HETEROARM STAR COPOLYMERS AS EMULSIFYING AGENTS IN POLYMER BLENDS

Authors
TSITSILIANIS C VOULGARIS D KOSMAS M
Citation
C. Tsitsilianis et al., HETEROARM STAR COPOLYMERS AS EMULSIFYING AGENTS IN POLYMER BLENDS, Polymer, 39(15), 1998, pp. 3571-3575
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Polymer Sciences
Journal title
Polymer → ACNP
ISSN journal
00323861
Volume
39
Issue
15
Year of publication
1998
Pages
3571 - 3575
Database
ISI
SICI code
0032-3861(1998)39:15<3571:HSCAEA>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
We investigate the efficiency of heteroarm star copolymers of the type A(n),B-n, synthesized by anionic polymerization, as compatibilizers o f an A/B polymer blend. By measuring the size of the dispersed phase t he star with n = 6 is found to be a better emulsifying agent than the diblock (n = 1) or the star with n = 9. These experimental observation s agree with theoretical predictions. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. A ll rights reserved.