Blends of poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA), polyethyleneimine (PEI), and graphene oxide (GO) were prepared by solution casting method. Calorimetric thermal properties of the blends were investigated. The Tgs of PVA/PEI blends were higher than the Tgs of either of the component polymers at low concentrations of PEI. These abnormal increases of Tgs may be due to the negative entropy of mixing which is associated with strong hydrogen bonding between PVA and PEI. The degree of depression of T0ms was not reduced by the negative entropy of mixing, since strong hydrogen bonding also causes an increase in the magnitude of negative χ between PVA and PEI. The Tg of PVA was increased significantly by adding 0.7 wt.% GO into PVA. The magnitude of negative χ was increased by adding GO into the blends of PVA and PEI.

 Abstract  1. Introduction  2. Experimental Section   2.1. Materials   2.2. PVA/PEI/GO blend preparation   2.3. Characterization of PVA/PEI blends  3. Results and Discussion   3.1. Glass transition temperatures (TgS) of PVA/PEI blends   3.2. Melting behaviors of PVA/PEI blends   3.3. Effect of GO on the thermal behaviors of PVA/PEI blends  4. Conclusions  Acknowledgments  References

• Choi, Sua(Department of Chemical Engineering, Dong-A University)
• Hwang, Duck Kun( Department of Corporate Diagnosis, Small & Medium Business Corporation) | Hwang, Duck Kun
• Lee, Heon Sang( Department of Chemical Engineering, Dong-A University) | Lee, Heon Sang