Simplex-TSDC spectroscopy: An efficient tool to measure the relaxation time of the isothermal transient depolarization current in organic dielectrics

The temporal technique analysis by a simplex optimization method of isothermal transient depolarization current measurements (Simplex-TSDC) is presented for the study of the glass transition domain of different polymers. The advantage of the present method compared to the classical TSDC is that it gives direct results comparable to the experiment and allows a good estimate of the relaxation time close to the glass transition temperature in dielectric thin films. The present method also allows a direct determination of two relaxation times corresponding to a fast and a slow dynamics; and then confirms the heterogeneous character of the molecular relaxation dynamics.