Using LV-STEM, we found that there were previously unseen nanoscale structures inside the blends of PMMA/PVDF. These structures were formed on the same scale that did not deviate from the size of a single molecular chain, regardless of the solution casting, melt mixing, mixing ratios, and even amorphous or crystalline state of PVDF. The characteristics of these structures were discussed in accordance with thermophysical properties and intermolecular interaction properties, which provides some new findings for the first time.
- Akihiro Naruke
- Xiaobin Liang
- Toshio Nishi
