TY - JOUR A1 - Wlodarska, M. A1 - Schönhals, Andreas A1 - Bak Grzegorz, G. W. A1 - Mossety-Leszczak, B. A1 - Galina, H. T1 - Molecular mobility of diepoxy nematics studied by dielectric spectroscopy N2 - The molecular mobility of four liquid crystalline epoxy compounds was studied by dielectric spectroscopy in a wide range of frequency (10-1–109 Hz). All the investigated materials form a nematic liquid crystalline phase at temperatures above 60 °C, one of them additionally exhibits a smectic A phase. Two of the compounds have molecules composed of a mesogen and two symmetric tails with eight alkyl groups each. Their properties were compared with the homologous pair having two alkyl groups in each tail. The length of the carbon chain influences the temperature range of the mesophase, which was also observed in this study. Characteristic relaxation processes were observed in the different mesophases. These processes were quantitatively analyzed and the estimated parameters were discussed in detail in dependence of the structure of the materials. KW - Dielectric properties KW - Relaxation KW - Electric modulus KW - Liquid crystals and molecular liquids PY - 2010 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2009.07.048 SN - 0022-3093 VL - 356 IS - 11-17 SP - 828 EP - 832 PB - North-Holland Publ. Co. CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-21267 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schönhals, Andreas A1 - Frunza, S. A1 - Frunza, L. A1 - Unruh, T. A1 - Frick, B. A1 - Zorn, R. T1 - Vibrational and molecular dynamics of a nanoconfined liquid crystal N2 - The effect of a nanometer confinement on the vibrational and molecular dynamics of a liquid crystals E7 was studied by dielectric spectroscopy (DS) and neutron scattering (NS). E7 undergoes a glass transition phenomenon besides the nematic to isotropic phase transition. As confining host a molecular sieve of the MCM-41 type is used having cylindrical pores with a radius of 1.25 nm. The results obtained by both methods are compared in detail. PY - 2010 DO - https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2010-01329-5 SN - 1951-6355 SN - 1951-6401 VL - 189 IS - 1 SP - 251 EP - 255 PB - Springer CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-22638 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Fahmy, A. A1 - Mix, Renate A1 - Schönhals, Andreas A1 - Friedrich, Jörg Florian T1 - Structure of plasma-deposited poly(acrylic acid) films N2 - Poly(acrylic acid) films with a thickness of about 150?nm were deposited using a pulsed plasma onto aluminum and glass. The structure/property relationships of these samples were studied in dependence to the duty cycle (DC) of the plasma by a broad combination of different techniques and probes. For the first time, volume sensitive methods (FTIR, dielectric spectroscopy, and differential scanning calorimetry) are combined with surface analyses i.e. XPS. For an unambiguous identification of COOH groups by XPS, derivatization with trifluoroethanol was accomplished. Quantitative FTIR investigations give qualitatively a dependence of the concentration of COOH groups upon DC similar to that given by XPS investigations. The observed differences are discussed considering the different analytical depths of both methods. The dielectric measurements reveal that the structure of the plasma deposited films is different from that of the bulk material. Moreover, these measurements show also that the plasma deposited films are not thermally stable but undergo a post plasma chemical reaction during heating, where the reaction kinetics depends on DC. PY - 2011 DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/ppap.201000108 SN - 1612-8850 SN - 1612-8869 VL - 8 IS - 2 SP - 147 EP - 159 PB - Wiley-VCH Verl. CY - Weinheim AN - OPUS4-23478 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Fahmy, A. A1 - Mix, Renate A1 - Schönhals, Andreas A1 - Friedrich, Jörg Florian T1 - Structure-property relationship of thin plasma deposited poly(allyl alcohol) films N2 - Poly(allyl alcohol) films with a thickness of about 150 nm were deposited by pulse plasma polymerization onto different substrates (inorganic and organic). The structure/property relationships of these samples were studied in dependence on the duty cycle (DC) of the plasma by a broad combination of different techniques and probes. For the first time volume sensitive methods (FTIR and dielectric spectroscopy) are combined with surface analytics by employing XPS for that system. FTIR spectroscopy gives qualitatively the same dependence of the concentration of the OH groups on DC like XPS. The observed differences are discussed considering the different analytical depths of both the methods. The dielectric measurements show that the