等离子体条件下PP／PS共混体系组成和相结构的关系

运用等离子体装置制备了聚苯乙烯预聚物(PSt)并对聚丙烯(PP)进行了表面处理,得到改性聚丙烯(gPP)。在密炼机中以间歇出料法制备了不同组成的聚丙烯(PP)/聚苯乙烯(PSt)和改性聚丙烯(gPP)/聚苯乙烯(PSt)共混物。针对扫描电镜图样,用投影面直径dp这一结构参数研究了组成对两个共混体系相尺寸的影响以及相应的相分散状况。利用分布函数求取了分散相聚苯乙烯(PSt)分形维数,对不同组成的相分散进行了研究。     

聚丙烯和丙烯酸甲酯/乙酸乙烯酯混合单体的接枝共聚——Ⅱ.接枝产物的形态结构及结晶行为

用光学显微镜,扫描电镜和红外光谱分析研究了MA/VAc混合单体与pp非均相接枝共聚中PP/PP-g-P(MA-co-VAc)/P(MA-co-VAc)三元混合物的形成过程及其形状结构,观察了在PP-g-P(MA-co-VAc)存在下P(MA-co-VAc)的相对含量对共混物熔融-结晶过程的影响,结果表明,这种聚合物共混体系和金属合金相似,在给定条件下有—特定的组成。     

SEP对PP/PS共混物的增容作用

研究了苯乙烯 -乙烯 /丙烯二嵌段共聚物 (SEP)对聚丙烯 /聚苯乙烯 (PP/PS)共混物的形态和力学性能的影响。结果表明 ,SEP在PP/PS共混物中作为增容剂 ,降低了分散相的聚结 ,减小了分散相的平均粒子尺寸 ,大大改变了共混物的形态 ,提高了共混物的力学性能 ,对PP/PS( 2 0 /80 )共混物的增容作用较为显著     

氧化石墨烯增容尼龙6/聚苯乙烯共混体系的研究

氧化石墨烯(GO)亲水性的边缘和疏水性的中间片层使其具有两亲特性.利用GO的这种特性,将其加入尼龙6(PA6)/聚苯乙烯(PS)的共混体系,以提高PA6和PS的相容性.通过两步法制备了PA6/PS/GO共混物,研究了GO对PA6/PS共混材料结构形态与力学性能的影响,并对其增容机理进行了探讨.扫描电镜(SEM)结果表明,添加GO后,共混材料的分散相尺寸明显变小,分散更为均匀,少量的GO即可达到良好的增容效果.动态力学性能(DMA)测试进一步证明了GO对PA6/PS共混物具有一定的增容性.理论计算也表明PS/GO共混物和PA6具有更接近的表面自由能和较低的界面自由能.添加GO后共混物材料的拉伸性能和韧性明显提高.GO添加量为0.1 wt％时,共混材料的断裂伸长率较未添加GO的共混材料提高了170％,断裂能也提高了近240％.     

多相聚合物体系熔体动态过程中相形成与发展——PS/PcBR非相容体系的扫描电子显微镜图样分析

以连续共混过程间歇出料法研究了PS/PcBR非相容体系共混过程中的扫描电子显微镜图样演化过程 ,从平均粒径、特征长度Λ和平均特征长度Λm 多个方面讨论了非相容体系的共混过程 ,并以标度函数P(Λ/Λm)证明非相容体系共混过程在一定时间和空间范围内具有自相似性 ,且分形维数D可以作为一个参数描述熔体动态过程     

Flory状态方程理论研究PS/PMMA/SAN相行为

将改进的Flory状态方程理论(EOS)引入含“分子内链段排斥性相互作用”的高分子共混物中,研究含无规共聚物的三元共混体系聚苯乙烯(PS)/聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯(PMMA)/聚苯乙烯-丙烯腈(SAN)无规共聚物的相行为,建立相应的适用于含无规共聚物三元共混体系Spinodal方程.用PS、PMMA、PAN的特征参数及其链段间相互作用参数分别计算相应共聚物的特征参数,由二元相互作用模型计算均聚物-共聚物间的相互作用能参数.在运用EOS理论研究三元均聚物共混体系相行为基础上,进一步预测PS/PMMA/SAN体系的相行为,计算并绘制不同温度下的Spinodal曲线并进行实验验证,理论计算与实验结果吻合.结果表明,EOS理论可以克服经典平均场理论的缺陷,成功描述含分子内排斥作用共混体系相行为与共聚物组成及温度之间的关系.     

