INVESTIGATION OF STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES FOR POLYMER SYSTEMS BASED ON DYNAMIC RHEOLOGICAL APPROACHES

The dynamic rheological measurements have been a preferred approach to the characterization of the structure and properties for multi-component or multi-phase polymer systems,due to its sensitive response to changes of structure for these heterogeneous polymers.In the present article,recent progresses in the studies on dynamic rheology for heterogeneous polymer systems including polymeric composites filled with inorganic particles,thermo-oxidized polyolefins,phase- separated polymeric blends and functional polymers with the scaling and percolation behavior are reviewed,mainly depending on the results by the authors' group.By means of rheological measurements,not only some new fingerprints responsible for the evolution of morphology and structure concerning these polymer systems are obtained,the corresponding results are also significant for the design and preparation of novel polymer-based composites and functional materials.

Rheological Properties of Asphalt Modified by Supramolecular UV Resistant Material-LDHs

Dynamic rheological properties of asphalt modified by Supramolecular UV resistant material—layered double hydroxides（LDHs） was studied by means of the dynamic shear rheometer（DSR） test.Two typical base asphalts were chosen and modified by 2 different LDHs contents.DSR tests were performed on the original samples,samples after exposed to outdoor and samples after the artificial accelerated UV aging tests respectively to analyze the rheological properties.It is found that when the LDHs content is between 3wt% and 5wt% of asphalt weight,the high temperature performance and fatigue resistant property of the modified asphalt become better,the UV aging resistance properties are improved.

STUDIES ON STRUCTURE AND PHASE BEHAVIOR OF MULTICOMPONENT POLYMERS THROUGH RHEOLOGICAL TESTS

Rheological measurement has been a preferred approach to the characterization of the structure and phase behaviors for multi-component/multi-phase polymer systems, due to its sensitive response to the changes of structure for these heterogeneous polymers. In the present article, recent progresses in the studies on rheology for heterogeneous polymer systems including phase-separated polymeric blends and block copolymers are reviewed, mainly depending on the results by the authors＇ research group. By means of rheological measurements, not only some new fingerprints responsible for the evolution of morphology and structure concerning these polymer systems are obtained, also the corresponding results are significant for design and preparation of novel polymeric structural materials and functional materials.

Rheological properties of peanut protein isolate aggregation suspension and acid-induced gel

The dynamic rheological properties of peanut protein isolate(PPI)suspension and acid-induced PPI gels were studied.In frequency sweep test,the storage modulus(G′)and the loss modulus(G″)of PPI aggregation suspensions at different concentrations increased with the increase of frequency.The steady state shear flow test showed that PPI aggregation suspension had a thinning behavior of the shear,and the image of steady shear curve fitted the Carreau model.After gel formation,acid-induced PPI gels showed a typical Type I behavior(strain thinning)in strain sweep test,meaning that PPI gel got easily broken down,and there was a very small opportunity for the protein molecules to re-establish the network.Compared with the strain sweep of PPI aggregation suspensions and gels,the range of the storage modulus existed a dramatic difference,which could get about tenfold.As the frequency increased,both elasticity and viscosity increased in frequency sweep test,which indicated that the frequency dependence of the storage modulus increased with the increase of concentration.