Polymer, Vol.39, No.25, 6449-6454, 1998
Liquid-liquid equilibria of binary polymer solutions with specific interactions
In our previous study, we proposed a new expression for the configurational energy of mixing taking into account non-random mixing effect and chain-length dependence of the polymer. But our model can not predict lower critical solution temperature (LCST) behaviours of liquid-liquid equilibria for binary polymer solutions.In this study, we extend our previous model to describe LCST behaviours of binary polymer solutions by employing a secondary lattice concept as a perturbation term to account for oriented interactions (or specific interactions).
Keywords:MONOMER STRUCTURE;LATTICE MODEL;PHASE-EQUILIBRIA;BLENDS;COMPRESSIBILITY;SYSTEMS;THERMODYNAMICS;MIXTURES;SIMULATIONS