用热焓松弛行为研究聚苯醚和改性聚苯醚共混体系的相容性

用DSC分别探讨了苯酰化聚苯醚(PPO)(BA~(31.0)-PPO和BA~(43.4)-PPO)/PPO共混体系的热焓松弛变化规律与差异.发现已知是相容体系的BA~(31.0)-PPO/PPO在低于T_g等温退火过程中只出现一个吸热峰;典型的相容体系PPO/PS也表现出类似的行为.而未知相容性的BA~(43.4)-PPO/PPO在等温退火过程中出现两个吸热峰,此两峰的T_p值随退火时间的变化类似于各纯组分相应条件下的变化.电子显微镜结果表明,BA~(43.4)-PPO/PPO是相分离体系.因此对T_g非常接近的较刚性主链的PP0及其改性物的共混体系可用热焓松弛行为确定其相容性.     

玻璃基板作用下高分子共混物薄膜相形态发展过程

研究了玻璃基板作用下极性高聚物为低组分的共混物薄膜在退火条件下相形态的发展过程 .选用聚苯乙烯 (PS) 聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯 (PMMA)与聚苯乙烯 (PS) 聚ε 己内酯 (PCL)两个体系 ,在玻璃基板上Spin Coating成膜后退火 .由于共混物薄膜中极性相对较大的高聚物组分 (PMMA和PCL)相对于极性较小的PS组分对玻璃基板具有更好的润湿性 ,所以在上述的两个共混薄膜体系中其相形态分别显示PMMA和PCL在低组分比例下最终发展成为连续相 .利用扫描电镜以及元素分析很好地验证了以上的结论 ,并且对其机理进行了解释 .此外 ,改变PS的分子量与PCL共混 ,研究了组分粘度对薄膜相形态发展的影响 .结果表明 ,PS组分粘度越大 ,共混物薄膜相结构发展速度越慢     

用粘度法研究共混聚合物的相溶性

用乌氏粘度计测定含氢键共混体系PS(OH)/PBMA,PS(OH)/PBA和不含氢键的PBMA/PBA在甲苯中25℃的比浓粘度,根据η_(SP)/C～C的线性关系可计算出Huggins参数K_(H)和Chee提出的半经验参数μ。实验结果表明在这三组共混体系中PS(OH)/PBMA的氢键结合能力比PS(OH)/PBA强,而PBMA/PBA不存在键段之间的特殊相互作用,体系是不相溶的。     

熔体黏度对黏土在聚丙烯/聚苯乙烯共混物中优先插层行为的影响

通过熔融共混法在160℃加工条件下制备了聚丙烯/聚苯乙烯/黏土(PP/PS/clay)复合材料.X射线衍射分析(XRD)和透射电镜分析(TEM)的结果表明,黏土在共混物中存在着优先插层现象.黏土优先被PS分子链所插层,且不受PS组分含量和加料方式的影响.基于复合材料中PP和PS组分的熔体黏度对温度敏感性的差别,通过改变加工温度的方法,研究组分的黏度差别对黏土优先插层行为的影响.随共混加工温度的升高,黏土在共混物中的分布位置逐渐从PS相向PP相迁移.TEM和动态黏弹行为测试(ARES)的结果表明,组分间黏度的差别能控制黏土的优先插层行为.组分黏度越高,加工过程中所能传递的剪切应力就越大,插层能力也就越强.     