plasma deposited films are not thermally stable but undergo a post plasma chemical reaction during heating. The results obtained by dielectric spectroscopy are discussed in detail with the data from FTIR and XPS measurements. KW - Allyl alcohol KW - Dielectric properties KW - Plasma polymerization KW - Surface and bulk characterization KW - Thermal stability PY - 2011 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s11090-011-9297-0 SN - 0272-4324 VL - 31 IS - 3 SP - 477 EP - 498 PB - Plenum Publ. Corp. CY - New York, NY, USA AN - OPUS4-23671 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Brás, A.R. A1 - Merino, E.G. A1 - Neves, P.D. A1 - Fonseca, I.M. A1 - Dionísio, M. A1 - Schönhals, Andreas A1 - Correia, N.T. T1 - Amorphous ibuprofen confined in nanostructured silica materials: a dynamical approach N2 - The molecular mobility of condensed matter confined to nanometer dimensions can be dramatically changed from those of the bulk state in such a way that, when the guest is a drug, it can be advantageously used in pharmaceutical applications. We show by dielectric relaxation spectroscopy that the molecular mobility of the important ibuprofen drug embedded in nanoporous SBA-15 is significantly influenced by the confinement. An evidence of the existence of two families of molecules with different molecular mobilities is provided and investigated in their temperature dependence. One family is due to molecules close to the pores' center with a higher mobility compared with the bulk at low temperatures, and another family with slower dynamics originated from molecules interacting with the pore walls. The work reports the simultaneous manifestation of true confinement and surface effects in this nanostructured silica host for a drug. For future applications in drug delivery systems, the dynamics determined by the guest–host interplay and the one of the bulklike molecules can be tuned to achieve a desired release profile. PY - 2011 DO - https://doi.org/10.1021/jp107631m SN - 1932-7447 SN - 1089-5639 VL - 115 IS - 11 SP - 4616 EP - 4623 PB - Soc. CY - Washington, DC AN - OPUS4-23518 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Zorn, R. A1 - Mayorova, M. A1 - Richter, D. A1 - Schönhals, Andreas A1 - Hartmann, L. A1 - Kremer, F. A1 - Frick, B. T1 - Effect of Nanoscopic Confinement on the Microscopic Dynamics of Glass-Forming Liquids and Polymers Studied by Inelastic Neutron Scattering N2 - In this article we present inelastic neutron scattering (INS) experiments on different systems of confined glass-formers. The aim of these experiments is to study the influence of spatial restriction on the microscopic dynamics related to the glass transition. Such results could be helpful for the detection of a currently speculated cooperativity length of the glass transition. The glass-forming component is either a molecular liquid or a polymer. The confining matrices are `hard' (silica glass, silicon) or `soft' (microemulsion droplets). For some experiments the confining structure could be spatially oriented. Except for the soft confinement the naïvely expected acceleration effect could only be found at low temperatures where INS experiments are difficult because of the long relaxation times. A clear effect of confinement could be observed for the glass-typical low energy vibrations (boson peak). This effect seems to be completely different for soft and hard confinement. Surprisingly, the experiments on oriented nanopores did not show any signs of an anisotropy of the dynamics. KW - Alpha relaxation KW - Boson peak KW - Confinement KW - Cooperativity length KW - Glass transition PY - 2008 SN - 978-0-7354-0501-1 DO - https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2897907 SN - 0094-243X SN - 1551-7616 SP - 79 EP - 84 PB - American Institute of Physics CY - Melville, NY, USA AN - OPUS4-17454 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Schönhals, Andreas T1 - Structure property relationships of different polymer based nanocomposites as investigated by dielectric spectroscopy and gas transport measurements T2 - Vortrag Karls-Universität CY - Prague, Czech Republic DA - 2008-04-01 PY - 2008 AN - OPUS4-17514 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Schönhals, Andreas T1 - Polymer based nanocomposites as investigated by dielectric spectroscopy and gas transport measurement T2 - Vortrag an der technischen Universität Lodz CY - Lodz, Poland DA - 2008-04-01 PY - 2008 AN - OPUS4-17487 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Schönhals, Andreas T1 - Molecules in nanometer confinement investigated by dielectric, thermal and neutron spectroscpoy T2 - Vortrag an der technischen Universität Lodz CY - Lodz, Poland DA - 2008-04-01 PY - 2008 AN - OPUS4-17488 