Janus Particle Sizing Agent for Interfacial Enhancement of Basalt Fiber/Poly(vinyl chloride) Composites

Tian-Lin Liu; Peng Kang; Hui Wang; Da-Li Gao; Kai Xu; Tao Cai; Qi Xin; Sheng-Peng Shi; Na Wang; Fu-Xin Liang

doi:10.1007/s10118-025-3366-y

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Janus Particle Sizing Agent for Interfacial Enhancement of Basalt Fiber/Poly(vinyl chloride) Composites

RESEARCH ARTICLE | Updated：2025-07-15

- Janus Particle Sizing Agent for Interfacial Enhancement of Basalt Fiber/Poly(vinyl chloride) Composites
- Chinese Journal of Polymer Science Vol. 43, Issue 7, Pages: 1125-1133(2025)
- Affiliations：
  
  a.Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
  b.SINOPEC (Beijing) Research Institute of Chemical Industry Co., Ltd., Beijing 100013, China
  c.College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, Shenyang 110142, China
- Author bio：
  
  gaodl.bjhy@sinopec.com (D.L.G.)
  liangfuxin@tsinghua.edu.cn (F.X.L.)
- Funds：
- DOI：10.1007/s10118-025-3366-y
  CLC：
- Received：09 February 2025，
  
  Revised：2025-03-24，
  
  Accepted：23 April 2025，
  
  Online First：18 June 2025，
  
  Published：01 July 2025
- Accepted：
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Liu, T. L.; Kang, P.; Wang, H.; Gao, D. L.; Xu, K.; Cai, T.; Xin, Q.; Shi, S. P.; Wang, N.; Liang, F. X. Janus particle sizing agent for interfacial enhancement of basalt fiber/poly(vinyl chloride) composites. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2025, 43, 1125–1133

Tian-Lin Liu, Peng Kang, Hui Wang, et al. Janus Particle Sizing Agent for Interfacial Enhancement of Basalt Fiber/Poly(vinyl chloride) Composites[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2025, 43(7): 1125-1133.
Liu, T. L.; Kang, P.; Wang, H.; Gao, D. L.; Xu, K.; Cai, T.; Xin, Q.; Shi, S. P.; Wang, N.; Liang, F. X. Janus particle sizing agent for interfacial enhancement of basalt fiber/poly(vinyl chloride) composites. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2025, 43, 1125–1133 DOI： 10.1007/s10118-025-3366-y.

Tian-Lin Liu, Peng Kang, Hui Wang, et al. Janus Particle Sizing Agent for Interfacial Enhancement of Basalt Fiber/Poly(vinyl chloride) Composites[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2025, 43(7): 1125-1133. DOI： 10.1007/s10118-025-3366-y.

摘要

Sizing agents based on JPs were utilized to modify interfaces of basalt fiber reinforced polyvinyl chloride composites.The utilization of JPs to modify fiber-matrix interfaces aligns with several established interfacial theories

including amphiphilic interface

chemical bonding

mechanical interlock

intermittent coating and gradient modulus.

Abstract

Sizing treatment is a suitable technique to modify the fiber-matrix interfaces without damage of inherent performance of fibers. In this work

sizing agents based on Janus particles (JPs) were utilized to enhance the interface of basalt fiber (BF)/poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) composites. polystyrene/poly(butyl acrylate) (PS/PBA)@silica JPs were synthesized by seed emulsion polymerization and three different sizing agents were prepared for BF sizing treatment. JPs with organic soft sphere and inorganic hard hemisphere enhanced the interfaces through their amphiphilicity

chemical bonding and mechanical interlock. The mechanical properties of composite with JPs sizing treated BFs performed better when there was one JPs layer modified on the interface. According to the intermitting bonding and gradient modulus theory

JPs patterned interfaces are ideal transition layers between high modulus BF and low modulus PVC.

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