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Combining Flash DSC, DSC and broadband dielectric spectroscopy to determine fragility

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New experimental results focused on Flash DSC, DSC and broadband dielectric spectroscopy investigations are reported in this work. The fictive temperatures and fragility indexes are estimated from Flash DSC experiments and compared to values obtained from classical DSC. The consistency of the Tool–Narayanaswamy–Moynihan model and fragility concept is then investigated over a large range of cooling rates. Indeed, the Flash DSC allows exploring thermal properties of materials over a continuous and broad range of heating and cooling rates, complementary to rates usually available with DSC. The reliability of investigations is also demonstrated by comparing results obtained from two model amorphous polymeric systems: polystyrene and poly(ethylene terephthalate)-glycol. The temperature dependence of the cooling rate obtained by Flash DSC and DSC is also compared to the temperature dependence of the relaxation times obtained from broadband dielectric spectroscopy, experiment considered as the reference concerning the fragility measurements. The comparison of these two dependencies implies a better understanding about the origin of the temperature dependence of the cooling rate.

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    Alexandre Dhotel, Bidur Rijal, Laurent Delbreilh, Eric Dargent & Allisson Saiter

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Dhotel, A., Rijal, B., Delbreilh, L. et al. Combining Flash DSC, DSC and broadband dielectric spectroscopy to determine fragility. J Therm Anal Calorim 121, 453–461 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-015-4650-9

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