimetry data can be achieved with subtle adjustments in the underlying relaxation time distribution.     

On the nature of OH-stretching vibrations in hydrogen-bonded chains: pump frequency dependent vibrational lifetime

Two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy was carried out on stereoselectively synthesized polyalcohols. Depending upon the stereochemical orientation of their hydroxyl groups, the polyols can either feature linear chains of hydrogen bonds that are stable for extended periods of time or they can display ultrafast dynamics of hydrogen-bond breakage and formation. In the former case, the OH-stretching vibrations and their transition dipoles are substantially coupled, hence prior to vibrational relaxation, the initial OH-stretching excitation is rapidly redistributed among the set of hydroxyl-groups constituting the hydrogen-bonded chain. This redistribution is responsible for an ultrafast loss of memory regarding the frequency of initial excitation and as a result, a pump-frequency independent vibrational lifetime is observed. In contrast, in the latter case, the coupling of the OH-groups and their transition dipoles is much weaker. Therefore, the OH-stretching excitation remains localized on the initially excited oscillator for the time scale of vibrational energy relaxation. As a result inhomogeneous relaxation dynamics with a pump-frequency-dependent lifetime are observed.     

Glass transition and enthalpy relaxation of ethylene glycol and its aqueous solution

Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and cryomicroscopy were employed to investigate the glass transition and enthalpy relaxation behaviors of ethylene glycol (EG) and its aqueous solution (50% EG) with different crystallization percent. Isothermal crystallization method was used in devitrification region to get different crystallinity after samples quenched below glass transition temperature. The DSC thermograms upon warming showed that the pure EG has a single glass transition, while the 50% EG solution has two if the solution crystallized partially. It is believed that the lower temperature transition represents the glass transition of bulk amorphous phase of EG aqueous solution glass state, while the higher one is related to ice inclusions, whose mobility is restricted by ice crystal. Cryomicroscopic observation indicated that the EG crystal has regular shape while the ice crystal in 50% EG aqueous solution glass matrix has no regular surface. Isothermal annealing experiments at temperatures lower than T_g were also conducted on these amorphous samples in DSC, and the results showed that both the two amorphous phases presented in 50% EG experience enthalpy relaxation. The relaxation process of restricted amorphous phase is more sensitive to annealing temperature.