Modification on crystallization of poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) by solvent extraction of poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) in PVDF/PMMA blends

Abstract

The crystallization modification of poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) was investigated for the blend films of PVDF and poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA). The mass crystallinity (χ_c) and further, the β-phase content (F_(β)) of PVDF, were studied for the as-prepared blend films with different mass ratios. In addition, the variations of χ_c and F_(β) were systematically probed once the PMMA component was removed from the related blend systems. DSC, FTIR and XRD measurements all indicated that 1) χ_c, F_(β) and even the content of α-phase (F_(α)) decreased with the addition of PMMA; 2) with the extraction of PMMA, both χ_c and F_(β) increased while F_(α) decreased. It is worth noting that the increase of χ_c and F_(β) depended on the relative amount of extracted PMMA (E_PMMA), i.e., the more PMMA was removed, the more χ_c and F_(β) increased. These results reveal the hindrance effect from the PMMA constituent to the crystallization of PVDF, and consequently, this restriction would be released when the PMMA was extracted.

Keywords

poly(vinylidene fluoride) / poly(methyl methacrylate) / blend film / crystallization

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