Labuschagne P.W., Germishuizen W.A., C. Verryn S.M., Moolman F.S.
Polymers and Bioceramics, Materials Science and Manufacturing, CSIR, P.O. Box 395, Pretoria 0001, South Africa; X-ray Analytical Facility, Department of Geology, University of Pretoria, Lynnwood Road, Hillcrest, Pretoria 0002, South Africa
Labuschagne, P.W., Polymers and Bioceramics, Materials Science and Manufacturing, CSIR, P.O. Box 395, Pretoria 0001, South Africa; Germishuizen, W.A., Polymers and Bioceramics, Materials Science and Manufacturing, CSIR, P.O. Box 395, Pretoria 0001, South Africa; C. Verryn, S.M., X-ray Analytical Facility, Department of Geology, University of Pretoria, Lynnwood Road, Hillcrest, Pretoria 0002, South Africa; Moolman, F.S., Polymers and Bioceramics, Materials Science and Manufacturing, CSIR, P.O. Box 395, Pretoria 0001, South Africa
Hydrogen bonding between poly(methyl vinyl ether-co-maleic acid) (PMVE-MA) and poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVOH) has resulted in films with lower oxygen transmission rates (OTR) than pure PVOH. In the range 20-30% (w/w) PMVE-MA, complexation between the two polymers in the blend was maximized, as shown by viscometry, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) and Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) analysis. OTR measurements have shown that the maximum interpolymer complexation ratio also correlates with the lowest OTR values of the resulting film. The improved oxygen barrier properties are believed to be a combination of the relatively intact PVOH crystalline regions as shown with X-ray diffraction (XRD) and a higher degree of hydrogen bonding in the amorphous regions of the PVOH and PMVE-MA films as indicated by glass transition temperature (Tg) shifts. This leads to denser amorphous regions that reduces the rate of gases diffusing through the polymer film, hence the reduced OTR. © 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Amorphous films; Broadband amplifiers; Cobalt; Complexation; Deposits; Differential scanning calorimetry; Ethers; Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; Fourier transforms; Glass bonding; Glass transition; Hydrogen; Infrared spectroscopy; Laser interferometry; Organic compounds; Oxygen; Oxygen permeable membranes; Scanning; Spectroscopic analysis; X ray analysis; X ray diffraction analysis; X ray films; (p ,p ,t) measurements; Amorphous regions; Crystalline regions; Differential scanning calorimetry (photo-DSC); Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (MIT FTIR); Glass transition temperature (Tg); Hydrogen bondings; Interpolymer complexation; Maleic acid (MA); methyl vinyl ether (PMVE); Oxygen barrier properties; Oxygen barriers; Oxygen transmission rates (OTR); Polyvinyl alcohol (PVOL); X ray diffraction (XRD); Hydrogen bonds
