蛭石/PBAT复合薄膜的制备与性能

使用蛭石（VMT）作为填料,以可生物降解的聚对苯二甲酸-己二酸丁二醇酯（PBAT）作为基体,采用熔融-吹塑法制备出蛭石/聚对苯二甲酸-己二酸丁二醇酯（VMT/PBAT）复合薄膜,并通过添加聚苯乙烯马来酸酐共聚物（SMA）作为相容剂制备了VMT/PBAT/SMA复合薄膜。对纯PBAT薄膜、VMT/PBAT和VMT/PBAT/SMA复合薄膜的热性能、流变性能、水蒸汽阻隔性能、断面微观结构和力学性能进行了测试。结果表明,相比纯PBAT薄膜,蛭石的填充使VMT/PBAT复合薄膜的热稳定性降低,相容剂SMA的添加增强了VMT/PBAT/SMA复合薄膜的热稳定性;蛭石的添加使复合薄膜的结晶度降低了约2%。水蒸汽透过量测试表明,两种复合薄膜水蒸汽阻隔性能符合国家标准;VMT的添加使VMT/PBAT复合薄膜的拉伸强度和断裂伸长率降低,而添加相容剂SMA使VMT/PBAT/SMA复合薄膜的拉伸强度和断裂伸长率相比VMT/PBAT复合薄膜提高约10 %。     

丁二烯-丙烯腈-丙烯酸丁酯三元共聚物的制备及性能

采用乳液聚合法制备了丁二烯-丙烯腈-丙烯酸丁酯三元共聚物（BNBR）,考察了引发剂、乳化剂及相对分子质量调节剂用量对乳液聚合反应速率的影响,并对BNBR的微观结构和动态力学性能进行了表征。结果表明,随着聚合温度的升高,BNBR的反应速率明显加快,反应诱导期缩短。引发剂及乳化剂用量的增加均可提高反应速率,而相对分子质量调节剂用量的变化对反应速率影响不大。BNBR共聚体系的表观反应活化能为27.97 kJ/mol,BNBR胶乳粒径分布均匀。BNBR的玻璃化转变温度低于丁腈橡胶（NBR）,二者相差约10 ℃,BNBR在低温下的动态力学性能优于NBR。     

共改性煤粉增强丁苯橡胶的硫化、力学和热稳定性能研究

将硅烷偶联剂KH⁃560和硫化促进剂CZ共改性煤粉（Coal）作为增强填料加入到丁苯橡胶（SBR）中制备改性SBR/ Coal复合材料,通过设置不同的共改性Coal的添加量,寻找KH⁃560、CZ共改性Coal增强丁苯橡胶的最佳实验配比。结果表明,KH⁃560的最佳添加量为Coal质量的5 %,此时SBR/ Coal⁃KH560复合材料的力学性能最佳; KH⁃560和CZ改性Coal可以明显减少Coal团聚现象,在丁苯橡胶中均匀分散。当Coal⁃KH560⁃CZ添加量为40 %时,与纯SBR相比,拉伸强度由1.66 MPa升高至2.9 MPa,断裂伸长率由295 %升高至390 %,撕裂强度由7.1 N/mm增加至11.6 N/mm,复合材料的力学性能和热稳定性能得到改善,加工性能也得到较大提升。     

Modelling of polymerization kinetics and molar mass development in the nitroxide-mediated polymerization (NMP) of styrene in supercritical carbon dioxide using the PC-SAFT equation of state

A mathematical model for polymerization kinetics and molar mass development in the nitroxide-mediated polymerization (NMP) of vinyl monomers in supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO₂) has been developed. The method of moments is used for molar mass development. The perturbed-chain statistical associating fluid theory (PC-SAFT) equation of state is used to estimate the number of stable phases present at equilibrium in the reaction mixture, critical number average chain length at which polymer particles are formed, and monomer concentration in each phase. Pure and binary PC-SAFT interaction parameters are estimated from liquid–liquid equilibrium (LLE) and liquid–vapour equilibrium (LVE) experimental data at 60 to 129°C. The effect of pressure on monomer conversion and molar mass development in the polymerization of styrene (Sty) using benzoyl peroxide (BPO) and 2,2,6,6-Tetramethylpiperidinyl-1-oxyl (TEMPO) at 120°C and 300–500 bar is studied. It was observed that increasing pressure increases polymerization rate without significantly affecting molar mass development.     

Thermal behaviour and crystallization analysis of ethylene-propylene (EP) copolymer and EP-styrene terpolymer

Polyolefin copolymers have been an important commercial product since their invention. Hence, it is crucial to study their co- and terpolymers due to their extensive use. In this paper, in situ synthesis of ethylene-propylene (EP) copolymer, its terpolymer with styrene, and composites with nickel-chromium (NiCr) layered double hydroxide (LDH) has been reported along with their thermal properties. Styrene had a significant impact on the activity, increasing the yield by 195% and 235% with an addition of 0.5 and 1.0 mL styrene, respectively, compared to neat EP. The crystallinity, melting temperature, and thermal stability decreased due to styrene; nevertheless, it performed better compared to a similar work of terpolymer where α-olefin was the third monomer. The incorporation of NiCr LDH as a drop-in filler during in situ polymerization affected adversely the thermal stability of the terpolymer. However, the ultrasonication treatment improved the thermal stability of the final product.     

