Double phase separation induced by polymerization in ternary blends of epoxies with polystyrene and poly(methyl methacrylate)
Double phase separation induced by polymerization in ternary blends of epoxies with polystyrene and poly(methyl methacrylate)
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10.1021/ma000429a
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发表时间:
2001-03
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5.5
通讯作者:
M. Galante;J. Borrajo;R. Williams;E. Girard-Reydet;J. Pascault
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作者:
M. Galante;J. Borrajo;R. Williams;E. Girard-Reydet;J. Pascault
Ternary blends based on a stoichiometric mixture of diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A (DGEBA) and 4,4‘-diaminodiphenyl sulfone (DDS), monodisperse polystyrene (PS, 8.3 × 104 g/mol), and monodisperse poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA, 8.86 × 104 g/mol) were polymerized at constant temperature. Blends containing a total amount of 8 wt % of both thermoplastics (with different PS/PMMA ratios), were initially homogeneous at 135 °C. When they were polymerized at this temperature, a double phase separation was clearly observed by light transmission. At conversions close to 0.08, the system became opalescent due to the generation of a PS-rich phase; at conversions close to 0.27, a new phase separation process took place, generating a PMMA-rich phase. TEM (transmission electron microscopy) observations confirmed the existence of three different phases: the epoxy matrix, PS-rich particles with a broad size distribution, and PMMA-rich particles. Some of the PS particles appeared encapsulated by the PMMA-rich phase (cor...