• 文献标题:   Localizing graphene at the interface of cocontinuous polymer blends: Morphology, rheology, and conductivity of cocontinuous conductive polymer composites
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   BAI L, HE SY, FRUEHWIRTH JW, STEIN A, MACOSKO CW, CHENG X
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  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF RHEOLOGY
  • ISSN:   0148-6055
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Minnesota
  • 被引频次:   35
  • DOI:   10.1122/1.4982702
  • 出版年:   2017

▎ 摘  要

Interfacial localization of graphene in cocontinuous polymer blends is shown to be effective in stabilizing the cocontinuous morphology and increasing conductivity with a low electrical percolation threshold. We created polylactic acid (PLA) and polystyrene (PS) cocontinuous blends filled with thermally reduced graphene oxide (r-GO) localized at the interface. The resulting conductive composites show dramatically improved conductivity at low filler loadings and an ultralow percolation threshold of 0.028 vol. %. We systematically studied the changes of conductivity and rheology of the PLA-PS composites during annealing. We found that r-GO transfers from the PLA phase to the interface during melt compounding and annealing and forms a spanning 3D network, which effectively suppresses the coarsening of the cocontinuous structure. Our study demonstrated that the 3D r-GO network significantly increases the conductivity and the storage modulus of the melt blends. Finally, we constructed a simple model, which quantitatively explains the correlations between structural, electrical, and rheological properties of conductive polymer composites. (C) 2017 The Society of Rheology.