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Two potential structural changes caused by physical aging. A random coil polymer structure in the quenched amorphous glass (A) can undergo macroscopic volume contraction while maintaining the overall structure (B) or heterogeneous structural relaxation in the microscopic domains creating microvoids (C), which are then filled with water when exposed to an aqueous solution (D) (modified from ref 16).
