학술논문

Influence of Chain Rigidity and Dielectric Constant on the Glass Transition Temperature in Polymerized Ionic Liquids.
Document Type
Article
Source
Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 12/28/2017, Vol. 121 Issue 51, p11511-11519. 9p.
Subject
*GLASS transitions
*GLASS transition temperature
*PERMITTIVITY
*ION channels
*ELECTROSTATIC analyzers
Language
ISSN
1520-6106
Abstract
Polymerized ionic liquids (PolyILs) are promising candidates for a wide range of technological applications due to their single ion conductivity and good mechanical properties. Tuning the glass transition temperature (Tg) in these materials constitutes a major strategy to improve room temperature conductivity while controlling their mechanical properties. In this work, we show experimental and simulation results demonstrating that in these materials Tg does not follow a universal scaling behavior with the volume of the structural units Vm (including monomer and counterion). Instead, Tg is significantly influenced by the chain flexibility and polymer dielectric constant. We propose a simplified empirical model that includes the electrostatic interactions and chain flexibility to describe Tg in PolyILs. Our model enables design of new functional PolyILs with the desired Tg. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]