Synchrotron radiation studies on even-odd and odd-even nylons

Aliphatic polyamides derived from odd diamine or odd dicarboxylic acid units cannot adopt a conventional sheet structure when molecular chains have an all trans conformation. However, typical fiber diffraction patterns of this sheet structure were observed in several polyamides derived from odd unit...

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Autores: Franco García, María Lourdes|||0000-0001-5968-285X, Puiggalí Bellalta, Jordi|||0000-0002-0640-4474, Ricart López, Albert, Morales Gámez, Laura Teresa, Soto, David
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2009
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/11703
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/11703
https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/14/1/012006
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Synchrotron radiation
Polymers
Sincrotrons
Radiació
Polímers
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria química
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Sumario:Aliphatic polyamides derived from odd diamine or odd dicarboxylic acid units cannot adopt a conventional sheet structure when molecular chains have an all trans conformation. However, typical fiber diffraction patterns of this sheet structure were observed in several polyamides derived from odd units such as nylons 65 and 56. Consequently, a new structure based on the establishment of intermolecular hydrogen bonds along two different directions was postulated. Real-time temperature dependence of X-ray diffraction patterns for nylons 65 and 56 was studied by synchrotron radiation to gain understanding of the Brill transition usually occurring in polyamides. Significant differences were found between the temperature dependence of both nylons, although a transition towards a monoclinic structure characterized by a single equatorial reflection around 0.425-0.420 nm was observed to occur at high temperatures. This transition was reversible for nylon 65 only. In this case, a characteristic hysteresis effect was found.