Abstract

Depth profile of subsurface chemical composition and free volume in segmented polyurethane-urea/clay nanocomposites was studied by angle resolved X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (ARXPS) and Doppler broadening energy spectroscopy (DBES) using slow positron beam. The ARXPS studies revealed increasing N/C atomic ratio (hard segment to soft segment ratio) at any given depth for the clay loaded samples compared to the neat polymer. DBES study revealed significant microstructure modification with clay loading. Self segregation of hard and soft segments in neat polymer and their interspersing with clay loading was observed from DBES measurements.

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