Anisotropic cellular structures from semi-crystalline polymer templates

Nihal Kanbargi; Marco J. van Erp; Alan J. Lesser

doi:10.1002/pol.20200572

Anisotropic cellular structures from semi-crystalline polymer templates

Nihal Kanbargi, Marco J. van Erp, Alan J. Lesser

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We report an investigation to determine the effect of an anisotropic semi-crystalline template on the resulting cell morphology of microcellular polymeric foams generated in these materials. Poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET)-polystyrene (PS) composite foams are prepared by using supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO₂) not only as a foaming agent but also as a transport medium of styrene and initiator into a biaxially-oriented PET templating film. The composite foam so obtained demonstrates a highly interpenetrating network verified by a single Tg of 98°C. Substrate orientation is observed not to dictate the cell formation; however highly anisotropic swelling and a shape-templating phenomenon is observed, with the most significant dimension change in the thickness of the film. Introducing confinement in the direction of maximum dimension change is found to introduce a highly anisotropic lamellar cell architecture.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3311-3321
Number of pages	11
Journal	Journal of Polymer Science
Volume	58
Issue number	23
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/pol.20200572
State	Published - Dec 1 2020
Externally published	Yes

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The authors would like to acknowledge BASF Northeast Research Alliance (NORA) for their financial support and thoughtful discussions. We also appreciate the contribution of Dr Michael Imburgia for his scientific input and help in editing this manuscript.

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BASF Northeast Research Alliance
Nordisk Atlantsamarbejde

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cellular material
foam
polymer composite
supercritical CO

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