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Enhanced nanoflow behaviors of polymer melts using dispersed nanoparticles and ultrasonic vibration
作者:Wei Tian,Kai Leung Yung,Yan Xu,Longbiao Huang,Jie Kong,Yunchuan Xie
关键字:polymer melts,dispersed nanoparticles,ultrasonic vibration
论文来源:期刊
具体来源:Nanoscale, 2011, 3, 4094
发表时间:2011年

In the micro/nano fabrication of polymer nanostructures, a key factor is the favorable nanoflow behavior of polymer melts. Compared with the fluidic hydrodynamics of simple liquids through micro- or macrochannels, the nanoflow behavior of polymer melts, however, is affected much more by nanoscale effects and surface interactions. Therefore, achieving a favorable nanoflow of polymer melts in nanochannels is the key to fabricate high quality polymer nanoproducts. In this paper, the improved nanoflow behaviors of polystyrene melts in ordered porous alumina templates with the addition of nanoparticles and ultrasonic vibration were reported for the first time. Compared with bulk polystyrene (PS), the nanoflo rate of PS melts was enhanced when nanoparticles, such as surfacemodified nano-silica (nano-SiO2) or b-cyclodextrin (b-CD), were added in a dispersed phase into a polystyrene matrix due to the decrease of the melts’ viscosity caused by interactions between nanoparticles and PS segments. The enhancement action of b-CD was observed to be more significant than that of nano-SiO2 based on the adsorption and the supramolecular self-assembly interactions between PS segments and b-CD. The enhanced nanoflow rate has shown to be more pronounced under ultrasonic vibration than those of the static condition and the low frequency vibration attributed to the synergetic effects of mechanical vibration and ultrasonic oscillation.
The nanoflow rate of polymer melts increases with the gradual increase of vibration frequency. The optimal nanoflow behavior can be obtained by simultaneously adding b-CD as dispersed phase into PS matrix and applying ultrasonic vibration in
one nanoflow system. These new findings will help the preparation of polymer-based functional nanocomposites, ultrasonic vibrationassisted nanofluidics, and micro/nano injection molding etc.