화학공학소재연구정보센터
Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics, Vol.34, No.17, 2853-2861, 1996
Enhanced Translational Diffusion of Rubrene and Tetracene in Polysulfone
Translational diffusion of tetracene and rubrene in bisphenol A polysulfone (T-g = 460 K) was measured using a holographic fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP) technique. In the temperature range from 493 to 462 K, probe translation was diffusive and the translational diffusion coefficients varied from 10(-8) to 10(-13) cm(2)/s. Surprisingly, the observed translational diffusion coefficients showed a weaker temperature dependence than the rotational correlation times of the same probes. Rotational correlation times have the same temperature dependence as the viscoelastic relaxation times characteristic of the rubberlike modulus, while translational relaxation times decouple from the viscoelastic relaxation times. On average, probe molecules are translating larger and larger distances per probe rotation time as the temperature is lowered to T-g. These results can be explained qualitatively in terms of spatially heterogeneous segmental dynamics in the polysulfone matrix.