Thermal Stability Improvement and Structural Change of Oil Gels Formed by Styrene-Butadiene-Styrene Triblock Copolymer Induced by Adding Poly(phenylene ether)
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50454#.VD9zbVfHRK0 Author(s) Kouichi Kato 1* , Yuki Tsukamoto 2 , Eri Hirai 2 , Yasuhiro Matsuda 2,3 , Shigeru Tasaka 2,3 Affiliation(s) 1 Department of Opto-Electronics and Nanostructure Science, Shizuoka University, Hamamatsu, Japan . 2 Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Shizuoka University, Hamamatsu, Japan . 3 Department of Applied Chemistry and Biochemical Engineering, Shizuoka University, Hamamatsu, Japan . ABSTRACT The thermal stability of oil gels formed by styrene-butadiene-styrene triblock copolymer (SBS) was improved by adding a small amount of poly(phenylene ether) (PPE), which has a higher glass transition temperatu...