Journal
POLYMER
Volume 53, Issue 3, Pages 851-856Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2011.12.039
Keywords
Crystallization; Liquid-liquid phase separation; Polymer blend
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- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [22655073] Funding Source: KAKEN
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To analyze the interplay between crystallization and liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS), isothermal crystallization behavior of poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) in blends with isotactic poly(methyl methacrylate) (i-PMMA) was investigated by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The blend system had an upper critical solution temperature (UCST) type phase diagram. When the crystallization occurred simultaneously with LLPS, the overall crystallization rate was enhanced at high crystallization temperatures To relatively compared with that of neat PEG. This behavior was interpreted by the combination of the effects of spinodal quench depth Delta T-s and usual supercooling degree Delta T-c, according to the theory of Mitra and Muthukumar, namely, the crystallization rate is enhanced by the concentration fluctuation-assisted nucleation at high T-c. In the crystallization after LLPS proceeded, on the other hand, the overall crystallization rate was slow and less dependent on the blend composition. In addition, it was revealed by small-angle X-ray scattering measurements that amorphous i-PMMA was excluded from the interlamellar region of PEG crystals in SQ as well as WQ. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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