<sup>8</sup>Li Spin Relaxation as a Probe of the Modification of Molecular Dynamics by Inelastic Deformation of Glassy Polystyrene
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Abstract
Abstract The molecular dynamics of inelastic strain in glasses remains poorly understood, in contrast to the plasticity of crystalline materials that is well-characterized by measurements of dislocation activity. We report initial results on a 300 nm thick atactic polystyrene film undergoing plastic strain in its glassy state. This physical modification was applied by nanoimprint stamping with a 1 mm ultra-smooth spherical die to induce a stress exceeding mechanical yield (0.8% residual strain). Using 8 Li implanted-ion β NMR, we monitor the spin-lattice relaxation to infer depth-resolved rates of molecular dynamics. We find a significant change in the bulk molecular dynamics of the imprinted film (away from the surface) compared to an identically prepared control film. The relaxation is ∼ 20% slower in the film left densified by imprinting. We expect this relaxation to be coupled to the motion of the phenyl side rings; wherein slower dynamics due to densification is reasonable, as tighter packing should increase the energy barrier to molecular motion. In addition, we see an increase in the apparent thickness of a nanometric mobile surface layer, but this may be an artefact of surface roughening caused by imprinting.
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