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Resolution of problems in soft matter dynamics by combining calorimetry and other spectroscopies

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In several current important problems in different areas of soft matter physics, controversy persists in interpreting the molecular dynamics observed by various spectroscopies including dielectric relaxation, light scattering, nuclear magnetic resonance, and neutron scattering. Outstanding examples include: (1) relaxation of water in aqueous mixtures, in molecular sieves and silica-gel nanopores, and in hydration shell of proteins; and (2) dynamics of each component in binary miscible polymer blends, in mixtures of an amorphous polymer with a small molecular glassformer, and in binary mixtures of two small molecular glassformers. We show the applications of calorimetry to these problems have enhanced our understanding of the dynamics and eliminated the controversies.

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  1. We are not interested in the peaks of enthalpy release and absorption rates observed at 210 K of water confined in 1.8 nm diameter pores of MCM-41, and is attributed to glass transition of bulk water by Oguni et al. [18].

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This study was supported at NRL by the Office of Naval Research, at the Università di Pisa by MIUR-FIRB 2003 D.D.2186 grant RBNE03R78E, and at Tokai University by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)(19540429).

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    K. L. Ngai

  2. Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, Largo Bruno Pontecorvo 3, 56127, Pisa, Italy

    S. Capaccioli & M. Shahin Thayyil

  3. CNR-INFM, PolyLab, Largo Bruno Pontecorvo 3, 56127, Pisa, Italy

    S. Capaccioli & M. Shahin Thayyil

  4. Department of Physics, University of Calicut, Calicut, Kerala, India

    M. Shahin Thayyil

  5. Department of Physics, Tokai University, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa, 259-1292, Japan

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Ngai, K.L., Capaccioli, S., Shahin Thayyil, M. et al. Resolution of problems in soft matter dynamics by combining calorimetry and other spectroscopies. J Therm Anal Calorim 99, 123–138 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-009-0500-y

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