TY - JOUR A1 - Kremmer, Alexander A1 - Ganser, J. A1 - Pissis, Polycarpos A1 - Gerhard, Reimund T1 - Dielectric relaxation and resonance spectra of ferroelectric polyamide 11 Y1 - 2003 SN - 0-7803-7560-2 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Frübing, Peter A1 - Kremmer, Alexander A1 - Gerhard, Reimund A1 - Spanoudaki, Anna A1 - Pissis, Polycarpos T1 - Relaxation processes at the glass transition in polyamide 11: From rigidity to viscoelasticity JF - The journal of chemical physics : bridges a gap between journals of physics and journals of chemistr N2 - Relaxation processes associated with the glass transition in nonferroelectric and ferroelectric polyamide (PA) 11 are investigated by means of differential scanning calorimetry, dynamic mechanical analysis, and dielectric relaxation spectroscopy (DRS) in order to obtain information about the molecular mobility within the amorphous phase. In particular, the effects of melt quenching, cold drawing, and annealing just below the melting region are studied with respect to potential possibilities and limitations for improving the piezoelectric and pyroelectric properties of PA 11. A relaxation map is obtained from DRS that shows especially the crossover region where the cooperative alpha relaxation and the local beta relaxation merge into a single high-temperature process. No fundamental difference between quenched, cold-drawn, and annealed films is found, though in the cold-drawn (ferroelectric) film the alpha relaxation is suppressed and slowed down, but it is at least partly recovered by subsequent annealing. It is concluded that there exists an amorphous phase in all structures, even in the cold-drawn film. The amorphous phase can be more rigid or more viscoelastic depending on preparation. Cold drawing not only leads to crystallization in a ferroelectric form but also to higher rigidity of the remaining amorphous phase. Annealing just below the melting region after cold drawing causes a stronger phase separation between the crystalline phase and a more viscoelastic amorphous phase. Y1 - 2006 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2360266 SN - 0021-9606 VL - 125 IS - 12 PB - American Institute of Physics CY - Melville ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Frübing, Peter A1 - Kremmer, Alexander A1 - Gerhard, Reimund A1 - Spannoudaki, Anna A1 - Pissis, Polycarpos T1 - Relaxation processes at the glass transition in polyamide 11 : From rigidity to viscoelasticity Y1 - 2006 UR - http://jcp.aip.org/ U6 - https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2360266 SN - 0021-9606 ER -