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ArticlePolymers2025

High-Density Polyethylene-Polypropylene Blends: Examining the Relationship Between Nano/Microscale Phase Separation and Thermomechanical Properties.

Hannah Jones, Jake McClements, Dipa Ray, Michail Kalloudis, Vasileios Koutsos

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Article in Polymers, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 authors.

Hannah JonesSchool of Engineering, Institute for Materials and Processes, The University of Edinburgh, Sanderson Building, King's Buildings, Edinburgh EH9 3FB, UK.
Jake McClementsSchool of Engineering, Newcastle University, Merz Court, Claremont Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-2748-9945
Dipa RaySchool of Engineering, Institute for Materials and Processes, The University of Edinburgh, Sanderson Building, King's Buildings, Edinburgh EH9 3FB, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-2353-9581
Michail KalloudisImpact Laboratories Ltd. (Impact Solutions), Impact Technology Centre, Fraser Road, Kirkton Campus, Livingston EH54 7BU, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-9609-1020
Vasileios KoutsosSchool of Engineering, Institute for Materials and Processes, The University of Edinburgh, Sanderson Building, King's Buildings, Edinburgh EH9 3FB, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-2203-8179

Funding

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council EP/L015536/1Impact Solutions (United Kingdom) N/A
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The phase separation of high-density polyethylene (HDPE)-polypropylene (PP) blends was studied using atomic force microscopy in tapping mode to obtain height and phase images. The results are compared with those from scanning electron microscopy imaging and are connected to the thermomechanical properties of the blends, characterised through differential scanning calorimetry, dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA), and tensile testing. Pure PP, as well as 10:90 and 20:80 weight ratio HDPE-PP blends, showed a homogeneous morphology, but the 25:75 HDPE-PP blends exhibited a sub-micrometre droplet-matrix structure, and the 50:50 HDPE-PP blends displayed a more complex co-continuous nano/microphase-separated structure. These complex phase separation morphologies correlate with the increased loss modulus (viscous properties) of the corresponding blends as measured by DMA, demonstrating the potential for the creation of strong and simultaneously tough, energy-absorbing materials for numerous applications.

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atomic force microscopyphase separationpolyethylenepolymer blendspolypropylene

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PMID39861239
PMCPMC11768950

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