Structural and Thermal Study of ZnO filled Polymer Blend

Shalini Agarwal¹ , Saral K. Gupta² , Y. K. Saraswat³ , Vibhav K. Saraswat⁴

Section:Research Paper, Product Type: Isroset-Conference
Vol.3 , Issue.1 , pp.9-14, Jan-2015

Online published on Feb 28, 2015

Copyright © Shalini Agarwal, Saral K. Gupta, Y. K. Saraswat , Vibhav K. Saraswat . This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
 

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Abstract :
In the present work Polycarbonate and Polystyrene (PC/PS) have been blended with different weight percentages (100/0, 50/50, 0/100) and filled with different concentration of Synthesized ZnO Nanoparticles (1, 2, 3 wt.%) using solution casting method. The size of nanoparticles has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction (XRD). The effect of filler content on PC blends have been investigated by means of Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) and Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC). Significant changes in FT-IR analysis have been observed which reveals interactions between the two polymers. Blends formation have been confirmed from FTIR. It is observed by DSC thermograms that glass transition temperature of samples have influenced by the heating rate and filler content.

Key-Words / Index Term :
DSC, FT-IR, XRD and PC/PS

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