• Macromolecular Research
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• v.9 no.3
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• pp.150-156
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• 2001

Polystyrenes(PS) were grafted onto polypropylene(PP) in the PP solution by ultrasonic irradiation-initiated polymerization of styrene. The resulting products consisted of mixtures of homopolymers and PP-PS copolymer because of the homopolymerization of styrene itself and copolymerization with PP. The dependency of the designated polymerization on sonication times was investigated to monitor the evolution lion of the copolymerization. Formation of the PP-PS copolymer was confirmed by FTIR analysis of the reaction products after a proper separation procedure of free PS and PP-PS copolymer. It was found that the tendency for the formation of PP-PS copolymer was closely related with the phase behavior of the PP/styrene mixture which was also influenced by sonication time. In order to verify the effectiveness of the PP-PS copolymer as a compatibilizer for PP/PS blend, melt mixing of PP/PS/PP-PS was performed in a batch mixer. During the mixing, the average torque was higher for the blend containing PP-PS copolymer influencing compatibilization. In accordance with the results from FRIR analysis and torque measurement, the PS domain size remarkably decreased in the PP/PS/PP-PS blend.

• Clean Technology
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• v.4 no.2
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• pp.54-60
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• 1998

Polyphenylvinylketone (PPVK) having a carbonyl group at the side chain was blended with polystyrene (PS) to investigate the effect of vinylketone polymers on the photodegradability of the blend as a function of U.V. irradiation time. Hydrogenated polyphenylvinylketone (PPVK(H)) which is made by hydrogenation of some of the carbonyl groups in PPVK was also blended with PS to check the role of carbonyl carbonyl group in the process of photodegradation. Photodegradability was also investigated for blends of PS with polymethylvinylketone (PMVK) and for copolymers of styrene and methylvinylketone (SMVK) to compare the effect of copolymerization versus blending on photodegradability. PPVK showed higher photodegradability than PPVK(H), which followed that the blends of PS with PPVK gave higher degradability than with PPVK(H). In view of the fact that PPVK(H) is a partially hydrogenated version of PPVK, carbonyl group was confirmed to be involved in the photodegradation mechanism. When polymethylvinylketone (PMVK) was blended with PS, this blend showed a higher degradability than PS/PPVK blend. Therefore the highest photodegradability was achieved when PS was blended with PMVK followed by PPVK and PPVK(H) in order. When SMVK was UV irradiated, it showed the highest photodegradability than any blends mentioned above. Therefore, copolymerization was proved to be the better means of photodegradation than blending.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• v.44 no.3
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• pp.336-342
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• 2009

We measured shear viscosity of polystyrene (PS) and poly(butyl methacrylate) (PBMA) particles, with a capillary rheometer, prepared by suspension polymerization with 1.0 wt% hydrophobic silica as a stabilizer by varying the initiator concentration at $75^{\circ}C$. PS particles with weight average molecular weight of 66,500 g/mol displayed a Newtonian behaior at low shear rates at $190^{\circ}C$. With increasing molecular weight, PS particles showed shear thinning over the entire range of shear rates. For PBMA particles, steady shear measurement was carried out at $170^{\circ}C$. PBMA particles with weight average molecular weight of 156,700 g/mol showed a Newtonian behaior only at low shear rates. PBMA particles also showed shear thinning with an increase in molecular weight and its pattern similar to that of PS. When carbon black was incorporated into PS and PBMA polymers, steady shear measurement was conducted at $170^{\circ}C$. An increase in carbon black concentration in PS and PBMA composite particles exhibited a progressive increase in shear viscosity. The increase in shear viscosity, however, was less pronounced compared to an increase as a function of molecular weight. Preparing PS composites containing carbon black by internal mixing resulted in an increase in shear viscosity. Its increase, however, was found to be less than that shown in PS composite particles. We speculate that this is caused by an enhanced dispersion of carbon black particles with an internal mixer. Yield behavior was not observed in any of the samples we selected in this experiment.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.229-234
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• 2006

The effect of ZnO in the decomposition of poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) and polystyrene (PS) mixtures in air atmosphere has been studied by thermogravimetry (TG) and gas chromatograph-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) under various mixing ratios and reaction temperatures. From this work, it can be seen that the yields of a liquid product were increased with the increase of PS in mixtures, whereas those of gaseous products were decreased. And the yields of a gaseous product and HCl were decreased with the increase of ZnO in mixtures. It was also found that HCl was rarely produced at ZnO/Mixture = 0.5 by the effect of ZnO in dehydrochlorination of PVC.

• Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.97-102
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• 1998

Organic thin film EL devices using PPV(poly (p-phenylenevinylene)) as emitter were fabricated on various conditions and structures, their electro-optical properties were estimated. Fabricated EL devices had structures of single layer(ITO(indium tin oxide)/PPV/Mg), double layer(ITO/PVK(poly(N-vinylcarbazole))/PPV/Mg and ITO/PPV/Polymer matrix + PBD/Mg) and three layer (ITO/PVK/PPV/PS(polystyrene)+PBD(butyl-2-(4-bipheny])-5-(4-tert-butylphenyl-1,3,4-oxadiazole))/Mg), their electro-optical characteristics were compared with each other. In structure of double layer (ITO/PPV /Polymer matrix + PBD/Mg), the used polymer-matrices were PMMA(poly(methyl methacrylate), PC(polycarbonate), PS and MCH(side chain liquid crystalline homopolymer). When PS as a hole transport layer was used, the luminance characteristics on concentration of PBD was obtained. In results, current-voltage-luminance curves of fabricated devices had characteristics of tunneling effect and the device showed a stable light emitting.

