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Positron Chemistry in Polymers
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Positron chemistry refers to chemical processes of high-energy positrons injected into molecular substances, the most interesting of which is the formation of positronium (Ps), the hydrogen-like bound state between a positron and an electron. Ps is formed predominantly by fast intra-track radiation chemical processes. In polymers it tends to be localized in intra/inter-molecular open space in the sparsely packed amorphous structure. Whilst short-lived singlet para-positronium (p-Ps) undergoes self-annihilation, the positron in long-lived triplet ortho-positronium (o-Ps) annihilates with one of the spin opposite electrons bound in the surrounding polymer molecules. This process is called pick-off annihilation. The pick-off annihilation lifetime reflects the polymer chain packing through the size of the volume, where Ps is localized. Positrons are used to probe the amorphous structure of various polymeric systems. In this article, basic concepts and experimental techniques of positron chemistry in polymers as well as applications to the characterization of functional polymeric materials are overviewed.
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