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Effects of modified hyperbranched polyester as a curing agent on the morphology and properties of dynamically cured polypropylene/polyurethane blends

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The dynamic vulcanization process, usually used for the preparation of thermoplastic elastomers, has been applied to prepare polypropylene (PP)/polyurethane (PU) blends. BoltornTM H20 (H20) hyperbranched polyester containing 16 hydroxyl end gropus and pentaerythritol are used as curing agents, respectively, for curing PU oligomer during blending with molten PP. To improve the compatibility of cured PU particles with PP matrix, H20 is partly functionalized with stearic acid. The morphology, mechanical properties, thermal properties and melt flow index (MFI) of the PP/PU blends with different curing agent are investigated. Compared with pentaerythritol, SEM photographs show that H20 partly functionalized with stearic acid effectively reduces the size and size distribution of cured PU particles in PP/PU blends which also is proved by MFI measurement. Consequently, the dynamically cured PP/PU blends with modified H20 have better mechanical properties than those cured with pentaerythritol. The shifts of crystallization peaks to higher temperatures for all PP/PU blends indicate that PU particles in the blends can act as effective nucleating agents. Moreover, due to the smaller size of PU particles PP/PU blends cured with modified H20 have higher crystallization temperatures than those blends cured with pentaerythritol at the same PU content.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Fire Science and Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Jinzhai Road 96, Hefei Anhui, 230026, People’s Republic of China

    Nai Xu & Wenfang Shi

  2. Laboratory of Mechanical and Material Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Jinzhai Road 96, Hefei Anhui, 230026, People’s Republic of China

    Ming Gong & Jianping Feng

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Xu, N., Shi, W., Gong, M. et al. Effects of modified hyperbranched polyester as a curing agent on the morphology and properties of dynamically cured polypropylene/polyurethane blends. J Mater Sci 41, 3707–3713 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-006-6252-1

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