PMID- 36080682
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20220913
IS  - 2073-4360 (Electronic)
IS  - 2073-4360 (Linking)
VI  - 14
IP  - 17
DP  - 2022 Sep 1
TI  - Optimization of the Physical Properties of HDPE/PU Blends through Improved 
      Compatibility and Electron Beam Crosslinking.
LID - 10.3390/polym14173607 [doi]
LID - 3607
AB  - Polymer blending is a method in which polymers with different properties are 
      mixed so that each advantage appears in one polymer blend. Improved thermal and 
      mechanical properties of blends can be prepared by blending with high-density 
      polyethylene (HDPE) of a non-polar polymer and polyurethane (PU) of a polar 
      polymer. However, a compatibilizer is required because it has the disadvantage 
      that blending has low miscibility due to the different phases. In this study, 
      HDPE/PU blends with new and excellent physical properties were developed through 
      optimal composition with improved compatibility between the HDPE and PU. In 
      addition, the effects of improving the physical properties through electron-beam 
      crosslinking were confirmed. In general, a crosslinking structure of HDPE is 
      formed by electron beam irradiation to increase its thermal stability and 
      strength, but its elongation is rapidly decreased. In particular, the elongation 
      of HDPE irradiated at 100 kGy was about 110%, which was decreased about five 
      times compared to unirradiated HDPE (510%). However, the HDPE/PU blend with 
      improved compatibility (PU 30) showed an elongation of about 450% while 
      maintaining excellent strength (22.5 MPa), which was increased by about four 
      times compared to the HDPE irradiated at 100 kGy. In particular, the thermal 
      stability of PU 30 irradiated at 100 kGy at a high temperature (180  degrees C) was 
      improved more than six times compared to the HDPE. Therefore, it is possible to 
      develop HDPE/PU blends with new and excellent physical properties by improving 
      compatibility and using electron beam crosslinking technology.
FAU - Jeong, Jin-Oh
AU  - Jeong JO
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6685-8665
AD  - Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM), Wake Forest School of 
      Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA.
FAU - Oh, Yong-Hyeon
AU  - Oh YH
AD  - Advanced Radiation Technology Institute, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute 
      (KAERI), Jeongeup-si 56212, Korea.
FAU - Jeong, Sung-In
AU  - Jeong SI
AD  - Advanced Radiation Technology Institute, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute 
      (KAERI), Jeongeup-si 56212, Korea.
FAU - Park, Jong-Seok
AU  - Park JS
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4389-1590
AD  - Advanced Radiation Technology Institute, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute 
      (KAERI), Jeongeup-si 56212, Korea.
LA  - eng
GR  - NRF- 2020M2D8A1045967/National Research Foundation (NRF) of Korea/
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20220901
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Polymers (Basel)
JT  - Polymers
JID - 101545357
PMC - PMC9460743
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - compatibilizer
OT  - composites
OT  - crosslinking
OT  - electron beam
OT  - polymer blending
COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2022/09/10 06:00
MHDA- 2022/09/10 06:01
PMCR- 2022/09/01
CRDT- 2022/09/09 01:30
PHST- 2022/08/03 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2022/08/23 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2022/08/30 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2022/09/09 01:30 [entrez]
PHST- 2022/09/10 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/09/10 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2022/09/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - polym14173607 [pii]
AID - polymers-14-03607 [pii]
AID - 10.3390/polym14173607 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Polymers (Basel). 2022 Sep 1;14(17):3607. doi: 10.3390/polym14173607.