X-ray diffraction study of the influence of temperature on the structural correlations of poly(2-hydroxypropyl ether of bisphenol A)

Del Val, J.J., Colmonero, J., Rosi, B. and Mitchell, G.R. (1995) X-ray diffraction study of the influence of temperature on the structural correlations of poly(2-hydroxypropyl ether of bisphenol A). Polymer, 36 (19). pp. 3625-3631. ISSN 0032-3861 doi: 10.1016/0032-3861(95)93763-C

Abstract/Summary

The X-ray diffraction pattern of glassy poly(2-hydroxypropyl ether of bisphenol A) is studied at room temperature on oriented samples in order to associate its different peaks to different structural correlations. On the other hand, X-ray diffraction patterns have been obtained at different temperatures from Tg − 50 K up to Tg + 50 K for the above-mentioned polymer. Attention has been paid to the evolution with temperature of the position of the wide diffraction maximum corresponding to interchain correlations in the polymer. The temperature evolution of this parameter shows a marked discontinuity just at the glass transition temperature.