• Macromolecular Research
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.127-133
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• 2004

We have studied the surface micelle formation of polystyrene-b-poly(2-vinyl pyridine) (PS-b-P2VP) at the air-water interface. A series of four PS-b-P2VPs were synthesized by anionic polymerization, keeping the PS block length constant (28 kg/㏖) and varying the P2VP block length (1, 11, 28, or 59 kg/㏖). The surface pressure-area ($\pi$-A) isotherms were measured and the surface morphology was studied by atomic force microscopy (AFM) after Langmuir-Blodgett film deposition onto silicon wafers. At low surface pressure, the hydrophobic PS blocks aggregate to form pancake-like micelle cores and the hydrophilic P2VP block chains spread on the water surface to form a corona-like monolayer. The surface area occupied by a block copolymer is proportional to the molecular weight of the P2VP block and identical to the surface area occupied by a homo-P2VP. It indicates that the entire surface is covered by the P2VP monolayer and the PS micelle cores lie on the P2VP monolayer. As the surface pressure is increased, the $\pi$-A isotherm shows a transition region where the surface pressure does not change much with the film compression. In this transition region, which displays high compressibility, the P2VP blocks restructure from the monolayer and spread at the air-water interface. After the transition, the Langmuir film becomes much less compressible. In this high-surface-pressure regime, the PS cores cover practically the entire surface area, as observed by AFM and the limiting area of the film. All the diblock copolymers formed circular micelles, except for the block copolymer having a very short P2VP block (1 kg/㏖), which formed large, non-uniform PS aggregates. By mixing with the block copolymer having a longer P2VP block (11 kg/㏖), we observed rod-shaped micelles, which indicates that the morphology of the surfaces micelles can be controlled by adjusting the average composition of block copolymers.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2001.10a
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• pp.727-729
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• 2001

The air separation of PET (Polyethylene terephthalate) and PS(Polystyrene) was carried out by taking advantage of the different abrasive resistance of two plastics. PET bottles and PS packages were shredded to small square pieces $(5{\times}5mm)$. Both plastic shreds were treated by a shear-type crusher. The PET shreds were bent and twisted by the crush so that they were blown up easily, but the PS shreds were not. After the crush of mixture of both plastics, air separation experiments were carried out using four types of air separators. The number and location of the baffle attached to them are different. With the separator with a baffle attached at the upper part, PET recoveries for the crushing time of 30, 60 and 90sec were 67, 98 and 99% respectably at the air flow rate of 3.5m/s, whereas PS recoveries were null regardless of the crushing time.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 1999.07a
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• pp.215-215
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• 1999

상용의 PS가 가지는 소수 특성을 아르곤, 수소, 산소 이온을 이온 보조 반응법을 이용하여 PS의 표면에 조사하여 PS의 표면을 친수성을 증대시켰으며 이때의 친수성의 변화는 각 이온의 비율과 전류의 세기 및 전압의 변화에 따라 측정하였다. 이온 소스는 직경 5cm의 cold hollow cathod ion gun을 이용하였으며 이온 조사량은 5$\times$1014 ~ 1$\times$1017까지 변화시키고 산소의 유량은 0~6sccm까지 변화시키고 수소의 유량 또한 0~6sccm 까지 변화시키면서 극성 용매인 물과의 접촉각을 정적 접촉각 측정기를 이용하여 측정하였다. 또한 일정 조건에서 이온의 조사 후 대기와 물속에서 시간에 따른 물의 접촉각의 변화를 측정하였다. 표면에 형성된 극성 그룹을 조사하기 위하여 XPS를 측정하였다. XPS 측정결과 표면에 C-O, C=O, (C=O)-O와 같은 극성 작용기가 형성되었음을 확인하였으나 PS 표면에 생성된 정확한 작용기를 구분하기 어려웠다. 따라서 좀더 세밀한 조사를 위하여 FT-IR을 이용하여 이온 조사 조건에 따른 PS 표면의 분자단의 Peak 변화를 관찰하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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• 2017.05a
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• pp.142-142
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• 2017

High Flory-Huggins interaction parameter (${\chi}$)를 가지는 polystyrene-block-dimethylsiloxane (PS-b-PDMS)는 초미세 패턴 제작과 우수한 defect density, 우수한 edge roughness 특성으로 향상된 패턴을 제공한다는 점에서 반도체 분야에서 많은 연구가 되고 있다. 하지만, PS와 PDMS 사이에 존재하는 큰 surface tension의 차이로 인해 PDMS는 PS와 air 사이에서 segregate되기 때문에 수직배향에 불리하여 high aspect ratio (HAR)을 가지는 cylinder, lamellar 패턴 제작에 있어 큰 어려움을 가진다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위해, PS-b-PDMS BCP 패턴과 하부 실리콘 기판 사이에 amorphous carbon layer (ACL)를 삽입하여 효과적으로 pattern transfer하는 공정을 연구하였다. 플라즈마를 이용하여 무한대에 가까운 etch selectivity를 가지는 식각 공정을 개발함으로써 낮은 aspect ratio를 가지는 PS-b-PDMS BCP 패턴의 한계점을 극복하였다. Large-x value를 가지는 BCPs를 이용하여도 매우 높은 aspect ratio를 가지면서 동시에 pattern quality를 향상시킬 수 있는 plasma process를 제시하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Fiber Society Conference
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• 2003.10b
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• pp.179-180
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• 2003

ABA triblock copolymer made up of long middle block(B) and sho.1 terminal blocks(A) is being widely used as thermoplastic elastomers. Block copolymers with non-polar hydrophobic polystyrene and polar hydrophilic poly(ethylene glycol) blocks has been prepared and the physical properties of the solutions of PS-PEG-PS in polar (dimethyl formamide, DMF) and non-polar solvent (benzene) were investigateded[-3]. (omitted)