Abstract
An investigation was carried out of the molecular interactions and local relaxation dynamics in glassy polymer networks exposed to moisture. Stoichiometric and off-stoichiometric mixtures of the diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A (DGEBA) and diethylene triamine (DETA) were prepared, cured, and investigated. The physical and the chemical nature of the interactions between the network and the absorbed moisture were studied by broadband dielectric relaxation spectroscopy (DRS), Fourier transform near-infrared (FT-NIR) spectroscopy, and molecular simulations. Dry networks are characterized by two Arrhenius-like local relaxations: the β process, associated with hydroxyl groups, and the γ process, associated with primary and secondary amine, and glycidyl ether groups. Absorbed water interacts with the network and affects the dynamics of β and γ processes. FT-NIR spectra reveal the presence of three forms of water molecules, differing in the number of hydrogen atoms (0, 1, or 2) that participate in hydrogen bonds....
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