Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics, Vol.34, No.12, 2007-2017, 1996
Influence of Tacticity on Orientation and Relaxation in Uniaxially Stretched Polymethylmethacrylates
Orientation and relaxation behavior in uniaxially stretched stereoregular polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) was investigated. When compared at a reference temperature T = T-g + constant, isotactic PMMA orients more readily and relaxes slightly faster than the conventional or syndiotactic polymers. Orientation relaxation of the different PMMAs can be reduced to a unique master curve, whatever the tacticity, when the results are compared at same monomeric friction coefficient.
Keywords:CONCENTRATED POLYMER SYSTEMS;SYNDIOTACTIC POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);MOLECULAR-ORIENTATION;METHYL-METHACRYLATE;VIBRATIONAL-SPECTRA;ORDERED STRUCTURES;RANDOM COPOLYMERS;LASER-RAMAN;PMMA;DYNAMICS