Cocontinuous blends: Connecting rheology to morphology via 3D imaging

Carlos R. Lopez-Barron, Christopher W. Macosko

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Abstract

The time evolution of the interfacial area (Q) and the elastic modulus (G') in a 50/50 PS/SAN cocontinuous blends was analyzed during annealing. Two regimes of coarsening marked by different rates of growing of the characteristic length (1/Q) and by different power laws describing the decrease of G' were identified. A simplification to Doi-Ohta Theological model for small deformations was proposed and its predictions were compared to experimental results. Good agreement was observed only for blends with relatively low interfacial tension.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication68th Annual Technical Conference of the Society of Plastics Engineers 2010, ANTEC 2010
Pages1897-1900
Number of pages4
StatePublished - 2010
Event68th Annual Technical Conference of the Society of Plastics Engineers 2010, ANTEC 2010 - Orlando, FL, United States
Duration: May 16 2010May 20 2010

Publication series

NameAnnual Technical Conference - ANTEC, Conference Proceedings
Volume3

Other

Other68th Annual Technical Conference of the Society of Plastics Engineers 2010, ANTEC 2010
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityOrlando, FL
Period5/16/105/20/10

Keywords

  • 3D imaging
  • Anisotropy tensor
  • Cocontinuous blends
  • Interfacial rheology
  • LSCM

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