Nanostructure and crystallisation kinetics of poly(ethylene oxide)/poly(4-vinylphenol-co-2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) blends

Polymer ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 46 (26) ◽  
pp. 12493-12502 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robson Pacheco Pereira ◽  
Ana Maria Rocco
Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 648
Author(s):  
Xiangning Wen ◽  
Yunlan Su ◽  
Shaofan Li ◽  
Weilong Ju ◽  
Dujin Wang

In this work, the crystallization kinetics of poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) matrix included with poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) grafted silica (PEG-g-SiO2) nanoparticles and bare SiO2 were systematically investigated by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and polarized light optical microscopy (PLOM) method. PEG-g-SiO2 can significantly increase the crystallinity and crystallization temperature of PEO matrix under the non-isothermal crystallization process. Pronounced effects of PEG-g-SiO2 on the crystalline morphology and crystallization rate of PEO were further characterized by employing spherulitic morphological observation and isothermal crystallization kinetics analysis. In contrast to the bare SiO2, PEG-g-SiO2 can be well dispersed in PEO matrix at low P/N (P: Molecular weight of matrix chains, N: Molecular weight of grafted chains), which is a key factor to enhance the primary nucleation rate. In particular, we found that the addition of PEG-g-SiO2 slows the spherulitic growth fronts compared to the neat PEO. It is speculated that the interfacial structure of the grafted PEG plays a key role in the formation of nuclei sites, thus ultimately determines the crystallization behavior of PEO PNCs and enhances the overall crystallization rate of the PEO nanocomposites.


RSC Advances ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (66) ◽  
pp. 35027-35034 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yee Song Ko ◽  
Monica V. Circu ◽  
Thomas Geiger ◽  
Simon Dünki ◽  
Frank A. Nüesch ◽  
...  

A new poly(ethylene-co-butylene)-block-poly(ethylene oxide) surfactant was synthesized and used in inverse miniemulsion polymerization of 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate with encapsulated Disperse Red 1.


2010 ◽  
Vol 291-292 (1) ◽  
pp. 202-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christophe Travelet ◽  
Guy Schlatter ◽  
Pascal Hébraud ◽  
Cyril Brochon ◽  
Denis V. Anokhin ◽  
...  

1993 ◽  
Vol 26 (8) ◽  
pp. 1825-1828 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zdenek Hruska ◽  
Mark Piton ◽  
Ahmad Yekta ◽  
Jean Duhamel ◽  
Mitchell A. Winnik ◽  
...  

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