Morphology and spherulitic growth kinetics in poly(ethylene oxide)/poly(n-butyl methacrylate) blends

Author: El Shafee E.¹

Source: Polymer International, Volume 53, Number 3, March 2004 , pp. 249-253(5)

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Abstract:

Results of a study concerning the morphology and the spherulite growth rates of poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) in binary blends with poly(n-butyl methacrylate) (PnBMA) are reported. Microscopic observations show that blending causes the spherulite structure to become coarser and less birefringent and confirms that the spherulitic growth rates of PEO were reduced by the addition of PnBMA. X-ray diffraction studies show no change in the unit cell dimensions and a decrease in the degree of crystallinity upon blending. Analysis of the spherulite radial growth rate data by using Lauritzen–Hoffman theory indicates that crystallization in the range of 300 to 330 K occurs solely within regime III. The calculated surface free energy of folding, sigma