FTIR-TENSOR II Bruker spectrometer (Bruker Optik GmbH, Ettlingen,
Germany) was used in transmission mode to record the spectra from
KBr pellets. The 1H NMR and 13C NMR spectra
were recorded with a Bruker ARX-500 NMR spectrometer operating at
500 MHz (1H) and 125 MHz (13C).
DSC was
performed with a METTLER STARe SW 11.00 instrument (Mettler-Toledo
Ltd., Thailand). The samples were heated from RT to 400 or 450 °C
with a heating rate of 10 °C/min in a nitrogen atmosphere. TG
analysis was carried out on Q500 Universal V4.5A (TA Instrument, NewCastle,
DE, USA) by heating from RT to 800 °C at a heating rate of 10
°C/min in a nitrogen atmosphere.
Wide-angle X-ray diffractograms
were obtained by a D8-ADVANCE Bruker
X-ray diffractometer using Ni-filtered Cu Kα radiation (40 kV,
40 mA). The scanning rate was 0.01°/0.2 s. The samples were measured
as fine powders on a silicon sample holder.