Evidence of dynamic heterogeneity as obtained from dielectric and brillouin light-scattering studies of poly(n-hexylmethacrylate)

Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1391-1401

  Meier, G ^a   Kremer, F ^b   Fytas, G ^c   Rizos, A ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND LASER   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cooperative length of glass transition; Dielectric relaxation spectroscopy; Poly(n hexylmethacrylate); Rayleigh Brillouin spectroscopy; Splitting between and relaxation

Indexed keywords

BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; DIELECTRIC RELAXATION; GLASS TRANSITION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SPECTROSCOPY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

DIELECTRIC LOSS CURVE; DIELECTRIC RELAXATION SPECTROSCOPY; DYNAMIC HETEROGENEITY; HYPERSONIC DISPERSION; POLYHEXYLMETHACRYLATE; RAYLEIGH BRILLOUIN SPECTROSCOPY;

ORGANIC POLYMERS;

EID: 0030164788     PISSN: 08876266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0488(199606)34:8<1391::AID-POLB1>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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