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JOURNAL OF POLYMERS AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Volume 26, Issue 11, Pages 4221-4232Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10924-018-1294-4
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Polyethylene terephthalate; Rheological properties; RAFT polymerization; Reactive copolymers
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In this work, a series of reactive copolymers of glycidyl methacrylate (G), styrene (S) and acrylonitrile (AN), were synthesized through reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer polymerization and evaluated as macromolecular chain extenders in reactive extrusion of recycled poly(ethylene terephthalate) (rPET). The results obtained indicate that the addition of the reactive copolymers as chain extenders modifies the chain conformation in rPET causing low crystallization rate and low crystallinity. The physical and rheological properties (melt flow and intrinsic viscosity) of chain-extended rPET improved, rendering better processability. rPET modified with polymeric chain extenders shows improved rheological properties (complex viscosity, storage and loss modulus) and also displays higher elongation at break and impact properties as the GMA content in the chain extenders increase.
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