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Miscibility, morphology, and properties of poly(butylene succinate)/poly(vinyl acetate) blends

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Poly(butylene succinate) (PBS)/poly(vinyl acetate) (PVAc) blends were prepared by melt mixing. The miscibility, morphology, non-isothermal and isothermal crystallization, and rheological and mechanical properties of PBS/PVAc blends were investigated. The blends were a partial miscible two-phase system with PVAc evenly dispersed in the PBS matrix. The incorporation of PVAc accelerated the crystallization rate of PBS due to the heterogeneous nucleation, but decreased the degree of crystallinity. The rheological properties of PBS were greatly improved by the incorporation of PVAc, because of the high viscosity of PVAc in melt state. The most intriguing result was that the stiffness, strength, and toughness could be improved simultaneously by the addition of PVAc. The modulus, breaking strength, and elongation at break of PBS containing 10 wt% PVAc increased by 3.5%, 15.7%, and 43.4%, respectively. The synergetic improvement in the crystallization, rheological, and mechanical properties may be of much importance for widening the application of PBS.

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This work is financially supported by the Chinese Academy of science and technology service network planning (KFJ-STS-QYZD-140), a program of Zhongshan Science and Technology Bureau (2017A1037), Innovation team project of Beijing Institute of Science and Technology (IG201703N), and “13th five-year” Science and Technology Research Program of the Education Department of Jilin Province (JJKH20190862KJ).

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    Yi Li & Liguang Xiao

  2. Key Laboratory of Polymer Ecomaterials, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130022, China

    Changyu Han, Yancun Yu, Guangbin Zhou & Mingzhi Xu

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Li, Y., Han, C., Xiao, L. et al. Miscibility, morphology, and properties of poly(butylene succinate)/poly(vinyl acetate) blends. Colloid Polym Sci 299, 105–116 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00396-020-04773-7

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