Polymer Bulletin, Vol.36, No.1, 95-102, 1996
Spherulite Formation in Noncrystalline 2-Dimensional Hydrogen-Bond Assembly
4-Urazoyl benzoic acid groups 1 are attached as terminal end group to an oligoisobutene. According to wide-angle X-ray scattering the material is amorphous. Differential scanning calorimetry, small-angle X-ray scattering, transmission electron microscopy, and polarizing microscopy show that the polar head groups form ordered two-dimensional assemblies which organize into spherulites. Temperature-dependent SAXS measurements and the d.s.c. analysis give a close insight into the order-disorder ("melting") process of the two-dimensional clusters which form macroscopic spherulites. The order-disorder transition of the clusters is closely related to the dynamics and order of the polyisobutene chain.
Keywords:MULTIPHASE THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERS;COOPERATIVE STRUCTURE FORMATION;ASSOCIATION-CHAIN STRUCTURES;STATISTICAL COPOLYMERS;COMBINATION;COVALENT;COMPLEXES