Filling the gap for a reference dedicated to the characterization of polymer blends and their micro and nano morphologies, this book provides comprehensive, systematic coverage in a one-stop, two-volume resource for all those working in the field.
Leading researchers from industry and academia, as well as from government and private research institutions around the world summarize recent technical advances in chapters devoted to their individual contributions. In so doing, they examine a wide range of modern characterization techniques, from microscopy and spectroscopy to diffraction, thermal analysis, rheology, mechanical measurements and chromatography. These methods are compared with each other to assist in determining the best solution for both fundamental and applied problems, paying attention to the characterization of nanoscale miscibility and interfaces, both in blends involving copolymers and in immiscible blends. The thermodynamics, miscibility, phase separation, morphology and interfaces in polymer blends are also discussed in light of new insights involving the nanoscopic scale. Finally, the authors detail the processing-morphology-property relationships of polymer blends, as well as the influence of processing on the generation of micro and nano morphologies, and the dependence of these morphologies on the properties of blends. Hot topics such as compatibilization through nanoparticles, miscibility of new biopolymers and nanoscale investigations of interfaces in blends are also addressed.
With its application-oriented approach, handpicked selection of topics and expert contributors, this is an outstanding survey for anyone involved in the field of polymer blends for advanced technologies.
Table of Contents:
List of Contributors XXI
Volume 1
1 Polymer Blends: State of the Art, New Challenges, and Opportunities 1
Jyotishkumar Parameswaranpillai, Sabu Thomas, and Yves Grohens
2 Miscible Blends Based on Biodegradable Polymers 7
Emilio Meaurio, Natalia Hernandez-Montero, Ester Zuza, and Jose-Ramon Sarasua
3 Thermodynamics and Morphology and Compatibilization of Polymer Blends 93
Zdenek Stary
4 Characterization of Polymer Blends: Rheological Studies 133
Yingfeng Yu
5 Characterization of Phase Behavior in Polymer Blends by Light Scattering 159
Petr Svoboda
6 Characterization of Polymer Blends by X-Ray Scattering: SAXS and WAXS 209
Jitendra Sharma
7 Characterization of Polymer Blends and Block Copolymers by Neutron Scattering: Miscibility and Nanoscale Morphology 237
Kell Mortensen
8 Ultrasound in Polymer Blends 269
Sangmook Lee and Jae Wook Lee
9 Characterization of Polymer Blends: Ellipsometry 299
Eva Kiss
10 Inverse Gas Chromatography 327
Kasylda Milczewska and Adam Voelkel
11 Thermal Analysis in Polymer Blends 347
Ramesh T. Subramaniam and R. Shanti Rajantharan
12 Dynamic Mechanical Thermal Analysis of Polymer Blends 365
Jose-David Badia, Laura Santonja-Blasco, Alfonso Martinez-Felipe, and Amparo Ribes-Greus
13 Thermomechanical Analysis and Processing of Polymer Blends 393
Suchart Siengchin
14 Water Sorption and Solvent Sorption Behavior 417
Fatemeh Sabzi
15 Modeling and Simulation 457
Yingrui Shang and David Kazmer
Volume 2
16 Optical Microscopy (Polarized, Interference, and Phase-Contrast Microscopy) and Confocal Microscopy 523
Muruganathan Ramanathan and Seth B. Darling
17 Electron Microscopic Analysis of Multicomponent Polymers and Blends 551
Rameshwar Adhikari
18 Characterization of Polymer Blends Using SIMS and NanoSIMS 579
Vanna Torrisi
19 Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques for the Structural Analysis of Polymer Materials 609
Hiroyuki Aoki
20 Characterization of Polymer Blends with FTIR Spectroscopy 625
Ufana Riaz and Syed Marghoob Ashraf
21 Characterization of Polymer Blends with Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy 679
Mohammad Mahdi Abolhasani and Vahid Karimkhani
22 Characterization of Polymer Blends by Infrared, Near-Infrared, and Raman Imaging 705
Harumi Sato, Miriam Unger, Dieter Fischer, Yukihiro Ozaki, and Heinz W. Siesler
23 Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Forward Recoil Spectrometry 731
Krzysztof Krucza?a and Ewa Szajdzinska-Pietek
24 Characterization of Polymer Blends Using UV-Visible Spectroscopy 789
Mamdouh H. Abou-Taleb
25 Fluorescence Spectroscopy 821
Gabriel Bernardo and Jorge Morgado
26 Characterization of Polymer Blends by Dielectric Spectroscopy and Thermally Simulated Depolarization Current 849
Samy A. Madbouly and Michael R. Kessler
27 Positron Annihilation Spectroscopy: Polymer Blends and Miscibility 877
Chikkakuntappa Ranganathaiah
Index 921
About the Author :
Sabu Thomas is a Professor of Polymer Science and Engineering at Mahatma Gandhi University (India). He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and a Fellow of the New York Academy of Sciences. Thomas has published over 350 papers in peer reviewed journals on polymer composites, membrane separation, polymer blends and alloys, and polymer recycling, has an h-index of 33 and has edited six books.
Yves Grohens is head of the Laboratory for Engineering of Materials (LIMATB) located at the University of South Brittany, France. His research interests include interface science in nano and bio-composites as well as confinement applications and (bio)polymer behaviour in model thin films. Grohens has published more than 120 papers in international journals devoted to polymers and surface science.
P. Jyotishkumar is a Senior Research Fellow pursuing a PhD under the supervision of Sabu Thomas in the School of Chemical Sciences, Mahatma Gandi University, India
