Polymer Bulletin, Vol.39, No.4, 519-526, 1997
Polymer-Polymer Interaction and Modeling
The nature of intermolecular interaction in PVC/EVA system was investigated. Bathochromic shifts in ifrared region revealed that not only EVA carbonyl but the ester group participates on interaction with PVC chain. These shifts were proportional to acetate content in the copolymer and the composition of EVA in the blend. The PVC group that effectively participates on interaction was not elucidated by infrared spectrometry, but molecular modeling of low molecular weight analogues indicated that hydrogen bonding is the most probable kind of intermolecular interaction present in this system.