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Toughening Immiscible Polymer Blends: The Role of Interface-Crystallization-Induced Compatibilization Explored Through Nanoscale Visualization

The Role of Interface-Crystallization-Induced Compatibilization Explored Through Nanoscale Visualization
Authors: Ahmadi, Hamid; van Heugten, Paul M.H.; Veber, Alexander; Puskar, Ljiljana; Anderson, Patrick D.; Cardinaels, Ruth;

Toughening Immiscible Polymer Blends: The Role of Interface-Crystallization-Induced Compatibilization Explored Through Nanoscale Visualization

Abstract

This study explores the novel approach of interface-crystallization-induced compatibilization (ICIC) via stereocomplexation as a promising method to improve the interfacial strength in thermodynamically immiscible polymers. Herein, two distinct reactive interfacial compatibilizers, poly(styrene-co-glycidyl methacrylate)-graft-poly(l-lactic acid) (SAL) and poly(styrene-co-glycidyl methacrylate)-graft-poly(d-lactic acid) (SAD) are synthesized via reactive melt blending in an integrated grafting and blending process. This approach is demonstrated to enhance the interfacial strength of immiscible polyvinylidene fluoride/poly l-lactic acid (PVDF/PLLA) 50/50 blends via ICIC. IR nanoimaging indicates a cocontinuous morphology in the blends. The blend compatibilized with SAD exhibits a higher storage modulus, as unveiled by small amplitude oscillatory shear (SAOS) in the melt state at a temperature below the melting temperature of the stereocomplex (SC) crystals and by DMTA measurements in the solid state. This increase is attributed to the formation of a 200–300 nm thick rigid interfacial SC crystalline layer that is directly visible using AFM imaging and chemically characterized via IR nanospectroscopy. This ICIC also results in a significant toughening of the blend, with the elongation at break increasing more than 20-fold. Moreover, the fracture toughness factor obtained from single edge-notch bending (SENB) tests is doubled with ICIC as compared to the uncompatibilized blend, indicating the strong crack-resistance capability as a result of ICIC. This improvement is also evident in SEM images, where thinner and longer fibrillation is observed on the fractured surface in the presence of ICIC.

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Technology, ddc:600, ddc:540, Materials Science, STEREOCOMPLEX CRYSTALLITES, Interfaces, Interlayer Thickness, Materials Science, Multidisciplinary, Immiscible Polymer Blend, interlayerthickness, Interfacial Crystallization, stereocomplexcrystallization, Crystals, 09 Engineering, interlayer thickness, TOUGHNESS, Stereocomplex Crystallization, ABSORPTION, Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, Fluoropolymers, TEMPERATURE, interfacial crystallization, 40 Engineering, 600 Technik und Technologie, Science & Technology, SPECTROSCOPY, compatibilization, immiscible polymer blend ; compatibilization ; nano IR ; stereocomplex crystallization ; interlayer thickness ; interfacial crystallization, PVDF, Nano-IR, COPOLYMER, stereocomplex crystallization, 34 Chemical sciences, Infrared light, 540 Chemie und zugeordnete Wissenschaften, immiscible polymer blend, Science & Technology - Other Topics, MORPHOLOGY, 51 Physical sciences, immiscible polymerblend, 03 Chemical Sciences, Crystallization, BEHAVIOR, HYDROPHILICITY, nano-IR, Compatibilization

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