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Threading-the-Needle: Compatibilization of HDPE/ i PP blends with butadiene-derived polyolefin block copolymers by Liyang Shen; Gabriela Diaz Gorbea; Evan Danielson; Shuquan Cui; Christopher J. Ellison; Frank S. Bates is a Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Threading-the-Needle: Compatibilization of HDPE/ i PP blends with butadiene-derived polyolefin block copolymers about?
## Significance Plastic waste constitutes a rapidly growing environmental dilemma, with about half the current and projected production of these vital materials centered on polyethylene (PE) and isotactic polypropylene (__i__PP). Recycling polyolefins is stymied by the technical and financial challenges associated with separating these materials in waste streams, making melt mixing and reformulation of the plastics into new products an attractive option. Retention of the essential mechanical properties in phase separated blends of PE and __i__PP requires the use of interfacially active block copolymers. This report exposes an economically viable approach to accomplishing this goal based on the polymerization and subsequent catalytic hydrogenation of inexpensive butadiene, leading to block copolymers that can be produced in existing industrial facilities.
Who reads Threading-the-Needle: Compatibilization of HDPE/ i PP blends with butadiene-derived polyolefin block copolymers?
It is typically read by researchers, students, and practitioners in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.
- Author
- Liyang Shen; Gabriela Diaz Gorbea; Evan Danielson; Shuquan Cui; Christopher J. Ellison; Frank S. Bates
- Publisher
- National Academy of Sciences
- Published
- 2023
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Life Sciences)