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Elsevier, Polymer, 3(44), p. 867-876

DOI: 10.1016/s0032-3861(02)00804-2

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Miscibility and phase behavior in blends of phenolphthalein poly(ether sulfone) and poly(hydroxyether of bisphenol A)

Journal article published in 2003 by Sixun Zheng, Qipeng Guo ORCID, Yongli Mi
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Abstract

Miscibility and phase behavior in the blends of phenolphthalein poly(ether sulfone) (PES-C) with poly(hydroxyether of bisphenol A) (PH) were investigated by means of differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), high resolution solid state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). It was found that the homogeneity of the as-prepared blends depended on the solvents used; N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) provided the segmental mixing for PH and PES-C, which is confirmed by the behavior of single, composition-dependent glass transition temperatures (Tg's). To examine the homogeneity of the blends at the molecular level, the proton spin–lattice relaxation times in the rotating frame T1ρ(H) were measured via 13C CP/MAS NMR spectroscopy as a function of blend composition. In view of the T1ρ(H) values, it is concluded that the PH and PES-C chains are intimately mixed on the scale of 20–30 Å. FTIR studies indicate that there were the intermolecular specific interactions in this blends, involved with the hydrogen-bonding between the hydroxyls of PH and the carbonyls of PES-C, and the strength of the intermolecular hydrogen bonding is weaker than that of PH self-association. At higher temperature, the PH/PES-C blends underwent phase separation. By means of thermal analysis, the phase boundaries of the blends were determined, and the system displayed the lower critical solution temperature behavior. Thermogravity analysis (TGA) showed that the blends exhibited the improved thermal stability, which increases with increasing PES-C content.