Miscibility enhancement on the immiscible binary blend of poly(vinyl acetate) and poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) with bisphenol A

Abstract

The miscibility behavior and hydrogen bonding of ternary blends of bisphenol A (BPA)/poly(vinyl acetate) (PVAc)/poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) (PVP) were investigated by using differential scanning calorimetry and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). The BPA is miscible with both PVAc and PVP based on the observed single T-g over the entire composition range. FTIR was used to study the hydrogen-bonding interaction between the hydroxyl group of BPA and the carbonyl group of PVAc and PVP at various compositions. Furthermore, the addition of BPA is able to enhance the miscibility of the immiscible PVAc/PVP binary blend and eventually transforms into miscible blend with single T-g, when a sufficiently quantity of the BPA is present due to the significant Deltachi and the DeltaK effect. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.