Abstract
The conformational change of poly(vinyl alcohol) has been studied by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy at various temperatures in the 4000–400cm−1 region. The molecular motion and the trans/gauche content are sensitive to the CH, CC stretching modes. FTIR spectra show that the I2920/I2849 decreases from 1.84 to 1.0 with increasing temperature, companying the decrease in I1047/I1095 from 0.78 to 0.58, implying the conformational transition from trans to gauche in alkyl chain. Based on the van’t Hoff relation, the enthalpies and entropies have been calculated in different temperatures, which are 4.61kJmol−1 and 15.23Jmol−1K−1, respectively, in the region of 80–140°C. From the CO stretching mode and OH band, it can be concluded that the intermolecular hydrogen bonds decrease owing to elevating temperature, which leads to more gauche conformers.
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