Dynamic mechanical properties electron microscopy

Binary blends (50/50 wt%) of different combinations of the polymers of Table III were prepared from benzene solution as described above. Either electron microscopy, measurements of dynamic mechanical properties, or both were used to ascertain the heterogeneity (or homogeneity ) of each blend. 

Dynamic mechanical property data were obtained using Du Pont DMA 982 instrument for structural analyses and Rheology DVE instrument for measurement of damping ability. Scanning electron microscopy was performed on samples etched with strong chromic acid. The mechanical properties were measured at 20°C by tensile test. 

A polyurethane (PU)/poly(n-butyl methacrylate) (PBMA) system has been selected for an investigation of the process of phase separation in immiscible polymer mixtures. Within this system, studies are made of the XX, lx, xl, and the 11 forms. In recognition of the incompatibility of PBMA with even the oligomeric soft segment precursor of the PU, no attempt was made to equalize the rates of formation of the component linear and network polymers. Rather, a slow PU formation process is conducted at room temperature in the presence of the PBMA precursors. At suitable times, a relatively rapid photopolymerization of the PBMA precursors is carried out in the medium of the slowly polymerizing PU. The expected result is a series of polymer mixtures essentially identical in component composition and differing experimentally only in the time between the onset of PU formation and the photoinitiation of the acrylic. This report focuses on the dynamic mechanical properties cf these materials and the morphologies seen by electron microscopy. 

Tihe technological properties and the commercial application of several polymer blends have been studied extensively. Investigations of the basic principles, however, relating the phase structure of the blends to the properties of the individual components have not been carried out to an extent justified by the industrial value of these materials. Several methods have been used, the most successful being optical and electron microscopy and dynamic-mechanical measurements. Critical factors and difficulties in the morphological studies of polymer blends have been... 

The properties of the linear material 7.27 and the network copolymer 7.28 have been studied by dynamic mechanical analysis, DSC, and transmission electron microscopy. Evidence was obtained for the formation of highly ordered micro-phase-separated superstructures in the solid state from the materials 7.27. The Cu(bipy)2 moieties appear to form ordered stacks, and this leads to thermoplastic elastomer properties. In contrast, the network structure of 7.28 prevents significant microphase separation [51-53]. By means of related approaches, dinuclear Cu helical complexes have also been used to create block copolymers by functioning as cores [54], and polymer networks have also been formed by using diiron(II) triple helicates as cores for the formation of copolymers with methyl methacrylate [55]. 

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