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Symposium: G05 - Polymer blends and alloys
Poster Presentation
 
 

Nanoparticles self-networking induced co-continuous like structure in Polylactide/Poly(ester)urethane blends

Xiu Hao (1), Mao Hongda (1), Zhou Yan (1), Liu Zhenwei (1), Bai Hongwei (1), Zhang Qin (1), Fu Qiang (1)*

(1) Sichuan University - Sichuan - China

Using nanoparticles is a feasible and efficient way to tailor the phase morphology and resultant properties of polymer blends. In this work, nanoparticles that with strong self-networking capability in polymer melts, such as silica (SiO2) and Carbon Black (CB), were successfully used to tailor the phase morphology and properties of 85PLA/15PU blends. It was found that the addition of SiO2 or CB can both induce the formation of special co-continuous like structure, which leads to a dramatic improvement in impact toughness with strength and modulus well maintained and even electricity conductivity when CB was used. This inspiring result proves the introduction of nanoparticles with self-networking capability into polymers blends to be a universal platform to design their performance via tuning the phase structure.