Target Morphologies in Polymer Blends

2004 ◽  
Vol 856 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nigel Clarke ◽  
Ian Henderson
Keyword(s):  
Phase Separation ◽  
Polymer Blends ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Matrix Material ◽  
Phase Region ◽  
Wavelength Selection ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Inhomogeneous Surface ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Separation Results

ABSTRACTWe model a novel process for obtaining controlled morphologies in polymer blends. Particles of one type of polymer are allowed to dissolve in a matrix of a dissimilar polymer. Prior to complete dissolution the blend is quenched into the two phase region, such that phase separation takes place. The combination of the incomplete dissolution and the wavelength selection process associated with phase separation results in particles that during the ‘intermediate’ stages have a core that is significantly rich in the matrix material. The concept is extended to consider the effect of phase separation on an inhomogeneous surface chemically patterned with regions which are more attractive to one component of the blend.

Modification of Interfacial Properties of Polymer Blends with Diblock Copolymer

1996 ◽  
Vol 461 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Kim ◽  
C. C. Han
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Phase Separation ◽  
Polymer Blends ◽  
Diblock Copolymer ◽  
Diblock Copolymers ◽  
Phase Region ◽  
Domain Growth ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Phase Separation Kinetics ◽  
Styrene Butadiene

ABSTRACTThe effect of diblock copolymer on the phase-separation process of polymer blends has been investigated by using light scattering and optical microscopic observations. To quench the system into the two phase region, a shear-jump technique is employed instead of the conventional temperature-jump technique. The samples studied are blends of low-molecular-weight polystyrene and polybutadiene with and without added styrene-butadiene block copolymer as a compatibilizer. It was observed that the addition of diblock copolymers could accelerate the phase separation kinetics depending on the shear history. As the concentration of diblock copolymer increases, the distribution of domain sizes becomes narrower and the growth rate slows down. The extent of slowing-down depends on the molecular weight and concentration of the copolymer. The time dependence of domain growth is clearly observed with optical microscopy.

scholarly journals Effect of Reactive SPS on the Microstructure and Properties of a Dual-Phase Ni-Al Intermetallic Compound and Ni-Al-TiB2 Composite

Materials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (24) ◽  
pp. 5668
Author(s):  
Paweł Hyjek ◽  
Iwona Sulima ◽  
Piotr Malczewski ◽  
Krzysztof Bryła ◽  
Lucyna Jaworska
Keyword(s):  
Intermetallic Compound ◽  
Tribological Properties ◽  
Matrix Material ◽  
Dual Phase ◽  
Compression Tests ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Alloy Matrix ◽  
Plastic Properties ◽  
Mechanical And Tribological Properties ◽  
The Matrix

As part of the tests, a two-phase NiAl/Ni3Al alloy and a composite based on this alloy with 4 vol% addition of TiB2 were produced by the reactive FAST/SPS (Field Assisted Sintering Technology/Spark Plasma Sintering) sintering method. The sintering process was carried out at 1273 K for 30 s under an argon atmosphere. The effect of reactive SPS on the density, microstructure, and mechanical and tribological properties of a dual-phase Ni-Al intermetallic compound and Ni-Al-TiB2 composite was investigated. Products obtained were characterized by a high degree of sintering (over 99% of the theoretical density). The microstructure of sinters was characterized by a large diversity, mainly in regard to the structure of the dual-phase alloy (matrix). Compression tests showed satisfactory plastic properties of the manufactured materials, especially at high temperature (1073 K). For both materials at room temperature, the compressive strength was over 3 GPa. The stress–strain curves were observed to assume a different course for the matrix material and composite material, including differences in the maximum plastic flow stress depending on the test temperature. The brittle-to-ductile transition temperature was determined to be above 873 K. The research has revealed differences in the physical, mechanical and tribological properties of the produced sinters. However, the differences favourable for the composite were mostly the result of the addition of TiB2 ceramic particles uniformly distributed on grain boundaries.

Two-Phase Microstructures Formed by Phase-Separation of Coherent Precipitates in Elastically Constrained Alloy Systems

2010 ◽  
Vol 638-642 ◽  
pp. 2215-2220 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minoru Doi
Keyword(s):  
Free Energy ◽  
Phase Separation ◽  
Surface Energy ◽  
Phase Region ◽  
Precipitate Phase ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Phase Separations ◽  
Chemical Free Energy ◽  
Elastic Constraint ◽  
Alloy Systems

Coherent two-phase microstructures consisting of ordered precipitate and disordered matrix phases sometimes exhibit a phase-separation, which brings the split and/or the decelerated coarsening of precipitates. When the coherent two-phase microstructure of A1+L12 (+’) in Ni-base alloys are aged inside the two-phase region of A1+L12 , the L12 precipitate sometimes exhibit a phase-separation and A1 phase newly appears and grows in each L12 precipitate. Phase-separations of the same type to the above also take place due to ageing of coherent two-phase microstructures of A2+D03 and A2+B2 in Fe-base alloys: D03 and B2 precipitates sometimes exhibit phase-separations and A2 phase newly appears and grows in both precipitates. These types of phase-separation take place under the influence of chemical free energy. In the course of further ageing, the new disordered phases of A1 and A2 change their morphology in various ways depending on the elastic constraint: i.e. the morphology of new A1 or A2 phase is influenced by the elastic energies and the surface energy.

