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The microstructure of regular block copolymers has already been discussed in Chapters 1 and 2. It is clear that these materials can be considered as micro-composites for they are two-phase and as such, it should be possible to predict their properties using traditional composite mechanics. Similarly, when block copolymers are blended with homopolymers, as is commonly carried out commercially, the resulting blend is also a composite, albeit a rather complex one. The direct application to block copolymers and blends of ideas developed for predicting the properties of conventional composite materials is a relatively new area of study, but is one that has considerable potential. Indeed, such an approach is particularly timely in view of the increasing use of blends for tailoring the properties of homopolymers. Accordingly, in this chapter, we briefly survey the mechanics of composites and then apply some of these theoretical ideas to the prediction of the mechanical properties of a block copolymer and its blend with polystyrene.
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Arridge, R.G.C., Folkes, M.J. (1985). Block Copolymers and Blends as Composite Materials. In: Folkes, M.J. (eds) Processing, Structure and Properties of Block Copolymers. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4936-2_4
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