The mechanical properties and dynamic mechanical properties of blends composed of Nylon 6 and poly （ butylenes terephthalate） （PBT）, with styrene/maleic anhydride（SMA） as compatibilizer, were studied. The observation on the morphologies of the etched surfaces of the cryogenically fractured specimens via scanning electron microscopy（SEM） demonstrated that in the compatibilized Nylon 6/PBT blends, there exists a finer and more uniform dispersion induced by the in-situ interfacial chemical reactions during the preparation than that in the corresponding uncompatibilized blends. On the other hand, the overall mechanical properties of the compatibilized blends could be remarkably im- proved compared with those of the uncompatibilized ones. Moreover, increasing the amount of the compatibilizer SMA leads to a more efficient dispersion of the PBT phase in Nylon 6/PBT blends. Furthermore, there exists an optimum level of SMA added to achieve the maximum mechanical properties. As far as the mechanism of this reactive compatibilization is concerned, the enhanced interfacial adhesion is necessary to obtain improved dispersion, stable phase morphology, and better mechanical properties.
The aryldiimine NCN-pincer stabilized neodymium dichloride combined with aluminum alkyls established a new type of homogeneous binary neutral Ziegler-Natta catalyst system.This system exhibited high activity and high cis-1,4 selectivity for the polymerization of isoprene (Tp=20 °C,98.2%;Tp=-20 °C,> 99%).Such catalytic performances remained under a broad range of polymerization temperatures and monomer-to-neodymium ratios (from 500 to 8000),reaching high number-average molecular weight (Mn=1582 kg/mol) and relatively narrow molecular weight distribution (PDI=1.68),which was,however,influenced by the amount and bulkiness of aluminum alkyls.Dynamic investigation of the polymerization was performed,which showed the number-average molecular weight of the resultant polyisoprene had an almost linear correlation with the conversion,suggesting,in some degree,the polymerization with this catalytic system was controllable.
LIU DongTao1,2,CUI DongMei1 & GAO Wei3 1State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry
