TY - JOUR
T1 - Control of mechanical behavior in polyolefin composites
T2 - Integration of glassy, rubbery, and semicrystalline components
AU - Mahanthappa, Mahesh K.
AU - Lim, Lisa S.
AU - Hillmyer, Marc A.
AU - Bates, Frank S.
PY - 2007/3/6
Y1 - 2007/3/6
N2 - The mechanical properties of a homologous series of polyolefin block copolymers comprised of glassy poly(cyclohexylethylene) (C), elastomeric poly(ethylene-alt-propylene) (P), and semicrystalline poly-(ethylene) (E) are documented. Monodisperse CPEPC, CPE, and CEPEC with mass fractions wc ∼ 0.39-0.44 and 0 < ζ < 1, where ζ = WE /(W E + WP), were synthesized by sequential anionic polymerization of styrene, isoprene, and butadiene followed by catalytic hydrogenation. These materials hierarchically microphase separate into lamellae, within which templated crystallization-induced segregation occurs. As ζ increases, the unoriented, polydomain CPEPC materials exhibit monotonically increasing elastic moduli and yield stresses, comparable ultimate tensile strengths, and decreasing failure strains. Cold drawing the CPEPC polymers yields high-strength materials, the structures of which are examined by small- and wide-angle X-ray scattering. Drawn CPEPC-70 (ζ = 0.70) exhibits improved toughness with an ultimate tensile strength σfail = 75 ± 10 MPa and elongation at break of εfai; = 1.22 ± 0.22, as compared to σfail = 92 ± 21 MPa and εfailfaii = 0.86 ± 0.18 for drawn CEC (ζ = 1.00). Elasticity measurements on the drawn samples demonstrate that materials with xzeta; > 0 exhibit low degrees of stress softening, while smaller permanent sets and higher failure strains are observed as ζ decreases.
AB - The mechanical properties of a homologous series of polyolefin block copolymers comprised of glassy poly(cyclohexylethylene) (C), elastomeric poly(ethylene-alt-propylene) (P), and semicrystalline poly-(ethylene) (E) are documented. Monodisperse CPEPC, CPE, and CEPEC with mass fractions wc ∼ 0.39-0.44 and 0 < ζ < 1, where ζ = WE /(W E + WP), were synthesized by sequential anionic polymerization of styrene, isoprene, and butadiene followed by catalytic hydrogenation. These materials hierarchically microphase separate into lamellae, within which templated crystallization-induced segregation occurs. As ζ increases, the unoriented, polydomain CPEPC materials exhibit monotonically increasing elastic moduli and yield stresses, comparable ultimate tensile strengths, and decreasing failure strains. Cold drawing the CPEPC polymers yields high-strength materials, the structures of which are examined by small- and wide-angle X-ray scattering. Drawn CPEPC-70 (ζ = 0.70) exhibits improved toughness with an ultimate tensile strength σfail = 75 ± 10 MPa and elongation at break of εfai; = 1.22 ± 0.22, as compared to σfail = 92 ± 21 MPa and εfailfaii = 0.86 ± 0.18 for drawn CEC (ζ = 1.00). Elasticity measurements on the drawn samples demonstrate that materials with xzeta; > 0 exhibit low degrees of stress softening, while smaller permanent sets and higher failure strains are observed as ζ decreases.
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U2 - 10.1021/ma0617421
DO - 10.1021/ma0617421
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33947200340
SN - 0024-9297
VL - 40
SP - 1585
EP - 1593
JO - Macromolecules
JF - Macromolecules
IS - 5
ER -