Upgrading Commercially Available Polyethylene to High-value Materials with Strong Mechanical Performance and Hydrophilicity by Blending with Ethylene/<italic style="font-style: italic">meta</italic>-Methoxystyrene Copolymers

Hui Tian; Chun-Ji Wu; Bao-Li Wang

doi:10.1007/s10118-026-3707-5

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Upgrading Commercially Available Polyethylene to High-value Materials with Strong Mechanical Performance and Hydrophilicity by Blending with Ethylene/meta-Methoxystyrene Copolymers

RESEARCH ARTICLE | Updated：2026-08-31

- Upgrading Commercially Available Polyethylene to High-value Materials with Strong Mechanical Performance and Hydrophilicity by Blending with Ethylene/meta-Methoxystyrene Copolymers
- Chinese Journal of Polymer Science Vol. 44, Issue 9, Pages: 3212-3222(2026)
- Affiliations：
  
  a.State Key Laboratory of Polymer Science and Technology, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China
  b.School of Applied Chemistry and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
- Author bio：
  
  wang@ciac.ac.cn
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- DOI：10.1007/s10118-026-3707-5
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- Received：26 February 2026，
  
  Revised：2026-03-31，
  
  Accepted：07 April 2026，
  
  Online First：20 July 2026，
  
  Published：05 September 2026
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Tian, H.; Wu, C. J.; Wang, B. L. Upgrading commercially available polyethylene to high-value materials with strong mechanical performance and hydrophilicity by blending with ethylene/meta-methoxystyrene copolymers. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2026, 44, 3212–3222

Hui Tian, Chun-Ji Wu, Bao-Li Wang. Upgrading Commercially Available Polyethylene to High-value Materials with Strong Mechanical Performance and Hydrophilicity by Blending with Ethylene/meta-Methoxystyrene Copolymers[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2026, 44(9): 3212-3222. DOI: 10.1007/s10118-026-3707-5.
Tian, H.; Wu, C. J.; Wang, B. L. Upgrading commercially available polyethylene to high-value materials with strong mechanical performance and hydrophilicity by blending with ethylene/meta-methoxystyrene copolymers. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2026, 44, 3212–3222 DOI： 10.1007/s10118-026-3707-5.

Hui Tian, Chun-Ji Wu, Bao-Li Wang. Upgrading Commercially Available Polyethylene to High-value Materials with Strong Mechanical Performance and Hydrophilicity by Blending with Ethylene/meta-Methoxystyrene Copolymers[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2026, 44(9): 3212-3222. DOI: 10.1007/s10118-026-3707-5. DOI：

摘要

High-density polyethylene (HDPE) materials blending with E-

MOS copolymers at low adding ratios (2 wt%

5 wt% and 10 wt%) were prepared. These blends exhibited increasing tensile strength and toughness

as well as improved surface hydrophilicity. DSC and rheological measurements confirmed good processability.

Abstract

Upgrading commercially available polyethylene to have both higher mechanical properties and surface hydrophilicity is of fundamental interest and practical importance

but the actual results usually suffer from a trade-off between mechanical performance and surface hydrophilicity. Herein

we report the preparation of eighteen high-density polyethylene (HDPE) blend materials

via

the simple physical blending with hydrophilic ethylene/

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Upgrading Commercially Available Polyethylene to High-value Materials with Strong Mechanical Performance and Hydrophilicity by Blending with Ethylene/meta-Methoxystyrene Copolymers

DOI：10.1007/s10118-026-3707-5

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