Polymer, Vol.39, No.21, 5177-5182, 1998
The presence of nanopores in mesophase of syndiotactic polystyrene estimated from gas sorption behaviour
Thermal and spectroscopic properties of the annealed cast syndiotactic polystyrene (SPS) films were investigated and it was shown that the sample annealed at lower temperature than 170 degrees C exhibited the presence of a conformational order but lack of crystalline regularity. This result indicated the formation of mesophase by annealing cast SPS films. CO2 sorption properties of such a film were also examined and dual-mode sorption model was applied to clarify the SPS structure. The hole saturation constant for the Langmuir sorption (C-H') evaluated from the dual-mode sorption model reflected the fine structure of the annealed SPS (mesophase) and depended on the annealing time when annealed at a certain temperature. From these results we supposed that the samples annealed at lower temperature contained many nanopores between SPS chains of mesophase, i.e. desorption sites of solvent.
Keywords:ANGLE NEUTRON-SCATTERING;CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE;GLASSY-POLYMERS;ALPHA-FORM;THERMOREVERSIBLE GELATION;MELTING TEMPERATURE;H-1-NMR RELAXATION;MESOMORPHIC FORM;SOLVENT SYSTEMS;CARBON-DIOXIDE