Morphology and electrical properties of polylactide / natural rubber blend filled with conductive nano carbon

Polylactide (PLA) is a biodegradable polymer that has potential to replace petroleum based polymers which currently used in conductive polymer composite (CPC). In order to develop environmentally friendly conductive polymer composites, in this research PLA was melt blended with natural rubber (NR),...

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Main Authors: Buys, Yose Fachmi, Anuar, Hazleen
Format: Monograph
Language:English
Published: 2018
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Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/64716/
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description Polylactide (PLA) is a biodegradable polymer that has potential to replace petroleum based polymers which currently used in conductive polymer composite (CPC). In order to develop environmentally friendly conductive polymer composites, in this research PLA was melt blended with natural rubber (NR), with addition of carbon black (CB) as the conductive filler. Miscibility of PLA/NR blends, dispersion states of CB in the blends, as well as electrical properties of the composites were evaluated. It was found that the PLA/NR blends were immiscible, and the sea island and co-continuous morphological structures were observed at PLA/NR with ratio of 80/20 vol% and 60/40 vol% respectively. Addition of CB to 60/40 PLA/NR matrix, brought the composites to become electrically conductive at CB content of 2 phr. It was also found that the impact strength of PLA/NR/CB composite is better than that of the neat PLA.
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spelling iium-647162018-11-30T07:59:04Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/64716/ Morphology and electrical properties of polylactide / natural rubber blend filled with conductive nano carbon Buys, Yose Fachmi Anuar, Hazleen TP1080 Polymers, plastics and their manufacture Polylactide (PLA) is a biodegradable polymer that has potential to replace petroleum based polymers which currently used in conductive polymer composite (CPC). In order to develop environmentally friendly conductive polymer composites, in this research PLA was melt blended with natural rubber (NR), with addition of carbon black (CB) as the conductive filler. Miscibility of PLA/NR blends, dispersion states of CB in the blends, as well as electrical properties of the composites were evaluated. It was found that the PLA/NR blends were immiscible, and the sea island and co-continuous morphological structures were observed at PLA/NR with ratio of 80/20 vol% and 60/40 vol% respectively. Addition of CB to 60/40 PLA/NR matrix, brought the composites to become electrically conductive at CB content of 2 phr. It was also found that the impact strength of PLA/NR/CB composite is better than that of the neat PLA. 2018 Monograph NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/64716/1/RESEARCH%20REPORT%20-%20final%20version.pdf Buys, Yose Fachmi and Anuar, Hazleen (2018) Morphology and electrical properties of polylactide / natural rubber blend filled with conductive nano carbon. Research Report. UNSPECIFIED. (Unpublished)
spellingShingle TP1080 Polymers, plastics and their manufacture
Buys, Yose Fachmi
Anuar, Hazleen
Morphology and electrical properties of polylactide / natural rubber blend filled with conductive nano carbon
title Morphology and electrical properties of polylactide / natural rubber blend filled with conductive nano carbon
title_full Morphology and electrical properties of polylactide / natural rubber blend filled with conductive nano carbon
title_fullStr Morphology and electrical properties of polylactide / natural rubber blend filled with conductive nano carbon
title_full_unstemmed Morphology and electrical properties of polylactide / natural rubber blend filled with conductive nano carbon
title_short Morphology and electrical properties of polylactide / natural rubber blend filled with conductive nano carbon
title_sort morphology and electrical properties of polylactide / natural rubber blend filled with conductive nano carbon
topic TP1080 Polymers, plastics and their manufacture
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/64716/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/64716/1/RESEARCH%20REPORT%20-%20final%20version.pdf