Effect of physical aging on the low-frequency vibrational density of states of a glassy polymer

2003 
The effects of the physical aging on the vibrational density of states (VDOS) of a polymeric glass is studied. The VDOS of a poly(methyl methacrylate) glass at low energy ( < 15 meV), was determined from inelastic neutron scattering at low temperature for two different physical thermodynamical states. One sample was annealed during a long time at temperature lower than Tg, and another was quenched from a temperature higher than Tg. It was found that the VDOS around the boson peak, relatively to the one at higher energy, decreases with annealing at lower temperature than Tg, i.e., with the physical aging.
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