Thermal, mechanical, and morphological analyses of poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene oxide)/styrene-butadiene-styrene copolymer blends
Thermal, mechanical, and morphological analyses of poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene oxide)/styrene-butadiene-styrene copolymer blends
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DOI:
10.1021/ma00184a026
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发表时间:
1988-11
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影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
P. S. Tucker;J. W. Barlow;D. R. Paul
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作者:
P. S. Tucker;J. W. Barlow;D. R. Paul
Blends of a styrene-butadiene-styrene, SBS, triblock copolymer with a poly (2, 6-dimethyl-1, 4-phenylene oxide), PPO, appear to form a single, mixed hard phase on the basis of the observation of a single, glass transition, by both differential scanning calorimetry and dynamic mechanical behavior, that varies with composition from that of polystyrenedomains to that of pure PPO. The glass transition region for this phase is unusually broad, and this is believed to be caused by concentration gradients of the two types of polymer segments across the domains. Scanning transmission electron microscopy shows that the dimensions of the hard domains increase in a manner consistent with their being isotropically swollen by the PPO added. At very high PPO levels, there appears to be small quantities of an unmixed PPO phase for which no thermal transition could be detected within the limits of the techniques used. For many of the blends, the rubber and the hard phases form co-continuous networks in which the glassy phase has a spongelike form and the rubbery phase has a skeletal form. The modulus at 25 C varies with the proportions of thesephases in a manner consistent with the morphologies seen.