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<ξ<1), deviates from the expected one. It is suggested that the deviation could depend on the particular relaxation process involved in the correlation function and the heterogeneity of the JG process.
Funder
A generous grant of computing time from Green Data Center of the University of Pisa, and Dell EMC
European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
Subject
Polymers and Plastics,General Chemistry
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