Fractional Coupling of Primary and Johari-Goldstein Relaxations in a Model Polymer
POLYMERS（2022）
Abstract
A polymer model exhibiting heterogeneous Johari-Goldstein (JG) secondary relaxation is studied by extensive molecular-dynamics simulations of states with different temperature and pressure. Time-temperature-pressure superposition of the primary (segmental) relaxation is evidenced. The time scales of the primary and the JG relaxations are found to be highly correlated according to a power law. The finding agrees with key predictions of the Coupling Model (CM) accounting for the decay in a correlation function due to the relaxation and diffusion of interacting systems. Nonetheless, the exponent of the power law, even if it is found in the range predicted by CM (0 More
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Key words
polymer melt,Johari-Goldstein relaxation,dynamic heterogeneity,molecular-dynamics simulation
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