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Phase behavior in domains of immiscible blends of poly(pentamethylene terephthalate)/poly(ether imide) (PPT/PEI) and poly(hexamethylene terephthalate)/poly(ether imide) (PHT/PEI) were investigated using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The measured glass transition temperature (T g) reveals that aryl polyesters dissolve more in the PEI-rich phase than the PEI does in the aryl polyester-rich phase, for both PPT/PEI and PHT/PEI systems. Additionally, optical microscopy supports the conclusion that PPT (or PHT) dissolves more in the PEI-rich phase than PEI does in the PPT-rich (or PHT-rich) phase in the aryl polyester/PEI blends. Furthermore, the Flory–Huggins interaction parameters (χ12) for the PPT/PEI and the PHT/PEI blends were calculated to be 0.12 and 0.17, respectively. For the blend systems comprising of PEI and homologous aryl polyesters, the value of χ12 exhibits a trend of variation with respect to structure of aryl polyesters. For the PPT/PEI and PHT/PEI blends, investigated in this study, value of the polymer–polymer interaction parameter (χ12) between the aryl polyester and the PEI was found to be positive, which increases with the number of methylene moieties in the repeating unit of the aryl polyester, ultimately resulting in phase separation observed.
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The authors would like to thank the National Science Council of the Taiwan for financially supporting this research under Contract#NSC 92-2216-E-390-003 and NSC 92-2216-E006-002.
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Su, CC., Woo, E.M. & Shih, CK. Determination of interactions between aryl polyesters and poly(ether imide) via glass transition temperatures of separated phases in immiscible blends. Colloid Polym Sci 284, 66–73 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00396-005-1341-2
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