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2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yangnan Yu ◽  
Bin Yang ◽  
Yang Pan ◽  
Ning Jia ◽  
Shun Wang ◽  
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Abstract In this work, a series of bimodal polymethyl methacrylate (BPMMA) was fabricated via solution-blending two neat PMMA resins. Rheology, DMTA, thermal infrared imager measurements were used in an attempt to probe the internal structure of the as-prepared BPMMA. It was demonstrated that the thermorheological behavior of the BPMMA was heavily dependent on shear rate, temperature as well as blending ratio. In addition, a typical “V-shaped” response, namely, a dip in storage modulus (G′) followed by an upturn in the plot of G′ versus measuring temperature for D4 (with lower weight-average molecular weight) was observed, characteristic of occurrence of thermorheological complexity. Our experimental results of physical–mechanical testings suggested that the BPMMA had better comprehensive properties than those of their neat PMMA counterparts.


Author(s):  
Chuangbi Chen ◽  
Mehdihasan I. Shekh ◽  
Shuming Cui ◽  
Florian J. Stadler

Long-chain branched metallocene-catalyzed high-density polyethylenes (LCB-mHDPE) were solution blended to obtain blends with varying degrees of branching. A high molecular LCB-mHDPE was mixed with low molecular LCB-mHDPE are varying concentrations, whose rheological behavior is similar but whose molar mass and molar mass distribution is significantly different. Those blends were characterized rheologically to study the effects of concentration, molar mass distribution, and long-chain branching level of the low molecular LCB-mHDPE. Owing to the ultra-long relaxation times of the high molecular LCB-mHDPE, the blends started behaving clearly more long-chain branched than the base materials. The thermorheological complexity showed an apparent increase in the activation energies Ea determined from G’, G”, and especially δ. Ea(δ), which for LCB-mHDPE is a peak function, turned out to produce even more pronounced peaks than observed for regular LCB-mPE and also LCB-mPE with broader molar mass distribution. Thus, it is possible to estimate the molar mass distribution from the details of the thermorheological complexity.


Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 328
Author(s):  
Chuangbi Chen ◽  
Mehdihasan I. Shekh ◽  
Shuming Cui ◽  
Florian J. Stadler

Long-chain branched metallocene-catalyzed high-density polyethylenes (LCB-mHDPE) were solution blended to obtain blends with varying degrees of branching. A high molecular LCB-mHDPE was mixed with low molecular LCB-mHDPE at varying concentrations. The rheological behavior of those low molecular LCB-mHDPE is similar but their molar mass and molar mass distribution are significantly different. Those blends were characterized rheologically to study the effects of concentration, molar mass distribution, and long-chain branching level of the low molecular LCB-mHDPE. Owing to the ultra-long relaxation times of the high molecular LCB-mHDPE, the blends exhibited a clearly more long-chain branched behavior than the base materials. The thermorheological complexity analysis showed an apparent increase in the activation energies Ea determined from G′, G″, and especially δ. Ea(δ), which for LCB-mHDPE is a peak function, turned out to produce even more pronounced peaks than observed for LCB-mPE with narrow molar mass distribution and also LCB-mPE with broader molar mass distribution. Thus, it is possible to estimate the molar mass distribution from the details of the thermorheological complexity.


Author(s):  
Chuangbi Chen ◽  
Mehdihasan I. Shekh ◽  
Shuming Cui ◽  
Florian J. Stadler

Long-chain branched metallocene-catalyzed high-density polyethylenes (LCB-mHDPE) were solution blended to obtain blends with varying degrees of branching. A high molecular LCB-mHDPE was mixed with low molecular LCB-mHDPE are varying concentrations, whose rheological behavior is similar but whose molar mass and molar mass distribution is significantly different. Those blends were characterized rheologically to study the effects of concentration, molar mass distribution, and long-chain branching level of the low molecular LCB-mHDPE. Owing to the ultra-long relaxation times of the high molecular LCB-mHDPE, the blends started behaving clearly more long-chain branched than the base materials. The thermorheological complexity showed an apparent increase in the activation energies Ea determined from G’, G”, and especially δ. Ea(δ), which for LCB-mHDPE is a peak function, turned out to produce even more pronounced peaks than observed for regular LCB-mPE and also LCB-mPE with broader molar mass distribution. Thus, it is possible to estimate the molar mass distribution from the details of the thermorheological complexity.


2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (4) ◽  
pp. 991-1002
Author(s):  
Jingjing Li ◽  
Xiao Cao ◽  
Yonggang Liu ◽  
Quan Chen

2018 ◽  
Vol 57 (5) ◽  
pp. 377-388 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhi-Chao Yan ◽  
Florian J. Stadler

2015 ◽  
Vol 54 (8) ◽  
pp. 695-704 ◽  
Author(s):  
Florian J. Stadler ◽  
Shiguo Chen ◽  
Shaojun Chen

2015 ◽  
Vol 17 (24) ◽  
pp. 16110-16124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashok K. Das

Thermorheological complexity in polystyrene near the glass transition point has been created through Monte Carlo simulations.


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