The molecular dynamics of thermoreversible networks as studied by broadband dielectric spectroscopy

Polybutadienes modified by a small number of 4-phenyl-1,2,4-triazoline-3,5-dione form thermoreversible networks via hydrogen bonding between the polar stickers. The molecular dynamics of systems with different contents of polar stickers are investigated by broadband dielectric spectroscopy in the frequency regime of 10^–1–10⁹ Hz. Unmodified polybutadiene shows two relaxation processes, the -relaxation which is correlated to the dynamic glass transition of the polybutadiene, and a -relaxation corresponding to a local relaxation of polybutadiene segments. In the polar functionalized systems, besides these two relaxations, an additional relaxation process (called ^*) is observed, which occurs at lower frequencies than the -process. While the -relaxation remains unaffected by the functionalization the cooperativity of the -relaxation increases by the formation of reversible junctions and slows down considerably. This indicates a decreased mobility of the polymer matrix. At the same time the dipole moment of relaxing units contributing to the -relaxation is increased by free phenyl urazole units. The ^* is assigned to the local complex dynamics resulting from the dissociation and formation of dimeric contacts. Hence, for this dynamic process, the absolute value of the dipole moment fluctuates with time and causes a dielectric absorption. This interpretation is in agreement with the hindered reptation model of Leibler, Rubinstein and Colby and simultaneous measurements of infrared dichroism and birefringence.     

Electric dipole moments in polar solvents. I. Audiofrequency measurement with slightly conducting solutions

Audiofrequency methods were used to measure dielectric constants of dilute solutions containing electrolytes up to free-ion concentrations of 10^–4 M. Using a calibrated transformer bridge, capacitance was measured with an accuracy of 0.03 pF at a conductance of 100 mho and within 0.3 pF at 800 mho. Evaluation of the double-layer capacitance from the frequency dependence of the data is discribed. The effect of the free ions on the dielectric constant is found to be relatively large and in reasonable agreement with the prediction of the Debye-Falkenhagen theory. The calculation of the electric dipole moment for polar solutes, including ion pairs, is discussed in terms of Kirkwood's theory. Experimental tests are described for finding out whether possible deviations of Kirk-wood's correlation factors from unity may be neglected. These tests involve changing the solvent and the temperature. The tests were satisfied for the ion pairs of tetraisoamylammonium nitrate and for nitrobenzene in chlorobenzene and acetic acid.     

Molecular dynamics and the structure of macrocycles —Solvent acetonitrile interactions

Microwave complex permittivities,* = -J, are reported in the 1–90 GHz frequency range for the macrocycles 18-crown-6 (18C6) and 15C5 added to acetonitrile in stoichiometric proportions, in the solvent CCl₄ at 25°C. Digitized infrared spectra of the CN stretch ₂ vibration of acetonitrile for the same systems are reported in the 2300–2200 cm^–1 spectral region. The macrocycle 12C4 added to CH₃CN has also been investigated in the infrared. Both the dielectric relaxation and infrared results are interpreted in terms of macrocycle-acetonitrile interactions, probably involving a methyl-hydrogen to ethereal-oxygen interaction. These interactions with CH₃CN diminish in strength according to the sequence: 18C6 > 15C5 > 12C4.This paper is dedicated to the memory of the late Dr C. J. Pedersen.     

Dielectric properties of binary mixtures of n-methylbenzenesulfonamide

The dielectric permittivities of binary mixtures of N-methylbenzenesul-fonamide (N-MBS) with benzyl alcohol, 1,2-dichloroethane, 1,4-dioxane and hexamethylphosphortriamide were measured as a function of mole fraction over the whole composition range at 30 and 50°C. The excess dielectric permittivities and the excess molar polarizations were also calculated. The excess dielectric permittivities ^E and excess molar polarizations P_E were found to be negative for N-methylbenzene-sulfonamide mixtures with benzyl alcohol and 1,4-dioxane, ^E values were positive and P^E values negative for mixtures with 1,2-dichloroethane, and ^E and P^E values were clearly positive for mixtures with hexamethylphosphortriamide. The results are discussed in terms of the strength of the dipolar and hydrogen-bonding interactions between the molecules in various binary mixtures.     

