Investigation of thermally stimulated properties of SHI beam irradiated polycarbonate/polystyrene double layered samples

Abstract

The double layered samples of polycarbonate/polystyrene (PC/PS) have been prepared by solvent casting method and irradiated with 55 MeV C 5+ beam at different ion fluences range from 1 × 10 11 to 1 × 10 13 ion/cm 2. The effect of swift heavy ion (SHI) beam in interfacial phenomena, phase change, dielectric relaxation, degradation temperature, stability, charge storage and transport mechanism of PC/PS pristine and irradiated double layered samples have been investigated by thermally stimulated discharge current (TSDC), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). TSDC show α, β-relaxation peaks shifted to the lower temperatures side with increase of fluence. The activation energy and relaxation time decrease, while the depolarization current and charge released increase with increase in the ion fluences. DSC curve show the glass transition temperature ( T g ) and heat capacity decreases with increase in the ion fluences. The TGA characteristics represent the thermal stability, which is found to be decreased with increase in the ion fluences.