Industrial-Scale Polypropylene-Polyethylene Physical Alloying Toward Recycling

Jinping Qu , Zhaoxia Huang , Zhitao Yang , Guizhen Zhang , Xiaochun Yin , Yanhong Feng , Hezhi He , Gang Jin , Ting Wu , Guangjian He , Xianwu Cao

Engineering ›› 2022, Vol. 9 ›› Issue (2) : 95 -100.

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Engineering ›› 2022, Vol. 9 ›› Issue (2) : 95 -100. DOI: 10.1016/j.eng.2021.02.021
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Industrial-Scale Polypropylene-Polyethylene Physical Alloying Toward Recycling

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Polypropylene (PP) and polyethylene (PE) play central roles in our daily life. However, their immiscibility presents a major hurdle in both industry and academia when recycling them into alloys with favorable mechanical properties. Moreover, typical compatibilizer-enabled approaches are limited due to increased environmental concerns. Herein, inspired by a traditional Chinese technique, we report a facile, industryscale methodology that produces a PP/PE binary blend with a highly ordered honeycomb nanostructure without any additives. Due to its nanostructure, the blend exhibits enhanced tensile properties in comparison with the parent components or with a sample prepared using an internal mixer. This approach has potential for applications not only in immiscible polymer blending, but also in non-sorting, compatibilizer-free waste plastics recycling. Through this technique, we expect that an environmentally friendly and sustainable plastic wastes recycling avenue can be found, and great economic benefits can be gained.

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Polypropylene / Polyethylene / Physical alloying / Honeycomb structure

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Jinping Qu, Zhaoxia Huang, Zhitao Yang, Guizhen Zhang, Xiaochun Yin, Yanhong Feng, Hezhi He, Gang Jin, Ting Wu, Guangjian He, Xianwu Cao. Industrial-Scale Polypropylene-Polyethylene Physical Alloying Toward Recycling. Engineering, 2022, 9(2): 95-100 DOI:10.1016/j.eng.2021.02.021

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