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: Received: 15 June 2018 / Approved: 15 June 2018 / Online: 15 June 2018 (10:51:13 CEST)
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Kobayashi, T.; Saito, H. Structural Evolution of Two-Phase Blends of Polycarbonate and PMMA by Simultaneous Biaxial Stretching. Preprints2018, 2018060250. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201806.0250.v1
Kobayashi, T.; Saito, H. Structural Evolution of Two-Phase Blends of Polycarbonate and PMMA by Simultaneous Biaxial Stretching. Preprints 2018, 2018060250. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201806.0250.v1
Kobayashi, T.; Saito, H. Structural Evolution of Two-Phase Blends of Polycarbonate and PMMA by Simultaneous Biaxial Stretching. Preprints2018, 2018060250. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201806.0250.v1
APA Style
Kobayashi, T., & Saito, H. (2018). Structural Evolution of Two-Phase Blends of Polycarbonate and PMMA by Simultaneous Biaxial Stretching. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201806.0250.v1
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Kobayashi, T. and Hiromu Saito. 2018 "Structural Evolution of Two-Phase Blends of Polycarbonate and PMMA by Simultaneous Biaxial Stretching" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201806.0250.v1
Abstract
We investigated the structural evolution of the two-phase blends of polycarbonate (PC) and poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) at various blend compositions by simultaneous biaxial stretching using optical microscopy and SEM observation. The spherical PMMA domains and PC matrix in 30/70 PC/PMMA were enlarged uniformly at all in-plane direction, while the anisotropic-shaped co-continuous structure in 50/50 PC/PMMA was deformed to crosshatched one by in-plane bimodal orientation. In 70/30 PC/PMMA, the phase inversion was found to occur by simultaneous biaxial stretching; i.e., the spherical PMMA domains were changed to crosshatched matrix by in-plane bimodal orientation due to coalescence of the PMMA domains during the stretching. Owing to the phase inversion, the surface hardness estimated by pencil hardness test became harder from 2B to 2H with increasing the strain from 1.0 to 2.0.
Chemistry and Materials Science, Polymers and Plastics
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