The coexistence of two kinds of reactive compatibilizers at the interface in immiscible LDPE/PA6 blends, namely, polyethylene graft maleic anhydride (PE-g-MAH) with a long backbone length and polybutadiene graft maleic anhydride (PB-g-MAH) with a short backbone length, promoted the formation of a flat interface and induced a co-continuous morphology in blends containing 30 wt % PA6. The relationships between the contents and content ratios of the dual reactive compatibilizers as well as the morphologies of the resulting LDPE/PA6 blends are examined quantitatively. The morphologies of the blends are characterized by SEM and TEM combined with a selective solvent extraction process. It is found that in these systems, when the total content of the dual compatibilizers is within 20-30 wt % and the content ratio of PE-g-MAH and PB-g-MAH is within 2:1-3:1, the minor PA6 phase can also form a co-continuous morphology in the LDPE matrix. The balance between the stability (determined by in situ formed PE-g-PA6 grafted copolymer with long backbone length) and flexibility of the flat interface (determined by in situ formed PB-g-PA6 grafted copolymer with short backbone length) in the compatibilized LDPE/PA6 blends is the key factor that controls the formation of the co-continuous morphology with low PA6 contents.
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Ren, D., Tu, Z., Yu, C., Shi, H., Jiang, T., Yang, Y., … Li, R. K. Y. (2016). Effect of Dual Reactive Compatibilizers on the Formation of Co-Continuous Morphology of Low Density Polyethylene/Polyamide 6 Blends with Low Polyamide 6 Content. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 55(16), 4515–4525. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.6b00304
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