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Andrea Correa1, Antonio De Nicola2, Giuseppe Scherillo3, Valerio Loianno3, Domenico Mallamace4, Francesco Mallamace5, Hiroshi Ito2, Pellegrino Musto6, Giuseppe Mensitieri3.
Abstract
The diffusion process of water molecules within a polyetherimide (PEI) glassy matrix has been analyzed by combining the experimental analysis of water sorption kinetics performed by FTIR spectroscopy with theoretical information gathered from Molecular Dynamics simulations and with the expression of water chemical potential provided by a non-equilibrium lattice fluid model able to describe the thermodynamics of glassy polymers. This approach allowed us to construct a convincing description of the diffusion mechanism of water in PEI providing molecular details of the process related to the effects of the cross- and self-hydrogen bonding established in the system on the dynamics of water mass transport.Entities:
Keywords: diffusion; hydrogen bonding; molecular dynamics; polyetherimide; water
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Year: 2021 PMID: 33809376 PMCID: PMC7998539 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22062908
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Mol Sci ISSN: 1422-0067 Impact factor: 5.923