Distribution of End-Functionalized Polymers in Semi-Crystalline Blends

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Although the surface properties and self-organisation of end-functional polymers in amorphous blends are well understood, the influence of crystallinity has received little attention. This is a vital problem to solve, since most of the commodity polymers (PE, PET, PP) whose surface properties we wish to control with functional polymer addtives are semi-crystalline. The bulky functional group of an end-functionalized polymer may partially or completely exlude these molecules from the crystalline domains in a semi-crystalline polymer. It is known that crystallinity can enhance surface segregation, therefore potentially amplify the effect of the surface-active functional polymer. We seek beamtime on IRIS or OSIRIS to explore the distribution of a functionalized polymer between crystalline and amorphous domains in a model semicrystalline polymer blend.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.24067347
Metadata Access https://icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk:inv/24067347
Provenance
Creator Professor Nigel Clarke; Dr Richard Thompson
Publisher ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Publication Year 2012
Rights CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
OpenAccess true
Contact isisdata(at)stfc.ac.uk
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Resource Type Dataset
Discipline Photon- and Neutron Geosciences
Temporal Coverage Begin 2009-03-23T09:51:53Z
Temporal Coverage End 2009-06-18T10:34:49Z