PP/PS共混体系相结构形成与演变

以连续共混过程中间歇出料法研究了聚丙烯(PP)/聚苯乙烯(PS)体系共混过程中的扫描电镜图样演化过程,利用小角激光散射(SALS)证明了PP/苯乙烯-乙烯-丙烯嵌段共聚物(SEP)/PS体系的部分相容性,同时说明SALS研究聚合物熔体动态过程的有效性.针对扫描电镜图样,用重心粒径dg这一结构参数研究了PP/PS体系共混过程,利用分布函数求取了分散相PP分形维数,对共混过程中相分散进行了研究.     

含原位聚合物核壳粒子聚丙烯共混物的流变学研究

制备了含原位聚合物核壳粒子的聚丙烯/乙丙橡胶/高密度聚乙烯(PP/EPR/HDPE)共混物,并通过动态流变方法对其熔体结构稳定性进行了研究.动态时间扫描结果表明,PP/EPR/HDPE共混物具有较好的热稳定性.动态频率扫描结果表明,当EPR含量较低时,共混物中聚合物核壳粒子分散相的存在导致体系的长时松弛行为更加显著.当熔体结构在大应变下遭到破坏后,含核壳粒子分散相的共混物具有比普通PP/EPR共混物更快的结构回复速率,且结构回复速率随着核壳粒子的尺寸增大而加快.通过增大普通PP/EPR体系的EPR含量使其橡胶粒子尺寸与三元共混物中原位聚合物核壳粒子尺寸接近时,两者呈现类似的流变行为,这表明PP/EPR/HDPE体系的熔体结构稳定性源于核壳粒子结构导致的分散相尺寸增大的作用.     

马来酸酐接枝热塑性弹性体在PP/PA6共混物中的作用

研究了马来酸酐接枝热塑性弹性体 (TPEg )作为增容剂对聚丙烯 (PP) 尼龙 6 (PA6 )共混体系的相容性、相态以及物理力学性能的影响 .研究结果表明TPEg的加入大大改善了PP PA6共混体系的相容性 ,且随TPEg含量的增大分散相粒径明显降低 ,共混物的韧性以及延展性大大提高 ,同时拉伸强度及模量仍保持较好的水平 .TPEg增容的PP PA6共混物的非等温结晶行为的研究表明 ,共混物中PP和PA6的结晶行为不同于各自纯的聚合物 ,PA6作为成核剂使PP的结晶温度提高 ;而PA6由于TPEg的加入 ,出现分级结晶现象 ,一级结晶温度略低于纯PA6的结晶温度 ,且随TPEg含量增大结晶受阻 ,二级结晶温度与PP的接近 .由于PP、PA 6以及TPEg之间存在较强的相互作用 ,三元共混物中PP及PA6的玻璃化转变温度分别较其纯聚合物升高 .基于上述结果 ,提出了本共混体系的结构模型     

增容剂对聚对苯二甲酸乙二酯/聚丙烯共混体系结构流变学的影响

采用马来酸酐接枝聚丙烯(PP-g-MAH)对聚丙烯/聚对苯二甲酸乙二酯(PP/PET)共混体系进行增容,研究了增容前后复合体系的相形态和流变行为的变化.结果表明,共混体系中当PP组分为分散相时,增容剂能够显著减小PP液滴尺寸,使其形状松弛时间减小,变形与破裂的剪切敏感性降低;当共混体系两组分配比处于临界相反转点周围时,增容剂则会导致其内部部分双连续与“海-岛”结构共存的复杂相形态消失,低频区模量频率依赖性的增加表明体系内部界面结合程度的增加;而当共混体系中的PET组分为分散相时,增容剂的引入对体系结构流变学影响较小,表明增容效果不大.     

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     

简单剪切对聚合物溶液PS/DINP相分离行为的影响

通过剪切-光学显微装置在线研究了聚合物溶液聚苯乙烯(PS)/邻苯二甲酸二异壬酯(DINP)体系在静态和简单剪切场下的浊点变化及其相结构的实时演变过程,结果发现在单向剪切场下,当PS/DINP体系中PS含量在15%以下时该体系的剪切浊点基本不随剪切速率的变化而变化;当PS含量在15%以上时该体系的剪切浊点随剪切速率的增大而先增大后减小,并且不同配比下都出现一个最高相界移动,该最高相界移动随着PS含量的增加移向更高的剪切速率。此外,还发现PS/DINP近临界组成的静态相分离过程是典型的粘弹相分离。低剪切速率下的相分离过程与静态下有些相似,初期形成网络结构,并且该结构沿流动方向变形取向,但是网络结构直至实验结束也没有发生破裂,可见低剪切速率对网络结构具有一定的稳定作用。     

聚合物共混物脆韧转变性能研究Ⅱ.准韧性聚合物共混物脆韧转变的几何模型

给出了分散相粒间基体层厚度T与分散相粒径(d)、粒径分散度(σ)和分散相体积分数()的定量关系式.发现σ对T的影响与有关,不仅T随σ的增大而增大,而且越大,这种影响越显著.用计算机图像分析仪直接测定了聚氯乙烯/丁腈橡胶、聚丙烯(PP)/三元乙丙橡胶、PP/乙烯-醋酸乙烯酯共聚物共混物的T,发现这三种共混物的T近似于对数正态分布.理论预示与实验结果很好符合.     

