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Crystalline polymorph transition in poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF)/acrylic rubber(ACM)/clay partially miscible hybrid

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This study investigates the intercalation of nanoclay in partially miscible blends of poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) and acrylic rubber(ACM). Transmission electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction technique were used to investigate the formation of nanoscale polymer blend/clay hybrids. Using Infrared spectroscopy and X-ray analysis, the different polymorph formation in PVDF nanocomposite and conjugated phases of partially miscible nanocomposite was studied. Nanoclay was found to induce β and γ polymorphs while ACM tend to induce α phase in this polymer system. It was shown that PVDF chains in ACM-rich phase of partially miscible nanocomposites interact with ACM chains which in return form α polymorph in the presence of ACM. Further observations revealed that nanoclay in α polymorph is wrapped by ACM molecules.

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  1. Chemical Engineering Department, University of Kashan, Kashan, Iran

    Mohammad Mahdi Abolhasani

  2. Textile Engineering Department, Ishafan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran

    Hossein Fashandi

  3. Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, 3216, Australia

    Minoo Naebe

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Abolhasani, M.M., Fashandi, H. & Naebe, M. Crystalline polymorph transition in poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF)/acrylic rubber(ACM)/clay partially miscible hybrid. Polym. Bull. 73, 65–73 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00289-015-1472-7

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