Abstract
Studies on molecular motions at the surface of as-grown and annealed polyethylene single crystals in relation to the surface structure have been made by dispersing electron paramagnetic probes on the surface of the crystals and detecting them by the electron spin resonance method. A relatively large scale molecular motion supposedly associated with the glass transition was detected as a change in hyperfine patterns at around −50°C. Rotational correlation frequency of the paramagnetic probe was found to rapidly increase above the crystallization temperature suggesting that the new mode of molecular motion takes place by thickening of crystals. For the annealed crystals the frequency was much depressed compared with that of the as-grown crystals indicating the decrease in mobility of the surface by annealing. Extensive study revealed that the mobility of the surface of annealed crystals is uniquely determined by the increased portion of the lamellar thickness by annealing.
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