ISSN:
0032-3888
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Chemical Engineering
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
,
Physics
Notes:
The morphology developing during the spinodal decomposition process of polystyrene (PS)/poly(vinyl methyl ether) (PVME) blends was successfully controlled by photo-crosslink reactions between PS chains. The crosslink reaction was carried out by taking advantage of the photodimerization of anthracene moieties that are labeled on PS chains. Effects of photo-crosslinks on the morphology induced by temperature jumps (T-jump) from the one-phase region into the spinodal region were examined under several experimental conditions such as T-jump depths and irradiation times. It was found that the concentration fluctuations developing during the spinodal decomposition process were efficiently frozen upon irradiation using a XeF excimer laser as well as a mercury (Hg) lamp. Furthermore, these ordered structures are quite stable upon annealing. These results demonstrate that the morphology developing during the spinodal decomposition process can be well controlled by easily accessible light sources such as high pressure mercury lamps. Thus the photo-crosslink reaction described in this work can provide the basis for a potential technique to design multiphase polymer materials with controllable ordered structures.
Additional Material:
10 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pen.760331208
