Toughening polypropylene with nanoscale rubber particles

A new kind of powdered rubber, ultra-fine full-vulcanized powdered rubber (UFPR), was invented and used for toughening polypropylene. The UFPR dispersed well in the PP matrix on a nanoscale. Both toughness and stiffness of PP can be improved by toughening with UFPR. DSC data showed that UFPR has some nucleation effect on PP. When PP was toughened with UFPR and EPDM together, the impact strength showed a synergistic toughening effect.     

Grafting acrylic acid onto polypropylene by reactive extrusion with pre-irradiated PP as initiator

In this paper, the modification of polypropylene (PP) with acrylic acid (AA) by reactive extrusion using pre-irradiated PP (rPP) as initiator was investigated. It was found the relatively high graft degree (Gd) and slight degradation of modified PP was obtained when 20 wt% rPP was used. This result can be explained in terms of effective concentration of free radicals. Compared with the neat PP, the modified PP showed the high-notched impact strength and improved adhesion of PP to polar substrate. This technique is of potential industrial interest for PP modification.     

Enhanced rigidity of recycled polypropylene from packaging waste by compounding with talc and high‐ crystallinity polypropylene

Polypropylene (PP) constituted 30% of the collected material in a Swedish collection system for rigid plastic packaging waste. The PP fraction was however a complex mixture of grades with widely different properties. In order to enhance the rigidity of the recycled PP, modified grades were prepared by compounding with talc and/or a virgin high‐crystallinity PP grade. Adding 20–40% of high‐crystallinity PP enhanced the stiffness and yield strength without impairing the impact resistance. A composite material consisting of 20% of this grade, 20% talc and 60% recycled PP gave mechanical properties similar to those of a commercial talc‐filled PP compound used for demanding engineering applications. The present study demonstrates that recycled PP derived from post‐consumer packaging waste can also be made useful for demanding engineering applications. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Novel Functionalized Microporous Organic Networks Based on Triphenylphosphine

This article describes the synthesis and functions of phosphine or phosphine oxide functionalized networks (PP? P or PP? PO; PP=porous polymer). These materials were predominantly microporous and exhibited high surface areas (S_BET: 1284 and 1353 m² g^?1 for PP? P and PP? PO, respectively), with high CO₂ (2.46 and 3.83 mmol g^?1 for PP? P and PP? PO, respectively) uptake capacities. Pd nanoparticles can be simply incorporated into the functionalized networks (PP? P? Pd or PP? PO? Pd) through a facile one‐step impregnation. A yield of 98 % was obtained in the Suzuki reaction between 1‐chlorobenzene and p‐tolylboronic acid with the PP? P? Pd system, which was higher than that obtained when PP? PO? Pd (53.2 %) or [Pd(PPh₃)₄] (38.2 %) was used as the catalyst. The superior catalytic ability of PP? P? Pd can be attributed to the structural features that incorporate triarylphosphine within a microporous structure.     

Procrustes rotation as a diagnostic tool for projection pursuit analysis

Projection pursuit (PP) is an effective exploratory data analysis tool because it optimizes the projection of high dimensional data using distributional characteristics rather than variance or distance metrics. The recent development of fast and simple PP algorithms based on minimization of kurtosis for clustering data has made this powerful tool more accessible, but under conditions where the sample-to-variable ratio is small, PP fails due to opportunistic overfitting of random correlations to limiting distributional targets. Therefore, some kind of variable compression or data regularization is required in these cases. However, this introduces an additional parameter whose optimization is manually time consuming and subject to bias. The present work describes the use of Procrustes analysis as diagnostic tool that can be used to evaluate the results of PP analysis in an efficient manner. Through Procrustes rotation, the similarity of different PP projections can be examined in an automated fashion with “Procrustes maps” to establish regions of stable projections as a function of the parameter to be optimized. The application of this diagnostic is demonstrated using principal components analysis to compress FTIR spectra from ink samples of ten different brands of pen, and also in conjunction with regularized PP for soybean disease classification.     

