Amir Rostami - Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Engineering,Persian Gulf University, Bushehr, Iran.
Mehdi Vahdati - Soft Matter Sciences and Engineering, ESPCI Paris, Sorbonne University, CNRS, F-۷۵۰۰۵ Paris, France.

In this work, we studied the morphology of poly(methyl methacrylate) /polystyrene /polypropylene (PMMA/PS/PP, ۸۰/۰۵/۱۵) ternary blend and the corresponding nanocomposites with two types of organoclays (Cloisite ۱۵A (C۱۵A) and Cloisite ۳۰B (C۳۰B)) prepared by sequential and simultaneous feeding modes. X-ray diffraction wasused to determine the intercalation/exfoliation state of the nanoclays in the nanocomposite samples. Xray diffraction patterns showed that the organoclays were mainly localized in the PMMA matrix, and that C۳۰B showed a greater affinity toward the matrix compared to C۱۵A. The corresponding changes in the morphology of the blend samples and the nanocomposites were probed using electron microscopy observations, which showing that at ۱ wt% of the organoclays, the original core-shell morphology of the blend was retained regardless of the feeding sequence. At ۳ wt% of the organoclays, however, the only case where the core-shell morphology remained intact was with C۳۰B-based nanocomposites prepared using sequential feeding mode.

Ternary blend,Nanocomposite,Organoclay,Morphology,,