Abstract
The thermal behaviour of thermoreversible gels prepared well below room temperature from isotactic poly(methyl methacrylate) (i-PMMA) in butyl acetate (BAC) was investigated by means of differential scanning calorimetry. Gel-formation and gel-melting enthalpies together with melting enthalpy of the solvent were determined as functions of polymer concentration. The results are consistent with the existence of a polymer/solvent complex with a stoichiometry of 1,5-2 BAC molecules per i-PMMA monomeric unit.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 389-395 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Macromolecular rapid communications |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| Publication status | Published - Jun 1996 |