PMID- 28793750
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20200930
IS  - 1996-1944 (Print)
IS  - 1996-1944 (Electronic)
IS  - 1996-1944 (Linking)
VI  - 8
IP  - 12
DP  - 2015 Dec 17
TI  - Preparation and Compatibility Evaluation of Polypropylene/High Density 
      Polyethylene Polyblends.
PG  - 8850-8859
LID - 10.3390/ma8125496 [doi]
AB  - This study proposes melt-blending polypropylene (PP) and high density 
      polyethylene (HDPE) that have a similar melt flow index (MFI) to form PP/HDPE 
      polyblends. The influence of the content of HDPE on the properties and 
      compatibility of polyblends is examined by using a tensile test, flexural test, 
      Izod impact test, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Fourier transform infrared 
      spectroscopy (FTIR), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), polarized light 
      microscopy (PLM), and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The SEM results show that PP and 
      HDPE are incompatible polymers with PP being a continuous phase and HDPE being a 
      dispersed phase. The FTIR results show that the combination of HDPE does not 
      influence the chemical structure of PP, indicating that the polyblends are made 
      of a physical blending. The DSC and XRD results show that PP and HDPE are not 
      compatible, and the combination of HDPE is not correlated with the crystalline 
      structure and stability of PP. The PLM results show that the combination of HDPE 
      causes stacking and incompatibility between HDPE and PP spherulites, and PP thus 
      has incomplete spherulite morphology and a smaller spherulite size. However, 
      according to mechanical property test results, the combination of HDPE improves 
      the impact strength of PP.
FAU - Lin, Jia-Horng
AU  - Lin JH
AD  - Laboratory of Fiber Application and Manufacturing, Department of Fiber and 
      Composite Materials, Feng Chia University, Taichung City 40724, Taiwan. 
      jhlin@fcu.edu.tw.
AD  - School of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung City 40402, 
      Taiwan. jhlin@fcu.edu.tw.
AD  - Department of Fashion Design, Asia University, Taichung City 41354, Taiwan. 
      jhlin@fcu.edu.tw.
FAU - Pan, Yi-Jun
AU  - Pan YJ
AD  - Department of Materials and Textiles, Oriental Institute of Technology, New 
      Taipei City 22061, Taiwan. fc003@mail.oit.edu.tw.
FAU - Liu, Chi-Fan
AU  - Liu CF
AD  - Office of Physical Education and Sports Affairs, Feng Chia University, Taichung 
      407, Taiwan. cfliu@fcuoa.fcu.edu.tw.
FAU - Huang, Chien-Lin
AU  - Huang CL
AD  - Department of Fiber and Composite Materials, Feng Chia University, Taichung City 
      40724, Taiwan. clhuang@mail.fcu.edu.tw.
FAU - Hsieh, Chien-Teng
AU  - Hsieh CT
AD  - Department of Fashion Design and Merchandising, Shih Chien University Kaohsiung 
      Campus, Kaohsiung City 84550, Taiwan. edo@mail.kh.usc.edu.tw.
FAU - Chen, Chih-Kuang
AU  - Chen CK
AD  - The Polymeric Biomaterials Laboratory, Department of Fiber and Composite 
      Materials, Feng Chia University, Taichung City 40724, Taiwan. 
      chihkchen@fcu.edu.tw.
FAU - Lin, Zheng-Ian
AU  - Lin ZI
AD  - Laboratory of Fiber Application and Manufacturing, Department of Fiber and 
      Composite Materials, Feng Chia University, Taichung City 40724, Taiwan. 
      chengyen0624@gmail.com.
FAU - Lou, Ching-Wen
AU  - Lou CW
AD  - Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Materials Science, Central Taiwan 
      University of Science and Technology, Taichung City 40601, Taiwan. 
      cwlou@ctust.edu.tw.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20151217
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Materials (Basel)
JT  - Materials (Basel, Switzerland)
JID - 101555929
PMC - PMC5458810
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - compatibility
OT  - high density polyethylene (HDPE)
OT  - melt-blending
OT  - polyblend
OT  - polypropylene (PP)
COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2015/12/17 00:00
MHDA- 2015/12/17 00:01
PMCR- 2015/12/17
CRDT- 2017/08/11 06:00
PHST- 2015/09/23 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2015/12/08 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2015/12/11 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2017/08/11 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2015/12/17 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/12/17 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 2015/12/17 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - ma8125496 [pii]
AID - materials-08-05496 [pii]
AID - 10.3390/ma8125496 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Materials (Basel). 2015 Dec 17;8(12):8850-8859. doi: 10.3390/ma8125496.