Universal behaviour of glass transition exponents in various polymeric systems

Onder Pekcan*, Demet Kaya

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Abstract

The fast transient fluorescence (FTRF) technique was used to study the critical exponents during glass transition in free-radical cross-linking copolymerization (FCC). Methyl methacrylate (MMA), ethyl methacrylate (EMA) and various combinations of MMA with EMA were used during FCC experiments. Pyrene (Py) was used as a fluorescence probe and its fluorescence lifetimes from its decay traces were measured during glass transition. Changes in the viscosity of the pre-gel solutions due to glass formation dramatically increased the Py fluorescent lifetimes, which were used to study the glass transition of MMA, EMA and their mixtures as a function of time, at various temperatures and monomer concentrations. The results were interpreted in the view of percolation theory. The critical exponents, β and γ, were measured near the glass transition point and found to be around 0.37 ± 0.015 and 1.69 ± 0.05, respectively, in all systems studied, which are in good agreement with the static percolation results.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)501-521
Number of pages21
JournalComposite Interfaces
Volume12
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2005

Keywords

  • Critical exponents
  • Fluorescence
  • Glass transition
  • Polymer

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