Design of super-toughened, heat-resistant and antistatic polyethylene terephthalate-based blend composites by constructing a tenacious interface

A stable amphiphilic hybrid nanoparticle compatibilizer constructed from polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) for immiscible thermoplastic polyurethane/methyl vinyl silicone elastomer (TPU/MVQ) blends

“…In recent years, amphiphilic hybrid nanoparticle compatibilizers have played an important role in increasing the compatibility of immiscible blending systems, such as silicon dioxide nanoparticles, 26,27 clays, 28 carbon nanotubes, 29–33 carbon black, 34 Janus particles, 35–37 carbon quantum dots, 38 and cage-like POSS. 39–41 Due to the rigid structure and the Pickering effect, these compatibilizers will anchor at the phase interfaces, without undergoing conformational changes like block copolymers, graft copolymers, and homo-copolymers, thereby avoiding migration to one of the blends.…”