ISSN:
0098-1273
Keywords:
Physics
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Physics
Notes:
To determine the behavior of a copolymer is dilute solution, a viscosity study has been performed on a polystyrene-polydimethylsiloxane block copolymer in three solvents presenting different thermodynamic conditions. The results are discussed in relation to a mixture of homopolymers and a segregated model. The unperturbed dimensions, obtained by the Stock-mayer-Fixman method, are intermediate between those of the parent homopolymers. The intrinsic viscosity measured in a good solvent, toluene, was close to the weighted averages of those of the corresponding homopolymers of equal molecular weight, but higher in decalin and in butanone, θ solvents for PS and PDMS, respectively. According to the low value obtained for the interaction parameter, the chain is slightly expanded as a result of the interactions between the unlike monomer units. Both segregation and random conformation would probably occur, depending on the quality of the solvent.
Additional Material:
3 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pol.1985.180230511
