Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2017, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (8): 1470.doi: 10.7503/cjcu20170102

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Effect of Amphiphilic Silica Rods on the Morphology of Immiscible Polyisobutylene/Polydimethylsiloxane Blends Under Simple Shear Flow

YE Lishaya, HUANG Yajiang, KONG Miqiu, LOU Fangli, YANG Qi, LI Guangxian   

  1. College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering of China, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
  • Received:2017-02-22 Revised:2017-07-05 Online:2017-08-10 Published:2017-07-05
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    Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.51373109, 51421061) and the Sichuan Youth Science and Technology Foundation, China(No.2015JQ0012).

Abstract:

Silica rods with amphiphilic surface properties were synthesized and their effects on the morphology of immiscible polyisobutylene(PIB)/polydimethylsiloxane(PDMS) blends were investigated via online flow-visualization technique and rheology. Confocal laser scanning microscopy revealed that amphiphilic silica rods tended to distribute at the interface and within the PIB phase. In addition, the flow-induced coalescence behavior of droplets was found to strongly depend on the particle content and the blending composition ratio. The addition of a small amount of amphiphilic silica rods could promote the coalescence of droplets, while coalescence was suppressed effectively at high particle loadings.

Key words: Immiscible polyisobutylene/polydimethylsiloxane blend, Shear flow, Amphiphilic silica rod

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