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@ARTICLE{Gambino:884057,
author = {Gambino, Thomas and Shafqat, Numera and Alegría, Angel and
Malicki, Nicolas and Dronet, Séverin and Radulescu, Aurel
and Nemkovskiy, Kirill and Arbe, Arantxa and Colmenero,
Juan},
title = {{C}oncentration {F}luctuations and {N}anosegregation in a
{S}implified {I}ndustrial {B}lend with {L}arge {D}ynamic
{A}symmetry},
journal = {Macromolecules},
volume = {53},
number = {16},
issn = {1520-5835},
address = {Washington, DC},
publisher = {Soc.},
reportid = {FZJ-2020-03068},
pages = {7150 - 7160},
year = {2020},
abstract = {Applying small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) on
isotopically labeled samples, we have characterized the
thermally driven concentration fluctuations (TCFs), one of
the main factors in the phenomenology of blend dynamics, in
mixtures of styrene–butadiene rubber (SBR) and oligomers
of polystyrene (PS) with different compositions. This system
displays a large dynamic asymmetry and is thus a good model
to explore the tunability of properties of interest in the
rubber industry. The SANS experiments, complemented with
neutron diffraction with polarization analysis, have allowed
one to determine the UCST behavior of the blend and
establish its phase diagram. We find a close vicinity of the
spinodal and vitrification lines for intermediate
concentrations and samples rich in PS. This induces the
freezing of the correlation length for TCF when decreasing
the temperature and also has an impact on the reported
dielectric response of these mixtures. Furthermore, we have
deduced the relevant length scale for segmental relaxation
from the comparison of SANS and dielectric results. The
values found (≈1.5–2 nm) are close to the Kuhn lengths
of the components. The relevance of nanometric length scales
in this system could also be tentatively attributed to an
underlying nanodomain structure associated with the
segregation of phenyl rings and main chains, supported by
complementary X-ray diffraction experiments.},
cin = {JCNS-FRM-II / JCNS-1 / MLZ},
ddc = {540},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)JCNS-FRM-II-20110218 /
I:(DE-Juel1)JCNS-1-20110106 / I:(DE-588b)4597118-3},
pnm = {6G4 - Jülich Centre for Neutron Research (JCNS) (POF3-623)
/ 6G15 - FRM II / MLZ (POF3-6G15)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-6G4 / G:(DE-HGF)POF3-6G15},
experiment = {EXP:(DE-MLZ)DNS-20140101 / EXP:(DE-MLZ)KWS2-20140101},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000566339100036},
doi = {10.1021/acs.macromol.0c01376},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/884057},
}