Synergetic toughening of poly(phenylene sulfide) by poly(phenylsulfone) and poly(ethylene‐ran‐methacrylate‐ran‐glycidyl methacrylate)

Poly(phenylene sulfide) (PPS) is a high‐performance super‐engineering plastic, but is brittle. In this study, super‐tough PPS‐based blends were successfully generated by melt blending PPS with poly(ethylene‐ran‐methacrylate‐ran‐glycidyl methacrylate) (EGMA) and poly(phenylsulfone) (PPSU) at (56/14/3...

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Published in:Journal of applied polymer science 2021-01, Vol.138 (4), p.n/a
Main Authors: Nara, Saori, Sagawa, Hiroki, Saito, Hiromu, Oyama, Hideko T.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Chain mobility
Chains
Crystallization
Domains
Ethylene
Interface reactions
Materials science
mechanical properties
Melt blending
Miscibility
morphology
Polymer blends
Polymers
Polyphenylene sulfides
Pressure effects
Reduction
structure‐property relationships
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Summary:Poly(phenylene sulfide) (PPS) is a high‐performance super‐engineering plastic, but is brittle. In this study, super‐tough PPS‐based blends were successfully generated by melt blending PPS with poly(ethylene‐ran‐methacrylate‐ran‐glycidyl methacrylate) (EGMA) and poly(phenylsulfone) (PPSU) at (56/14/30) PPS/EGMA/PPSU composition, and their toughening mechanisms were investigated in detail. It was demonstrated the interfacial reaction between PPS and EGMA and partial miscibility between PPS and PPSU, both play important synergistic roles on the toughening. The interfacial reaction between PPS and EGMA contributes to the reduction of the PPSU domain size by the increased viscosity of the PPS matrix containing EGMA, and the increased mobility of EGMA chains by negative pressure effect. The partial miscibility between PPS and PPSU contributes to the increased interfacial adhesion between PPS and PPSU, resulting in effective propagation of the impact to the domains, and the increased mobility of not only PPSU chains but also PPS chains, causing a reduction in crystallization. The interfacial reaction between poly(phenylene sulfide) (PPS) (gray part) and poly(ethylene‐ran‐methacrylate‐ran‐glycidyl methacrylate) (EGMA) (dark gray part) contributes to the reduction of the poly(phenylsulfone) (PPSU) (white part) domain size by the increased viscosity of the PPS matrix containing EGMA, resulting in a drastically increase in impact strength at (56/14/30)PPS/EGMA/PPSU.
ISSN:0021-8995
1097-4628
DOI:10.1002/app.49994