Imperial College London

Emeritus ProfessorAndrewHolmes

Faculty of Natural SciencesDepartment of Chemistry

Distinguished Research Fellow
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7594 9286andrew.holmes Website

 
 
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Assistant

 

Ms Maria Tortelli +44 (0)20 7594 9286

 
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Location

 

Molecular Sciences Research HubWhite City Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Pratt:2003:10.1016/S0921-4526(02)01571-5,
author = {Pratt, FL and Blundell, SJ and Marshall, IM and Lancaster, T and Husmann, A and Steer, C and Hayes, W and Fischmeister, C and Martin, RE and Holmes, AB},
doi = {10.1016/S0921-4526(02)01571-5},
journal = {Physica B: Condensed Matter},
pages = {34--40},
title = {μSR in polymers},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0921-4526(02)01571-5},
volume = {326},
year = {2003}
}

RIS format (EndNote, RefMan)

TY  - JOUR
AB - μSR can be applied to the study of various dynamical processes in polymers. These processes may relate to carrier motion, as in studies of conducting polymers which make use of muon generated polarons to measure carrier diffusion rates. Alternatively the processes of interest may be related to the structural dynamics of the polymer, which can show dramatic changes around the glass transition temperature. We report here examples of the use of μSR to study the muon states and muon mobility in the polymers polyethylene and polytetrafluoroethylene, where coherent FμF precession signals have been observed. In the case of polystyrene, muon radical states formed on the phenyl ring have been used to make a detailed study of the dynamical freezing and onset of static disorder that accompanies the glass transition. Finally, we report a study of polaron diffusion in two polyphenylenevinylene conducting polymers. © 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
AU - Pratt,FL
AU - Blundell,SJ
AU - Marshall,IM
AU - Lancaster,T
AU - Husmann,A
AU - Steer,C
AU - Hayes,W
AU - Fischmeister,C
AU - Martin,RE
AU - Holmes,AB
DO - 10.1016/S0921-4526(02)01571-5
EP - 40
PY - 2003///
SN - 0921-4526
SP - 34
TI - μSR in polymers
T2 - Physica B: Condensed Matter
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0921-4526(02)01571-5
VL - 326
ER -