显微镜图像分析研究非相容高密度聚乙烯/尼龙1010共混体系熔体动态过程中相结构的形成与发展

讨论了非相容高密度聚乙烯,尼龙1010共混体系在熔融混炼过程中相结构的形成与发展.应用在线连续采样方法,获得共混过程中体系不同时刻的样品,应用扫描电子显微镜观察并得到共混物相结构的显微图像.用图像处理和图估计方法求得了体系分散相平均粒径和粒径分布宽度,讨论了平均粒径和分布宽度随混炼时间的变化.结果表明,共混物相结构的变化主要发生在混炼初期,即混炼两分钟以前,之后平均粒径和分布宽度趋于平稳,保持在一定数值范围内.引入分性概念,应用测度法计算了体系的分形维数,表明体系相结构的变化具有自相似性,分形维数的变化与体系的均匀性有关.同时,研究了混炼温度和混炼设备的转速(剪切速率)与体系分散相平均粒径、分布宽度和分形维数等结构参数的关系.     

纳米SiO_2对PDMS/PIB不相容共混物在低剪切速率下凝聚行为的影响

借助在线剪切-显微装置研究了简单剪切流场下疏水纳米二氧化硅(SiO2)粒子对聚二甲基硅氧烷/聚异丁烯(PDMS/PIB=90 wt%∶10 wt%)不相容共混物实时结构演变过程的影响.研究表明,分散相尺寸的大小及其分布由粒子含量和剪切速率共同决定.少量纳米SiO2的加入能够抑制PIB分散相的凝聚,分散相的尺寸随着纳米SiO2含量的增大而减小,并且呈现出双峰分布.但随着SiO2粒子含量的进一步增加,分散相尺寸的双峰分布现象逐渐消失.SiO2的加入还导致PIB分散相对剪切速率的依赖性降低.当SiO2粒子含量低于2.5wt%时,较高的剪切速率凝聚得到的分散相的尺寸较大;当SiO2粒子含量超过2.5 wt%后,低速和高速剪切速率下凝聚得到的分散相尺寸基本相同.粒子的包覆、分散相的破碎和凝聚是出现以上现象的根本原因.     

基板界面对PS/PMMA共混物薄膜相逆转组成比的影响

近年来高分子共混体系中的界面、表面效应逐渐引起了越来越多研究者的兴趣 .人们发现 ,当共混物薄膜厚度减至一定程度时 ,聚合物共混物薄膜中的相形态、相容性及相分离动力学与本体中有较大的不同[1～ 3] .基板界面作用对共混薄膜体系的热力学、动力学行为产生很大的影响 .我们以往的研究 [4 ,5]也发现 ,PP/EVAc(70 /30 )共混体系退火过程中 ,基板界面 (如玻璃 )作用可大大加速分散相(EVAc)粒子的粗化凝聚过程 .本研究用聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯和聚苯乙烯共混物的四氢呋喃溶液在不同基板介质 (如玻璃基板 ,PP基板 )上成膜 ,用相差显微镜观测了…     

粘弹性变化对聚对苯二甲酸丁二酯/聚苯乙烯共混物分散相尺寸的影响

粘弹性变化对聚对苯二甲酸丁二酯／聚苯乙烯共混物分散相尺寸的影响曾继军何嘉松沈蓓（中国科学院化学研究所工程塑料国家重点实验室北京１０００８０）关键词共混物，粘弹性，凝聚效应近五年来，不相容聚合物共混物（ＩＰＢ）形态形成的具体过程引起了人们的关注．...     

Dispersed Phase Size During the Blending of Relatively-Inelastic Polymer Melts

The influence of simultaneous drop breakup and drop coalescence on polymer-morphology was studied during the blending of polymer melts in a commercial counter-rotating twin-screw extruder. The polymers employed were PET and nylon 66, and these were chosen to minimize fluid elasticity and drop coalescence effects. Each material was dispersed in the other, and the dispersed phase size was determined using scanning electron microscopy. Variables examined included dispersed phase concentration, shear rate, residence time in the extruder and the addition of a compatibilizer. As has been the experience of others, it was found that coalescence was significant at all concentrations examined, and it increased with increasing dispersed phase concentration. However, coalescence could be drastically reduced with the help of a compatibilizer. It appeared that there were no elastic effects, and the measured drop size seemed to approach the Taylor limit as the dispersed phase concentration was lowered. An unexpected finding was that an increase in shear rate resulted in an increase in droplet size, especially at high concentrations.     

