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Studies on microdomain structure in segmented polyether polyurethaneureas by positron annihilation lifetime and small-angle X-ray scattering

Studies on microdomain structure in segmented polyether polyurethaneureas by positron annihilation lifetime and small-angle X-ray scattering

Yin Chuan-Yuan
Gu Qing-Chao
Nuclear Science and TechniquesVol.8, No.4pp.221-224Published in print 01 Nov 1997
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The microdomain structure of segmented polyether polyurethaneureas is investigated by means of positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy, small-angle X-ray scattering and differential scanning calorimetry. The experimental results show that the decrease in the domain volume and free volume results from the increase in the hard segment (polyuretha-neurea segment) contents as the number-average molecular weight Mn¯ of the soft segments (polyethylene glycol segments) is the same, and that the increase in domain volume and free volume result from the increase in the Mn¯ of the soft segments when the hard segment content is the same or nearly the same. These results demonstrate that positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy is a sensitive technique to probe the microdomain structure in polymers.

Positron annihilationSmall angle X-ray scatteringSegmented polyether polyure-thaneureaDomain structureGlass transition temperature
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