Effect of different ionic liquids on the dispersion and phase selective wetting of carbon nanotubes in rubber blends
Effect of different ionic liquids on the dispersion and phase selective wetting of carbon nanotubes in rubber blends
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10.1016/j.polymer.2016.10.045
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2016-11
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4.6
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H. H. Le-H.;A. Das;S. Basak;M. Tahir;S. Wiessner;D. Fischer;U. Reuter;K. Stöckelhuber;A. Bhowmick;Q. Do;G. Heinrich;H. Radusch
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作者:
H. H. Le-H.;A. Das;S. Basak;M. Tahir;S. Wiessner;D. Fischer;U. Reuter;K. Stöckelhuber;A. Bhowmick;Q. Do;G. Heinrich;H. Radusch
The present work consisted in thein situpolymerization of a liquid monomer (styrene) into a melt polymer matrix (PMMA) as an innovative method to prepare polymer blends at fine dispersions. That was possible by using an original mixing/reactor device called RMX®, which significantly develops extensional flow, greatly enhancing the mixing efficiency. Resultant morphology was characterized by TEM and average particle sizes were obtained by means of image analysis. A high distributive efficiency was observed at very fine dispersed phase morphology, tens of nanometers in diameter, in fact, in the absence of compatibilizing agents. It was found, by comparing self (thermal) and peroxide-initiated systems, that morphology strongly depends on the balance between polymerization rate and monomer diffusion into the polymer matrix (as enhanced by PMMA solubility into styrene) during mixing. Finally, a comparison of morphology between compounds prepared by reactive blending and those elaborated by conventional melt mixing was done.