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Structural changes in polymer crystals (polyethylene, polyimide, and others) have been studied using the X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy methods under different influences: tensile loading along the chain molecule axis and heating from 90 to 350 K. An increase in the molecule axial length under loading and a decrease in the molecule axial length upon heating have been identified and measured using X-ray diffraction. A decrease in the skeletal vibration frequency during loading and heating has been identified and measured using Raman spectroscopy, which indicates an increase in the molecule contour length in both cases. A technique for determining the change in the polyethylene molecule contour length in the crystal from the measured change in the skeletal vibration frequency has been justified. The contributions of two components, namely, skeletal (carbon–carbon) bond stretching and the change (an increase during stretching and a decrease during heating) in the angle between skeletal bonds, to the longitudinal deformation of polyethylene crystals, have been quantitatively estimated. It has been shown that the negative thermal expansion (contraction) of the polymer crystal is caused by the dominant contribution of the decrease in the bond angle.
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Original Russian Text © A.I. Slutsker, V.I. Vettegren’, V.B. Kulik, V.L. Hilarov, Yu.I. Polikarpov, D.D. Karov, 2015, published in Fizika Tverdogo Tela, 2015, Vol. 57, No. 11, pp. 2235–2244.
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Slutsker, A.I., Vettegren’, V.I., Kulik, V.B. et al. Detailing of deformation processes in polymeric crystals. Phys. Solid State 57, 2305–2313 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063783415110323
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