Soft-shear induced phase-separated nanoparticle string-structures in polymer thin films

2016 ◽  
Vol 186 ◽  
pp. 31-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ren Zhang ◽  
Bongjoon Lee ◽  
Michael R. Bockstaller ◽  
Abdullah M. Al-Enizi ◽  
Ahmed Elzatahry ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Phase Separation ◽  
Polymer Blends ◽  
Polymer Blend ◽  
Polymer Chains ◽  
Translation Speed ◽  
Binary Polymer ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
P Application ◽  
Nanoparticle Structure

Application of shear stress has been shown to unidirectionally orient the microstructures of block copolymers and polymer blends. In the present work, we study the phase separation of a novel nanoparticle (NP)–polymer blend thin film system under shear using a soft-shear dynamic zone annealing (DZA-SS) method. The nanoparticles are densely grafted with polymer chains of chemically dissimilar composition from the matrix polymer, which induces phase separation upon thermal annealing into concentrated nanoparticle domains. We systematically examine the influence of DZA-SS translation speed and thus the effective shear rate on nanoparticle domain elongation and compare this with the counterpart binary polymer blend behavior. Unidirectionally aligned nanoparticle string-domains are fabricated in the presence of soft-shear in confined thin film geometry. We expect this DZA-SS method to be applicable to various NP–polymer blends towards unidirectionally aligned nanoparticle structures, which are important to functional nanoparticle structure fabrication.

Phase-Separations of Coherent Precipitates of Ordered Phases in Elastically Constrained Alloys

2006 ◽  
Vol 980 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minoru Doi ◽  
Hiroshi Kumagai ◽  
Kanako Nakashima ◽  
Takao Kozakai
Keyword(s):  
Phase Separation ◽  
Phase Region ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Phase Separations ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Ordered Phases ◽  
Chemical Free Energy ◽  
Fe Alloys ◽  
Means Of Transmission

AbstractPhase-separations of coherent precipitates of ordered phases were investigated by means of transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and the theoretical analysis from a thermodynamic point of view. When the two-phase microstructures of A1+L12 in elastically constrained Ni-Al-Ti and Ni-Si-Fe alloys are isothermally heated inside the two-phase region of A1+L12 , coherent L12 precipitate particles sometimes exhibit a phase-separation and A1 phase newly appears and grows in L12 particles. Phase-separations of the same type as the above are also observed in coherent two-phase microstructures of A2+D03 and A2+B2 in elastically constrained Fe-Si-V and Fe-Al-Ni alloys respectively: coherent D03 or B2 precipitates exhibit a phase-separation and A2 phase newly appears and grows in both precipitates. Such phase-separation is realized under the influence of chemical free energy and elastic energies.

Phase Separation Dynamics of Blends of Telechelic Epoxy Terminated Polybutadiene and Maltene

1995 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 158-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tsunehiro Yamamoto ◽  
Thein Kyu
Keyword(s):  
Phase Separation ◽  
Scaling Laws ◽  
Phase Region ◽  
Solution Temperature ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Time Resolved ◽  
Thermally Induced ◽  
Dynamical Scaling ◽  
Upper Critical Solution Temperature ◽  
Deep Temperature

Abstract Thermally induced phase separation in a mixture of telechelic epoxy terminated polybutadiene (ETPB) and maltene has been studied by means of time-resolved light scattering and optical microscopy. Maltene, consisting of various hydrocarbon derivatives, was extracted from asphalt with n-heptane and isolated by centrifugation. The cloud point studies of the ETPB/maltene mixture showed an upper critical solution temperature (UCST) which is thermally reversible. Several deep temperature quench experiments were conducted at an off-critical composition (27/73 ETPB/maltene) from a single phase (80°C) to a two-phase region (27, 29, 31 and 33 °C). The time-evolution of the structure factor for the late stage of spinodal decomposition (SD) was analyzed in the framework of nonlinear and dynamical scaling laws. The reverse quench experiments were also undertaken to elucidate the phase dissolution process.

