dielectric studies of rigid and flexible molecules in various media
abstract
this thesis investigates mainly the molecular and
intramolecular relaxation processes of some aromatic and
aliphatic molecules containing rotatable polar groups and
some analogous rigid molecules dispersed in (a) atactic
polystyrene matrices and (b) cis-decalin. sample preparations
and the dielectric measurements using general
radio 1615a and 1621 capacitance bridges with appropriate
temperature controllable cells have been described. the
glass transition temperature (t[subscript g] ) measurements using the
glass transition apparatus have also been described. the
experimental data as a function of frequency at different
temperatures were subject to analysis by a series of computer programs written in apl language. the activation
energy barriers opposing the dielectric relaxation processes
were obtained by the application of the eyring rate
equation.
of the spherically shaped rigid polar molecules
examined in cis-decalin, both [beta]- and [alpha]-relaxations are
detected in most of the compounds. dielectric data for
[alpha]-relaxations are described by the cole-davidson skewed
arc function. the ah values of the [beta]-process increase
appropriately with molecular size but are largely independent of the glassy medium. the [beta]-processes
for these systems are attributed to molecular
relaxation which may possibly occur in a "solvent cavity".
of the aromatic flexible molecules, a variety of
anisoles have been studied in cis-decalin. in the systems
studied methoxy group relaxation except for the para-fluoroanisole.
the barrier to methoxy group rotation is independent
of para-substitution and the choice of solvent...
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