Effects of nanoparticles on the morphology of immiscible polymer blends–challenges and opportunities

MS de Luna, G Filippone - European Polymer Journal, 2016 - Elsevier
Adding small amounts of nanoparticles is an effective way to manipulate the morphology of
immiscible polymer blends. However, although diffusely recognized, the potential of such an …

Understanding the rheology of polymer–polymer interfaces covered with Janus nanoparticles: Polymer blends versus particle sandwiched multilayers

H Qiao, B Zheng, G Zhong, Z Li, R Cardinaels… - …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Interfacial rheology is crucial in dictating morphology and ultimate properties of particle-
stabilized polymer blends, but is challenging to be determined. In this study, a fully polymeric …

Controlling the morphology of immiscible cocontinuous polymer blends via silica nanoparticles jammed at the interface

S Huang, L Bai, M Trifkovic, X Cheng… - …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Cocontinuous polymer blends have wide applications. They can form conductive plastics
with improved mechanical properties. When one phase is extracted, they yield porous …

Dynamics and rheology of nonpolar bijels

L Bai, JW Fruehwirth, X Cheng, CW Macosko - Soft Matter, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Bicontinuous, interfacially jammed, emulsion gels (bijels) are a novel class of materials
composed of two immiscible phases with interpenetrating domains that are stabilized by a …

Morphology development in immiscible polymer blends

R Cardinaels, P Moldenaers - Polymer Morphology: Principles …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
This chapter discusses the morphology development of immiscible binary polymer blends. It
first describes morphology development in droplet‐matrix structures, the dynamics of fibrillar …

Tailored nanostructured thermoplastic elastomers from polypropylene and fluoroelastomer: morphology and functional properties

SS Banerjee, AK Bhowmick - Industrial & Engineering Chemistry …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Conventional thermoplastic elastomer from rubber–plastic blends has rubber domains of a
few micrometers dispersed in a plastic matrix. Nanotailoring of novel thermoplastic …

Super toughed poly (lactic acid)/poly (ethylene vinyl acetate) blends compatibilized by ethylene-methyl acrylate-glycidyl methacrylate copolymer

M Wang, X Liang, H Wu, L Huang, G ** - Polymer Degradation and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Poly (lactic acid)(PLA), as a biodegradable and biocompatible polymer, has
attracted extensive attention and investigation in recent years. However, the inherent …

Double percolated MWCNTs loaded PC/SAN nanocomposites as an absorbing electromagnetic shield

H Bizhani, V Nayyeri, AA Katbab, A Jalali-Arani… - European Polymer …, 2018 - Elsevier
This research reports on the preparation and characterization of absorbing electromagnetic
(EM) nanocomposite shields based on polycarbonate (PC)/polystyrene-co-acrylonitrile …

Strain Hardening of Polyethylene/Polypropylene Blends via Interfacial Reinforcement with Poly(ethylene-cb-propylene) Comb Block Copolymers

CR López-Barrón, AH Tsou - Macromolecules, 2017 - ACS Publications
A poly (ethylene-cb-propylene) comb block copolymer (P (E-cb-P)), prepared by
copolymerization of vinyl-terminated atactic polypropylene and ethylene, was used to …

Strategies for interfacial localization of graphene/polyethylene‐based cocontinuous blends for electrical percolation

SC Mun, MJ Kim, M Cobos, L Gu… - AIChE Journal, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
We have investigated melt blending approaches to interfacial localization of few‐layer
graphene in cocontinuous polymer blends with polyethylene as one of the components …