Advantage of graft architecture with a flexible main chain for implantation of ductile nature into brittle amorphous acrylic glass
Advantage of graft architecture with a flexible main chain for implantation of ductile nature into brittle amorphous acrylic glass
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DOI:
10.1016/j.polymer.2021.124316
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发表时间:
2021-11
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4.6
通讯作者:
Mikihiro Hayashi;Keisuke Shibata;S. Nobukawa
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作者:
Mikihiro Hayashi;Keisuke Shibata;S. Nobukawa
Toughness enhancement of amorphous glassy polymers is required to expand the application range of thermoplastic polymers. This report describes the implantation of ductile nature into poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) resins utilizing a graft architecture with a flexible polyester main chain, which was synthesized via atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) with a graft-from approach using a polyester macroinitiator bearing multiple bromo side groups. A comparison with a PMMA homopolymer and a blend PMMA containing a plasticizer revealed that the graft-type PMMA showed much higher elongation without sacrificing the modulus. The ductile nature of the graft-type PMMA was analyzed according to X-ray scattering, scanning electron microscopy observation, and rheological measurement. In the last section, effects of the length of both main chain and graft chain on the tensile properties were investigated.