期刊
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
卷 14, 期 30, 页码 35074-35086出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c07459
关键词
polymer recycling; polymer blend; compatibilization; graphene oxide; bottlebrush
资金
- National Science Foundation via EPSCoR [OIA-1655740, CBET2134564]
This research reports the compatibilization of immiscible PS/PP blends using graphene oxide (GO) modified with a bottlebrush reactive copolymer layer. The study shows that the GO-P blend has higher interfacial activity and the GO-P sheets are more easily incorporated into the PS/PP interphase. The introduction of GO-P enhances the mechanical properties of the blends.
The compatibilization of immiscible polystyrene/polypropylene (PS/PP) blends with virgin graphene oxide (GO-V) and GO modified with a bottlebrush reactive copolymer layer (GO-P) is reported. This practically important blend was chosen since, currently, PS and PP are recycled to a very low degree. The amphiphilic bottlebrush copolymer synthesized by us contained hydrophobic and hydrophilic side chains and was attached to the GO nanosheets via epoxy functionality. The GO modification and the introduction of GO into the blend were conducted from water. Thus, the introduction of the compatibilizing nanomaterial can be conducted during the mechanical recycling washing stage in a real-world situation. The final blend was prepared via melt mixing using an extruder. We examined the influence of GO modification and the mixing order on the blends' morphology, theology, and mechanical properties. Thermodynamic calculations predicted a higher interfacial activity of GO nanosheets in PS/PP/GO-P blends than that in PS/PP/GO-V blends. The morphological and theological study assessed this prediction. It was demonstrated that the bottlebrush-modified GO-P sheets were readily driven to the PS/PP interphase. The mechanical measurements showed enhanced mechanical properties for PS/PP/GO-P blends, especially for those in which GO was first premixed with PS.
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