ISSN:
0887-6266
Keywords:
nylon
;
infrared spectroscopy
;
electric field poling
;
Chemistry
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Physics
Notes:
Dipole reorientation under the influence of an electric field is investigated in oriented nylon 11 films with polarized infrared spectroscopy for the amide A and amide I bands. Butterfly-shaped hysteresis loops are obtained from peak intensity versus applied electric field strength. Least-squares Gaussian curve fitting of the resolved multiple contributions to the amide I peak show that the components change in either a continuously reducing S-shaped fashion, or in butterfly-shaped curves under ac poling fields. Time-dependent studies of the absorption intensities show that both ordered and disordered species switch towards the electric field direction with the application of electric fields higher than the coercive field. Upon field removal, only the disordered species show orientation relaxation away from the field direction. Below the coercive field, neither species responds orientationally to the field. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Additional Material:
10 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
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