Comparison between macroscopic and molecular relaxation behaviour for polar dielectrics

Different measures of molecular mobility

Different measures of molecular mobility: Comparison between calorimetric and thermally stimulated current relaxation times below Tg and correlation with dielectric relaxation times above Tg

✍ Chandan Bhugra; Rama Shmeis; Steven L. Krill; Michael J. Pikal 📂 Article 📅 2008 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 246 KB

Stability of the amorphous state has been linked to molecular mobility of the matrix; however different techniques may capture different mobility substates. Our previous work suggested that two calorimetric techniques, Isothermal Microcalorimetry (TAM) and MDSC, measured different aspects of mobilit