BOUNDARY PHASE STRUCTURE BETWEEN POLY (HYDROXYPROPYL ETHER OF BISPHENOL A)/POLY (METHYL METHACRYLATE) BLEND AND POLYAMIDE SUBSTRATE

Abstract

Study of X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) has been made on the film of poly (hydroxypropyl ether of bisphenol A) (P)/Poly (methyl methacrylate) (M) blend formed on nylon-6 substrate to elucidate the boundary phase structure between the substrate and the polymer blend. It can be found by analysing the C_1s spectrum that the boundary phase is almost composed of M alone. This result can be useful for fundamental information to understand the reinforcing mechanism of the Kevla ^®-fiber reinforced composite made with P/M blend as matrix.