期刊
POLYMER
卷 151, 期 -, 页码 47-55出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2018.07.057
关键词
Composite; Nanofiber; Blends; Self-reinforcement; Wear resistance
资金
- Sustainability Center Freiburg
Melt-flow-induced crystallization of polyethylene blends having tailored ultrabroad molar mass distribution affords extended-chain ultrahigh molar mass (UHMWPE) nanophases resembling nanofibers which effectively reinforce the polyethylene matrix. Unparalleled by state-of-the-art high density polyethylene (HDPE), the resulting melt-processable all-polyethylene single component composites exhibit simultaneously improved wear resistance, toughness, stiffness and strength. Key intermediates are trimodal blends prepared by melt compounding HDPE with bimodal UHMWPE/HDPE wax reactor blends (RB) readily tailored by ethylene polymerization on supported two-site catalysts. Whereas HDPE wax, varied up to 54 wt.-%, serves as processing aid lowering melt viscosity, UHMWPE varied up to 63 wt.-% accounts for improved blend properties. UHMWPE platelet-like nanophase separate during ethylene polymerization and readily melt during injection molding of RB/HDPE blends producing extended-chain fiber-like UHMWPE nanostructures of 100 nm diameter as shish which nucleate HDPE and HDPE wax crystallization to form shish-kebab-like structures. At 32 wt.-% UHMWPE content shish-kebab-like reinforcing phases account for massive polyethylene self-reinforcement as reflected by improved Young's modulus (+420%), tensile strength (+740%) and notched Izod impact strength (+650%) without impairing HDPE injection molding. All-PE composites exhibit high wear resistance entering ranges typical for polyamide and monomodal UHMWPE which is not processable by injection molding under identical conditions. (C) 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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