Abstract
Highly transparent, ultradrawn high-density polyethylene (HDPE) films were successfully prepared using compression molding and solid-state drawing techniques. The low optical transmittance (90%) by incorporating a small amount (>1 wt %/wt) of specific additives to HDPE materials prior to drawing. It is shown that additives with relatively high refractive index result in an increased optical transmittance in the visible light wavelength which illustrates that the improvement in optical characteristics probably originates from refractive index matching between the crystalline and noncrystalline regions in the drawn films. Moreover, the optically transparent drawn HDPE films containing additives maintain their physical and mechanical properties, especially their high modulus and high strength, which make these films potentially useful in a variety of applications, such as high-impact windows.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 17549-17554 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces |
Volume | 8 |
Issue number | 27 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 13 Jul 2016 |
Keywords
- high-density polyethylenes
- modulus
- solid state drawing
- strength
- transparency