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Title: Terahertz spectral change associated with glass transition of poly-ε-caprolactone

Abstract

We measured absorption spectra of unidirectionally stretched poly-ε-caprolactone (PCL) film in a range from 0.3 to 3.6 THz at temperatures from 10 to 300 K. Several absorption peaks were observed, when the electric field of THz waves was set in directions parallel and perpendicular to the stretching direction. The absorption bandwidths became significantly broad at around 200 K and above at least in two specific peaks. This temperature is close to the glass transition temperature of PCL. Further, it is shown by quantum chemical calculations that all the peaks obtained experimentally originate in skeletal vibrations of PCL. Therefore, it has become clear that a specific feature appears in the THz absorption spectrum of PCL associated with its glass transition.

Authors:
 [1]; ;  [2];  [3];  [1]
  1. Department of Electrical Engineering and Bioscience, Waseda University, Shinjuku, Tokyo 169-8555 (Japan)
  2. Applied Electromagnetic Research Institute, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8795 (Japan)
  3. Advanced ICT Research Institute, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8795 (Japan)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22399370
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Journal of Applied Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 117; Journal Issue: 13; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0021-8979
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; ABSORPTION; ABSORPTION SPECTRA; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; GLASS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE RANGE 0013-0065 K; TEMPERATURE RANGE 0065-0273 K; THIN FILMS; THZ RANGE; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE

Citation Formats

Komatsu, Marina, Mizuno, Maya, Fukunaga, Kaori, Saito, Shingo, Ohki, Yoshimichi, and Research Institute for Materials Science and Technology, Waseda University, Shinjuku, Tokyo 169-8555. Terahertz spectral change associated with glass transition of poly-ε-caprolactone. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4916746.
Komatsu, Marina, Mizuno, Maya, Fukunaga, Kaori, Saito, Shingo, Ohki, Yoshimichi, & Research Institute for Materials Science and Technology, Waseda University, Shinjuku, Tokyo 169-8555. Terahertz spectral change associated with glass transition of poly-ε-caprolactone. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4916746
Komatsu, Marina, Mizuno, Maya, Fukunaga, Kaori, Saito, Shingo, Ohki, Yoshimichi, and Research Institute for Materials Science and Technology, Waseda University, Shinjuku, Tokyo 169-8555. 2015. "Terahertz spectral change associated with glass transition of poly-ε-caprolactone". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4916746.
@article{osti_22399370,
title = {Terahertz spectral change associated with glass transition of poly-ε-caprolactone},
author = {Komatsu, Marina and Mizuno, Maya and Fukunaga, Kaori and Saito, Shingo and Ohki, Yoshimichi and Research Institute for Materials Science and Technology, Waseda University, Shinjuku, Tokyo 169-8555},
abstractNote = {We measured absorption spectra of unidirectionally stretched poly-ε-caprolactone (PCL) film in a range from 0.3 to 3.6 THz at temperatures from 10 to 300 K. Several absorption peaks were observed, when the electric field of THz waves was set in directions parallel and perpendicular to the stretching direction. The absorption bandwidths became significantly broad at around 200 K and above at least in two specific peaks. This temperature is close to the glass transition temperature of PCL. Further, it is shown by quantum chemical calculations that all the peaks obtained experimentally originate in skeletal vibrations of PCL. Therefore, it has become clear that a specific feature appears in the THz absorption spectrum of PCL associated with its glass transition.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4916746},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22399370}, journal = {Journal of Applied Physics},
issn = {0021-8979},
number = 13,
volume = 117,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Apr 07 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Tue Apr 07 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}