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Effect of Asymmetric Block Copolymer PS-b-PMMA on the Compatibility of PCHMA/PMMA Blends by Different Blending Methods: Interface vs Micelles |
WANG Keqiang1, YE Shenjie1, WANG Wenjin1, FU Jia2, CHEN Zhongren2
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1 Faculty of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211; 2 Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055 |
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Abstract Using melt blending, the asymmetric diblock copolymer polystyrene-b-poly(methyl methacrylate) (PS-b-PMMA) was added to compatibilize poly(cyclohexyl methacrylate) (PCHMA) and poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) blends. Effects of the block ratio, blending method, and molecular weight of the dispersed phase PMMA was discussed to study the distribution of asymmetric block copolymer, namely the competition of interface and micelles. The results show that the blend method has significant influence on the distribution of the asymmetric block copolymer in the case of a low molecular weight PMMA. The change of the blending method can effectively reduce the number of the micelles in the dispersed phase, and the asymmetric block copolymer is mainly distributed on the interface of the compatibilized blends. On the other hand, the increase of the PMMA molecular weight can change the interfacial curvature of the asymmetric block copolymer between two phases, resulting in an increase of the solubility in the dispersed phase and the unstablility of block copolymer on the interface, which leads to the migration of BCPs into the dispersed phase and finally the micelles were formed.
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Published: 25 April 2017
Online: 2018-05-02
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