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Title: Dynamics of PDMS-g-PDMS Bottlebrush Polymers by Broadband Dielectric Spectroscopy

Abstract

Poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS)-based bottlebrush polymers, PDMS-g-PDMS, have been synthesized by anionic polymerization in combination with a condensation-based grafting reaction. Bottlebrush polymers show intriguing features, e.g., extremely low viscosities. Hereby, studies of their dynamics are rare. Therefore, we focus on the segmental relaxation by broadband dielectric spectroscopy. An increasing cross-sectional radius proportional to the increasing side chain length has been observed by small-angle neutron scattering over three samples. Here, a comparison of the segmental relaxation times of the bottlebrushes with the respective linear chains reveals slower dynamics in the former. For longer chains, this effect vanishes.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [1];  [2]; ORCiD logo [1]
  1. Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge, LA (United States)
  2. Australia Center for Neutron Scattering, ANSTO, Lucas Heights (Australia)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge, LA (United States); Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
Contributing Org.:
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO)
OSTI Identifier:
1773778
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 2271666
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0019050
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Macromolecules
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 53; Journal Issue: 19; Related Information: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.macromol.0c01277; Journal ID: ISSN 0024-9297
Publisher:
American Chemical Society
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; Bottlebrushes; neutron scattering; dynamics; polymers; soft matter; dielectric spectroscopy; fast field cycling NMR; insulators; silicones

Citation Formats

Jakobi, Bruno, Bichler, Karin J., Sokolova, Anna, and Schneider, Gerald J. Dynamics of PDMS-g-PDMS Bottlebrush Polymers by Broadband Dielectric Spectroscopy. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.1021/acs.macromol.0c01277.
Jakobi, Bruno, Bichler, Karin J., Sokolova, Anna, & Schneider, Gerald J. Dynamics of PDMS-g-PDMS Bottlebrush Polymers by Broadband Dielectric Spectroscopy. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.0c01277
Jakobi, Bruno, Bichler, Karin J., Sokolova, Anna, and Schneider, Gerald J. Fri . "Dynamics of PDMS-g-PDMS Bottlebrush Polymers by Broadband Dielectric Spectroscopy". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.0c01277. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1773778.
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title = {Dynamics of PDMS-g-PDMS Bottlebrush Polymers by Broadband Dielectric Spectroscopy},
author = {Jakobi, Bruno and Bichler, Karin J. and Sokolova, Anna and Schneider, Gerald J.},
abstractNote = {Poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS)-based bottlebrush polymers, PDMS-g-PDMS, have been synthesized by anionic polymerization in combination with a condensation-based grafting reaction. Bottlebrush polymers show intriguing features, e.g., extremely low viscosities. Hereby, studies of their dynamics are rare. Therefore, we focus on the segmental relaxation by broadband dielectric spectroscopy. An increasing cross-sectional radius proportional to the increasing side chain length has been observed by small-angle neutron scattering over three samples. Here, a comparison of the segmental relaxation times of the bottlebrushes with the respective linear chains reveals slower dynamics in the former. For longer chains, this effect vanishes.},
doi = {10.1021/acs.macromol.0c01277},
journal = {Macromolecules},
number = 19,
volume = 53,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Sep 18 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
month = {Fri Sep 18 00:00:00 EDT 2020}
}

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