Macromolecular coupling agents for flame retardant materials

Polypropylene (PP) is a large-consumed polymer employed in many applications. For some uses, good flame resistance is desirable and this can be achieved by the addition of metallic hydroxides. However, high loads of metallic hydroxides are needed causing marked deterioration of the physical properties. Addition of interfacial agents is a useful way of minimizing these effects. In this study, PP was modified with vinyltriethoxysilane (VTES) and maleic anhydride (MA) and the products were used as coupling agents for PP/aluminum hydroxide (ATH) composites. The composites were characterized by TGA, SEM, tensile and flammability tests. It was observed that both coupling agents were efficient but PP modified with VTES showed better effect on the mechanical properties. Two types of ATH were used for comparison.     

Influence of hyperbranched polymers on the interfacial tension of polypropylene/polyamide‐6 blends

The compatibilizing effect of polypropylene (PP) grafted with hyperbranched polymers (PP–HBP) has been investigated in PP/polyamide‐6 (PA‐6) blends. Because of its high reactivity and diffusitivity, PP–HBP has been shown to be a more effective compatibilizer in decreasing the interfacial tension than the commonly used maleic anhydride–grafted polypropylene (PP–MAH). This article describes the influence of PP–HBP and PP–MAH on the interfacial tension between PP and PA‐6, as measured by the deformed drop‐retraction method (DDRM). Overall, PP–HBP yielded lower interfacial tension values between PP and PA‐6, which resulted in a finer particle size of the secondary phase. The time dependence of the interfacial tension can be monitored by DDRM, enabling evaluation of the diffusitivity and reactivity of the compatibilizer. A model based on particle coarsening has been developed to describe the time dependence of the interfacial tension. This model showed that the diffusitivity and reactivity for PP–HBP was higher than that of PP–MAH. Therefore, PP–HBP has strong potential as a compatibilizer in diffusitivity‐dependant processes such as film coextrusion and fusion bonding. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 37: 2069–2077, 1999     

多官能团单体对马来酸酐接枝聚丙烯流变行为的影响

研究了多官能团辅助单体偏苯三酸三丙烯酯(TATM)对马来酸酐接枝聚丙烯的熔体流动速率(MFR)和流变行为的影响.当以不含抗氧剂的聚丙烯粉料为原料时,TATM的加入对稳定接枝产物MFR的效果并不理想.但将聚丙烯粉料添加抗氧剂并造粒后,TATM的加入则可有效稳定体系的MFR,各种流变曲线显示出接枝产物的熔体弹性明显提高,说明有枝化或交联结构出现.针对PP粉料和粒料间接枝产物流变行为存在的重大差异,结合熔体自由基接枝反应的机理进行了解释.TATM能够起到稳定MFR的效果是由于其提高了接枝物的熔体弹性,从而抵消了聚丙烯熔体接枝反应中所不可避免的β断链所造成的剪切黏度下降.聚丙烯粉料和粒料中抗氧剂的差异对聚丙烯的加工降解有严重影响,造成了TATM在不同聚丙烯体系中效果的差异.     

聚丙烯-聚乙烯嵌段共聚物和相应共混物的热分析

用DSC研究了预期为聚丙烯-聚乙烯两嵌段共聚物(PP-PE)和相应共混物(PP+PE)在热学性能上的差异。经用不同分子量的PP和PE及其共混物进行试验后发现,由于PP和PE在结晶时出现过冷的难易不同。在共混物降温热分析曲线上,当降温速率较快时仅出现一个放热峰,而降温速率较慢时出现PP和PE各自的结晶放热峰,从而解释了文献中的不同结果。并发现共混物的PP和PE熔融、结晶温度均较组分相同的嵌段共聚物的相应温度为高;嵌段共聚物中PP和PE的△H_f值均低于均聚物的△H_f值,而PE的值降低尤甚。我们认为这与嵌段间的共价键限制嵌段活动和结晶过程有关,从而确认DSC热分析可以作为识别是否为嵌段共聚物的一种方法. 本工作的结果表明,所研究的PP-PE试样具有嵌段结构。     

