Gcwabaza, TSuprakas, SRFocke, WW2010-10-042010-10-042008-10Gcwabaza, T, Suprakas, SR and Focke, WW. 2008. Morphology and properties of nanocomposites based on polymer blend and organoclay. Americas Regional Meeting, Polymer Processing Society (PPS-2008), Charleston, South Carolina, USA, 26-29 October 2008, pp 4http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4437Americas Regional Meeting, Polymer Processing Society (PPS-2008), Charleston, South Carolina, USA, 26-29 October 2008Forming a polymer blend is a convenient method for obtaining materials with improves property performance. However, most chemically different polymers are immiscible and their blending leads to a material with weak interfacial adhesion and thus poor mechanical performance. Numerous researchers have reported the use of a compatibilizer to modify the interfacial tension in polymer blend and their effect on the thermodynamic phase behaviour which governs the final morphology of the polymer blend with highly improved properties.1-4 such a compatibilizer may be a homopolymer, a block, graft or star copolymer. However, there are few reports on clay containing nanocomposites based on polymer blends, whether miscible or immiscible. Such composite materials offer unique opportunity to prepare new and novel high performance polymeric materials by the combination of advantages of both polymer blend and nanocomposite technologies. In this study the objective is to understand the exact mechanism on the change of phase morphology and properties of organoclay modified polypropylene/poly [(butylene succinate)] (PP/PBS) blends.enMorphologyNanocompositesPolymersOrganoclayConference PresentationGcwabaza, T., Suprakas, S., & Focke, W. (2008). Morphology and properties of nanocomposites based on polymer blend and organoclay. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4437Gcwabaza, T, SR Suprakas, and WW Focke. "Morphology and properties of nanocomposites based on polymer blend and organoclay." (2008): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4437Gcwabaza T, Suprakas S, Focke W, Morphology and properties of nanocomposites based on polymer blend and organoclay; 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4437 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Gcwabaza, T AU - Suprakas, SR AU - Focke, WW AB - Forming a polymer blend is a convenient method for obtaining materials with improves property performance. However, most chemically different polymers are immiscible and their blending leads to a material with weak interfacial adhesion and thus poor mechanical performance. Numerous researchers have reported the use of a compatibilizer to modify the interfacial tension in polymer blend and their effect on the thermodynamic phase behaviour which governs the final morphology of the polymer blend with highly improved properties.1-4 such a compatibilizer may be a homopolymer, a block, graft or star copolymer. However, there are few reports on clay containing nanocomposites based on polymer blends, whether miscible or immiscible. Such composite materials offer unique opportunity to prepare new and novel high performance polymeric materials by the combination of advantages of both polymer blend and nanocomposite technologies. In this study the objective is to understand the exact mechanism on the change of phase morphology and properties of organoclay modified polypropylene/poly [(butylene succinate)] (PP/PBS) blends. DA - 2008-10 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Morphology KW - Nanocomposites KW - Polymers KW - Organoclay LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2008 T1 - Morphology and properties of nanocomposites based on polymer blend and organoclay TI - Morphology and properties of nanocomposites based on polymer blend and organoclay UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4437 ER -