Comparing surface and bulk flow of a molecular glass former

被引:83
作者
Daley, C. R. [2 ,3 ]
Fakhraai, Z. [1 ]
Ediger, M. D. [4 ]
Forrest, J. A. [2 ,3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Penn, Dept Chem, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
[2] Univ Waterloo, Dept Phys & Astron, Guelph Waterloo Phys Inst, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
[3] Univ Waterloo, Waterloo Inst Nanotechnol, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
[4] Univ Wisconsin, Dept Chem, Madison, WI 53706 USA
基金
加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会;
关键词
POLYSTYRENE FILMS; DYNAMICS; TEMPERATURE; POLYMERS; KINETICS;
D O I
10.1039/c2sm06826e
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
In this work we measure the response of the molecular glass former 1,3-bis-(1-naphthyl)-5-(2-naphthyl) benzene (TNB T-g = 347 K) to the presence of 20 nm gold nanoparticles placed on the material surface. At times ranging from a few minutes to many hundreds of minutes at temperatures below T-g - 2 K the surface evolves with no change in the apparent height of the nanoparticle. At temperatures T-g - 9 K < T < T-g, and after sufficiently long times, the nanospheres are observed to embed into the material. We employ a simple model for embedding in order to estimate a bulk material viscosity (the material properties similar to 10-20 nm into the film) and obtain good agreement with previously reported values over the temperature range 338-345 K. The surface evolution that is observed prior to nanoparticle embedding has a much weaker temperature dependence than the embedding process. The surface evolution is modelled as a thin film with uniformly enhanced mobility, and alternately as surface diffusion. In the context of a decreased viscosity in the entire film, the measured time scales correspond to a viscosity value of 10(7)-10(10) Pa.s. Restricting the surface flow to a smaller layer results in correspondingly decreased viscosity values. In the context of a surface diffusion model, the timescale for surface evolution corresponds to a range of surface diffusion coefficients of D-s from 10(-14) (at 318 K) to 10(-11) m(2)/s (at 345 K). By measuring both surface and bulk dynamics we provide a quantitative measure for the enhancement of surface dynamics relative to the bulk.
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页码:2206 / 2212
页数:7
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