Molecular Dynamics in the Crystalline Regions of Poly(ethylene oxide) Containing a Well-Defined Point Defect in the Middle of the Polymer Chain
2017
Golitsyn, Yury | Pulst, Martin | Kressler, Jörg | Reichert, Detlef
The chain mobility in crystals of a homopolymer of poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) with 22 monomer units (PEO₂₂) is compared with that of a PEO having the identical number of monomer units but additionally a 1,4-disubstituted 1,2,3-triazole (TR) point defect in the middle of the chain (PEO₁₁–TR–PEO₁₁). In crystals of PEO₂₂, the characteristic αc-relaxation (helix jumps) is detected and the activation energy of this process is calculated from the pure crystalline ¹H FIDs to 67 kJ/mol. PEO₁₁–TR–PEO₁₁ exhibits a more complex behavior, i.e. a transition into the high temperature phase HTPh is noticed during heating in the temperature range between −5 and 10 °C which is attributed to the incorporation of the TR ring into the crystalline lamellae. The crystal mobility of the low temperature phase LTPh of PEO₁₁–TR–PEO₁₁ is in good agreement with PEO₂₂ since helical jump motions could also be detected by analysis of the ¹H FIDs and the corresponding values of their second moments M₂. In contrast, the high temperature phase of PEO₁₁–TR–PEO₁₁ shows a completely different behavior of the crystal mobility. The crystalline PEO chains are rigid in this HTPh on the time scale of both, the ¹H time-domain technique and in ¹³C MAS CODEX NMR spectroscopy, i.e. the αc-mobility of PEO in the HTPh of PEO₁₁–TR–PEO₁₁ is completely suppressed and the PEO₁₁ chains are converted into a crystal-fixed polymer due to the incorporation of the TR rings into the crystal structure. However, the TR defect of PEO₁₁–TR–PEO₁₁ shows in the HTPh characteristic π-flip motions with an Arrhenius type activation energy of 223 kJ/mol measured by dielectric relaxation spectroscopy. This motion cannot be observed by corresponding ¹³C MAS CODEX NMR measurements due to an interfering spin-dynamic effect.
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