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6594335 
Journal Article 
Dynamic mechanical properties of three different combinations taken from styrene-co-itaconate, styrene-co-methacrylate, and styrene-co-sulfonate ionomers 
Oh, SH; Kim, JS; Shin, K; , 
2004 
1 
Polymer
ISSN: 0032-3861 
ELSEVIER SCI LTD 
OXFORD 
3313-3319 
WOS:000221135800023 
Dynamic mechanical properties of three different styrene-based ionomer blends containing ca. 5 mol% of ionic repeat units were investigated; the three ionic units were itaconate (ITANa), methacrylate (MANa), and styrenesulfonate (SNa). For SNa-MANa ionomers, it was observed that this ionomer system showed only two loss tangent peaks, implying that this ionomer system resembles a typical miscible system. When the ion content increased, however, the ionomer blend showed two cluster loss tangent peaks, indicating the presence of phase-separated cluster regions. This suggests that, with increasing ion content, the role of ionic units becomes more important than that of host non-ionic units to determine ionomer properties. In the case of ITANa-MANa and ITANa-SNa ionomers, however, it was suggested that the multiplets of the MANa and SNa ionomers might be disrupted upon the addition of the ITANa ionomers. In addition, the SEM images showed that the fracture surfaces of ionomers changed upon blending. (C) 2004 Published by Elsevier Ltd.