Water absorption and desorption from the dipole ordered polymer poly(methylvinylidene cyanide)

P A Jacobson1, Carolina C Ilie, I N Yakovkin

  • 1Department of Physics and Astronomy, Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience, Behlen Laboratory of Physics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0111, USA.

Summary

Water is less strongly bound in poly(methylvinylidene cyanide) than in poly(vinylidenefluoride-trifluoroethylene) copolymers. Ultraviolet laser desorption shows distinct polarization behavior for water in these polymers, impacting their properties.

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