1. Disorder in Binary Polymer Systems near Their Critical Region Studied by Low-Frequency Raman Spectroscopy
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Tatiana M. Kolomiyets and Sviatoslav A. Kirillov ,†,‡ and
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chemistry.chemical_classification ,Materials science ,Transition temperature ,Analytical chemistry ,Polymer ,Low frequency ,Molecular physics ,Surfaces, Coatings and Films ,Condensed Matter::Soft Condensed Matter ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,symbols.namesake ,chemistry ,Materials Chemistry ,Copolymer ,symbols ,Coherent anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy ,Polystyrene ,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry ,Raman spectroscopy ,Boson - Abstract
Low-frequency Raman spectra of a diblock copolymer of polystyrene and polyisoprene (PS−PI) and a polystyrene−polybutadiene blend (PS−PB) have been studied. Low-frequency features, viz., the quasi-elastic lines, Boson peaks, and vibrational lines, if present, have been fitted to known theoretical expressions. It has been found for the first time that, in the diblock, the Boson peaks manifest themselves at frequencies characteristic for homopolymers; that is, big enough regions formed by pure components exist in the diblock. The temperature dependence of the overall integrated intensity in the low-frequency region undergoes a break at the order−disorder transition temperature of the PS−PI diblock and manifests a marked nonlinearity near the temperature of macrophase separation of the PS−PB blend.
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- 2001
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