Effect Of Immiscible Polymer In Improving The Reflectivity And Productivity Of Polymer Blending Film Containing Polyethylene Terephthalate

Through basic studies of various resins, the most suitable resin was selected to improve the reflectivity and productivity in making white opaque polyethylene terephthalate film. Accordingly, oriented films were investigated through conventional blending experiments based on selected resin. First, the results showed that cyclic olefin copolymer (COC) and polyolefin elastomer (POE) were better than other materials (e.g., polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), polylactic acid (PLA), and polyvinylidene fluoride (PVdF)) in improving properties through optical, thermal, and surface investigations. To observe the compatibilizing effect, high density polyethylene grafted maleic anhydride (HDPE-g-MAH) blended with polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and each selected resin as a compatibilizer. For the compatibilizing effect to reduce the size of the dispersed phase, 5 phr of HDPE-g-MAH was found as the most effective contents through mechanical and morphological studies. COC and POE were blended with PET at a ratio of 70:30, and the process of stretching was performed to identify the shape of the void that contributes to the improvement of the reflectance. Although POE showed better compatibilizing effect than COC through morphological, it was inferior to COC in the reflectance. Because POE was melted at PET film's stretching temperature, the void contributing reflectance was not formed.