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Abstract

The subject of the conducted study was primarily focused on the development of a new type of polymer blend modified with the use of nanosized fillers. The research concept involved the use of polycarbonate/polyethylene terephthalate glycol (PETG/PC) blends modified with the EBA-GMA impact modifier (ethylene–butylene–acrylonitrile copolymer) and three different types of nanofillers: montmorillonite (MMT), halloysite (HNT), and carbon nanotubes (CNT) of two types. The combination of PC, PETG, and EBA phases was used in order to achieve enhanced mechanical performance and stable processing properties. The results of the conducted study revealed that for the toughened PETG/PC/EBA blends, the impact resistance was strongly improved from the reference by 1.5 kJ/m2 to 15 kJ/m2. However, the results for the nanocomposites revealed that the MMT and HNT additions were limiting the impact strength. In contrast, the Charpy test results for CNT were again close to 15 kJ/m2. The results of the thermal resistance measurements again revealed more favorable properties for CNT-modified PETG/PC/EBA blends.

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Title
The Application of Montmorillonite (MMT), Halloysite (HNT), and Carbon Nanotubes (CNT) in Toughened Polyethylene Terephthalate Glycol/Polycarbonate (PETG/PC) Blends: The Critical View on the Use of Nanosized Fillers as Phase Structure Modifiers
Author
Markowski Mateusz 1 ; Piasecki, Adam 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Andrzejewski Jacek 3   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

 Faculty of Materials Engineering and Technical Physics, Poznan University of Technology, Piotrowo 3 Str, 60-965 Poznan, Poland; [email protected] 
 Institute of Materials Engineering, Faculty of Materials Engineering and Technical Physics, Poznan University of Technology, Piotrowo 3 Str, 60-965 Poznan, Poland; [email protected] 
 Institute of Materials Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Poznan University of Technology, Piotrowo 3 Str, 61-138 Poznan, Poland 
First page
1463
Publication year
2025
Publication date
2025
Publisher
MDPI AG
e-ISSN
20734360
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
3217747251
Copyright
© 2025 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.