THE COMPATIBILITY OF SYNDIOTACTIC POLYSTYRENE/ISOTACTICPOLYPROPYLENE/SYNDIOTACTIC POLYSTYRENE-<I>b</I>-POLY(1-BUTENE) BLENDS

On the crystallization behavior of syndiotactic-b-atactic polystyrene stereodiblock copolymers, atactic/syndiotactic polystyrene blends, and aPS/sPS blends modified with sPS-b-aPS

Crystallization and morphological features of syndiotactic-b-atactic polystyrene stereodiblock copolymers (sPS-b-aPS), atactic/syndiotactic polystyrene blends (aPS/sPS), and aPS/sPS blends modified with sPS-b-aPS, with different compositions in aPS and sPS, have been investigated using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), polarized light optical microscopy (POM) and wide angle X-ray diffrac...

Properties and Structures of Sulfonated Syndiotactic Polystyrene Aerogel and Syndiotactic Polystyrene/silica Hybrid Aerogel

Melt-Processable Syndiotactic Polystyrene/Montmorillonite Nanocomposites

Monoalkyland dialkyl-imidazolium surfactants were used to prepare organically modified montmorillonites with markedly improved thermal stability in comparison with their alkyl-ammonium equivalents (the decomposition temperatures increased by ca. 100 °C). Such an increase in the thermal stability affords the opportunity to form syndiotactic polystyrene (s-PS)/imidazolium-montmorillonite nanocomp...

Compatibility and mechanical properties of blends of polystyrene with biodegradable polyesters

Biodegradable polyesters allow the development of acceptable bio-composites and bio-blends from agricultural-based raw materials without impairing their biodegradability and other useful properties. The tensile properties of binary blends of polystyrene (PS) with the biodegradable polyesters polycaprolactone (PCL), D,L-polylactic acid (PLA), and Eastar Bio Ultra (EBU) were investigated. Blend c...

Phase Segregation in Polystyrene—Polylactide Blends

Spun-cast hlms ot polystyiene (PS) blended with polylactide (PLA) weie visualized and chaiacten/ed using atomic foice micioscopy (AFM) and synchtoti on-based X-iay photoemission election micioscopy (X-PEEM) The composition ot the two polymets in these systems was deteimined by quantitative chemical analysis ot neat-edge X-tay absorption signals lecoided with X-PEEM The surface morphology depend...