STUDY OF THE CONFORMATIONS OF POLY(EPSILON-CAPROLACTAM) AND POLY(EPSILON-CAPROLACTAM)-POLYBUTADIENE BLOCK-COPOLYMERS BY FTIR SPECTROSCOPY WITH PHOTOACOUSTIC DETECTION AND BY MICRO-RAMAN CONFOCAL SPECTROSCOPY

Authors
SCHMIDT P FERNANDEZ MR PASTOR JM RODA J
Citation
P. Schmidt et al., STUDY OF THE CONFORMATIONS OF POLY(EPSILON-CAPROLACTAM) AND POLY(EPSILON-CAPROLACTAM)-POLYBUTADIENE BLOCK-COPOLYMERS BY FTIR SPECTROSCOPY WITH PHOTOACOUSTIC DETECTION AND BY MICRO-RAMAN CONFOCAL SPECTROSCOPY, Polymer, 38(9), 1997, pp. 2067-2075
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Polymer Sciences
Journal title
Polymer → ACNP
ISSN journal
00323861
Volume
38
Issue
9
Year of publication
1997
Pages
2067 - 2075
Database
ISI
SICI code
0032-3861(1997)38:9<2067:SOTCOP>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
The conformations of poly(epsilon-caprolactam) and of poly(epsilon-cap rolactam)-block-polybutadiene copolymers were investigated by Fourier Transform infrared spectroscopy with photoacoustic detection (PA-FTi.r .) and by micro-Raman confocal spectroscopy. The lowering of the plana r conformation content with increasing concentration of butadiene unit s was confirmed. In the surface layers formed by rapid saw-cutting and in the islands probably formed by microtome cutting, the content of t he planar conformation was reduced. The content of the planar conforma tion increases on water treatment. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.