Cocontinuous morphology in vinylidene fluoride based polymers/poly(ethylene oxide) blends

In this work, blends of three different vinylidene fluoride (VdF) based homopolymers and copolymers with poly(ethylene oxide) were investigated. We focused on the continuity domain and, more particularly, on the cocontinuous morphology of these systems. The melt-mixed blends were characterized by different techniques. The morphology was identified through a selective extraction technique and was confirmed by scanning electron microscopy. Dynamic oscillatory shear measurements were performed with a constant stress rheometer in the linear viscoelastic domain in the whole composition range. Because of the high viscosities and long relaxation times of the VdF-based polymers, the interfacial effects were hidden by the intrinsic behavior of the neat components. Nevertheless, the combination of the different techniques highlighted the similarity of the systems toward morphological development, whatever the VdF monomers. The experiments and theoretical analysis indicated that the rheological behavior dominated the interfacial effects in such systems with a large viscosity ratio and that it also dictated the boundaries of the continuity domain. The originality of this study came from the use of three different VdF-based polymers.

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Source ISSN: 0021-8995
Author Daux, Virgile, Prochazka, Frédéric, Carrot, Christian
Maintainer CCSD
Last Updated May 14, 2026, 15:45 (UTC)
Created May 14, 2026, 15:45 (UTC)
Identifier hal-00785647
Language en
contributor Ingénierie des Matériaux Polymères (IMP) ; Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL) ; Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon (INSA Lyon) ; Université de Lyon-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne (UJM) ; Université Jean Monnet (EPSCPE) (UJM EPE)-Université Jean Monnet (EPSCPE) (UJM EPE)-Institut de Chimie - CNRS Chimie (INC-CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
creator Daux, Virgile
date 2013-04-05T00:00:00
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harvest_source_title test moissonnage SELUNE
metadata_modified 2026-04-23T00:00:00
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