Nascent Phase Separation and Crystallization Kinetics of an iPP/PEOc Polymer Alloy Prepared on a Single Multicatalyst Reactor Granule
Nascent Phase Separation and Crystallization Kinetics of an iPP/PEOc Polymer Alloy Prepared on a Single Multicatalyst Reactor Granule
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DOI:
10.1021/ma7021869
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发表时间:
2008-02
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5.5
通讯作者:
Jiang Du;H. Niu;Jin‐Yong Dong;Xia Dong;Dujing Wang;and Aihua He;C. Han
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作者:
Jiang Du;H. Niu;Jin‐Yong Dong;Xia Dong;Dujing Wang;and Aihua He;C. Han
The crystalline morphology and the liquid−liquid phase separation (LLPS) of an isotactic polypropylene/poly(ethylene-co-octene) (iPP/PEOc) polymer alloy prepared on a single multicatalyst reactor granule were studied by polarized optical microscope, phase contrast optical microscope, and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). We found that the LLPS process had a dominant effect on the final crystalline morphology of the iPP/PEOc polymer alloy. As the LLPS time was increased at 160 °C, more and more elastomer component was dispersed uniformly in the iPP spherulites as droplets, instead of being rejected to the outside and concentrated at the boundaries of the spherulites, when the sample was isothermally crystallized at 140 °C. The morphologies can be explained by the phase separation and crystallization kinetics. By simply changing the LLPS time, we could control the size of the elastomer droplets (for example between 1 and 10 μm) that dispersed in the iPP spherulites. Meanwhile, a special structural feature...