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A Model for Relaxation in Supercooled Liquids and Polymer Melts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

T. Pakula  and
J. Teichmann
T. Pakula
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Polymerforschung, Postfach 3148, 55021 Mainz, Germany
J. Teichmann
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Polymerforschung, Postfach 3148, 55021 Mainz, Germany
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Abstract

A new model for molecular rearrangements in liquids is proposed. The liquids are regarded as dense ensembles of vibrating molecules satisfying the excluded volume condition. A continuity condition is applied on the molecular scale of such systems and is regarded as controlling rearrangements leading to translations of molecules beyond the range of their vibration amplitude. It results in cooperative rearrangements which are considered as taking place in systems with fluctuating density. Rates of rearrangements are considered as being controlled by thermal activation with activation energy barriers dependent on local density. Various dependencies of the activation energy barriers on local density are examined. It is shown, that the model is able to reproduce the extremal cases of temperature dependencies of relaxation times represented on one edge by the Arrhenius relation and on the other edge by the Vogel-Fulcher-Tamman relation. The model can, however, provide a broad spectrum of other dependencies filling the gap between these extremes. All cases are based on the uniform microscopic picture of cooperative molecular rearrangements resulting from system continuity. The model is implemented as a simulation algorithm (Dynamic Lattice Liquid - DLL algorithm) which is used to simulate dynamic properties of liquids and polymer melts. Simulation results obtained for polymers are compared with experimental results obtained by means of the dynamic mechanical measurements on polyisobutylene samples with various molecular weights.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 455: Symposium T – Glasses and Glass Formers–Current Issues , 1996 , 211
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1997

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