화학공학소재연구정보센터
Macromolecular Rapid Communications, Vol.37, No.6, 527-531, 2016
Molecular Motion of the Junction Points in Model Networks Prepared by Acyclic Triene Metathesis
The junction dynamics in a selectively deuterated model polymer network containing junctions on every 21st chain carbon is studied by solid state H-2 echo NMR. Polymer networks are prepared via acyclic triene metathesis of deuteron-labeled symmetric trienes with deuteron probes precisely placed at the alpha carbon relative to the junction point. The effect of decreasing the cross-link density on the junction dynamics is studied by introduction of polybutadiene chains in-between junctions. The networks are characterized by swelling, gel content, and solid state H-1 MAS NMR. Line shape analysis of the H-2 quadrupolar echo spectra reveals that the degree of motion anisotropy and the distribution of motion correlation times depend on the cross-link density and structural heterogeneity of the polymer networks. A detailed model of the junction dynamics at different temperatures is proposed and explained in terms of the intermolecular cooperativity in densely-packed systems.