Mc. Lonergan et al., DYNAMICALLY DISORDERED HOPPING, GLASS-TRANSITION, AND POLYMER ELECTROLYTES, The Journal of chemical physics, 103(8), 1995, pp. 3253-3261
The central parameter of the dynamically disordered hopping (DDH) mode
l, the renewal time, is correlated with the characteristic time consta
nt of the glass transition relaxation in polymer-salt complexes. With
this identification, the frequency-dependent permittivity of these mat
erials can be quite adequately described. In particular, experimental
evidence for a high-frequency relaxation predicted by the DDH model is
presented. This relaxation corresponds to the polarization of ions in
their local percolation clusters as they wait for a renewal event to
occur. In light of information on the renewal time, the direct current
properties of polymer-salt complexes are used to calculate the size o
f these local clusters. These calculations suggest that the motion of
an ion in the absence of renewal (polymer segmental motion) correspond
s to displacements within its local coordination ''cage'' rather than
hopping between several available coordination sites. (C) 1995 America
n Institute of Physics.