TY - JOUR
T1 - Effect of Graphene on Polypropylene/Maleic Anhydride- graft-Ethylene-Vinyl Acetate (PP/EVA- g-MA) Blend
T2 - Mechanical, Thermal, Morphological, and Rheological Properties
AU - Varghese, Anish Mathai
AU - Rangaraj, Vengatesan Muthukumaraswamy
AU - Mun, Sung Cik
AU - Macosko, Christopher W.
AU - Mittal, Vikas
N1 - Funding Information:
Dr. Vengatesan Muthukumaraswamy Rangaraj and Dr. Vikas Mittal sincerely thank the ADNOC Research and Innovation Centre (Project grant LTR14003) and The Petroleum Institute (as a part of KUST) for the financial support. This work was also supported by the Petroleum Institute through its Joint Polymer Processing Research Program with the University of Minnesota. Parts of this work were carried out at the University of Minnesota Characterization Facility, which receives partial support from the NSF through the MRSEC (DMR-1420013), ERC, MRI, and NNIN programs and the CSE through the OVPR program.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 American Chemical Society.
PY - 2018/6/13
Y1 - 2018/6/13
N2 - We have studied the effect of thermally reduced graphene oxide (TRG) on the properties of polypropylene/maleic anhydride-graft-ethylene-vinyl acetate (PP/EVA-g-MA) blends. In blends without TRG, EVA-g-MA was dispersed as droplets in PP. At low TRG content, the sheets located in the EVA-g-MA phase. At 5 wt %, the morphology was cocontinuous and the domain sizes of EVA-g-MA were small, while TRG sheets were randomly distributed in the blend. The electrical percolation threshold was between 3 and 5 wt %. Melt rheological analysis revealed that PP/EVA-g-MA/TRG nanocomposites exhibited a viscous behavior of up to 3 wt % but showed a solidlike behavior at 5 wt %. The addition of TRG into PP/EVA-g-MA blend up to 3 wt % enhanced the tensile strength and modulus of PP/EVA-g-MA blend, while not adversely affecting its impact strength. PP/EVA-g-MA/TRG nanocomposites exhibited higher electrical and thermal conductivities compared to PP or PP/EVA-g-MA blends.
AB - We have studied the effect of thermally reduced graphene oxide (TRG) on the properties of polypropylene/maleic anhydride-graft-ethylene-vinyl acetate (PP/EVA-g-MA) blends. In blends without TRG, EVA-g-MA was dispersed as droplets in PP. At low TRG content, the sheets located in the EVA-g-MA phase. At 5 wt %, the morphology was cocontinuous and the domain sizes of EVA-g-MA were small, while TRG sheets were randomly distributed in the blend. The electrical percolation threshold was between 3 and 5 wt %. Melt rheological analysis revealed that PP/EVA-g-MA/TRG nanocomposites exhibited a viscous behavior of up to 3 wt % but showed a solidlike behavior at 5 wt %. The addition of TRG into PP/EVA-g-MA blend up to 3 wt % enhanced the tensile strength and modulus of PP/EVA-g-MA blend, while not adversely affecting its impact strength. PP/EVA-g-MA/TRG nanocomposites exhibited higher electrical and thermal conductivities compared to PP or PP/EVA-g-MA blends.
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U2 - 10.1021/acs.iecr.7b04932
DO - 10.1021/acs.iecr.7b04932
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85046648266
SN - 0888-5885
VL - 57
SP - 7834
EP - 7845
JO - Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research
JF - Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research
IS - 23
ER -