Structural, Optical and Thermal Characterizations of PVA/MAA:EA Polyblend Films

• Autor(a) principal: Siddaiah,Tellamekala
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Outros Autores: Ojha,Pravakar, Kumar,Neeruganti O. Gopal Velikanti Ramesh, Ramu,Chekuri
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Materials research (São Carlos. Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-14392018000500216
• topic: PVA/MAA:EA film; XRD; FTIR; SEM; TGA; DSC; optical and thermal parameters

Films of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), Methacrylic Acid - Ethyl Acrylate (MAA:EA) copolymer and their blends PVA:MAA:EA of composition 80:20, 60:40, 50:50, 40:60, 20:80 (wt %) were prepared by using the solution cast technique. The prepared films were investigated by structural, optical and thermal studies. X-ray diffraction (XRD) scans revealed the semicrystalline nature of the blends for lower concentrations of PVA up to 60 wt % and the amorphous nature for higher ones. Fourier transform infra-red spectroscopy (FTIR) of blend samples indicates that there is a compatibility between PVA and MAA:EA copolymers through the formation of hydrogen-bonding between their polar groups.SEM image of polymer blend suggested the presence structural reorganization of polymer chains. UV-Visible spectral analysis revealed that the intensity of the shoulder around 271 nm decreases with increasing MAA:EA content. In DSC analysis, a single glass transition temperature for each blend was observed, which supports the existence of compatibility of such systems. From the observed results, 50:50 (wt %) PVA/MAA:EA is found to be the optimum blending ratio.