Attempts were made to modify polypropylene fibers by melt blending with polyethylene terephthalate in order to enhance the dyeability of the resultant fiber. Five blends of polypropylene/polyethylene terephthalate/compatibilizer were prepared and subsequently spun into fibers. Three disperse dyes were used to dye such modified fibers at boiling and 130 °C. The dyeing performance of the blend fi...

Upcycling of plastic waste is approached by designing multifunctional molecules for reactive compatibilization investigations a model polymer blend, here polyethylene (PE) and poly(ethylene- co -vinyl alcohol) (EVOH).

Mesophase pitch-based carbon fibres have excellent resistance to plastic deformation (up 840 GPa); however, they very low strain failure (0.3) and are considered brittle. Hence, the development of pitch fibre precursors able be plastically deformed without fracture is important. We previously, successfully developed precursor with high ductility (low brittleness) by blending linear low-density ...

We report the fabrication of a coaxial electrospun scaffold with bioactive molecule in core and protein conjugated at surface. To construct scaffold, we chose polyethylene oxide for material polycaprolactone/Jeffamine blend shell.

In order to overcome the drawbacks of silk fibroin (SF)-based materials, SF has been blended with some polymers. Before using the blend material, understanding of the structures and phase behaviors of the blend is thought to be essential. In this study, solid-state (13)C CP-MAS NMR and Raman imaging techniques were used to study the structures and phase behaviors of blends of SF with polyethyle...