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Mechanism of Post-Radiation-Chemical Graft Polymerization of Styrene in Polyethylene

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POLYMERS
卷 13, 期 15, 页码 -

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/polym13152512

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post effect radiation graft polymerization; alkoxyradicals; graft polymer distribution profile; morphology; graft polymer structure; degree of crystallinity; graft polymer melting

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  1. Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation [0081-2019-0019]

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The structural and morphological features of graft polystyrene (PS) and polyethylene (PE) copolymers produced by post-radiation chemical polymerization were investigated using various methods. The study found that as the content of graft PS increases, its concentration increases both in the volume and on the surface of the samples, leading to changes in the copolymer's melting point, glass transition temperature, and degree of crystallinity. The process of PE crystallite decomposition and enrichment of the amorphous phase of the graft polymer by fragments of PE macromolecules during graft polymerization are suggested to be driven by osmotic pressure exerted by the phase network of crystallites on the growing phase of the graft PS.
Structural and morphological features of graft polystyrene (PS) and polyethylene (PE) copolymers produced by post-radiation chemical polymerization have been investigated by methods of X-ray microanalysis, electron microscopy, DSC and wetting angles measurement. The studied samples differed in the degree of graft, iron(II) sulphate content, sizes of PE films and distribution of graft polymer over the polyolefin cross section. It is shown that in all cases sample surfaces are enriched with PS. As the content of graft PS increases, its concentration increases both in the volume and on the surface of the samples. The distinctive feature of the post-radiation graft polymerization is the stepped curves of graft polymer distribution along the matrix cross section. A probable reason for such evolution of the distribution profiles is related to both the distribution of peroxide groups throughout the sample thickness and to the change in the monomer and iron(II) salt diffusion coefficients in the graft polyolefin layer. According to the results of electron microscope investigations and copolymer wettability during graft polymerization, a heterogeneous system is formed both in the sample volume and in the surface layer. It is shown that the melting point, glass transition temperature and degree of crystallinity of the copolymer decreases with the increasing proportion of graft PS. It is suggested that during graft polymerization a process of PE crystallite decomposition (melting) and enrichment of the amorphous phase of graft polymer by fragments of PE macromolecules occurs spontaneously. The driving force of this process is the osmotic pressure exerted by the phase network of crystallites on the growing phase of the graft PS.

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