scholarly journals Effect of Diisocyanates as Compatibilizer on the Properties of BF/PBAT Composites by In Situ Reactive Compatibilization, Crosslinking and Chain Extension

Materials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 806 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiwei Xie ◽  
Caili Zhang ◽  
Yunxuan Weng ◽  
Xiaoqian Diao ◽  
Xinyu Song

Due to the hydrophobic nature of poly (butylene terephthalate) (PBAT), and the hydrophilic nature of bamboo flour (BF), a BF/PBAT (50/50) blend shows low mechanical properties, and especially shows poor impact strength. In order to increase the interfacial adhesion between BF and PBAT, diisocyanate was used as a reactive compatibilizer to modify bamboo powder. A series of BF/PBAT composites were prepared by the method of mixing and melting in an internal mixer. After adding reactive compatibilizer 4,4′-methylenebis(phenyl isocyanate) (MDI), BF/PBAT (50/50) composites with high mechanical properties were successfully prepared. The tensile strength, elongation at break, and impact strength of the BF/MDI-2/PBAT composite with 2 wt % MDI content were increased by 1.9, 6.8, and 4.3 times respectively over the BF/PBAT blend without the added MDI. The higher toughening effect of MDI in BF/PBAT composites can be mainly ascribed to the improved interface bonding between BF and PBAT. The isocyanate group of MDI can react with the hydroxyl group on the BF surface and in situ formation of the carbamate group on the BF surface. The residual isocyanate can then react with the hydroxyl group of PBAT and form carbamate groups. The rheological behaviors demonstrate that addition of appropriate amounts of MDI, 1 wt % and 2 wt %, can promote the flowability of the molten BF/PBAT composites due to the decrease in interparticle interaction between bamboo powder and the increase in the thermal motion of the molecules.

2010 ◽  
Vol 34-35 ◽  
pp. 1165-1169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yong Feng Li ◽  
Bao Gang Wang ◽  
Qi Liang Fu ◽  
Yi Xing Liu ◽  
Xiao Ying Dong

In order to improve the value-added applications of low-quality wood, a novel composite, wood-polymer composite, was fabricated by in-situ terpolymerization of MMA, VAc and St within wood porous structure. The structure of the composite and the reaction of monomers within wood were both analyzed by SEM and FTIR, and the mechanical properties were also evaluated. The SEM observation showed that the polymer mainly filled up wood pores, suggesting good polymerizating crafts. The FTIR results indicated that under the employed crafts, three monomers terpolymerized in wood porous structure, and grafted onto wood matrix through reaction of ester group from monomers and hydroxyl group from wood components, suggesting chemical combination between the two phases. The mechanical properties of the wood-polymer composite involving modulus of rupture, compressive strength, wearability and hardness were improved 69%, 68%, 36% and 210% over those of untreated wood, respectively. Such method seems to be an effective way to converting low-quality wood to high-quality wood.


2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 1725
Author(s):  
Raffaella Aversa ◽  
Relly Victoria Virgil Petrescu ◽  
Antonio Apicella ◽  
Florian Ion Tiberiu Petrescu

A method for PET mechanical properties enhancement by reactive blending with HBA/HNA Liquid Crystalline Polymers for in situ highly fibrillar composites preparation is presented. LCP/PET blends were reactively extruded in presence of Pyromellitic Di-Anhydride (PMDA) and then characterized by Differential Scanning Calorimetry, Thermally Stimulated Currents and tensile mechanical properties. Moderate amounts of LCP in the PET (0.5 and 5%) and small amounts of thermo-active and reactive compatibilizer in the blend (0.3%) were found to significantly improve LCP melt dispersion, melts shear transfer and LCP fibril formation and adhesion. An unexpected improvement was probably due to the presence of two distinct phases’ supra-molecular structures involving PET-LCP and PMDA.


Polymers ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dashan Mi ◽  
Yingxiong Wang ◽  
Maja Kuzmanovic ◽  
Laurens Delva ◽  
Yixin Jiang ◽  
...  

In situ microfibrillation and multiflow vibrate injection molding (MFVIM) technologies were combined to control the phase morphology of blended polypropylene (PP) and poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET), wherein PP is the majority phase. Four kinds of phase structures were formed using different processing methods. As the PET content changes, the best choice of phase structure also changes. When the PP matrix is unoriented, oriented microfibrillar PET can increase the mechanical properties at an appropriate PET content. However, if the PP matrix is an oriented structure (shish-kebab), only the use of unoriented spherical PET can significantly improve the impact strength. Besides this, the compatibilizer polyolefin grafted maleic anhydride (POE-g-MA) can cover the PET in either spherical or microfibrillar shape to form a core–shell structure, which tends to improve both the yield and impact strength. We focused on the influence of all composing aspects—fibrillation of the dispersed PET, PP matrix crystalline morphology, and compatibilized interface—on the mechanical properties of PP/PET blends as well as potential synergies between these components. Overall, we provided a theoretical basis for the mechanical recycling of immiscible blends.


2012 ◽  
Vol 610-613 ◽  
pp. 475-479
Author(s):  
Jia Hao Qiu ◽  
Pin Gan Song ◽  
Shen Yuan Fu ◽  
Xian Xun Ge ◽  
Bing Huang ◽  
...  

