• Title of article

    Morphology, crystalline structure and thermal properties of PEO/MEEP blends

  • Author/Authors

    V.P.R. Silva، نويسنده , , G.G. Silva، نويسنده , , V. Caliman، نويسنده , , J. Rieumont، نويسنده , , C.O.B. de Miranda-Pinto، نويسنده , , B.S. Archanjo، نويسنده , , B.R.A. Neves، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2007
  • Pages
    9
  • From page
    3283
  • To page
    3291
  • Abstract
    Poly(ethylene oxide) and poly[bis[2-(2′-methoxyethoxy) ethoxy] phosphazene], PEO/MEEP, polymer blends were investigated by thermal analysis, X-ray diffraction, and atomic force microscopy. MEEP is an amorphous polymer and its semicrystalline blends with PEO showed two distinct glass transitions, whose composition dependence was analysed by the Lodge and McLeish self-concentration model. It appears that an amorphous miscible phase is present in these blends. Excess melting enthalpy was observed for blends with high MEEP concentration. PEO lamellar characteristics exhibited changes as a function of MEEP content, both in X-ray patterns and AFM images that indicated the intercalation of MEEP side chains in the lamellar crystalline structure.
  • Keywords
    Polymer blends , AFM (atomic force microscopy) , Crystalline structure , TMDSC (temperature modulated differential scanning calorimetry) , Self-concentration model
  • Journal title
    European Polymer Journal(EPJ)
  • Serial Year
    2007
  • Journal title
    European Polymer Journal(EPJ)
  • Record number

    1227296