Melt blending process

Most elastomers that are used for nylon modification contain a small amount of maleic anhydride (0.3 to 2%). In the melt blending process, these elastomers react with the primary amine end groups in nylon, giving rise to nylon grafted elastomers. These grafts reduce the interfacial tension between the phases and provide steric stabili2ation for the dispersed mbber phase. Typically, thermally stable, saturated mbbers such as EPR, EPDM, and styrene—ethylene/butylene—styrene (SEBS) are used. 

Certain thermoplastic polyimides possess excellent resistances to high temperatures and chemicals, with Tgs ranging from 217 to 371 °C. Certain polyimides also exhibit excellent toughness and dielectric properties. The melt blending process of polyimides with other thermoplastic polymers is difficult due to polyimides high Tg, high melt viscosities, and incompatibility. A solution process is used, therefore, to achieve a semi-interpenetrating polyimide network... 

The melt blending process seems to be the most suitable for the integration of CNTs in the PEEK matrix. The following sections... 

Preparation of Polyamide-PE graft copolymer by reactive melt blending process (from ref. 11). 

The bulk shear viscosity of the polymer blend at a given composition must be measured to understand the non-isothermal, non-Newtonian flow behavior of a polymer melt to control mixing and reaction at the interface during a melt blending process to manufacture polymer blends with desired properties. 

CdSe-CdS-ZnS core-multishell polymer nanocomposites were prepared by direct dispersion of CdSe-CdS-ZnS core-multishell QDs in an epoxy polymer matrix via a melt mixing technique. Nanocomposites filled with yellow-emitting QDs were more transparent than pure epoxy polymer. A shift in the luminescence of pure epoxy from the blue region to the yellow region was observed in the nanocomposite. Synthesized nanocomposites also showed enhanced tensile properties in comparison to pure epoxy polymer [236]. Several other studied reported the use of a melt blending process for the synthesis of semiconductor-polymer nanocomposites [237-241]. 

A large number of homopolymer pairs exhibif partial miscibility when mixed together either in a melt-blending process or via precipitation from a single solution. Usually, the partial miscibility is revealed only upon thermal treatment to which is subjected the molecularly... 

Acrylic acid-grafted PLA, titanium tetraisopropylate, and starch blends have been prepared by an in situ sol-gel and melt blending processes. The carboxylic acid groups of acrylic acid act as a coordination site for the titania phase to form a Ti-O-C chemical bond. This resulted in a nanoscale dispersion of Ti02 in the polymer matrix [100]. 

Carbazole units and quinoline with long alkyl chains have been also used to modify clay for the preparation of PS nanocomposites by both bulk polymerization and melt-blending [27,28] (Table 3.1). Poor clay dispersion was observed when the organoclay contained more than two alkyl chains. Bulk polymerization yielded nanocomposites with better dispersion and reduced flammability, compared to the melt-blending process. 

These differences may be explained by the fact that the entanglements of the /-MWCNTs prevent the tubes from diffusing through the matrix as the phase separation progresses, whereas the shorter tubes can adjust to the changes in the domain distribution during the melt-blending process. 

Li and co-workers [63] studied the crystallisation and melting behaviour of poly(]3-hydroxybutyrate (P-HB)-co-P-hydroxyvalerate (P-HV)) and a blend of poly(P-HB-co-P-HV)/polypropylene carbonate (30/70 w/w) using DSC and FT-IR spectroscopy. Transesterification occurred between poly(P-HB-co-P-HV) and polypropylene carbonate during the melt blending process. During crystallisation from the melt, the crystallisation temperature of the blend decreased by 8 °C compared with that of neat poly(P-HB-co-P-HV) and the melting temperature decreased by 4 °C. This indicated that the presence of polypropylene carbonate reduced the perfection of the poly(P-HB-co-P-HV) crystals, inhibited by the crystallisation of poly(p-HB-co-P-HV) and weakened its crystallisation ability. The equilibrium melting temperatures of... 

When melt blending process or extrusion processes are applied, the optical brighteners should have a stability up to temperatures as high as 310-330 C (20). In poly(ester)s, such as poly(ethylene tere-phthalate) (PET) the tendency of formation of acetaldehyde can be reduced by blending with a low molecular weight poly (amide) (PA). 

This severe lack of compatibility between the polyamides and conventional rubbers necessitated the development of suitable techniques for reactive compatibilization [5, 8-10]. Reactive compatibilization is defined here as the melt blending process in which two polymers containing mutually reactive functionalities react with each other at the interface generating a block or graft copolymer in situ, which compatibilizes the blend by reducing the interfacial tension and improving the interfacial adhesion (Scheme 8.2). 

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