A Copper–Formate Framework Showing a Simple to Helical Antiferroelectric Transition with Prominent Dielectric Anomalies and Anisotropic Thermal Expansion,and Antiferromagnetism

We present here the compound [NH₄][Cu(HCOO)₃], a new member of the [NH₄][M(HCOO)₃] family. The Jahn–Teller Cu²⁺ ion leads to a distorted 4⁹?6⁶ chiral Cu–formate framework. In the low‐temperature (LT) orthorhombic phase, the Cu²⁺ is in an elongated octahedron, and the ${{\rm NH}{{+\hfill \atop 4\hfill}}}$ ions in the framework channel are off the channel axis. From 94 to 350 K the ${{\rm NH}{{+\hfill \atop 4\hfill}}}$ ion gradually approaches the channel axis and the related modulation of the framework and the hydrogen‐bond system occurs. The LT phase is simple antiferroelectric (AFE). The material becomes hexagonal above 355 K. In the high‐temperature (HT) phase, the Cu²⁺ octahedron is compressed, and the ${{\rm NH}{{+\hfill \atop 4\hfill}}}$ ions are arranged helically along the channel axis. Therefore, the phase transition is one from LT simple AFE to HT helical AFE. The temperature‐dependent structure evolution is accompanied by significant thermal and dielectric anomalies and anisotropic thermal expansion, due to the different status of the ${{\rm NH}{{+\hfill \atop 4\hfill}}}$ ions and the framework modulations, and the structure–property relationship was established based on the extensive variable‐temperature single‐crystal structures. The material showed long range ordering of antiferromagnetism (AFM), with low dimensional character and a Néel temperature of 2.9 K. Therefore, within the material AFE and AFM orderings coexist in the low‐temperature region.     

Small angle X-ray and dielectric data of soybean-phosphatidylcholine Phospholipon® 100

Soybean-Phosphatidylcholine Phospholipon^® 100 has a stable gel conformation in the as-prepared state. We observed a main phase transition (chain melting) above 30 °C in the first heating run. This transition is marked 1. by a change of the lamellar repeat distance recorded by small angle X-ray diffraction, and 2. by an increase of the imaginary part of the dielectric constant. After the first heating up to + 90 °C the chains melt in a broad temperature range between –60 °C and +90 °C. The high stability of chain conformation in the temperature range –60 °C to +30 °C of the as-prepared state is due to the low water content of the material.     

Ion-Pair Formation of the Ionic Liquid 1-Ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifyl)imide in Low Dielectric Media

A proton nuclear magnetic resonance (¹H NMR) study of the ionic liquid, 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifyl)imide, dilute in low dielectric constant solvent media is presented. Equilibrium species are directly observed in the ¹H NMR spectrum as two sets of resonance features, thus displaying unusually long lifetimes. In mixed solvent systems the species mole fractions are directly proportional to the bulk dielectric constant of the solution. The two sets of resonance features are assigned to the freely dissolved ions and ion-pair aggregates. The assignment is supported by measured spin lattice relaxation rates, and the observed temperature and concentration dependencies of the equilibrium. The thermodynamic quantities G _m , S _m , and H _m are also evaluated from the temperature-dependent data.     

Dielectric Relaxation of the β-Cyclodextrin Complexes with Tridecanoic Acid and 1,13-Tridecanedioic Acid

The frequency and temperature dependence of the real (') and imaginary (') parts of the dielectric permittivity of the polycrystalline complex-cyclodextrin-tridecanoic acid in two hydration forms (with 16.2 and 10.7 water molecules) and -cyclodextrin-1,13-tridecanedioic acid with 16.4 and 10.5 water molecules have been investigated, in the frequency range 0.1–100 kHz and temperature range 120–310 K. The dielectric behavior is described well by Debye-type relaxation dispersion. All systems except for the complex of partially dehydrated monocarboxylic acid, exhibit an additional -dispersion, at low frequencies (f < 1000 Hz). Only one-step was found in the ' vs. Tplots of both complexes in the two hydration forms, a fact indicating that the watermolecules cannot be divided into strongly bound and easily movable molecules. The'vs. T plots, at a fixed frequency (200 Hz), show the characteristic peakattributed to a transition between ordered and disordered -CD hydroxyl groupsand water molecules. The transition temperature was 202.7 K for all systems examinedexcept for the complex -CD-tridecanoic acid.16.2 H₂O (214.5 K). This means that the order to disorder transformation process was unaffected by the dehydration process in the case of the dicarboxylic acid complex, whereas in the case of the monocarboxylic acid, it was unexpectedly facilitated. The relaxation time varies with temperature, in a like curve (in the range 8–14 s), with maximum values located at the corresponding order-disorder transition temperatures. The activation energies of the fully hydrated complexes have absolute values of 5 kJ/mol in the range 1.98–3.82 K_{BT transition} which are higher than the corresponding values of :2 kJ/mol of the dehydrated complexes. A thermal hysteresis observed in all complexes is a result of the order-disorder transformation.     

