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Effect of water‐absorbing nanospheres on antistatic property of isotactic polypropylene fibers
Author(s) -
Liu Hongxing,
Tang Jianguo,
Wang Yao,
Huang Linjun,
Wang Yanxin,
Jiao Jiqing,
Liu Jixian,
Xin Zhichao,
Belfiore Laurence A.
Publication year - 2014
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.40568
Subject(s) - antistatic agent , materials science , copolymer , ternary operation , composite material , tacticity , polypropylene , fourier transform infrared spectroscopy , polymer chemistry , polymer , chemical engineering , polymerization , layer (electronics) , computer science , engineering , programming language
In this article, novel antistatic isotactic polypropylene (iPP) fibers were prepared through adding ternary polymer water‐absorbing nanospheres (TPWANs) into iPP melt in melt spinning process. The TPWANs were synthesized through emulsion copolymerization of styrene (St), butyl acrylate (BA), and sodium allylsulfonate (SAS). The characterization results of Fourier transform infrared spectrometer (FT‐IR) and 1 H nuclear magnetic resonance ( 1 H NMR) confirmed the ternary components in this copolymer. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) images indicated the nanospherical shape of TPWANs with the characteristics of 80–90 nm size range of diameter and good dispersion in iPP fibers. The volume resistance of iPP fibers decreased by three orders from 10 12 to 10 9 Ω cm when the 6 wt % TPWANs was added into iPP fibers, indicating that the blend fibers have good antistatic property. Most importantly, the nanospherical structure of TPWANs imparts both the compatibility and antistatic property into the blend iPP fibers. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2014 , 131 , 40568.