磨盘碾磨制备PP/石墨复合粉末的研究

通过磨盘碾磨制备了PP 石墨复合粉末 ,用粒度分析、SEM和XRD表征了复合粉末的形貌特征、结构与性能 .结果表明 ,磨盘碾磨实现了PP与石墨的粉碎、分散和混合 ,经过 2 5遍碾磨 ,石墨与PP已互相嵌入 ,均匀分散 ;PP 石墨复合粉末具有不规则薄片状形貌特征 ;XRD表明 ,磨盘碾磨使PP和石墨的结晶度降低 ,晶面间距增大 ,晶粒尺寸减小 .PP 石墨复合粉末与聚丙烯共混复合可制备出具有良好抗静电性能的复合材料 .     

去氢枞酸类成核剂改性聚丙烯的非等温结晶动力学研究

对以去氢枞酸盐为成核剂的聚丙烯非等温结晶动力学进行了研究，用修正Avrami方程的Jexiorny法和莫志深法进行处理。结果表明：修正Avrami方程的Jeziorny方法和莫志深法都适用于去氢枞酸类成核剂改性的聚丙烯的非等温结晶动力学。在同样的降温速率下纯聚丙烯的t1/2比成核聚丙烯的t1／2要长，当降温速率为20K/min时，纯聚丙烯和成核聚丙烯的t1/2分别为0．78min和0．51min。同时从莫志深法得到的F(T)结果可以看出，达到相同的结晶度时纯聚丙烯所需的降温速率要大于成核聚丙烯所需的降温速率，说明成核剂的加入提高了聚丙烯的结晶速率。从Jeziorny法求出的纯聚丙烯和成核聚丙烯的Avrami指数分别为4．46和2．77，表明成核剂改变了聚丙烯的结晶成核和生长方式。     

聚丙烯/蒙脱土纳米复合材料非等温结晶动力学的研究

用熔融插层法制备聚丙烯 蒙脱土纳米复合材料 ,用DSC手段研究了其非等温结晶行为 ,并与聚丙烯进行了对比 .对所得数据分别用修正Avrami方程的Jeziorny法、Ozawa法和Mo法进行处理 .结果表明 ,用Jeziorny法和Mo法处理非等温结晶过程比较理想 ,而用Ozawa法处理则不太适用 .用Jeziorny法求出的参数Zc和n随冷却速率的增加而增加 ,但复合材料的Zc 和n略大于聚丙烯的Zc 和n ,用Mo法求出的参数F(T)随结晶度的增加而略有增加 ,a几乎未变 ,复合材料的F(T)略小于聚丙烯的F(T) ,复合材料的a约为 1.40略大于聚丙烯的a(其值约为 1.0 4) .按Kissinger方法计算出聚丙烯及聚丙烯 蒙脱土纳米复合材料的结晶活化能分别为 189.37kJ mol,15 5 .6 9kJ mol,说明有机蒙脱土的加入 ,降低了聚丙烯的结晶活化能 ,起到了异相成核的作用     

Second-order correction to perfect pairing: an inexpensive electronic structure method for the treatment of strong electron-electron correlations

We have formulated a second-order perturbative correction for perfect-pairing wave functions [PP2] based on similarity-transformed perturbation techniques in coupled cluster theory. The perfect-pairing approximation is used to obtain a simple reference wave function which can qualitatively describe bond breaking, diradicals, and other highly correlated systems, and the perturbative correction accounts for the dynamical correlation. An efficient implementation of this correction using the resolution of the identity approximation enables PP2 to be computed at a cost only a few times larger than that of canonical MP2 for systems with hundreds of active electrons and tens of heavy atoms. PP2 significantly improves on MP2 predictions in various systems with a challenging electronic structure.     

