MECHANICALLY AND THERMALLY STABLE BLENDS OF POLY(STYRENE-BUTADIENE-STYRENE) WITH CONDUCTING POLY(THIOUREA-AZO-NAPHTHYL)

作     者：Ayesha Kausar Syed Tajammul Hussain 

作者机构：Nanosciences and Catalysis DivisionNational Centre for PhysicsQuaid-i-Azam University Campus 

出 版 物：《Chinese Journal of Polymer Science》 (高分子科学（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2013年第31卷第12期

页      面：1623-1631页

核心收录：

学科分类：081704[工学-应用化学] 07[理学] 0817[工学-化学工程与技术] 08[工学] 070305[理学-高分子化学与物理] 080501[工学-材料物理与化学] 0805[工学-材料科学与工程（可授工学、理学学位）] 0703[理学-化学] 

基　　金：Higher Education Commision  Pakistan  HEC 

主　　题：Poly(thiourea-azo-naphthyl) SBS Electrical conduction Thermal stability Tensile strength. 

摘      要：A new aromatic azo-polymer, poly（thiourea-azo-naphthyl） （PTAN）, has been synthesized using 1-（5- thiocarbamoylaminonaphthyl）thiourea and diazonium salt solution of 2,6-diaminopyridine. PTAN was easily processable using polar solvents and had high molar mass 57 × 10^3 g/mol. Electrically conducting, mechanically and thermally stable rubbery blends of poly（styrene-butadiene-styrene） （SBS） triblock copolymer and PTAN were produced by solution blending technique. FESEM of SBS/PTAN blends revealed nano-scale dispersion of the conducting filler showing good adhesion between the matrix and PTAN. Remarkable effects of azo-content on the conductivity of SBS-based blends have been observed. Accordingly, PTAN loading from 10 to 60 wt% increased the conductivity from 1.24 to 1.66 S/cm. Relationship between PTAN loading and thermal stability of the materials was also investigated. With increasing the PTAN content, 10% gravimetric loss was increased from 484 to 500 ℃, while glass transition was enhanced from 119 to 126 ℃. Thermal and conducting data of the blend showed better results relative to pure elastomer but were lower than those of the conducting filler. Similarly, the tensile strength （57.35-62.33 MPa） of SBS/PTAN was improved relative to there of SBS. Fine balance of properties renders new materials fairly better than the existing elastomeric blends used in a number of applications.