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Polymer Blends

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Abstract

In polymer blends, improved properties can be only realised if the blend exhibits optimum morphology. Therefore, the study and control of morphology by electron microscopy is an important task in polymer research as well as in the plastics industry. The wide variation in morphology exhibited by polymer blends is illustrated using various preparative and staining techniques and through inspection by SEM, TEM, and AFM. These techniques reveal not only the polymer phase distribution but also many structural details of the components and occasionally of the interface between the polymers.Micromechanical deformation processes are revealed by studying deformed specimens in TEM and in a very impressive way by AFM. Finally, some examples of blends of amorphous polymers, of amorphous and semicrystalline polymers, and of semicrystalline polymers are shown along with different preparation techniques.

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(2008). Polymer Blends. In: Electron Microscopy of Polymers. Springer Laboratory. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-36352-1_18

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