title: Recrystallization of water in a non-water-soluble polymer examined by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy: poly(2-methoxyethylacrylate) with low water content.
abstract: Crystallization of water during heating, the so-called "recrystallization of water", in poly(2-methoxyethylacrylate) (PMEA) was investigated by temperature-variable Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Recrystallization in a polymer-water system is generally understood to be a phase transition from glassy water (condensed water) to crystalline water. However, infrared spectral changes of the PMEA-water system with low water content indicated that the formation of ice I h during heating occurred by a vapor deposition process rather than by a crystallization process.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, University of Toyama, Gofuku 3190, Toyama, Japan. ide@eng.u-toyama.ac.jp
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gemmei-Ide
authors.forename: Hiromi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kitano