Polymer Blends: Processing, Morphology, and Properties

ISBN-13: 9781461331797 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 510 str.

Ezio Martuscelli

Opis

Multicomponent polymeric systems, or polymeric blends, have recently created considerable interest and they represent a new and important challenge for research. These systems have already become technologically important, but the prospects for their applications have by no means been exhausted. For thermodynamic reasons polymer blends do not usually form homogeneous mixtures but exhibit micro or macrophase separation. This incompatibility has some inherent advantages as varying the composition and the processing conditions, materials with different structures and morphologies can be obtained whose properties may be superior to those of one of the components e. g. high impact resistant plastics. Investigations of multicomponent polymer systems constitute a new branch of macromolecular science which now claims as much interest as the behaviour of dilute solutions, crystallization, statistics of chain tacticity, and single crystal formation did a few years ago. The complexity of the problems related to control led preparation and properties studies of mUlticomponent polymer systems is such that it is often more practicable to conduct them on an international basis. The aim of the first Joint Italian-Polish Seminar on Multicomponent Polymer Systems was to discuss recent results obtained in that field in both countries. As the range of topics to be covered was fairly wide, we thought it advisable to invite scientists from other countries to share with us some aspects of their own studies."

Spis treści

Recent Progress in the Studies on the Preparation and Properties of Polymer Blends.- Morphology, Crystallization Phenomena and Transitions in Crystallizable Polymer Alloys.- Properties of Polyethylene-Polypropylene Blends: Crystallization Behaviour.- The Structure and Mechanical Properties of Blends of Cis and Trans-Polyisoprene.- Crystallization and Melting of Components in Blends of Polyethylene and Polypropylene.- Morphology, Crystallization and Melting Behaviour of Poly(ethylene oxide)/Poly(methyl methacrylate) Blends.- Le Role des Copolymères Sequences et Graffes dans les Alliages de Polymères.- Synthesis and Properties of New Toughened Resins Based on Ethylene-Propylene Copolymers.- Macromolecular Alloy Systems: A Contribution to the Determination of the Structure of Impact Resistant Polyamide — Polyolefin — Alloys.- Synthesis of Interfacial Agents and Their Use in Nylon 6/Rubber Alloys.- Tensile Properties and Morphology of Copol3mier Modified Blends of Polystyrene and Polyethylene.- Mechanical Models of Heterogeneous Polymeric Materials 23.- Mechanical Properties of Multicomponent Polymeric Materials: A Predictive Classification of Binary Systems..- Properties of Polystyrene-Polyolefin Alloys: I. Processing and Mechanical Properties.- Properties of Polystyrene-Polyolefin Alloys: II. Processing Morphology Relationship.- Morphology and Mechanical Properties of SXS-Polystyrene Blends.- Synthesis of Interpenetrating Polymer Networks and their Possible Uses.- Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Polycarbonate-Aromatic Copolyester Blends.- Preliminary Investigation of Polycarbonate-Polypropylene Blends.- Multicomponent Polyester Systems with Mesogenic Units.- Transport Properties and Morphology of Polymeric Blends.- The Phase Structure of Poly(N-Vinylcarbazole)-Poly-carbonate Blends as Studied by Thermally Stimulated Currents and Thermo-Optical Analysis.- Stress Relaxation of Glass Bead Composites.- Studies on the Properties and Structure of Adhesive Films containing Elastomer/Resin Blends.- Polymeric Modifier for Filled Polypropylene.- Multicomponent Selective Membranes Made of Ionic/Nonionic Polymers.- Polyolefinic Blends: Recent Applications and Developments.- Dispersive Mixing of Polymer Melts in the Static Mixer.- Author Index.