EFFECTS OF STYRENE-ETHYLENE/PROPYLENE DIBLOCK COPOLYMER (SEP) ON THE COMPATIBILIZATION OF PP/PS BLENDS

The effects of styrene-ethylene/propylene (SEP) diblock copolymer on the morphology and mechanical propertiesof polypropylene/polystyrene (PP/PS) blends were investigated. The results showed that SEP diblock copolymer, acting as acompatibilizer in PP/PS immiscible blends, can diminish the coalescence of the dispersed particles, reduce their averageparticle size, change their phase morphologies significantly, and increase the mechanical properties. It was found that SEP has better compatibilization effects on the PP/PS (20/80) blends.     

Control of surface morphology of polypropylene/polystyrene blend pellets prepared by diffusion and subsequent polymerization of styrene in isotactic polypropylene pellets

Inhibitor hydroquinone (HQ) was added to the reaction system to prepare polypropylene/polystyrene (PP/PS) blend pellets without PS on the surface during diffusion and subsequent polymerization of styrene in isotactic polypropylene pellets. The effects of the amount of HQ on diametrical distribution of PS, surface morphology of the pellets and phase morphology inside the blend pellets were investigated.     

Evolution of phase dimensions and interfacial morphology of polypropylene/polystyrene compatibilized blends during mixing

The morphology development of polypropylene/polystyrene (PP/PS) blends was studied by means of effective mathematics methods. Time resolved fracture morphology measurements on PP/PS (20/80) blends compatibilized with styrene-butadiene-styrene block copolymer (SBS) suggested that PP/SBS domains acted as a warehouse supplying compatibilizer (SBS) to the phase boundary in the initial stage of mixing and promoted the formation and development of the transition layer. The development of the transition layer leaded to a more complicated morphology of fracture surface and strengthened the adhesion between phases, which was quantitatively investigated using Brown fractal dimension D_Brown. In the early stage of the mixing (<2.0 min), the mean chord length Λ_m used to describe the domain size decreased; simultaneously, the distribution of Λ trended to uniform as the mixing proceeded. After 2.0 min, Λ_m fluctuated in a definite range. Further, a normalized distribution of dimensionless domain sizes Λ/Λ_m was independent of mixing time, indicating that the late stage of phase dispersion can be scaled with a time-depended single length parameter Λ_m. In other words, the morphology development shows a possible dynamic scaling behavior.     

Synthesis and characterization of polyethylene‐g‐polystyrene as the compatibilizer for polypropylene/ Polystyrene blends

Polyethylene‐g‐polystyrene (PE‐g‐PS) was synthesized as a compatibilizer for polypropylene/polystyrene­(PP/PS) blends by the living radical polymerization of styrene with polyethylene‐co‐glycidylmethacrylate (PE‐co‐GMA). The compatibilizer effect of PE‐g‐PS on the morphology and thermal properties of PP/PS blends was investigated. The crystalline temperature of PP in PP/PS blends decreased with increasing PE‐g‐PS contents. Morphologies of PP/PE‐g‐PS/PS blends showed much better dispersion of each domain for higher PE‐g‐PS contents. The molecular weight of PS segment in PP/PE‐g‐PS/PS blend was increased by addition of styrene monomer during the post melt blending process where post living radical polymerization reaction proceeded. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Preparation of microcellular polypropylene/polystyrene blend foams with tunable cell structure

By using supercritical carbon dioxide (sc‐CO₂) as the physical foaming agent, microcellular foaming was carried out in a batch process from a wide range of immiscible polypropylene/polystyrene (PP/PS) blends with 10–70 wt% PS. The blends were prepared via melt processing in a twin‐screw extruder. The cell structure, cell size, and cell density of foamed PP/PS blends were investigated and explained by combining the blend phase morphology and morphological parameters with the foaming principle. It was demonstrated that all PP/PS blends exhibit much dramatically improved foamability than the PP, and significantly decreased cell size and obviously increased cell density than the PS. Moreover, the cell structure can be tunable via changing the blend composition. Foamed PP/PS blends with up to 30 wt% PS exhibit a closed‐cell structure. Among them, foamed PP/PS 90:10 and 80:20 blends have very small mean cell diameter (0.4 and 0.7 µm) and high cell density (8.3 × 10¹¹ and 6.4 × 10¹¹ cells/cm³). Both of blends exhibit nonuniform cell structure, in which most of small cells spread as “a string of beads.” Foamed PP/PS 70:30 blend shows the most uniform cell structure. Increase in the PS content to 50 wt% and especially 70 wt% transforms it to an irregular open‐cell structure. The cell structure of foamed PP/PS blends is strongly related to the blend phase morphology and the solubility of CO₂ in PP more than that in PS, which makes the PP serve as a CO₂ reservoir. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Tailoring of interface of polypropylene/polystyrene/carbon nanofibre composites by polystyrene-block-poly(ethylene-ran-butylene)-block-polystyrene

