Abstract

The formation of space charge in polycarbonate (PC)/poly (styrene-co-acrylonitrile) (SAN) blends containing poly (/spl epsiv/-caprolactone) (PCL) as a compatibilizer for improving the miscibility, has been studied by measuring spatial charge distributions. It is found that the miscibility of PC/SAN blends is improved as the PCL content increases. The amount of charge accumulated in the blends decreases when the PCL content increases to 15% by weight and then increases when the PCL content is >15% wt. The decrease of charge at the PCL content <15% wt was attributed to the combined effects of changes in conductivities and the molecular interactions at the domain interfaces. The increase of charge at the PCL content >15% wt was attributed to the trapping of charge at the amorphous and crystalline phases of PC and PCL.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">&gt;</ETX>

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