Abstract
Tailored polyethylene reactor blend additives (RB) with ultrabroad bimodal molar mass distributions comprise nanophase-separated ultrahigh molar mass polyethylene (UHMWPE) uniformly dispersed in polyethylene wax. During injection molding of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) together with variable amounts of the nanophase-separated HDPE wax/UHMWPE (70/30) additive (RB30) flow-induced oriented crystallization affords shish-kebab fiber-like UHMWPE nanostructures accounting for efficient HDPE self-reinforcement. RB additives are readily prepared by ethylene polymerization on silica-supported two-site chromium catalysts which simultaneously produce HDPE wax together with disentangled nanoplatelet-like UHMWPE. The presence of HDPE wax is essential for lowering melt viscosity at high UHMWPE content. Since HDPE wax crystallizes onto extended-chain UHMWPE shish to form kebab structures, high HDPE wax content is tolerated without encountering emission problems and impairing mechanical properties as observed in the a...
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