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Brás, A.R. A1 - Dionísio, M. A1 - Schönhals, Andreas T1 - Confinement and Surface Effects on the Molecular Dynamics of a Nematic Mixture Investigated by Dielectric Relaxation Spectroscopy N2 - Broadband dielectric spectroscopy (10-2-109 Hz) was employed to investigate the molecular dynamics of the liquid crystalline mixture E7 confined in both untreated and lecithin-treated 20 nm Anopore membranes. Because E7 does not crystallize, it was possible to cover a temperature range of more than 200 K, providing an exhaustive dielectric characterization of a liquid crystal confined to Anopore membranes for the first time. In the nematic state, the tumbling (α-) and the δ-relaxation are observed, also under confinement conditions. The analysis of their relative intensities give that the orientation of the E7 molecules is preferentially axial in untreated but opposite radial in lecithin-treated pores. The radial alignment of the liquid crystals in the modified membrane is understood as a tail-to-tail conformation of E7 molecules imposed by the adsorbed lecithin molecules. The relaxation rate of the α-process is enhanced for E7 confined in native Anopore compared with the bulk and E7 in treated pores. This is interpreted as resulting from a less dense molecular packing of E7 in the middle of the pore compared to the bulk. In both untreated and treated membranes, the relaxation rate of the δ-process is higher than in the bulk, and the values of the respective Vogel-Fulcher-Tammann temperatures depend on the actual surface treatment. Additionally, a surface process, due to molecular fluctuations of molecules within an adsorbed layer at the pore wall, was detected. PY - 2008 DO - https://doi.org/10.1021/jp802133e SN - 1520-6106 SN - 1520-5207 SN - 1089-5647 VL - 112 IS - 28 SP - 8227 EP - 8235 PB - Soc. CY - Washington, DC AN - OPUS4-17802 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Labahn, Diana A1 - Schönhals, Andreas ED - Co, A. ED - Leal, L. G. ED - Colby, R. H. ED - Giacomin, A. J. T1 - Molecular Dynamics of Ultra-Thin Supported Polysulfone Films N2 - Ultra-thin films of polysulfone are prepared by spin coating down to thicknesses below 10 nm on an aluminum support and investigated by broadband dielectric spectroscopy. As a main result is was found that the glass transition temperature Tg does not depend on the film thickness for thicknesses larger than 10 nm. Secondly from the analysis of the dielectric strength it is concluded that the polysulfone segments form an adsorbed layer with a reduced mobility at the Al support having a thickness of ca. 5 nm. T2 - 15th International Congress on Rheolog, The Society of Rheology 80th Annual Meeting CY - Monterey, CA, USA DA - 2008-08-03 KW - Ultra-thin films KW - Dielectric relaxation KW - Glass transition KW - Polysulfone PY - 2008 SN - 978-0-7354-0549-3 DO - https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2964552 VL - 1027 IS - 1 SP - 1300 EP - 1302 PB - American Institute of Physics CY - Melville, NY, USA AN - OPUS4-17803 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Brás, A. R. A1 - Noronha, J. P. A1 - Antunes, A. M. M. A1 - Cardoso, M. M. A1 - Schönhals, Andreas A1 - Affouard, F. A1 - Dionísio, M. A1 - Correia, N.T. T1 - Molecular motions in amorphous Ibuprofen as studied by broadband dielectric spectroscopy N2 - The molecular mobility of amorphous ibuprofen has been investigated by broadband dielectric relaxation spectroscopy (DRS) covering a temperature range of more than 200 K. Four different relaxation processes, labeled as α, β, γ, and D, were detected and characterized, and a complete relaxation map was given for the first time. The γ-process has activation energy Ea = 31 kJ·mol-1, typical for local mobility. The weak β-relaxation, observed in the glassy state as well as in the supercooled state was identified as the genuine Johari-Goldstein process. The temperature dependence of the relaxation time of the α-process (dynamic glass transition) does not obey a single VFTH law. Instead two VFTH regimes are observed separated by a crossover temperature, TB = 265 K. From the low temperature VFTH regime, a Tgdiel(t =100 s) = 226 K was estimated, and a fragility or steepness index m = 93, was calculated showing that ibuprofen is a fragile glass former. The D-process has a Debye-like relaxation function but the temperature dependence of relaxation time also follows the VFTH behavior, with a Vogel temperature and a pre-exponential factor which seem to indicate that its dynamics is governed by the α-process. It has similar features as the Debye-type process observed in a variety of associating liquids, related to hydrogen bonding dynamics. The strong tendency of ibuprofen to form hydrogen bonded aggregates such as