• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.165-169
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• 2008

The effect of processing conditions on the morphology of polyphenyleneoxide (PPO)/polyamide 6 (PA 6) blends were investigated. Injection molded part with a $15cm{\times}15cm{\times}3.2mm$ sized plate was molded with various injection molding conditions, and the morphology of the injection molded blends was investigation by using SEM. As a result, we found that molded part shows very complicated morphology because it has experienced complex thermal, shear and elongation history during the processing.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• v.46 no.3
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• pp.257-261
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• 2011

We introduce a novel method that could modify neat asphalt. A polymer-forming monomer, dimethylphenol( DMP) was added to the neat asphalt and polymerization was occurred autonomously, without adding any external catalyst for the polymerization, only with oxygen molecules in the air. The polymer produced in the asphalt was polyphenyleneoxide( PPO) and it enhanced the mechanical properties of the asphalt. Compared with the neat asphalt, the tenacity and toughness of the DMP-modified asphalt were two and half times and three times high, respectively.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• v.48 no.3
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• pp.232-240
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• 2013

Microcapsules having healing agent were prepared in which 2,6-dimethylphenol (DMP) as a healing agent forms the core and melamine/formaldehyde resin forms the shell. Microcapsule-contained asphalts showed better mechanical properties than non-contained ones. And as the rest time passed the impact strength of microcapsule-contained asphalt was getting higher than that of asphalt without the microcapsule. As the rest time of 15 days passed, the original strength was restored. This tells that microcapsule-contained asphalt had the ability of self-healing. X-ray photos proved that DMP on asphalt fracture surface, which were burst out of the microcapsules when cracks occurred on asphalt, were polymerized to polyphenyleneoxide and this PPO covered the crack and healed the damage.