Dielectric experiments are carried out on poly(4-phenoxyphenyl acrylate) (PPOA) and 4-phenoxyphenyl- 2,4-dimethylglutarate (PPODG), a low-molecular-weight analogue of PPOA. The intramolecular dipolar correlation coefficient gintra for the polymer changes from 0.821 at 30°C to 0.835 at 60°C. This coefficient is similar to that of PPODG (0.817 at 30°C), suggesting that the asymptotic value of gintra is reached for rather low molecular weights. The dipolar correlation coefficient g that accounts for both the intramolecular and intermolecular dipolar interactions is smaller than gintra for both the polymer and the low-molecularweight compound. The dielectric spectrum of PPOA in the bulk presents a prominent glass-rubber relaxation followed by a subglass absorption that seems to be the combination of a process in the high-temperature zone (named fl) that overlaps with the glass-rubber relaxation and a well developed absorption (named y) in the low-temperature region. This latter process can be explained in terms of motions of the dipole associated with the C"'-O-C ar bonds whereas motions about the C=-C*O * bonds may also intervene in the fl process. The low-molecular-weight compound only exhibits a prominent glass-liquid absorption followed by a diffuse and weak subglass relaxation; this behaviour cannot be explained in terms of only intramolecular interactions, and therefore intermolecular interactions must play an important role in this process. The mechanical and the dielectric glass-rubber relaxations are interpreted in terms of the coupling scheme. This study suggests that the complexities of both processes are similar, in contrast with what occurs in many other systems.
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Relaxation behaviour and dipolar correlations for polyacrylate-based polymers with aromatic side groups / Ricardo Diaz-Calleja and Evaristo Riande* and Julio San Rombn // Polymer. – 1993. – Vol 34. – P. 3456-3463.