The relation between the nonlinear dielectric effect and solvent polarity

The relation between solvent polarity expressed through the Dimroth-Reichardt spectroscopic parameter E _T (30) and the nonlinear dielectric effect (NDE) expressed through the parameter /E² is demonstrated where is a change in the electric permittivity of a solvent in an external strong electric field E. Both E _T (20) and /E², determined in quite different ways, are extremely sensitive to the dielectric properties of a solvent which depend on molecular interactions. Linear correlations between /E² and E _T (30) have been found for n-alkanols representing hydrogenbond donor solvents, and for halogenobenzenes which are dipolar, aprotic, weakly-associated solvents.Part of this work was presented at The 22^nd International Conference on Solution Chemistry in Linz, Austria, July 1991.     

Resonance Raman spectra of tris(acetylacetonato)iron(III) and ruthenium(III) complexes and their solvent effect

The resonance Raman spectra of tris(acetylacetonatoiron(III)) and ruthenium(III) complexes in various solvents and in water-acetonitrile (W-AN) mixtures were measured. The resonance Raman spectra of both complexes indicated peaks near 460 and around 1580 cm^–1. Thev(C-O) peak (around 1580 cm^–1) is shifted to low frequency with an increase in the dielectric constant _T of the solvents, whereas thev(M-O) (M=Fe and Ru, near 460 cm^–1) are constant, independent of _T. It implies that the C-O bond in the acac^– ligand is lengthened by the polarizability effect of the solvents, while both the Fe-O and Ru-O bonds, which are located in the inside of the complexes, are not influenced by the solvents indicating that the interaction does not depend on the properties of individual solvent molecules but on those of the aggregate.     

Fluorinated <Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis>-<Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis> type copolyfluorene as polymer electret for stable nonvolatile organic transistor memory device

In this study, a kind of fluorinated copolyfluorene, named poly[(4-(octyloxy)-9,9-diphenylfluorene-2,7-diyl)-alt-(2,3,5,6-tetrafluoro-1,4-phenylene)] (PODPF-TFP), is synthesized by facile palladium-based direct aromatization. Compared to the non-fluorinated counterpart, poly[(4-(octyloxy)-9,9-diphenylfluorene-2,7-diyl)-alt-(p-phenylene)] (PODPF-P), deeper HOMO/LUMO energy level combined with steric hindrance effect endow PODPF-TFP with excellent spectra and morphology stability. Finally, organic field-effect transistor (OFET) memory devices are fabricated with PODPF-P/PODPFTFP as the dielectric layers, and they both exhibit flash type storage characteristic. Owing to the electronegativity of fluorine atom, the device based on PODPF-TFP exhibits larger memory window and more stable I _on/I _off ratio during a retention time of 10⁴ s as well as a better aging stability. The present study suggests that fluorinated p-n copolyfluorene electrets could enhance the capabilities of charge trapping and storage, which are promising for OFET memory devices.     

Structure of microemulsions of AOT and water in dodecane

The dielectric properties of the system water/AOT/dodecane are studied as a function of volume fraction of the dispersed phase and molar ration (water/surfactant). Data shows that the spherical model is valid only at lown values or low values. At high concentrations of dispersed phase, one has to consider micellar aggregation or deformation.     

Temperature Calibration in Dielectric Measurements

Dielectric experiments are often performed in non-isothermal conditions. Thus, there is a difference between the temperature of the sample and the sensor temperature. In this work we propose and compare three temperature calibration methods based on the detection of transitions or relaxations: i) the melting of high-purity metallic standards (indium and tin), ii) the 2^nd order phase transition of a ferroelectric crystal (TGS); iii) the -relaxation of an amorphous polymer (poly(carbonate)). The results obtained from the three different methods were used to construct a calibration curve for a given heating rate.This revised version was published online in November 2005 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

The application of dielectric analysis to drying latex films

Measurements of real and imaginary capacitance (C andC) have been made during the drying of a film-forming latex. In one experiment dielectric measurements at frequencies between 1 Hz and 100 kHz were made simultaneously with gravimetric measurements on a microbalance. It was found that both the rate of water evaporation and the a.c. conductance decrease sharply at high polymer volume fraction. These results are discussed qualitatively in terms of a model for the film-forming process. In another experimentC andC were recorded at 10 Hz along with automatic measurements of the build-up of the scratch resistance of the film. It was found that the mechanical response to film-formation appears significantly earlier than the dielectric response. This is also discussed qualitatively in terms of the model.The authors would like to thank Dr. I. Abrahams, Dr. S. Bell, and Dr. M. Reading for useful discussions regarding this work and M. Bahra for his help with the TFA measurements.     