In the presented paper, diethanol amine is employed to plasticize corn starch, and plasticized starch is incorporated into polypropylene to create semibio-based composites with the aid of compatibilizer, maleic anhydride-grafted PP (PPMA). Compared with PP/starch blend, the presence of diethanol amine changes the morphology and increases the plasticity of starch due to the reduction effect of intermolecular hydrogen bonding interactions. Adding PPMA could reduce the dispersed size of starch granules in the polymer matrix due to in situ reactive compatibilization. Addition of 30 wt% PPMA decreases the starch granules size from ~10 μm to ~5 μm, and increases the tensile strength from 16 MPa for PP/plasticized starch to 30 MPa, increased by 87.5%. Thus, as-created bio-composites with improved mechanical properties will find many potential applications such as packaging.


2012 ◽  
Vol 472-475 ◽  
pp. 2223-2226
Author(s):  
Peng Fei Yang

Phenyl isocyanate is used to react with 1,3-butanediol at different temperatures. Toluene is used as solvent and 1,4-diazabicyclo[2,2,2]octane is used as catalyst. In-situ FT-IR is used to monitor the reaction to work out rate constant, Arrhenius equation and Eyring equation. The urethane reaction has been found to be a second order reaction, and the rate constant seems different between initial stage and final stage. The activation energy (Ea), activation enthalpy (ΔH) and activation entropy (ΔS) for the urethane reaction of primary hydroxyl group are calculated out, which are 26.4 kJ•mol-1, 23.6 kJ•mol-1and -186.6 J•mol-1•k-1, respectively. They are very useful to reveal the reaction mechanism.


2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (9) ◽  
pp. 4840-4845
Author(s):  
Guixin Zhang ◽  
Yanyan Zhang ◽  
Jun Yang ◽  
Shijuan Li ◽  
Weihong Guo

The new wood-plastic nanocomposites (WPC) based on acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) resin was successfully blended with ABS and poplar flour (PF) through a HAAKE rheomix. The mechanical properties of nanocomposites, except for flexural modulus, were reduced after increasing the PF content. SEM photos show the reduction resulting from weak interfacial adhesion between the PF phase and ABS phase. Higher PF content leads to a low thermal stability and a high water absorption ratio. Different coupling agents (CA) were employed to improve the compatibility between PF and ABS. The results suggest that ABS-g-MAH is more effective than POE-g-MAH, EVA and SEBS. Maleic anhydride (MA) was blended in situ with PF and ABS as the reactive compatibilizer and mechanical properties of nanocomposites were improved except impact strength.


2012 ◽  
Vol 468-471 ◽  
pp. 1053-1057
Author(s):  
Yun Feng Yang ◽  
Guo Sheng Hu ◽  
Xing Lin Ren

By the in situ compatibilization, PP/POE blends were prepared with dicumyl peroxide (DCP) as initiator, Trimethylolpropane triacrylate (TMPTA) as co-during systems and the metallocene polyolef in elastomers ploy (ethylene-1-octene) (POE) as toughening rubber. The effects of additive amount for TMPTA、POE on the mechanical properties were studied. The results showed that the maximum value of the room-temperature and low-temperature impact strength for the composite was reached to 52.03KJ/m2 and 37.29KJ/m2, and the elongationfor was reached to 482.74%.


2011 ◽  
Vol 378-379 ◽  
pp. 735-739
Author(s):  
Yue Wen Li ◽  
Xin Hua Chen

Reactive compatibilization between high-density polyethylene(HDPE) and wood-flour was achieved via direct reactive extrusion of glycidyl methacrylate(GMA), initiator, HDPE and wood-flour. Impact rupture surface of the composite was observed by scanning electron microscope(SEM), and its load deformation temperature(HDT) and mechanical properties were tested. Effect of GMA dosage and extrusion temperature on reactive compatibilization of the composite was analysed. The result indicated that the anchoring strength of interface in the composite was obviously strengthened, and its HDT, tensile strength, flexural strength, notched impact strength and elongation at break of the composite were distinctly improved due to the addition of GMA and dicumyl peroxide(DCP). When the composite was extruded at 180°C, the peak values of its HDT, tensile strength, flexural strength, elongation at break and notched impact strength respectively were 84°C, 40Mpa, 45Mpa, 11% and 6.6KJ.m-2, which respectively increased by 17°C, 74%, 36%, 83% and 69% than that of the composite without reactive compatibilization, and when the composite was extruded at 190°C, the peak values of its HDT, tensile strength, flexural strength, elongation at break and notched impact strength respectively were 84°C, 40Mpa, 44Mpa, 11% and 6.6KJ.m-2, which respectively increased by 20°C, 60%, 26%, 83% and 83% than that of the composite without reactive compatibilization. When GMA usage increased, the HDT and mechanical properties of the composite increased first, then descended, and the optimum usage of GMA was 1wt%-3wt%.


2012 ◽  
Vol 446-449 ◽  
pp. 1743-1746
Author(s):  
Peng Fei Yang

Phenyl isocyanate is used to react with 3-methyl-1,3-butanediol at different temperatures. Dimethylformamide is used as solvent. In-situ FT-IR is used to monitor the reaction to work out rate constant, Arrhenius equation and Eyring equation. The urethane reaction has been found to be a second order reaction, and the rate constant seems different between initial stage and final stage. The activation energy (Ea), activation enthalpy (ΔH) and activation entropy (ΔS) for the urethane reaction of tertiary hydroxyl group are calculated out, which are 75.2 kJ•mol-1, 72.4 kJ•mol-1and -44.8 J•mol-1•k-1, respectively. They are very useful to reveal the reaction mechanism.


Polymer ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 55 (16) ◽  
pp. 4313-4323 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xue Li ◽  
Hailan Kang ◽  
Jianxiang Shen ◽  
Liqun Zhang ◽  
Toshio Nishi ◽  
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