NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE MICROSTRUCTURE OF PFSA IONOMERS: A CORD LENGTH DISTRIBUTION ANALYSIS (CLD) OF SMALL-ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING (SAXS) DATA

摘要

The employment of the Cord Length Distribution (CLD) method, which does not need structural physical models for the interpretation of the scattering curves, revealed to be a valid alternative approach for the quantitative analysis of the Nation SAXS data. Although the nanostructure organization of the material could not be completely predicted, fundamental information about its morphology evolution, as a function of external conditions like hydration, were provided.