Journal
POLYMERS
Volume 14, Issue 24, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/polym14245567
Keywords
acrylic block copolymer; Flory-Huggins interaction parameter; thermoplastic elastomer; small-angle X-ray scattering
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- National Research Foundation (NRF) of Korea
- Creative Materials Discovery Program - Ministry of Science and ICT [2020R1A4A2002903, 2020R1F1A1065951, 2021R1A2B5B01002081]
- [NRF-2018M3D1A1058536]
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The temperature dependence of the Flory-Huggins interaction parameter chi for PBA-b-PMMA was quantified using SAXS analysis and RPA theory. The enthalpic contribution of chi was found to be 1.7-4.5 times smaller for PBA-b-PMMA compared to styrene-diene-based block copolymers. This suggests that these fully acrylic components are desirable for constituting terpolymers used in thermally stable and mechanically resilient elastomers.
The temperature dependence of the Flory-Huggins interaction parameter chi for poly(n-butyl acrylate)-b-poly(methyl methacrylate) (PBA-b-PMMA) was quantified from small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) analysis using random phase approximation (RPA) theory. It was found from the chi estimation (chi=0.0103+14.76/T) that the enthalpic contribution, chi H, a measure for temperature susceptibility of chi, is 1.7-4.5 folds smaller for PBA-b-PMMA than for the conventional styrene-diene-based block copolymers, which have been widely used for thermoplastic elastomers. This finding suggests that these fully acrylic components can be a desirable chemical pair for constituting terpolymers applied for thermally stable and mechanically resilient elastomers.
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