Morphology and rheology of poly(L-lactide)/polystyrene blends filled with silica nanoparticles
Morphology and rheology of poly(L-lactide)/polystyrene blends filled with silica nanoparticles
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二氧化硅纳米粒子填充的聚(L-丙交酯)/聚苯乙烯共混物的形态和流变学
DOI:
10.1007/s10853-011-5908-7
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发表时间:
2012-02-01
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4.5
通讯作者:
Yang, Qi
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作者:
Zhang, Meng;Huang, Yajiang;Yang, Qi
The successful development of co-continuous structure from poly(L-lactide) (PLLA) blends by melt mixing with lower PLLA content is highly desired in preparing macroporous biomaterials. However, the low viscosity of PLLA makes it difficult to prepare co-continuous PLLA blends at low PLLA concentration. In this study, hydrophilic silica nanoparticle is adopted to control the morphology of co-continuous polystyrene (PS)/PLLA blends. The influence of nanoparticle concentration on the co-continuity intervals and rheological properties of PS/PLLA blends are examined. The morphological stability of blends against melt annealing is also determined and discussed with a conceptual coarsening model for co-continuous structure. The results demonstrate that the incorporation of silica nanoparticles into PS/PLLA blends can be used to prepare macroporous PLLA structure with controllable pore size at lower PLLA content.