Viscosities of solutions of electrolytes and non-electrolytes in ethylene carbonate at 40°C

The viscosities of dilute solutions of a number of tetraalkylammonium and alkali metal halides, tetraphenylarsonium chloride, sodium tetraphenylborate, tetrabutylammonium tetrabutylborate, water, and 3,3-diethylpentane have been measured in the high-dielectric constant solvent, ethylene carbonate (EC) at 40°C. Crude values of the apparent molar volumes of these solutes have also been obtained. Relative viscosities were fitted to the extended Jones-Dole equation, _r=17#x002B;A c ^1/2+B C+D c ².The pattern of the B coefficients is strikingly similar to that previously observed in the high dielectric constant, linear-chain hydrogen-bonded solvent, N-methylacetamide (NMA). Ionic values for _v and B have been obtained using a variety of splitting techniques. Alkali metal ions have large B coefficients indicating strong cation solvation with the normal order Li>Na>K>Cs. Small anions have positive but much smaller B values than in NMA. The observed order does suggest, however, a small degree of anion solvation. Large organic ions do not display the sharp crossing of the Einstein law,D =2.5_v, uniquely characteristic in H₂O of hydrophobic interaction. The two non-electrolytes have negative B coefficients showing that the Einstein law is not valid at the molecular level and that hydrocarbons are not good models for their isoelectronic tetraalkylammonium ion counterparts. An empirical modification of the Einstein law to account for the finite size of the solvent molecules is discussed. As in NMA the D coefficients are roughly linear in the square of B suggesting that they arise from hydrodynamic origins.     

Dielectric relaxation of polystyrene with side-chain- and chain-end-labels

Polystyrenes with different concentrations of side groups with cyano groups were prepared and complex dielectric constants were measured in the range of the glass transition temperature and the frequency range of 10^–2–10⁷ Hz.The GPC and DSC measurements showed that the molecular weight of these polystyrenes was about 10500 g/mole and the glass transition temperatures were 89.5°C for all samples.The dielectric relaxation spectra obtained for the side group polystyrene labels and also the chain-end polystyrene labels prepared before [9] were analyzed to find out the degree of coupling of the chain-end and side-group labels with the cooperative reorientation of the polymeric matrix. The analysis of the spectra was carried out using the analysis method developed by Mansour and Stoll [6].The results obtained showed that both end- and side-group labels are strongly coupled with the segmental reorientation and relax with relaxation times longer than that of the segments.The value of logf _m = (logf _m(label)) – logf _m(matrix)) was obtained from the recently designed comparison diagram suggested by Mansour and Stoll [6, 14]. The value of logf _m depends on the label length in the case of chain-end labels.It was surprising to find that the side groups relax slower than the segments by only 0.9 decades. These results obtained implied that the label relaxes through a multistep relaxation mechanism of the side and end groups and not through a diffusion mechanism of the whole chain. In addition, the effective lengths of the relaxing units were determined using the empirical equation obtained before in the case of rodlike molecules in polyisoprene [7].     

Influence of the dielectric constant on ion-pair and ion-ligand complex formation

The effect of dielectric constant on ion association of triethylammonium picrate and methylimidazolium picrate and on ion-ligand complex formation between the cations Et₃NH⁺ and MeImH⁺ and 1-methylimidazole was investigated from conductance data carried out in nitrobenzene-benzene mixtures (34.8K _A satisfy in first approximation the relation logK _A 1/D. The center-to-center distance å has been calculated and compared to the value obtained for nonhydrogenbonded ion pairs. The ion-ligand association constantK ₁ ⁺ increases as the dielectric constant of the medium decreases. Plots of logK ₁ ⁺ against 1/D give straight lines, the slopes of which are consistent with the predictions of a theory that interprets the effect of the dielectric constant in terms of changes in the polarization energy of the solvent around the complexed and the uncomplexed ions. For these interactions, the complexed ions can be approximated as charged spheres, the volume of which is equal to that of the bare ion plus the volume of the ligand.