Reversing Strain Deformation Probes Mechanisms for Enhanced Segmental Mobility of Polymer Glasses

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• 作者：Kelly HebertM. D. Ediger
• 刊名：Macromolecules
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 14, 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：50
• 期：3
• 页码：1016-1026
• 全文大小：449K
• ISSN：1520-5835

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Optical probe reorientation measurements were performed to monitor changes in segmental dynamics resulting from the nonlinear deformation of a polymer glass. Segmental dynamics were monitored in a poly(methyl methacrylate) glass near T_g before and after a series of reversing deformations in which the sample was extended at constant strain rate and then allowed to retract back to zero stress at constant strain rate. Evidence of a rejuvenation mechanism, as quantified by a departure of the segmental dynamics from the quiescent aging dynamics after the reversing deformation, is observed for deformations which reach 60% of the yield strain or greater. By this measure, a saturation of the rejuvenation mechanism is not observed until at least 5 times the yield strain. For comparison, purely mechanical measurements of rejuvenation, based upon the reduction of the yield stress in a subsequent deformation, were also performed. These purely mechanical experiments show broad qualitative agreement with the probe reorientation experiments but quantitatively differ in the pre-yield regime. The results are discussed in the context of recent theoretical approaches and simulations which provide a molecular-level description of polymer glass deformation.