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J. Phys. IV France
Volume 10, Number PR7, May 2000
International Workshop on Dynamics in Confinement
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| Page(s) | Pr7-233 - Pr7-237 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/jp4:2000746 | |
International Workshop on Dynamics in Confinement
J. Phys. IV France 10 (2000) Pr7-233-Pr7-237
DOI: 10.1051/jp4:2000746
1 Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, UMR 8502 du CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay cedex, France
2 Institut Curie, Section de Recherches, UMR l68 du CNRS, 11 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 75005 Paris, France
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J. Phys. IV France 10 (2000) Pr7-233-Pr7-237
DOI: 10.1051/jp4:2000746
Is the chain dynamics in thin polymer films isotropic ?
S. Rivillon1, P. Auroy2 and B. Deloche11 Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, UMR 8502 du CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay cedex, France
2 Institut Curie, Section de Recherches, UMR l68 du CNRS, 11 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 75005 Paris, France
Abstract
The dynamics of molten polymer chains (polydimethylsiloxane) confined between air and a solid, wettable and non-adsorbing surface, is investigated using NMR. The basic approach used here consists in studying how nuclear interactions are time-averaged by rapid molecular motions. Chain segments in such molten films undergo uniaxial reorientations around the normal to the surfaces. The influence of the film thickness ( 50 ≤ h ≤ 3500 Å ) proves this dynamic uniaxiality involves rapid segment diffusion between both surfaces which impose a high degree of planar orientation. Thus the segmental ordering is observed over a thickness range which depends on the degree of chain entanglements.
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