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Multiscale modeling of polymers closely coupled to Broad Q neutron scattering from NIMROD
| datacite.subject.fos | Engenharia e Tecnologia::Engenharia dos Materiais | |
| datacite.subject.sdg | 03:Saúde de Qualidade | |
| datacite.subject.sdg | 09:Indústria, Inovação e Infraestruturas | |
| datacite.subject.sdg | 12:Produção e Consumo Sustentáveis | |
| dc.contributor.author | Gkourmpis, Thomas | |
| dc.contributor.author | Lopez, Daniel | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mitchell, Geoffrey R. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-03-19T10:49:18Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-03-19T10:49:18Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013 | |
| dc.description.abstract | We use data over an extended Q range from 0.01 to 100Å-1 from the recently commissioned NIMROD instrument at the ISIS pulsed neutron source to develop a multi-scale inverse modeling procedure which will provide insight in to the phase transformations of polymer systems. The first level of our procedure is atomistic and we use internal coordinates (bond length, bond angles and torsion angles) to define the polymer chain in full atomistic detail. Values were assigned to each internal coordinate within the chain using a stochastic Monte Carlo method in which the probabilities were drawn from distributions representing the possible range of values. Using this approach, random chain configurations could be rapidly built and the intrachain structure factor calculated utilizing a small set of parameters and compared with the experimental function. Parameters representing the probability distribution functions were systematically varied using a grid search to find the values which gave the best fit to the structure factor for Q > 3Å-1 in order to determine the details of the chain conformation in the molten phase. This process was repeated for data over the same extended Q range obtained at lower temperatures where the polymer was expected to crystallize. Polymers crystallize via chain-folded thin lamellae crystals. Such crystals give rise to an intense peak at Q ∼ 0.03Å-1. This scattering can be calculated using a lamellar stack model, coarse-grained from the single chain structure. We describe this approach using data obtained on the crystallization from the melt phase of perdeuterated polymers. The objective here is to follow the three key length scales; the chain folded lamellar thickness of ∼ 10nm, the crystal unit cell ∼ 1nm and the detail of the chain conformation is ∼ 0.1nm. | eng |
| dc.description.sponsorship | The authors thank Drs Daniel Bowron and Tristan Young for all their help during the NIMROD experiments. The neutron scattering data was obtained at the STFC ISIS Pulsed neutron facility. | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Gkourmpis, T., Lopez, D. & Mitchell, G.R. Multiscale modeling of polymers closely coupled to Broad Q neutron scattering from NIMROD. MRS Online Proceedings Library 1524, 810 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1557/opl.2012.1765 | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1557/opl.2012.1765 | |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 978-163266114-2 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0272-9172 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1946-4274 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/15917 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.peerreviewed | yes | |
| dc.publisher | Springer | |
| dc.relation.hasversion | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1557/opl.2012.1765 | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | MRS Proceedings | |
| dc.rights.uri | N/A | |
| dc.title | Multiscale modeling of polymers closely coupled to Broad Q neutron scattering from NIMROD | |
| dc.type | conference paper | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| oaire.citation.conferenceDate | 2013 | |
| oaire.citation.endPage | 9 | |
| oaire.citation.startPage | 1 | |
| oaire.citation.title | Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings | |
| oaire.citation.volume | 1524 | |
| oaire.version | http://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85 | |
| person.familyName | Mitchell | |
| person.givenName | Geoffrey | |
| person.identifier | 166356 | |
| person.identifier.ciencia-id | E41A-ABDD-1FC7 | |
| person.identifier.orcid | 0000-0001-7977-7610 | |
| person.identifier.scopus-author-id | 7403103397 | |
| relation.isAuthorOfPublication | 48c8066b-023e-4405-b462-49d28af000d1 | |
| relation.isAuthorOfPublication.latestForDiscovery | 48c8066b-023e-4405-b462-49d28af000d1 |
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