PP/POE共混物的P-V-T属性及压力对结晶温度的影响

采用PVT膨胀仪研究了PP/POE共混物的P-V-T属性, 利用Tait方程预测其比容和热膨胀系数(α), 研究了压力对结晶温度(Tc)的影响. 结果表明, Tait状态方程可用来预测部分相容的、半结晶PP/POE共混物的PVT行为. PP结晶前后的比容变化比POE的大得多, 随着POE含量的增加, PP/POE共混物结晶前后比容的变化均逐渐减小. PP在熔融状态下的α比固体状态的大, 而POE正好相反. PP/POE共混物的α随温度和压力的变化与其组成密切相关. 随着压力的增高, PP, POE及其PP/POE共混物的结晶温度均呈线性增高的趋势.     

THERMAL ANALYSIS OF POLYPROPYLENE-b-POLYETHYLENE DIBLOCK COPOLYMERS AND CORRESPONDING BLENDS

Difference in thermal behavior of presumed polypropylene-b-polyethylene block copolymers(PP-PE) and corresponding PP+PE blends was studied. Different views in the literature were unified in our observation that faster cooling rate yielded only one exothermal peak for the blends, while slower cooling rates revealed both PP and PE exothermal peaks. Further details on when a single or double exothermal peaks would appear are discussed. Melting and crystallization temperatures for both PP and PE in blends were found to be a few degrees higher than for PP and PE in block copolymers. Thus, thermal analysis can be used to identify PP-PE block copolymers. These phenomena and the lower △H_f-values of PP and PE in block copolymers than the △H_f-values of pure homo-PP and -PE (for PE even more so) are explained in terms of restricted block movement due to covalent bond between blocks and of crystallization processes in block copolymers. The presence of block structure in the PP-PE samples studied is inferred.     

CRYSTALLIZATION AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF POLYPROPYLENE FILLED WITH SiO2 NANOPARTICLES

Oleic acid （OA）-modified SiO2 （OA-m-SiO2） nanoparticles were prepared using surface modification method. Infrared spectroscopy （IR） was used to investigate the structure of the OA-m-SiO2 nanoparticles, and the result showed that OA attached onto the surface of SiO2 nanoparticles through esterification. Effect of OA concentration on the dispersion stability of OA-m-SiO2 in heptane was also studied, and the result indicated that OA-m-SiO2 nanoparticles were dispersed in heptane more stably than the unmodified ones. OA-m-SiO2 nanoparticles can also be dispersed in polypropylene （PP） matrix in nano-scale. The effect of OA-m-SiO2 on crystallization of PP was studied by means of DSC. It was found that the introduction of OA-m-SiO2 resulted in significant increase in the crystallization temperature, crystallization degree and crystallization rate of PP, and OA-m-SiO2 could effectively induce the formation of β-crystal PP. Effect of OA-m-SiO2 content on mechanical properties of PP/OA-m-SiO2 nanocomposites was also studied. The results show that OA-m-SiO2 can significantly improve the mechanical properties of PP.     

Preparation of Intumescent Flame Retardant Polypropylene composite through Solid State Mechanochemical Method

Polypropylene (PP), with characteristics of good mechanical properties, good resistance to water and low cost, has been widely used in many fields such as building, transport, furniture and electrical industries. However, a fateful drawback of polypropylene is its high flammability,restricting its wider applications. Addition of flame retardants is an effective way to improve its flame retardancy. An effective halogen-free flame retardant system used is the mixture of melamine, ammounium phosphate and pentaerythritol (intumescent flame retardant). But how to enhance the dispersion of this mixture in polypropylene matrix is a big problem. A self-made mechanochemical reactor, pan type milling equipment, can exert strong shear and squeeze forces,and has good mixing function. As a result, a uniform dispersion of flame retardants in the polymer matrix can be expectably obtained by using this equipment.In this paper, flame-retarded Polypropylene (PP) composites with intumescent flame retardant (IFR) were prepared via solid state mechanochemical method (pan-mill) and conventional method (twin-roll masticator) respectively. Particle diameter analysis, melt flow index (MFI), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and scanning electronic microscopy (SEM) were used to characterize these composites, and the mechanical properties and flame retardancy were also determined. The experimental results showed that the blend of PP and IFR were effectively pulverized from 3～4 mm to less than 300i m under the strong shear forces of pan-mill. With increasing the milling cycles, the MFI value of IFR/PP blend decreased first and then increased. The mechanical properties and flame retardancy of IFR/PP blends prepared by solid state mechanochemical method were proved to be better than those prepared by conventional method because of the dispersing function of pan-mill.Also it was found that IFRs were the nucleating agent for PP and the crystallinity of PP increased first and then decreased with increasing the milling cycles.     

