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Temperature cycling during the aging of a polymer glass

Condensed Matter 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

Temperature cycling is used to study of aging properties of PMMA dielectric constant. If a negative temperature cycle is applied during the aging time the relaxation dynamics is just delayed for a time equal to the cycle period. In contrast this time shifting procedure cannot be applied to positive temperature cycles . The analogies and differences with similar experiments done in other aging systems, such as spin glasses, orientational glasses and supercooled liquids, are discussed.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9905160,
  title  = {Temperature cycling during the aging of a polymer glass},
  author = {L. Bellon and S. Ciliberto and C. Laroche},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9905160},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

6 pages, 4 figures, submitted to Europhysics Letters