title: WIM/WISE NMR studies of chain dynamics in solid polymers and blends.
abstract: Wideline separation (WISE) NMR with window-less isotropic mixing (WIM) is developed as a method to study the dynamics of polymers and blends. This experiment is designed to measure the dynamics of polymers through the proton lineshapes that are correlated with the carbon chemical shifts in two-dimensional NMR experiments. If the atoms experience large amplitude fluctuations that are fast compared to the dipolar broadening, then the proton lines will be narrowed relative to rigid solids. We have modified the WISE experiment by replacing the cross polarization step with WIM to quench spin diffusion during the cross polarization so that the proton linewidths can be directly related to the chain dynamics. Two-dimensional WIM/WISE has been used to measure the main-chain and side-chain dynamics in poly(n-butyl methacrylate) and blends of polystyrene and poly(vinyl methyl ether).
authors.affiliation: Lucent Technologies, 600 Mountain Avenue, Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974, USA.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Qiu
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Mirau
mesh_terms: D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000379:methods; D008689:Methacrylates; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*; D011137:Polystyrenes
chemical_list: D008689:Methacrylates; D011108:Polymers; D011137:Polystyrenes