Rheo-optical characterization of dilute polymer mixtures under shear flow

Optical properties can estimate morphological changes of polymer chains under flow. This work proposes a rheo-optical procedure to determine turbidity and both flow and form birefringence of diluted polymer mixtures of polystyrene (PS) and polypropylene (PP) during a controlled shear flow, by measuring the transmitted light intensity with and without crossed polarizers via an own built optical sensor. The turbidity in these dilute mixtures decreased with the increase of the shear rate due to deformation of the dispersed phase droplets, which reduces their cross-sections. The presence of PP as the dispersed phase in the PS matrix caused a decrease in the total birefringence measured, whereas PS as the dispersed phase in the PP matrix caused an increase in it. Both effects are associated to the positive contribution of the form birefringence, produced by the shear-induced elongated morphology of the dispersed phase.     

Studies on droplet size distributions during coalescence in immiscible polymer blends filled with silica nanoparticles

The effect of silica nanoparticles on the morphology of （10/90 wt%） PDMS/PBD blends during the shear induced coalescence of droplets of the minor phase at low shear rate was investigated systematically in situ by using an optical shear technique. Two blending procedures were used： silica nanoparticles were introduced to the blends by pre-blending silica particles first in PDMS dispersed phase （procedure 1） or in PBD matrix phase （procedure 2）. Bimodal or unimodal droplet size distributions were observed for the filled blends during coalescence, which depend not so much on the surface characteristics of silica but mainly on blending procedure. For pure （10/90 wt%） PDMS/PBD blend, the droplet size distribution exhibits bimodality during the early coalescence. When silica nanoparticles （hydrophobic and hydrophilic） were added to the blends with procedure l, bimodal droplet size distributions disappear and unimodal droplet size distributions can be maintained during coalescence; the shape of the different peaks is invariably Gaussian. Simultaneously, coalescence of the PDMS droplets was suppressed efficiently by the silica nanoparticles. It was proposed that with this blending procedure the nanoparticles should be mainly kinetically trapped at the interface or in the PDMS dispersed phase, which provides an efficient steric barrier against coalescence of the PDMS dispersed phase. However, bimodal droplet size distributions in the early stage of coalescence still occur when incorporating silica nanoparticles into the blends with procedure 2, and then coalescence of the PDMS droplets cannot be suppressed efficiently by the silica nanoparticles. It was proposed that with this blending protocol the nanoparticles should be mainly located in the PBD matrix phase, which leads to an inefficient steric barrier against coalescence of the PDMS dispersed phase; thus the morphology evolution in these filled blends is similar to that in pure blend and bimodal droplet size distributions can be observed during the early coalescence. These results imply that exploiting non-equilibrium processes by varying preparation protocol may provide an elegant route to regulate the temporal morphology of the filled blends during coalescence.     

Phase morphology, crystallisation behaviour and mechanical properties of isotactic polypropylene/high density polyethylene blends

The phase morphology, crystallisation behaviour and mechanical properties of isotactic polypropylene (iPP)/high density polyethylene (HDPE) blends were investigated. It was found that the properties are intimately related to each other. The morphology of the blends showed a two phase structure in which the minor phase was dispersed as domains in the major continuous matrix phase. The domain size of the dispersed phase increased with increasing concentration of that phase due to coalescence. It was also found that the domain size of the dispersed phase depends on the viscosity difference between the two phases. For a given HDPE/iPP blend, where HDPE is the matrix and iPP is the dispersed phase, the iPP domains were smaller than HDPE domains of the corresponding iPP/HDPE blend where iPP is the matrix and HDPE is the dispersed phase. A co-continuous morphology was observed at 50/50 PP/HDPE composition. Crystallinity studies revealed that blending has not much effect on the crystalline melting point of polypropylene and high density polyethylene. The crystallisation enthalpy and heat of fusion values of HDPE and PP in the blend were decreased as the amount of the other component increased. The variation in percent crystallinity of HDPE and PP in the blend was found to depend on the morphology of the blend. All the mechanical properties except Young's modulus and hardness showed negative deviation from the additivity line. This is due to the incompatibility of these blends.     

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.     

