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Core-shell particles for design of high-performance polymeric materials with good transparency and toughness

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Core-shell particles were synthesized and blended with poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) in an attempt to simultaneously improve the transparency and toughness of the resulting materials. Poly(BA-co-Bd-co-St) latexes were produced by emulsion polymerization method, and confirmed by DMA. In the case of 269 nm of particle size core-shell particles’ dispersion in the PMMA matrix were remarkably improved as shown by TEM. The transmittance of PMMA/core-shell particle composites reached 86.3 %, and the Izod impact strength was eight times higher compared to PMMA resin. Altogether the results showed that Poly(BA-co-Bd-co-St) latexes could be applied to simultaneously improve the transparency and toughness of the materials and further improvements could be achieved after optimization of particle size and component.

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    L. Ren, M. Y. Zhang, Y. Han, Y. Gui & L. X. Song

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Ren, L., Zhang, M.Y., Han, Y. et al. Core-shell particles for design of high-performance polymeric materials with good transparency and toughness. J Polym Res 21, 613 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10965-014-0613-2

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