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Sang-In Lee1,2, Min-Guk Seo1, June Huh3,4
1Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Republic of Korea.
Abstract:
The temperature dependence of the Flory-Huggins interaction parameter χ 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 χ estimation (χ=0.0103+14.76/T) that the enthalpic contribution, χH, a measure for temperature susceptibility of χ, 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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