Morphology,Crystallization Behavior and Tensile Properties of β-Nucleated Isotactic Polypropylene Fibrous Membranes Prepared by Melt Electrospinning

β-nucleated isotactic polypropylene(iPP) fibers with diameters less than 5 μm were prepared through melt electrospinning. The effects of electrospinning process and rare earth β-nucleating agent(WBG) on the crystal structure of iPP fibers were investigated. The results indicate that the addition of WBG can improve the fluidity of iPP melt remarkably and help the formation of fine fibers with thinner diameter, while the electrostatic force applied on the iPP melt is not favorable for the formation of β-crystal in iPP fibers. In addition, the morphology and crystalline structure of WBG/iPP electrospun fibers depended on the content of WBG. Both the crystallinity and the percentage of β-crystal form of WBG/iPP electrospun fibers increase with the rise of the content of nucleating agent, which endows the prepared electrospun fibers excellent mechanical properties. The β-nucleated iPP electrospun fibrous membranes prepared in this study can be used for protective clothing material, filtration media, reinforcement for composites and tissue engineering scaffolds.     

Ethylene–acrylic acid copolymer induced electrical conductivity improvements and dynamic rheological behavior changes of polypropylene/carbon black composites

The experimental data reveal that the addition of ethylene–acrylic acid copolymer (EAA) into carbon black (CB)/polypropylene (PP) composites can improve the electrical conductivity of CB/PP composites by two to six orders of magnitude at a comparatively low CB content (φ), and when φ = 2.5 vol %, 60/40 of PP/EAA is an optimum for electrical conductivity improvement. The dynamic rheological data show that with increasing φ there are apparent rheological percolations for CB/PP composites. A modified Kerner–Nielson equation can be used to describe the correlation between electrical percolation and dynamic viscoelastic percolation. The addition of EAA into CB/PP composites leads to apparent changes in dynamic rheological behaviors. When φ = 2.5 vol %, a rheological percolation appears in CB/PP/EAA (CPE) composites with increasing EAA content. The similar rheological behaviors correspond to the similar morphological structures for CPE composites with φ = 5.0 vol %. The appearance of bumps in the van‐Gurp–Palmen plots corresponds to the formation of network structure in CB/PP and CPE composites, and the more perfect the networks, the higher the amplitude of the bumps. All data indicate that the van‐Gurp–Palmen plot is sensitive to the formation of filler particle networks or cocontinuous phase which spans the whole composite. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 47: 1762–1771, 2009     

氧气在聚丙烯内吸附和扩散的分子模拟

采用巨正则Monte Carlo和分子动力学模拟相结合的方法研究了氧气在不同聚合度的聚丙烯内的吸附和扩散. 模拟结果表明, 随聚丙烯聚合度的增加, 聚丙烯对氧气的吸附量逐渐增加, 而氧气在聚丙烯内的扩散系数减小; 当聚合度增大到一定程度时, 吸附量和扩散系数都趋于一稳定值. 随温度的升高, 氧气在聚丙烯内的吸附量减少, 而扩散系数增大. 本文还应用自由体积理论探讨了氧气在聚合物内扩散的机理, 发现氧气在聚丙烯内以空穴形式存在的自由体积之间扩散, 即氧气先在一个空穴内不停振动, 然后通过聚丙烯链段运动形成的通道跳跃到下一个空穴来完成扩散. 结果表明, 较高聚合度的聚合物材料在常温及低温下使用对于其在食品包装材料中的应用是有利的, 这为食品包装材料行业相关产品的应用开发提供了一定的指导和依据.