Bonding amorphous polystyrene (PS) and poly(2,6-dimethyl 1,4-phenylene oxide) (PPO) has
been carried out in a broad range of temperatures and contact times (t), but always below the glass
transition temperature (T
g), in a lap−shear joint geometry. Strength at the symmetric and asymmetric
polymer/polymer interfaces develops with t
1/4 and, hence, is diffusion controlled. The development of
strength at the homopolymer/miscible blend interface below T
g can be simulated from data for
homopolymer/homopolymer interfaces, taking into account the wetting (and “fast diffusion”) and diffusion
contributions to the development of strength.
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