Chain dynamics in linear and hyperbranched phenol-polyearbonates Academic Article

abstract

• Analysis of the macroscopic thermal and mechanical behavior, and microscopic chain packing and dynamics, of two hyperbranched polycarbonates and their compositionally exact linear analogues leads to the conclusion that nearest-neighbor chains (or chain segments) pack and move similarly in linear and hyperbranched systems. However, the distance scale for cooperative motion is much smaller in the hyperbranched polycarbonates, and this leads to mechanical embrittlement.

authors

• Wooley, Karen

published proceedings

• MACROMOLECULES

author list (cited authors)

• Bolton, D. H., Goetz, J. M., Gan, D. J., Byers, J. A., Poliks, B., Wooley, K. L., & Schaefer, J.

citation count

• 4

complete list of authors

• Bolton, DH||Goetz, JM||Gan, DJ||Byers, JA||Poliks, B||Wooley, KL||Schaefer, J

publication date

• March 2003

publisher

• American Chemical Society (ACS)  Publisher

published in

• MACROMOLECULES  Journal

keywords

• 40 Engineering

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1021/ma021648u

start page

• 2368

end page

• 2373

volume

• 36

issue

• 7