Correlation between 1H FID and T1ρ components in heterogeneous polymer systems: an application to SBS

Wideline 1H FID and relaxation measurements of a relatively simple motionally heterogeneous system, the triblock copolymer styrene-butadiene-styrene, have been performed in a temperature range between the polystyrene and polybutadiene glass transition temperatures. The two FID and the two spin lattice relaxation time in the rotating frame (T1ρ) components found at each temperature have been correlated by means of a two-dimensional approach. It is shown that this approach allows dynamic information, not accessible simply by interpreting proton T1 and T1ρ data, to be revealed. In the case examined, the correlation found could be confirmed by high-resolution 1H T1ρ-selective 13C Cross Polarization experiments.