Universal 2D Soft Nano-Scale Mosaic Structure Theory for Polymers and Colloids

Jia lin Wu

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DOI: 10.4236/snl.2011.13016                

Abstract

A basic concept in chain-particle cluster-motion, from frozen glassy state to melt state, is the 2D soft nano-scale mosaic structure formed by 8 orders of 2D interface excitation (IE) loop-flows, from small to large in inverse cascade and rearrangement structure in cascade along local one direction. IE has additional repulsive energy and extra vacancy volume. IE results from that the instantaneous synchronal polarized electron charge coupling pair is able to parallel transport on the interface between two neighboring chain-particles with antiparallel delocalization. This structure accords with de Gennes’ mosaic structure picture, from which we can directly deduce glass transition temperature, melt temperature, free volume fraction, critical entangled chain length, and activation energy to break solid lattice. This is also the inherency maximum order-potential structure in random systems.

Keywords

Glass Transition Theory, Soft Matrix, Mosaic Structure, Macromolecular Motion

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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