VELOCITY AND ATTENUATION OF SEISMIC WAVES IN TWO‐PHASE MEDIA: PART I. THEORETICAL FORMULATIONS

Geophysics ◽  
1974 ◽  
Vol 39 (5) ◽  
pp. 587-606 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guy T. Kuster ◽  
M. Nafi Toksöz
Keyword(s):  
Elastic Moduli ◽  
Seismic Waves ◽  
Matrix Material ◽  
Composite Medium ◽  
Solid Matrix ◽  
Seismic Velocities ◽  
Displacement Fields ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
In Series

The propagation of seismic waves in two‐phase media is treated theoretically to determine the elastic moduli of the composite medium given the properties, concentrations, and shapes of the inclusions and the matrix material. For long wavelengths the problem is formulated in terms of scattering phenomena in an approach similar to that of Ament (1959). The displacement fields, expanded in series, for waves scattered by an “effective” composite medium and individual inclusions are equated. The coefficients of the series expansions of the displacement fields provide a relationship between the elastic moduli of the effective medium and those of the matrix and inclusions. The expressions are derived for both solid and liquid inclusions in a solid matrix as well as for solid suspensions in a fluid matrix. Both spherical and oblate spheroidal inclusions are considered. Some numerical calculations are carried out to demonstrate the effects of fluid inclusions of various shapes on the seismic velocities in rocks. It is found that the concentration, shapes, and properties of the inclusions are important parameters. A concentration of a fraction of one percent of thin (small aspect ratio) inclusions could affect the compressional and shear velocities by more than ten percent. For both sedimentary and igneous rock models, the calculations for “dry” (i.e.,air‐saturated) and water‐saturated states indicate that the compressional velocities change significantly while the shear velocities change much less upon saturation with water.

scholarly journals Formation mechanisms and atomic configurations of nitride phases at the interface of aluminum nitride and titanium

2008 ◽  
Vol 23 (8) ◽  
pp. 2221-2228 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chia-Hsiang Chiu ◽  
Chien-Cheng Lin
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Aluminum Nitride ◽  
Analytical Electron Microscopy ◽  
Phase Region ◽  
Titanium Foil ◽  
Formation Mechanisms ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Analytical Electron ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Lamellar Layer

Aluminum nitride was bonded with a titanium foil at 1400 °C for up to 1 h in Ar. The AlN/Ti interfacial reactions were investigated using analytical electron microscopy. Reaction layers, consisting of δ-TiN, τ2-Ti2AlN, γ-TiAl, α2-Ti3Al, a two-phase region (α2-Ti3Al + α-Ti), and α-Ti (Al, N) solid solution, were observed after annealing at 1400 °C for 0.1 h. Among these phases, the α2-Ti3Al and (α2-Ti3Al + α-Ti) were formed during cooling. Further diffusion of N atoms into the reaction zone precipitates a chopped fiber-like α2-Ti2AlN in the matrix of γ-TiAl, with [110]γ−TiAl//[11¯20]τ2−Ti2AlN and (1¯1¯1)γ−TiAl//(1¯10¯3)τ2−Ti2AlN, by substituting N atoms for one-half Al atoms after annealing at 1400 °C for 1 h. The released Al atoms, due to the precipitation of τ2-Ti2AlN, resulted in an ordered Al-rich γ-TiAl or Ti3Al5. Furthermore, the α-Ti (Al, N) was nitridized into a lamellar layer (δ-TiN + α-Ti) with [110]δ−TiN//[11¯20]α−Ti and (111)δ−TiN//(0001)α−Ti.

scholarly journals A1-L12 Structures in the Al-Co-Ni-Ti Quaternary Phase System

2011 ◽  
Vol 278 ◽  
pp. 399-404 ◽  
Author(s):  
James P. Minshull ◽  
Steffen Neumeier ◽  
Mattew G. Tucker ◽  
Howard J. Stone
Keyword(s):  
Neutron Diffraction ◽  
Quaternary System ◽  
Prolonged Exposure ◽  
Lattice Misfit ◽  
Phase Region ◽  
Tetragonal Distortion ◽  
Phase System ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Quaternary Phase ◽  
The Matrix

The phase constituents of alloys from the (Ni,Co)85(Al,Ti)15 plane of the Ni-Co-Al-Ti quaternary system were investigated following prolonged exposure at 750°C. Microstructural investigations confirmed the existence of a continuous A1-L12 two-phase region in the Ni-Co-Al-Ti quaternary system between Ni-Ni3Al and Co-Co3Ti. The lattice misfits of alloys from this quaternary system were determined using neutron diffraction. With increasing contents of Ti the positive lattice misfit increases up to +0.79% in the Ti-containing alloys, which leads to an increasing tetragonal distortion of the  matrix phase due to the increasing coherency stresses.

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