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Does dynamic vulcanization induce phase separation?
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posted on 2014-08-14, 00:00 authored by M M Abolhasani, F Zarejousheghani, Minoo NaebeMinoo Naebe, Qipeng GuoImmiscible and miscible blends of poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) and acrylic rubber (ACM) were subjected to dynamic vulcanization to investigate the effect of crosslinking on phase separation. As a result of different processability, mixing torque behavior of miscible and immiscible blends was significantly different from one another. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) was used to investigate the morphology of the system. After dynamic vulcanization, submicron ACM droplets were observed in the samples near the binodal curve of the system under mixing conditions. Small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) analysis were used to investigate the effect of dynamic vulcanization on the lamellar structure of the system. It was shown that for samples near the boundary of phase separation, increasing the crosslink density led to a decrease in the lamellar long period (L) as a sign of increment of crosslink density induced phase decomposition. Effects of shear rate on the final morphology of the system were investigated by changing the mixing temperature and by comparing the results of dynamic vulcanization at one phase and two phase regions. This journal is © the Partner Organisations 2014.
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Soft MatterVolume
10Issue
30Pagination
5550 - 5558Publisher DOI
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1744-683XeISSN
1744-6848Publication classification
C Journal article; C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2014, Royal Society of ChemistryUsage metrics
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Science & TechnologyPhysical SciencesTechnologyChemistry, PhysicalMaterials Science, MultidisciplinaryPhysics, MultidisciplinaryPolymer ScienceChemistryMaterials SciencePhysicsX-RAY-SCATTERINGTHERMOSETTING POLYMER BLENDSPOLY(VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE)CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICSEPOXY-RESINSEMICRYSTALLINE MORPHOLOGYBEHAVIORMISCIBILITYRHEOLOGYSHEAR
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