Polystyrene lifetime parameters

One of the main factors which needs to be considered in PAL analysis of polymers, is the affect which prolonged exposure to the positron source has on the lifetime parameters. It has been found that on prolonged exposure to a positron source, the o-Ps lifetimes are largely unchanged, but that there are significant variations in the o-Ps intensities for some polymers. Examples of these effects for a wide variety of polymers can be found polypropylene (PP), polyethylene (PE) [71], polystyrene [72], polycarbonates [73] poly(a-olefins) [49], poly(vinlyacetate) [74], poly(methyl methacrylate) [74] and a number of copolymers [75]. 

Enzymes are not stable during storage in solution and their activities decrease gradually over time (21). Immobilization technique, on the other hand, is applied considering lifetime, durability, and storage stability as important parameters. It puts the enzyme into a more stable position in comparison to free enzyme. The Dowex/invertase complexes kept at 4°C in deionized water were evaluated. Table 4 shows that after 21 d, the immobilized complexes maintained 100% of AI and retained their initial activity. These results are in accordance with the storage stability of immobilized pectinase on anionic polystyrene beads, which was stable and retained its initial activity for at least 7 wk of storage at 4°C (22). 

To explore this analogy, we will review previous work on the influence of stoichiometry as well as present new results on the effect of neutralization on macromolecular complex formation. In addition, we will review very recent results for adsorption on colloidal silica and present preliminary results for the adsorption on colloidal polystyrene. The excimer to monomer emission intensity ratio, the excitation spectra, and the lifetimes of the excimer and monomer are the observable experimental parameters. 

Raj et al. °" have compared the efficiency of microwave and e-beam irradiations to stabilize the interface of various partially miscible or nonmiscible blends polystyrene (PS)/polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), polyvinyl chloride (PVC)/ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA), PP/acrylonitrile butadiene rubber (NBR), and polyvinyl chloride (PVC)/poly(styrene acrylonitrile) (SAN). For this purpose, they used positron annihilation lifetime measurements, and they considered particularly a hydrodynamic interaction parameter a. This... 

It is evident from the above discussion that the free volume data derived from positron lifetime measurements is incapable of providing information on the composition-dependent miscibility level of the blend. At this point, a new method based on the same free volume data measured from positron lifetime measurements was introduced to determine the miscibility of binary blends. The new method was based on hydrodynamic interactions (the mathematics required have been explained in detail earlier), and calculations of the y parameter derived from the hydrodynamic interaction approach were made for three selected polymer blends, namely poly(styrene-co-acrylonitrile) (SAN)/poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) (completely miscible), poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC)/poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) (partially miscible) and poly(vinylchloride) (PVC)/polystyrene (PS) (immiscible) (see Figure 27.13). As can be seen, this parameter behaves similar to the interchain interaction parameter /3, in the sense that it exhibits a complex behavior making it difficult to determine the composition-dependent miscibility of the blends. 

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