An Alternating Skin–Core Structure in Melt Multi-Injection-Molded Polyethylene

Liu X, Lian M, Pan Y, Wang X, Zheng G, Liu C, Schubert DW, Shen C (2017)


Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Journal article, Original article

Publication year: 2017

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Publisher: Wiley-VCH Verlag

Book Volume: 303

Article Number: 1700465

Journal Issue: 2

URI: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/mame.201700465

DOI: 10.1002/mame.201700465

Abstract

Shish‐kebab, which is endowed with superior strength and modulus, provides the potential to fabricate self‐reinforced polymer products. However, the injection‐molded product usually exhibits a typical skin–core structure, and the shish‐kebab is only located in an extremely thin shear layer. Therefore, the controlling and tailoring of crystal structures in complex flow field to improve the mechanical properties of the injection‐molded sample are still a great challenge. Herein, for the first time, high‐density polyethylene sample with a novel macroscopic alternating skin–core structure is achieved using a melt multi‐injection molding technique. Results show that, with increasing the amount of melt injection, the layers of skin–core structure increase in the form of arithmetic progression, and therefore the tensile strength of the samples progressively increases due to an increase of shish‐kebab content. This study demonstrates a new approach to achieve multilayer homogeneous materials with excellent tensile strength via macroscopic structural design during the practical molding process.

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APA:

Liu, X., Lian, M., Pan, Y., Wang, X., Zheng, G., Liu, C.,... Shen, C. (2017). An Alternating Skin–Core Structure in Melt Multi-Injection-Molded Polyethylene. Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, 303(2). https://doi.org/10.1002/mame.201700465

MLA:

Liu, Xianhu, et al. "An Alternating Skin–Core Structure in Melt Multi-Injection-Molded Polyethylene." Macromolecular Materials and Engineering 303.2 (2017).

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