Crystallization and melting behavior of compatibilized polymer blends

• Published in: Compatibilization of Polymer Blends: Micro and Nano Scale Phase Morphologies, Interphase Characterization, and Properties
• Main Author: Zainal N.F.A.; Chan C.H.
• Format: Book chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2019
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85082580477&doi=10.1016%2fB978-0-12-816006-0.00014-1&partnerID=40&md5=5ecee46599bc91d3601d82ec67f6cb38

The understanding of the crystallization kinetics of polymer blends with one crystallizable component is important in order to analyze the structure-properties relationships of such systems. An important distinction has to be made on whether the components are miscible or immiscible. In the case of immiscible blends, compatibilization is needed to improve the interfacial adhesion between the components. Presence of a compatibilizer may have considerable effect on the crystallization and melting behavior of the crystallizable polymer in the blends. This chapter focuses on the immiscible binary semicrystalline/amorphous blends with the addition of compatibilizers for enhancement of adhesion between the phases of these immiscible blends. We focus dominantly on the effect of compatibilizers added into the binary immiscible blends on crystallization and melting behavior of the crystallizable polymer in the blends. Crystallization kinetics will be discussed in terms of isothermal crystallization and nonisothermal crystallization. © 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.