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Morphology, dynamic mechanical, and electrical properties of bio‐based poly(trimethylene terephthalate) blends, part 1: Poly(trimethylene terephthalate)/poly(ether esteramide)/polyethylene glycol 400 bis(2‐ethylhexanoate) blends
Author(s) -
Kobayashi Toshikazu,
Wood Barbara A.,
Blackman Gregory S.,
Takemura Akio
Publication year - 2011
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/app.33498
Subject(s) - materials science , differential scanning calorimetry , polymer chemistry , polymer blend , polyethylene terephthalate , polyethylene glycol , phase (matter) , ether , peg ratio , polymer , compatibilization , chemical engineering , composite material , copolymer , chemistry , organic chemistry , physics , finance , economics , engineering , thermodynamics
Bio‐based PTT and PTT blends with PEEA of two different ion contents (275 ppm Na and 3515 ppm Na) and PEG 400 bis (2‐ethylhexanoate) were prepared by melt processing. The blends were characterized by differential scanning calorimetry, dynamic mechanical analysis, transmission electron microscopy, and atomic force microscopy. Electro‐static performance was also investigated for those PTT blends since PEEA is known as an ion conductive polymer. Here we confirmed that PEG 400 bis (2‐ethylhexanoate) improves the static decay performance of PTT/PEEA blends. DMA strongly suggests that PEG 400 bis (2‐ethylhexanoate) and PEEA are miscible pairs, and PEG 400 bis (2‐ethylhexanoate) selectively goes into the PEEA phase rather than the PTT phase, which lowers the T g of PEEA. Besides topographic analysis of morphology and phase separation, tunneling atomic force microscopy was also applied to see if we can observe the surface directly for the static dissipative material. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2011