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Comparison of the miscibility strategies in poly(benzyl methacrylate)–polystyrene blends
Author(s) -
Sankarapandian M.,
Kishore K.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-4628(19960718)61:3<507::aid-app14>3.0.co;2-y
Subject(s) - miscibility , polystyrene , materials science , copolymer , methacrylate , polymer chemistry , polymer blend , polymer , hydrogen bond , acrylate , chemical engineering , exothermic reaction , methyl methacrylate , composite material , organic chemistry , chemistry , molecule , engineering
Exothermic interactions like hydrogen bonding, ionic and charge transfer, etc., and “copolymer effect” are commonly used to induce miscibility in immiscible blends. The efficacy of these methods in promoting miscibility in poly(benzyl methacrylate) (PBMA)–polystyrene (PS) immiscible blends has been studied by suitably modifying the structure of the component polymers. It has been found that hydrogen bonding approach is most advantageous among these approaches as it involves the need for minimum interacting sites. It has also been shown that these results can be extended to the blends of poly(acrylate)s or poly(methacrylate)s with PS. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.