Mechanical and physical properties of polypropylene (PP)/polystyrene (PS) blend, PP/PS/polystyrene-block-poly(ethylene-ran-butylene)-block-polystyrene (SEBS) ternary blend and their composites with carbon nanofibers (CNF) were investigated. Composites of ternary blend exhibited superior properties compared to those of binary blends. Mechanical performance of nanocomposites was intimately related to their phase morphology. PP/PS/SEBS/0.1 wt% CNF hybrid composites exhibited excellent impact strength (Four-fold increase compared to PP/PS blend) and ductility (12-fold increase in elongation at break, with respect to PP/PS blend). Moreover, these composites displayed good tensile strength and modulus (15% increase in Young's modulus, compared to PP/PS/SEBS blend) and are suitable for various end-use applications including automobile applications. Although crystallinity of PP phase is decreased by the incorporation of CNF, thermal stability of the composites remained almost unaffected. Contact angle measurements revealed that ternary composites exhibited maximum hydrophobicity.     

Nanostructured carbon black filled polypropylene/polystyrene blends containing styrene-butadiene-styrene copolymer: Influence of morphology on electrical resistivity

This paper is part of a comprehensive study on using selective localization of carbon black (CB) at the interface of immiscible polymer blends in order to reduce the percolation threshold concentration and enhance the conductivity of the blends. CB was successfully localized at the interface of polypropylene/polystyrene (PP/PS) blend by introducing styrene-butadiene-styrene (SBS) tri-block copolymer to the blend. In CB-PP/PS/SBS blends, CB has higher affinity for the polybutadiene (PBD) section of the SBS copolymer, whereas in CB-PP/PS blends, CB prefers the PS phase. PP/PS interface is one of the preferred locations for the SBS copolymer in the (PP/PS) blend; at which the PBD section of the SBS copolymer forms a few nanometers thick layer able to accommodate the CB nano-particles. The influence of SBS addition on the morphology and electrical properties of various PP/PS blends filled with 1 vol% CB were studied. SBS influence on the conductivity of PP/PS blends was found to be a function of the PP/PS volume ratio and SBS loading. The most dramatic increase in conductivity was found in the (60/40) and (70/30) PP/PS blends upon the addition of 5 vol% SBS. 5 vol% SBS was found to be the optimum loading for most blends. Using 10 vol% of SBS was reported to deteriorate electrical conductivity of the conductive co-continuous PP/PS blends. For all blends studied, SBS addition was found to compatibilize the blends. Finer morphologies were obtained by increasing SBS loading.     

Combined effect of compatibilizer and carbon nanotubes on the morphology and electrical conductivity of PP/PS blend

In this work, maleic anhydride grafted styrene–ethylene–butadiene–styrene copolymer (SEBS‐g‐MA) and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were introduced into the immiscible polypropylene/polystyrene (PP/PS) blend. Among the three polymer components, SEBS‐g‐MA has the strongest affinity to CNTs; thus, it exhibits dual effects to adjust the phase morphology of the blends and the dispersion state of CNTs in the blends. The experimental observations obtained from morphology characterizations using scanning electron microscope and transmission electron microscope confirm the selective localization of CNTs at the interface of the immiscible PP/PS blend. As a consequence, largely decreased percolation threshold is achieved when most of CNTs are selectively localized at the interface region between PP and PS. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.