PBD/PDMS共混物分散相的聚并捕获行为

借助显微-剪切装置在线研究了低速剪切场下SiO2纳米粒子含量、分散相聚丁二烯(PBD)浓度和剪切速率对PBD/聚二甲基硅氧烷(PDMS)不相容体系中聚并捕获行为的影响.结果表明,聚并捕获所形成的液滴尺寸与形状规整度由粒子含量、分散相浓度和剪切速率等因素共同决定.在较低的SiO2纳米粒子含量或较高的分散相浓度下,PBD液滴在低剪切场下发生聚并捕获,形成尺寸较大、形状不规则的液滴.增加SiO2纳米粒子含量或减小分散相浓度,能够减小分散相的尺寸并提高分散相的规整度.增加剪切速率能有效地减小分散相的尺寸并提高分散相的规整度.     

The relative role of coalescence and interfacial tension in controlling dispersed phase size reduction during the compatibilization of polyethylene terephthalate/polypropylene blends

The breaking thread and the sessile drop methods have been used to evaluate the interfacial tension between a polypropylene (PP) and a polyethylene-terephthalate (PET). An excellent correlation was found between the two. The breaking thread technique was then used to evaluate the interfacial tension of these blends at various levels of a styrene-ethylene butylene-styrene grafted with maleic anhydride (SEBS-g-MA) compatibilizer. In order to evaluate the relative roles of coalescence and interfacial tension in controlling dispersed phase size reduction during compatibilization, the morphology of PP/PET 1/99 and 10/90 blends compatibilized by a SEBS-g-MA were studied and compared. The samples were prepared in a Brabender mixer. For the 10/90 blend, the addition of the compatibilizer leads to a typical emulsification curve, and a decrease in dispersed phase size of 3.4 times is observed. For the 1/99 blend, a 1.7 times reduction in particle size is observed. In the latter case, this decrease can only be attributed to the decrease of the interfacial tension. It is evident from these results that the drop in particle size for the 10/90 PP/PET blend after compatibilization is almost equally due to diminished coalescence and interfacial tension reduction. These results were corroborated with the interfacial tension data in the presence of the copolymer. A direct relationship between the drop in dispersed phase size for the 1/99 PP/PET blend and the interfacial tension reduction was found for this predominantly shear mixing device. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35 : 2271–2280, 1997     

Use of block copolymer-stabilized cadmium sulfide quantum dots as novel tracers for laser scanning confocal fluorescence imaging of blend morphology in polystyrene/poly(methyl methacrylate) films

This paper describes the first use of polymer-coated quantum dots (QDs) as fluorescent tracers for LSCFM imaging of phase morphology in polymer blends. Cadmium sulfide (CdS) QDs stabilized at the surface with a PS-b-PAA block copolymer are shown to be well dispersed via their polystyrene (PS) brush layer in the PS phase of solvent-cast 40/60 (w/w) PS/PMMA blends. The QDs are excluded from the PMMA phase, providing excellent fluorescence contrast for LSCFM imaging of the phase-separated blends. The presence of PS-b-PAA-stabilized QDs does not appear to affect the blend morphology, since the observed morphologies are the same when the percentage of QDs within the PS phase is varied from 10 to 50 wt %. These QD fluorescent tracers are used to characterize several aspects of blend morphology in solvent-cast 40/60 PS/PMMA blends containing PS homopolymer with either 100 (low molecular weight) or 1250 (high molecular weight) repeat units. In the PS(1250)/PMMA blends, a percolating distribution of PMMA droplets (2-25 mum) in a PS matrix is observed in the bulk, and a distinct inversion in the continuous phase is found near the glass substrate. In the PS(100)/PMMA blends, a "phase-in-phase" morphology is found, consisting of large PS domains (20-100 mum) dispersed in a PMMA continuous phase and small PMMA domains (1-2 mum) scattered throughout the larger PS droplets. The observed change in blend structure is attributed to a lower interfacial tension for the lower molecular weight PS.     

Crystallization behavior of polypropylene/polycarbonate blends

Crystallization behavior and morphology of polypropylene (PP)/polycarbonate (PC) blends have been studied by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). In the study of non-isothermal crystallization of the blends, the phenomenon of multiple crystallization peaks of PP/PC blends was related to the blend morphology in which PP was the dispersed phase as small droplets in the PC matrix. The phenomenon of a single crystallization peak of the PP/PC blends was related to the blend morphology in which PP was a continuous phase; in that case the crystallization peak temperatures of the blends were higher than that of the PP. The isothermal crystallization kinetics of the PP and PP/PC (80/20) blend were described by the Avrami equation. The results showed that the Avrami exponent of the PP/PC (80/20) blend was higher than that of the PP, and the crystallization rate of the PP/PC (80/20) blend was faster than that of the PP. The crystallization rate of the PP and PP/PC (80/20) blend were calculated according to the Hoffmann theory. Both the PP and PP/PC (80/20) blend had maximum crystallization rates. The temperature at the maximum crystallization rate for the PP/PC (80/20) blend was higher than that of the PP.