Highly sensitive flexible strain sensor based on carbon nanotube/styrene butadiene styrene@ thermoplastic polyurethane fiber with a double percolated structure

The combination of a high sensitivity and a wide strain detection range in conductive polymer composites-based flexible strain sensors is still challenging to achieve. Herein, a double-percolation structural fiber strain sensor based on carbon nanotubes (CNT)/styrene butadiene styrene (SBS)@thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) composite was fabricated by a simple melt mixing and fused filament fabrication strategy, in which the CNT/SBS and TPU were the conductive and insulating phases, respectively. Compared with the sensor without the double percolated structure, the CNT/SBS@TPU sensor achieved a lower percolation threshold (from 2.0 to 0.5 wt%, a reduction of 75%), and better electrical and sensing performance. It is shown that the strain detection range of the CNT/SBS@TPU sensor increases with increasing CNT loading. An opposite trend was observed for the sensitivity. The 1%-CNT/SBS@TPU sensor exhibited a high conductivity (1.08 × 10⁻³ S/m), high sensitivity (gauge factor of 2.65 × 10⁶ at 92% strain), wide strain detection range (0.2%–92% strain), high degree of linearity (R² = 0.954 at 0–10% strain), broad monitoring frequencies (0.05–0.5 Hz), and excellent stability (2000 cycles). Moreover, the CNT/SBS@TPU sensor was shown to successfully monitor a range of human physiological activities and to be capable of tactile perception and weight distribution sensing.     

Synthesis of triphenyl phosphine oxide‐containing polymers via atom transfer radical polymerization

Bis[(4 ‐β‐(2‐bromopropanoate)ethoxy)phenyl]phenylphosphine oxide was used for the first time as the initiator of atom transfer radical polymerization of styrene and methyl methacrylate in the presence of CuBr/N, N,N′, N″, N″‐pentamethyldiethylenetriamine as catalyst/ligand and dimethyl sulfoxide as solvent. The presence of phosphine oxide linkages in the backbone gives the polymers special properties; low T_g, high char yield, and decreases the oxygen induction time value. A linear increase of number average molecular weight (M_n) versus monomer conversion was observed, and the molecular weight distribution was relatively narrow (M_w/M_n = 1.1–1.3). FTIR, ¹HNMR, gel permeation chromatography, ultraviolet spectroscopies were used for the characterization of the related polymers. The thermal properties of these polymers were investigated by differential scanning calorimetry and thermogravimetric analysis. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 2013     

Treatment of wastewater from acrylonitrile‐butadiene‐styrene (ABS) resin manufacturing by biological activated carbon (BAC)

Background: The wastewater originating from the production of acrylonitrile‐butadiene‐styrene (ABS) resin is a toxic and refractory industrial wastewater. The purpose of this work is to investigate the characteristics of adsorption and biodegradation of biological activated carbon (BAC) for ABS resin wastewater. Results: More than 80% of chemical oxygen demand (COD), total organic carbon (TOC) and organic nitrogen (Org‐N) was removed after the 100th run in BAC with the help of bioregeneration, and the treatment efficiency of BAC was higher than that of adsorption and biodegradation alone. The initial Org‐N was mainly transformed into NH₄⁺‐N, and the transform efficiency reached 65% after the 100th run. After bioregeneration, the COD and TOC removal efficiencies of BAC reactor reached 88.97% and 86.26%, respectively. The BAC had different bioregeneration efficiencies of 94.41, 64.82, 61.05 and 40.04% for 3, 3‐imminodipropiononitrile, 3, 3‐oxydipropiononitrile, α, α‐dimethyl‐benzylalcohol and acetophenone, respectively, which mainly resulted from the different polarity of the compounds. Conclusion: BAC could protect microorganisms from shock loadings of toxic, refractory and complicated ABS resin wastewater. The mechanism of the organic pollutants removal by BAC consisted of three phases including adsorption, bioregeneration and stability. © 2012 Society of Chemical Industry     

Relaxation Properties and Chemical Nature of Polymer Surface Layers as Related to the Strength of Adhesive Joints with Metals

A new approach based on the theory of elasticity is proposed to study relaxation properties of adhesive transition layers. It involves experimental evaluation of the rate dependence of the fracture energy of the bulk polymer and its adhesive joint.

The investigation of the interaction of a polymer surface layer with electroplated copper by XPS using the effect of differential charging (the latter produced by potential shift of the sample by 10V), makes it possible to identify the functional groups of adhesive brought into contact with substrate surface. For ABS copolymers a bond of -O … Cu type was formed.

The mechanism of adhesive contact formation and factors affecting the strength of adhesive joints could be understood better by determining the properties of surface and transition layers.     

Study of viscoelastic properties of nanocomposites of SiO2–acrylonitrile–butadiene–styrene

Nanocomposites of acrylonitrile–butadiene–styrene (ABS) and nanosilica with different nanoparticle sizes and various loadings are prepared. Rheological experiments such as frequency sweep, strain sweep, and rotational test are performed to investigate the influence of nanoparticle loading and size on the viscoelastic properties of the nanocomposites. The results show that nanocomposites with higher filler loading and smaller particle size have both higher storage and loss moduli. Moreover, the results indicate that the storage modulus is more sensitive than loss modulus to filler loading and nanoparticle size. The smaller nanoparticles and higher filler loadings lead to the enhancement of nanoparticle surface area so that the viscoelastic properties are intensified through increase of polymer chain adsorption on nanoparticle, and creation of a network structure in the nanocomposites. The network structure causes changes to the rheological behavior of the nanocomposite such as solid‐like behavior in the low‐frequency region and reduction of the Newtonian region. The scanning electron microscopy micrographs revealed that the particle aggregates increase with particle size reduction and increasing nanoparticle content. We also used a nonlinear optimization to obtain the parameters of a multimode Maxwell model for low nanofiller content ABS/SiO₂ nanocomposites and found the relaxation times of the polymer chains increased with increasing nanoparticle content. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 2013