PROBING INTERPHASE DOMAINS IN BLEND-LIKE POLYMER PARTICLES BY TRANSIENT FLUORESCENCE TECHNIQUE

PEKCAN O.

JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE, vol.49, no.1, pp.151-158, 1993 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 49 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 1993
  • Doi Number: 10.1002/app.1993.070490118
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.151-158
  • Istanbul Technical University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Small molecule (1-naphthylmethyl pivalate) (NMP) diffusion into poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) particles sterically stabilized by polyisobutylene (PIB) were studied by the transient fluorescence technique. Mean lifetimes of NMP increased as it diffused into the interphase region indicating that diffusion is accompanied by quenching of excited NMP molecules by PIB phase. A delayed Fickian diffusion model is fitted to experimental data and a diffusion coefficient is measured around 10(-19) cm2/s at room temperature. PIB density distribution in the interphase domain is found to be Gaussian. A supporting experiment is performed in Anthracene labelled PMMA particles using the direct-energy transfer method. Reversed Gaussian distribution is detected for the PMMA density in the interphase domain.