The importance of enthalpic interactions in polymeric systems

Abstract

Abstract Enthalpic interactions between blend components primarily determine the state of miscibility and many of the physical properties of the blend. Recent applications of these thermodynamic considerations are reviewed for a variety of systems, including binary and ternary blends of homopolymers, binary blends of copolymers with homopolymers, and polymer‐solvent mixtures. Recent advances toward predicting polymer blend miscibility through use of a modified quasichemical thermodynamic model and heats of mixing data for liquids are also discussed.