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The molecular dynamics of addition-type poly(tricyclononenes) with Si-substituted bulky side groups has been investigated by a combination of neutron time-of-flight and neutron backscattering spectroscopy methods on a time scale from 0.1 ps to ca. 3 ns. The investigated poly(tricyclononenes) PTCNSi1 and PTCNSi2g both bear a high microporosity which makes them promising candidates for active separation layers for gas separation membranes. At least for larger gas molecules it is assumed that the pathways for diffusion require an enlargement of pre-existing micropores in terms of an activated zone. A low temperature relaxation process was found for both polymers by the performed neutron scattering experiments. This process was assigned to the methyl group rotation. It was analysed in terms of a jump diffusion in a three-fold potential. The analysis of the dependence of the elastic incoherent structure factor on the scattering vector yields the number of methyl groups which might be immobilized. For PTCNSi1 (3 methyl groups in the monomeric unit) it was found that all methyl groups take part in the methyl group rotation whereas for PTCNSi2g (6 methyl groups in monomeric unit) a considerable number of methyl groups are blocked in their rotation. This immobilization of methyl groups is due to the sterically demanding arrangement of the methyl groups in PTCNSi2g. This conclusion is further supported by the result that the activation energy for the methyl group rotation is three times higher for PTCNSi2g than that of PTCNSi1.
The molecular dynamics of the triphenylene-based discotic liquid crystal HAT6 is investigated by broadband dielectric spectroscopy, advanced dynamical calorimetry and neutron scattering. Differential scanning calorimetry in combination with X-ray scattering reveals that HAT6 has a plastic crystalline phase at low temperatures, a hexagonally ordered liquid crystalline phase at higher temperatures and undergoes a clearing transition at even higher temperatures. The dielectric spectra show several relaxation processes: a localized gamma-relaxation a lower temperature and a so called alpha-2-relaxation at higher temperatures. The relaxation rates of the alpha-2-relaxation have a complex temperature dependence and bear similarities to a dynamic glass transition. The relaxation rates estimated by hyper DSC, Fast Scanning calorimetry and AC Chip calorimetry have a different temperature dependence than the dielectric alpha-2-relaxation and follows the VFT-behavior characteristic for glassy dynamics. Therefore, this process is called alpha-1-relaxation. Its relaxation rates show a similarity with that of polyethylene. For this reason, the alpha-1-relaxation is assigned to the dynamic glass transition of the alkyl chains in the intercolumnar space. Moreover, this process is not observed by dielectric spectroscopy which supports its assignment. The alpha-2-relaxation was assigned to small scale translatorial and/or small angle fluctuations of the cores.
The neutron scattering data reveal two relaxation processes. The process observed at shorter relaxation times is assigned to the methyl group rotation. The second relaxation process at longer time scales agree in the temperature dependence of its relaxation rates with that of the dielectric gamma-relaxation.
The effect of a nanometer scale confinement (pore sizes 7.5 nm down to 2.5 nm) on the vibrational density of states (VDOS) and on the molecular dynamics of Poly(dimethyl siloxane) (PDMS) and Poly(-methyl phenyl siloxane) (PMPS) is studied by inelastic Neutron scattering. The high penetration depth of neutrons makes neutron scattering a suitable tool for the study of confined systems. Moreover, Neutrons are sensitive to light nuclei therefore the confined polymers can be investigated directly, more or less independently of the confining host. Resulting findings are firstly, a reduction of the low frequency contributions to the VDOS below the Boson Peak frequency for both polymers. Including literature data, this reduction can be regarded as a more general feature for glass-forming systems confined by hard walls. Secondly, clear deviations in the temperature dependence of the mean squared displacement of
the confined molecules compared to the bulk were found close to the thermal glass transition temperature, whereas localized methyl group rotations were only weakly influenced. Furthermore, the molecular dynamics is accessed. The combination of neutron Time-of-Flight with neutron backscattering, thus covering a broad dynamical range from sub ps to ns, reveal clear influence from confinement on the intermediate incoherent scattering function S(q,t). The latter was obtained by combining the inverse Fourier transform of the individual dynamical structure factors measured by the both methods. The time and q dependence of S(q,t) are discussed in detail for the local methyl group rotations and the segmental dynamics, considering both the interaction of the segments with the pore walls and possible geometrical confinement effects.