dimers and trimers either cyclic or linear which seems to control in particular the molecular mobility of ibuprofen was confirmed by IR spectroscopy, electrospray ionization mass spectrometry, and MD simulations. PY - 2008 DO - https://doi.org/10.1021/jp8040428 SN - 1520-6106 SN - 1520-5207 SN - 1089-5647 VL - 112 IS - 35 SP - 11087 EP - 11099 PB - Soc. CY - Washington, DC AN - OPUS4-17866 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Schönhals, Andreas T1 - Molecular mobility of molecules in nanoscale confinement and close to surface T2 - 5th International Conference on Broadband Dielectric Spectroscopy and its Applications CY - Lyon, France DA - 2008-08-26 PY - 2008 AN - OPUS4-17822 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Schönhals, Andreas T1 - Glass transition of ultrathin supported polysulfone films studied by dielectric spectroscopy T2 - 5th International Conference on Broadband Dielectric Spectroscopy and its Applications CY - Lyon, France DA - 2008-08-26 PY - 2008 AN - OPUS4-17823 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Schönhals, Andreas T1 - Relaxation Behavior of Nanocomposites based on Polyethylene and Layered Double Hydroxide T2 - 5th International Conference on NANOSTRUCTURED POLYMERS AND NANOCOMPOSITES CY - Paris, France DA - 2009-04-15 PY - 2009 AN - OPUS4-19307 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Turky, G. A1 - Shaaban, S.S. A1 - Schönhals, Andreas T1 - Broadband dielectric spectroscopy on the molecular dynamics in different generations of hyperbranched polyester N2 - Dielectric spectroscopy (10-2 Hz to 106 Hz) was employed to investigate the molecular dynamics of hyperbranched polyesters where the number of the generation is systematically varied from 2 to 5. As a first result, the dielectric properties depends strongly on the generation of the hyperbranched polymers. For higher generations (3 to 5) at temperatures below Tg two relaxation processes are observed, a γ-process at lower temperatures and a β-process at higher ones. The apparent activation energies are around 100 kJ/mol which seems to be too high for truly localized processes. For the Generation 2, only the γ-process is observed. For all investigated polymers the dielectric α-relaxation could not be observed because of strong conductivity effects. Therefore, the conductivity is systematically analyzed which obeys the peculiarities found to be characteristic for semiconducting disordered materials. Especially, the Barton/Nakajima/Namikawa relationship is found to be valid. KW - Molecular dynamics KW - Polyesters KW - Relaxation KW - Synthesis PY - 2009 DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/app.30046 SN - 0021-8995 SN - 1097-4628 VL - 113 IS - 4 SP - 2477 EP - 2484 PB - Wiley InterScience CY - Hoboken, NJ AN - OPUS4-19484 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schönhals, Andreas A1 - Goering, Harald A1 - Costa, F. R. A1 - Wagenknecht, U. A1 - Heinrich, G. T1 - Dielectric properties of nanocomposites based on polyethylene and layered double hydroxide N2 - Nanocomposites with a predominantly exfoliated morphology were prepared by melt blending of organically modified doubled layered hydroxide (LDH) and low density polyethylene (PE). The prepared materials were investigated by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and in detail by dielectric spectroscopy. The DSC experiments show that the degree of crystallinity decreases linearly with increasing content of the LDH. The extrapolation of this dependence to zero results in a limiting concentration of ca. 50 wt % LDH were the crystallization of PE is completely suppressed by the nanofiller. The dielectric response of pure polyethylene shows different weak relaxation processes. The intensity of dynamic glass transition (β-relaxation) increases with the concentration of LDH. This is attributed to the increasing concentration of the exchanged anion dodecyl benzene sulfonate (SDBS). The SDBS molecules are strongly adsorbed at the exfoliated LDH layers. Therefore, a detailed analysis of the β-relaxation provides information about the structure and the molecular dynamics in the interfacial region between the exfoliated LDH layers and the polyethylene matrix. This analysis shows that the β-relaxation region consists of two processes: both of them obey glassy dynamics. The difference in corresponding Vogel (ideal glass transition) temperatures is about 30 K. The relaxation process at lower frequency is assigned to polyethylene segments with a reduced molecular mobility close to LDH layers. The process at higher frequencies is related to polyethylene segments in a farer distance for the surface of the nanofiller. In the nanocomposite materials an additional process due to Maxwell-Wagner-Sillars (MWS) polarization was observed. The time constant of this MWS process can be correlated with characteristic length scales in nanocomposites and therefore provides additional information on dispersion and delamination/exfoliation of the LDH layers in these materials. PY - 2009 DO - https://doi.org/10.1021/ma900077w SN - 0024-9297 SN - 1520-5835 VL - 42 IS - 12 SP - 4165 EP - 4174 PB - American Chemical Society CY - Washington, DC AN - OPUS4-19594 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Schönhals, Andreas T1 - Molecular Dynamics of Polymers as Studied by Dielectric, Specific Heat and Neutron Spectroscopy. - From the bulk to the confined state T2 - Vortrag an der Technischen Universität Dortmund, Fakultät für Physik CY - Dortmund, Germany DA - 2009-06-16 PY - 2009 AN - OPUS4-19560 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ryabov, Y. A1 - Gutina, A. A1 - Feldman, Y. A1 - Frunza, S. A1 - Frunza, L. A1 - Schönhals, Andreas T1 - Comment on "investigating hydration dependence of dynamics of confined water: Monolayer, hydration water, and Maxwell-Wagner processes" [J. Chem. Phys. 128, 154503 (2008)] N2 - This comment on the experimental methods and the conclusions of the paper "Investigating hydration dependence of dynamics of confined water: Monolayer, hydration water, and Maxwell–Wagner processes" [ J. Sjöström et al., J. Chem. Phys.128, 154503 (2008) ] exposes serious shortcomings in the understanding and the interpretation of the observed relaxation behavior of confined water presented in the article. There are contradictions between the suggested theory and the experimental observations that mislead the reader. In this comment we prove that the Maxwell–Wagner relaxation cannot explain the nonmonotonous temperature dependence for the process observed in confined water. PY - 2010 DO - https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3451102 SN - 0021-9606 SN - 1089-7690 VL - 133 SP - 037101-1 - 037101-2 PB - American Institute of Physics CY - Melville, NY AN - OPUS4-21908 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Schönhals, Andreas T1 - Structure Property Relationsships of Polymeric Nanocomposites with Layered Nanofillers T2 - 6. International Conference on Broadband Dielectric Spectroscopy and its Applications CY - Madrid, Spain DA - 2010-09-07 PY - 2010 AN - OPUS4-21976 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Schönhals, Andreas T1 - Broadband Dielectric Spectroscopy and its Relationship to Other Spectroscopic Techniques T2 - Satelite Courses at 6. International Conference on Broadband Dielectric Spectroscopy and its Applications CY - Madrid, Spain DA - 2010-09-06 PY - 2010 AN - OPUS4-21977 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Wohlrab, Sebastian A1 - Schönhals, Andreas A1 - Goering, Harald A1 - Friedrich, Jörg Florian T1 - Integration of sol-gel derived inorganic nanonetworks into polymers N2 - Nanoparticulate networks as fillers for polymer based nanocomposites offer an optimized, surfactant free distribution of the inorganic component. Additionally, their non-aggregated but interconnected nanoparticulate subunits can lead to new properties owing to special inherent solid state properties and/or spacial restrictions to the polymeric parts. In particular, polymer nanocomposites based on poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) or poly(hydroxyethyl methacrylate) (PHEMA), filled with different nanoparticulate networks of AlOOH were synthesized using two advanced synthesis techniques. An ex situ method, in which a preformed AlOOH-gel was solvent exchanged by methyl methacrylate (MMA) and an in situ method, in which the AlOOH scaffold was prepared within hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA), have been used to produce the materials described here through polymerization. On the MMA based composites the particles were removed by etching, yielding porous polymers. Promising for a broad variety of crystallisable networks within polymers, the phase transition of amorphous AlOOH within PMMA towards crystalline boehmite was performed using a hydrothermal method. The materials were characterized using transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, gel permeation chromatography, differential scanning calorimetry, IR-spectroscopy, UV/Vis spectroscopy and hardness measurements. Special material properties were investigated using thermogravimetry, thermomechanical analysis and dynamic mechanical analysis. Furthermore, interactions between PMMA segments and the AlOOH network were detailed studied using dielectric spectroscopy. PY - 2010 DO - https://doi.org/10.1039/c0py00105h SN - 1759-9954 SN - 1759-9962 VL - 1 IS - 8 SP - 1226 EP - 1236 AN - OPUS4-21996 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -