Small-Angle Neutron Scattering Analysis of Blends with Very Strong Intermolecular Interactions: Polyamide/Ionomer Blends
Small-Angle Neutron Scattering Analysis of Blends with Very Strong Intermolecular Interactions: Polyamide/Ionomer Blends
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具有很强分子间相互作用的共混物的小角中子散射分析:聚酰胺/离聚物共混物
DOI:
10.1021/ma0341972
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发表时间:
2003
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影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
R. Weiss
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作者:
R. Tucker;C. Han;A. Dobrynin;R. Weiss
Partially miscible blends of the lithium salt of sulfonated polystyrene ionomer (Li−SPS) and a methylated polyamide (mPA) were studied using small-angle neutron scattering. The blends exhibit lower critical solution temperature behavior (LCST), and the LCST increases with increasing sulfonation level of the ionomer. When the sulfonation level of the ionomer was below 20 mol %, a peak was observed in the scattering structure factor. The position of the peak moved to lower wavevector with increasing sulfonation level and with increasing temperature. The origin of the peak was a correlation hole due to the essential formation of a graft copolymer by the formation of an ion−dipole complex between the amide and sulfonate groups. The tendency of the unsulfonated polystyrene to phase separate from the polyamide was suppressed by the complexation, but it also produced large concentration fluctuations in the blends. The size and intensity of the concentration fluctuations increased with increasing temperature, i.e...