Polymer thermodynamics : blends, copolymers and reversible polymerization

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Introduction to Polymer Blends History of Polymer Blends Flory-Huggin's Solution Theory-and Beyond Miscible Polymer Blends Partially Miscible Polymer Blends Natural Polymers Polymer Alloy Equation of State Theories for Polymers Small Molecules and Large Molecules PVT Relations for Polymeric Liquids Tait Equation Flory, Orwoll, and Vrij Model Prigogine Square-Well Cell Model Lattice Fluid Model of Sanchez and Lacombe Negative Coefficient of Thermal Expansion Binary Interaction Model Introduction Compositional Window of Miscibility: Copolymer-Homopolymer Compositional Window of Miscibility: Copolymers with Common Monomers Compositional Window of Miscibility: Terpolymer System with Common Monomers Compositional Window of Miscibility: Terpolymer and Homopolymer System without Common Monomers Spinodal Curve from B Values and EOS Copolymer/Homopolymer Blends of AMS-AN/PVC Copolymer/Homopolymer Blends of AMS-AN with Other Copolymers Intramolecular Repulsion as Driving Force for Miscibility-Mean Field Approach Keesom Forces and Group Solubility Parameter Approach Hildebrandt Solubility Parameter Hansen Three-Dimensional Solubility Parameter Specific Interactions Phase Behavior Introduction LCST and UCST Circular Envelope in Phase Diagram Hourglass Behavior in Phase Diagrams Molecular Architecture Partially Miscible Blends Commercial Blends That Are Partially Miscible Entropy Difference Model (I"I"Sm) Estimates of Change in Entropy of Mixing at Glass Transition, I"I"Sm Copolymer and Homopolymer Blend Sequence Distribution Effects on Miscibility Polymer Nanocomposites Introduction Commercial Products Thermodynamic Stability Vision and Realities Fullerenes Carbon Nanotubes (CNT) Morphology of CNTs Nanostructuring Operations Polymer Thin Films Nanostructuring from Self-Assembly of Block Copolymers Intercalated and Exfoliated Nanocomposites Polymer Alloys Introduction PC/ABS Alloys Nylon/ABS Alloys PVC Alloys Polyolefin Alloys Natural Polymer Alloy Binary Diffusion in Polymer Blends Introduction Diffusion Phenomena Fick's First and Second Laws of Diffusion Skylab Diffusion Demonstration Experiments Bulk Motion, Molecular Motion, and Total Molar Flux Stokes-Einstein Equation for Dilute Solutions Diffusion in Solids Diffusion Coefficient in Polymers Transient Diffusion Damped Wave Diffusion and Relaxation Periodic Boundary Condition Copolymer Composition Introduction Composition for Random Copolymers Composition of Random Terpolymers Reactivity Ratios Multicomponent Copolymerization-n Monomers Sequence Distribution of Copolymers Dyad and Triad Probabilities in Copolymer Dyad and Triad Probabilities in Terpolymers Sequence Alignment in DNA and Protein Sequences Reversible Polymerization Heat Effects during Polymerization Ceiling Temperature during Reversible Polymerization Subcritical Oscillations during Thermal Polymerization Thermal Terpolymerization of Alphamethyl Styrene, Acrylonitrile, and Styrene Reversible Copolymerization Appendix A: Maxwell's Relations Appendix B: Five Laws of Thermodynamics Appendix C: Glass Transition Temperature Appendix D: Statistical Distributions Index A Summary and References appear at the end of each chapter