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The Crystallization Behavior of Polybutadiene-Polycaprolactone (PB-b-PCL) Semicrystalline Block Copolymer Films

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Author(s)

G Kim, C L. Jackson, F V. Gyldenfeldt, M Libera, R Stadler, Charles C. Han

Abstract

This work describes the effect of the spherulitic growth of lamellar crystals on the morphology of a diblock copolymer rich in crystallinecomponent. For this study, solvent cast (PB)0.2(PCL)0.8 diblock copolymer films (510 micron) were annealed at below the orderdisorder transition temperature (ODT) and crystallized at below the melting temperature (Tm) of PCL. The microphaseseparated morphology was still intact after the formation of spherulites at below the Tm of PCL. The formation of supermolecular spherulites was investigated by polarized light microscopy (PLM) and the microstructure was studied using transmission electron microscopy (TEM).
Proceedings Title
Proceedings of American Chemical Society Meeting
Volume
80
Conference Dates
March 21-25, 1999
Conference Title
American Chemical Society Meeting
Pub Type
Conferences

Keywords

block copolymer, cylindrical morphology, lamellar crystal, polarized light microscopy, polycaprolactone, supermolecular

Citation

Kim, G. , Jackson, C. , Gyldenfeldt, F. , Libera, M. , Stadler, R. and Han, C. (1999), The Crystallization Behavior of Polybutadiene-Polycaprolactone (PB-b-PCL) Semicrystalline Block Copolymer Films, Proceedings of American Chemical Society Meeting (Accessed October 18, 2025)

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Created April 1, 1999, Updated February 17, 2017
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