Application of a statistical method to study the spherulitic growth of polymer blends：（应用统计方法来研究聚合物共混的球状的增长）.pdfVIP

Polymer Bulletin 38,601-608 (1997) Polymer Bulletin 9 Springer-Verlag 1997 Application of a statistical method to study the spherulitic growth of polymer blends A. Linares, J. L. Acosta Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnologia de Polimeros c/. Juan de la Cierva, E-328006 Madrid, Spain Received: 12 August 1996/Revised version: 13 February 1997/Accepted: 10 March 1997 Smnmmy This paper has two objectives. Firstly, to plan experimental blends (based on PVDF, PMMA and PVA) according to a statistical method proposed by Scheff6 and subsequently to apply the model to the study of the spherulitic growth of PVDF with the aim of assess its suitability. In case it proved adequate, a simple method would become for the design of new materials from the polymer under study. l n l ~ d u c t i o n The relevance of potyvinylidene fluoride (1,2) as regards its potential application in the field of sensors in general and of robotics in particular is based on its excellent pyro- piezoelectric properties discovered by Kwei in 1969 (3). As is well known polyvinylidene fluoride shows polyrnorphism and it exits in five crystalline phases, designated as or, 13,~, 5, e (4,5). If the polymer is crystallized from the melt at atmospheric pressure, it produces an a-phase in which the polymer backbone is in a trans-gauche-trans-gauche configuration. In this conformation there are two molecules per unit cell (6), and the dipoles of these two molecules are oriented in opposite directions, canceling each other to produce a net moment of zero. Therefore, this form is neither polar nor does