Search Results - "Favis, B. D."

Processing and properties of PLA/thermoplastic starch/montmorillonite nanocomposites by Arroyo, O.H., Huneault, M.A., Favis, B.D., Bureau, M.N.

“…Thermoplastic starch (TPS) and polylactic acid (PLA) were compounded with natural montmorillonite (MMT) using a twin‐screw extrusion process to investigate the…”
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High performance LDPE/thermoplastic starch blends: a sustainable alternative to pure polyethylene by Rodriguez-Gonzalez, F.J, Ramsay, B.A, Favis, B.D

“…Thermoplastic starch (TPS), as opposed to dry starch, is capable of flow and hence when mixed with other synthetic polymers can behave in a manner similar to…”
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Characterizing co-continuous high density polyethylene/polystyrene blends by LI, J, FAVIS, B. D

“…The lack of adequate characterization techniques has been a hindrance to the effective exploitation and study of co-continuous morphologies in polymer blends…”
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Rheological and thermal properties of thermoplastic starch with high glycerol content by Rodriguez-Gonzalez, F.J., Ramsay, B.A., Favis, B.D.

“…This work is part of a series of papers devoted to the study of LDPE/thermoplastic starch (TPS) blends. In those papers, a starch/glycerol/water suspension was…”
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Cocontinuity and phase inversion in HDPE/PS blends: Influence of interfacial modification and elasticity by Bourry, D., Favis, B. D.

“…In this work the level of continuity and cocontinuity for blends of HDPE/PS prepared on a twin‐screw extruder have been studied by both morphology and…”
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Ultraporous Nanosheath Materials by Layer-by-Layer Deposition onto Co-continuous Polymer-Blend Templates by Roy, X., Sarazin, P., Favis, B. D.

“…3D, fully interconnected, ultraporous polymer materials are produced by assembling polyelectrolyte and protein molecular layers onto a porous co‐continuous…”
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Correlation between the Interfacial Tension and Dispersed Phase Morphology in Interfacially Modified Blends of LLDPE and PVC by Liang, H, Favis, B. D, Yu, Y. S, Eisenberg, A

“…To study the phase size/interfacial tension relationship for LLDPE/PVC blends over a wide range, three modifiers of widely varying efficacy were chosen based…”
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Droplet/fibre transitions in immiscible polymer blends generated during melt processing by CHAPLEAU, N, FAVIS, B. D

“…The modification of the morphology of immiscible binary blends in a co-rotating twin-screw extruder equipped with capillary dies of various lengths has been…”
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The role of interfacial contact in immiscible binary polymer blends and its influence on mechanical properties by Leclair, A., Favis, B.D.

“…In this paper an immiscible blend comprised of a crystalline(polyethylene) and an amorphous(polycarbonate) component was studied. Depending on whether the…”
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Towards ultraporous poly( l -lactide) scaffolds from quaternary immiscible polymer blends by Virgilio, N, Sarazin, P, Favis, B.D

“…Abstract Ultraporous poly( l -lactide) (PLLA) scaffolds were prepared by melt-processing quaternary ethylene propylene diene…”
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Morphology development in a polyethylene/polystyrene binary blend during twin-screw extrusion by Bourry, D., Favis, B.D.

“…In this study, three PS/HDPE blend compositions (10, 30 and 70% PS) were processed in a twin-screw extruder via three procedures. In the first case, pellets of…”
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Processing and characterization of thermoplastic starch/polyethylene blends by St-Pierre, N., Favis, B.D., Ramsay, B.A., Ramsay, J.A., Verhoogt, H.

“…The behaviour of gelatinized starch plasticized with glycerol (also known as thermoplastic starch (TS)) is studied as the dispersed component in a polyethylene…”
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Morphological stability in injection-moulded high-density polyethylene/polyamide-6 blends by Fellahi, S., Favis, B.D., Fisa, B.

“…The morphology of injection-moulded high-density polyethylene/polyamide-6 (25/75 vol%) blends, with and without compatibilizer, is investigated both throughout…”
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Determination of a limiting dispersed phase concentration for coalescence in PA6/HDPE blends under extensional flow by González-Nuñez, R., Arellano, M., Moscoso, F.J., González-Romero, V.M., Favis, B.D.

“…Blends of PA6/HDPE at different compositions and melt-draw ratio were prepared using a twin-screw extruder with a rectangular slit at 250°C. The morphology…”
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Interfacial tension and acid-base approaches to polymer interactions by Liang, Hua, Xu, Ruijian, Favis, B. D., Schreiber, H. P.

“…A significant correlation has been shown to exist between the interfacial tension of polymer pairs and their acid‐base pair interaction. The relationship is…”
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Controlled preparation and properties of porous poly( l-lactide) obtained from a co-continuous blend of two biodegradable polymers by Sarazin, Pierre, Roy, Xavier, Favis, Basil D.

“…This study prepares porous PLLA from a blend of two biodegradable polymers. This approach is based on a detailed and quantitative morphology control of the…”
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The influence of coalescence on the morphology of the minor phase in melt-drawn polyamide-6/HDPE blends by González-Núnez, R., De Kee, D., Favis, B.D.

“…The influence of coalescence on the final state of elongation of the dispersed phase in polyamide-6/HDPE blends was studied. The blends were prepared by ribbon…”
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Diblock copolymers as emulsifying agents in polymer blends: Influence of molecular weight, architecture, and chemical composition by Cigana, P., Favis, B. D., Jerome, R.

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Miscible PS/PPE compounds: an alternative for blend phase morphology studies? Influence of the PPE content on the surface tension of PS/PPE and on the interfacial tension in PP/(PS/PPE) and POM/(PS/PPE) blends by Everaert, V., Groeninckx, G., Pionteck, J., Favis, B.D., Aerts, L., Moldenaers, P., Mewis, J.

“…The influence of the PPE content in a miscible PS/PPE phase on the surface tension and polarity of PS/PPE mixtures, and on the interfacial tension in…”
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Measuring the interfacial tension of polymers in the presence of an interfacial modifier: Migrating the modifier to the interface by Chapleau, N., Favis, B. D., Carreau, P. J.

“…Compared to the dynamic mixing process used in melt blending operations, most techniques for measuring the interfacial tension can be considered as virtually…”
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