Initial dynamic mechanical and dielectric studies on a systematic series of γ glutamate polypeptides

The complementary dynamic mechanical and dielectric methods have been extensively employed in the characterization of organic polymers. While the former method is sensitive to molecular motions that affect the mechanical properties, the latter has the advantage of detecting molecular motions that involve dipole oscillation. We have used both methods simultaneously within this study in order to help understand a portion of the molecular transitions that occur within a series of synthetic polypeptides.