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Journal Articles The European Physical Journal B: Condensed Matter and Complex Systems Year : 2002

Advanced memory effects in the aging of a polymer glass

Abstract

A new kind of memory effect on low frequency dielectric measurements on plexiglass (PMMA) is described. These measurements show that cooling and heating the sample at constant rate give an hysteretic dependence on temperature of the dielectric constant $\epsilon$. A temporary stop of cooling produces a downward relaxation of $\epsilon$. Two main features are observed i) when cooling is resumed $\epsilon$ goes back to the values obtained without the cooling stop (i.e. the low temperature state is independent of the cooling history) ii) upon reheating $\epsilon$ keeps the memory of all the cooling stops({\it Advanced memory}). The dependence of this effect on frequency and on the cooling rate is analyzed. The memory deletion is studied too. Finally the results are compared with those of similar experiments done in spin glasses and with the famous experiments of Kovacs.

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ensl-00179761 , version 1 (16-10-2007)

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Ludovic Bellon, Sergio Ciliberto, Claude Laroche. Advanced memory effects in the aging of a polymer glass. The European Physical Journal B: Condensed Matter and Complex Systems, 2002, 25, pp.223-231. ⟨10.1140/epjb/e20020025⟩. ⟨ensl-00179761⟩
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