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On the macro- and microphase separation of compatibilizers in immiscible polymer blends

Jannasch, Patric LU orcid ; Hassander, Helen LU and Wesslén, Bengt LU (1996) In Journal of Polymer Science. Part B, Polymer Physics 34(7). p.1289-1299
Abstract
Macro- and microphase separation of compatibilizing graft copolymers in melt-mixed polystyrene/polyamide-6 blends was studied by transmission electron microscopy and thermal analysis. Three different graft copolymers with main chains of polystyrene and side chains of poly(ethylene oxide) were used as additives at various concentrations. The polyamide-6 domain sizes decreased with increasing amounts of compatibilizing graft copolymers in the blends up to a saturation concentration, after which no further reduction was noted. Macrophase separation of the graft copolymers into discrete macrodomains 20-200 nm in size occurred at concentrations equal to or slightly lower than the saturation concentration. The macrodomains of the graft... (More)
Macro- and microphase separation of compatibilizing graft copolymers in melt-mixed polystyrene/polyamide-6 blends was studied by transmission electron microscopy and thermal analysis. Three different graft copolymers with main chains of polystyrene and side chains of poly(ethylene oxide) were used as additives at various concentrations. The polyamide-6 domain sizes decreased with increasing amounts of compatibilizing graft copolymers in the blends up to a saturation concentration, after which no further reduction was noted. Macrophase separation of the graft copolymers into discrete macrodomains 20-200 nm in size occurred at concentrations equal to or slightly lower than the saturation concentration. The macrodomains of the graft copolymers were microphase separated, and the sizes and shapes of the microdomains were found to largely depend on the graft copolymer structure and composition. As a consequence of microphase separation, poly(ethylene oxide) crystallinity was noted in blends with sufficiently high macrophase contents. Observations of a graft copolymer interphase between the polystyrene matrix and the polyamide-6 domains confirmed that the graft copolymer was present at the blend interfaces in some of the compatibilized blends. (Less)
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  abstract     = {{Macro- and microphase separation of compatibilizing graft copolymers in melt-mixed polystyrene/polyamide-6 blends was studied by transmission electron microscopy and thermal analysis. Three different graft copolymers with main chains of polystyrene and side chains of poly(ethylene oxide) were used as additives at various concentrations. The polyamide-6 domain sizes decreased with increasing amounts of compatibilizing graft copolymers in the blends up to a saturation concentration, after which no further reduction was noted. Macrophase separation of the graft copolymers into discrete macrodomains 20-200 nm in size occurred at concentrations equal to or slightly lower than the saturation concentration. The macrodomains of the graft copolymers were microphase separated, and the sizes and shapes of the microdomains were found to largely depend on the graft copolymer structure and composition. As a consequence of microphase separation, poly(ethylene oxide) crystallinity was noted in blends with sufficiently high macrophase contents. Observations of a graft copolymer interphase between the polystyrene matrix and the polyamide-6 domains confirmed that the graft copolymer was present at the blend interfaces in some of the compatibilized blends.}},
  author       = {{Jannasch, Patric and Hassander, Helen and Wesslén, Bengt}},
  issn         = {{0887-6266}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{7}},
  pages        = {{1289--1299}},
  publisher    = {{John Wiley & Sons Inc.}},
  series       = {{Journal of Polymer Science. Part B, Polymer Physics}},
  title        = {{On the macro- and microphase separation of compatibilizers in immiscible polymer blends}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-0488(199605)34:7<1289::AID-POLB11>3.0.CO;2-6}},
  doi          = {{10.1002/(SICI)1099-0488(199605)34:7<1289::AID-POLB11>3.0.CO;2-6}},
  volume       = {{34}},
  year         = {{1996}},
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