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ACS MACRO LETTERS
Volume 4, Issue 12, Pages 1398-1403Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.5b00763
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51173036, 21374027]
- Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University [NCET-13-0762]
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Block or graft copolymers located at polymer-polymer interfaces have been considered as ideal compatibilizers for immiscible polymer blends. Herein, we report a novel compatibilization mechanism using Janus nanomicelles (JNMs) formed in situ at the polymer polymer interface in immiscible polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF)/polylactic acid (PLLA) blends. A small amount of a reactive graft copolymer, poly(styrene-co-glycidyl methacrylate)-graft-poly(methyl methacrylate) (P((S-co-GMA)-g-MMA)), is incorporated into the PLLA/PVDF blends by simple melt mixing. The in situ grafting of PLLA chains onto P((S-co-GMA)-g-MMA) during melt mixing leads to the formation of numerous JNMs with a shell structure consisting of PLLA and PMMA hemispheres. These JNMs are located at the PLLA/PVDF interface, where they behave as effective compatibilizers for the immiscible PLLA/PVDF blends. This interfacial micelle compatibilization (IMC) mechanism opens new opportunities to exploit interfacial emulsification using JNMs and should be of great significance in the compatibilization of polymer alloys.
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