Polymeric Data Memories and Polymeric Substrate Materials for Information Storage Devices

Birefringence is an important substrate property for optical data storage media. The basic definitions of birefringence and its relation to the chemical nature of polycarbonate are outlined. The polarizability of the monomer unit, expressed in the rheo-optical constant and the degree of remaining polymer chain orientation, determines the level of birefringence in polycarbonate disk substrates. Based on this theory, the theory of blending materials with positive and negative rheooptical constants is developed, and the current work with polycarbonate/polystyrene blends is reviewed. The biggest disadvantage of the reviewed system is that only binary systems with low LCST [lower critical solution temperature) (<24OoC) can be formulated. Finally, we report on successful development work of a singlephase blend of a modified polycarbonate with a special styrene-acrylonitrile copolymer. The experimental results are compared with the theoretical expectations, and the implications on the injection molding of disk substrates are discussed.

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Birefringence–An important property of plastic substrates for magneto‐optical storage disks

Siebourg

Schmid

Rateike

et al. 1990

Polymer Engineering & Sci

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Phase Transitions in Poly(vinylidene fluoride)/Polymethylene-Based Diblock Copolymers and Blends

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The crystallization and morphology of two linear diblock copolymers based on polymethylene (PM) and poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) with compositions PM23-b-PVDF77 and PM38-b-PVDF62 (where the subscripts indicate the relative compositions in wt%) were compared with blends of neat components with identical compositions. The samples were studied by SAXS (Small Angle X-ray Scattering), WAXS (Wide Angle X-ray Scattering), PLOM (Polarized Light Optical Microscopy), TEM (Transmission Electron Microscopy), DSC (Differential Scanning Calorimetry), BDS (broadband dielectric spectroscopy), and FTIR (Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy). The results showed that the blends are immiscible, while the diblock copolymers are miscible in the melt state (or very weakly segregated). The PVDF component crystallization was studied in detail. It was found that the polymorphic structure of PVDF was a strong function of its environment. The number of polymorphs and their amount depended on whether it was on its own as a homopolymer, as a block component in the diblock copolymers or as an immiscible phase in the blends. The cooling rate in non-isothermal crystallization or the crystallization temperature in isothermal tests also induced different polymorphic compositions in the PVDF crystals. As a result, we were able to produce samples with exclusive ferroelectric phases at specific preparation conditions, while others with mixtures of paraelectric and ferroelectric phases.

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Polymeric Data Memories and Polymeric Substrate Materials for Information Storage Devices

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Birefringence–An important property of plastic substrates for magneto‐optical storage disks

Birefringence–An important property of plastic substrates for magneto‐optical storage disks

Phase Transitions in Poly(vinylidene fluoride)/Polymethylene-Based Diblock Copolymers and Blends

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