Miscible and Immiscible Polymer Blends: Achievements and Development Perspectives
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Physics and Theory".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 October 2024 | Viewed by 2655
Special Issue Editor
Interests: polymers; nanocomposites; polymer blends; materials science; shape memory effect; severe plastic deformation; lattice structure; 3D printing
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Dear Colleagues,
The mixing of two or more polymers is an aspect of technology that has recently received special attention, since mixing represents a new, simple, and efficient method to obtain advanced materials with special properties that cannot be found in individual components. Moreover, contemporary development of new materials with improved properties to meet more stringent and diverse requirements seems to rely more on blending and compounding than on the synthesis of new chemical polymers. The importance of a better understanding of both the theoretical and practical aspects of blending is therefore undeniable. By mixing at least two polymers, miscible, immiscible, or partially miscible blends can be obtained. In many cases, the polymers are immiscible (i.e., compatible) because the thermodynamic parameters—particularly the entropy and enthalpy of mixing—are unfavorable. For this reason, miscibility or phase separation studies are essential. The purpose of this Special Issue is to present in a comprehensive and updated fashion new advances in the preparation of miscible/immiscible blends, in the understanding of the physical mechanisms of mixing miscible/immiscible polymers, in the control of their structure and properties, and in the possibilities of their practical application.
Dr. Yuri Voznyak
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- polymer blends
- compatibilization and non-compatibilization blending strategies
- mixing mechanisms and theory
- mechanics of mixing
- mechanical and functional properties
