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Morphology and electrical properties of carbon black‐filled poly(ε‐caprolactone)/poly(vinyl butyral) blends
Author(s) -
Lee JeongChang,
Ikehara Takayuki,
Nishi Toshio
Publication year - 1998
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(19980705)69:1<193::aid-app22>3.0.co;2-#
Subject(s) - morphology (biology) , materials science , carbon black , caprolactone , polymer chemistry , composite material , chemical engineering , copolymer , polymer , genetics , natural rubber , engineering , biology
Electrical properties of poly(ε‐caprolactone) (PCL)/poly(vinyl butyral) (PVB) blends containing carbon black (CB) were studied as a function of a small amount of PVB content and a wide range of molecular weight of PVB. For samples with the same CB content, the intensity of positive temperature coefficient ( I PTC , defined as the ratio of peak resistivity to resistivity at room temperature) of the blends was increased, with PVB content greatly and molecular weight of PVB weakly. As the band spacings of PCL spherulites in PCL/PVB blends decrease with PVB content and molecular weight of PVB, the changes of the positive temperature coefficient property are ascribed to the morphological difference (i.e., period of twisted lamellae) in the blends. We confirmed our previous conclusion that the origin of the positive temperature coefficient phenomenon is the changes of the distribution of the CB on the melting of the crystalline phase. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 69: 193–199, 1998