Di Wang,Lian-Fang Feng,Xue-Ping Gu,Jia-Jun Wang,Cai-Liang Zhang,Ai-Hua He
The synergetic effect of a reactive compatibilizer and organo-montmorillonite (OMMT) on phase morphology and properties of polyamide 6 (PA6)/polydimethylsilicone (PDMS) blend with a high viscosity ratio of dispersed phase and matrix was studied. A small amount of an amine-terminated copolymer of polyether amine (PEA) and PDMS (PDMS-b-PEA) as a reactive compatibilizer can significantly decrease the dispersed phase domain size. However, the dispersed phase domain size has still been above 2 μm even when the PDMS-b-PEA concentration reaches 5 wt %. OMMT as the second additive can further dramatically decrease the dispersed phase domain size due to the barrier effect for effectively preventing the coalescence of the dispersed phase domain. Moreover, the presence of PDMS-b-PEA can promote the uniform dispersion of OMMT. The synergetic effect of PDMS-b-PEA and OMMT can also improve tensile properties and decrease water absorption.
In recent years, the immiscible polymer blend system has attracted much attention as the matrix of nanocomposites . Herein, from the perspective of dynamics, the control of the carbon nanotubes (CNTs) migration aided with the interface of polystyrene (PS) and poly (methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) blends was achieved through a facile melt mixing method. Thus, we revealed a comprehensive relationship between several typical CNTs migrating scenarios and the microwave dielectric properties of their nanocomposites. Based on the unique morphologies and phase domain structures of the immiscible matrix, we further investigated the multiple microwave dielectric relaxation processes and shed new light on the relation between relaxation peak position and the phase domain size distribution. Moreover, by integrating the CNTs interface localization control with the matrix co-continuous structure construction, we found that the interface promotes double percolation effect to achieve conductive percolation at low CNTs loading (~1.06 vol%). Overall, the present study provides a unique nanocomposite material design symphonizing both functional fillers dispersion and location as well as the matrix architecture optimization for microwave applications.