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The size of the mesophase, which constitutes a boundary layer between fillers and matrix in composites, has been efficiently evaluated by the modified two-term unfolding model, which was based on delicate DSC measurements of the heat capacity jumps at the glass transitions of the composite and its constituent phases [1,2]. This model is now used to evaluate the mesophase along the whole viscoelastic spectrum of the composite, by making measurements of the storage and loss compliances or moduli of the composite and matrix and without making recourse to any other type of special measurement at the glass transition temperature of the substances.
By applying this model the following important results were derived: i) Lipatov's empirical formula for defining the mesophase atT g was shown to yield reasonable results and ii) the evaluation of the size of mesophase over the entire viscoelastic spectrum was shown to remain almost constant and in conformity with the values defined by the other versions of the model. Extensive application of the experimental results of the literature indicated the mutual proof of the validity of these affine models.
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Dedicated to Prof. Dr. H.-G. Kilian on the occasion of his 60th birthday.
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Theocaris, P.S. Phase transformation, at the boundary layers between polymers, and solid surfaces. Colloid & Polymer Sci 263, 863–872 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01469622
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