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Glass‐transition temperature of poly(vinylidene fluoride)‐poly(methyl acrylate) blends: Influence of aging and chain structure
Author(s) -
Maiti Pralay,
Dikshit Asok K.,
Nandi Arun K.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4628(20010228)79:9<1541::aid-app10>3.0.co;2-p
Subject(s) - glass transition , materials science , methyl acrylate , polymer chemistry , polymer , acrylate , fluoride , polymer blend , composite material , copolymer , chemistry , inorganic chemistry
Abstract The glass‐transition temperature ( T g ) of the poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVF 2 )‐poly(methyl acrylate) (PMA) blends increase with aging time. The T g versus log(time) plots are straight lines whose slope values depend on the head to head (H–H) defect content of PVF 2 samples and on the composition of the blends. The values of polymer–polymer interaction parameters (χ) increase with an increase in the H–H defect of PVF 2 for a fixed composition of the blend. Consequently, the T g of the blend decreases with an increase in the H–H defect of the PVF 2 sample. However, after aging for longer times this decrease of the T g with H–H defects is lower than those of the unaged blends. The possible reasons are discussed. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 79: 1541–1548, 2001