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or mo<strong>de</strong>l which predicts where the phases will situate in a multi-blend system comprising more<br />

than three phases.<br />

a)<br />

λB/A > 0<br />

λB/A < 0<br />

Figure 4-1. Schematic representation of (a) the complete wetting case where phase B spreads<br />

between, and fully separates, phases A and C and (b) the partial wetting case all phases are in<br />

contact with each other<br />

Co-continuous morphologies represent the special case where, in an A/B system, both<br />

components are fully continuous within the blend. This type of system is referred to as a singlepercolated<br />

structure. Recently(Zhang, et al., 2007; Zilberman, et al., 1998, 2000d), some papers<br />

are examining the potential of double percolated structures by locating a phase with a specific<br />

characteristic at the interface of two other continuous phases. For example, Zhang et al.(Zhang,<br />

et al., 2007) by employing Harkins equation and controlling the composition of phases,<br />

<strong>de</strong>veloped a double-percolated structure in which polystyrene was situated at the interface of<br />

high-<strong>de</strong>nsity polyethylene and poly(methylmethacrylate). All three phases were shown to be<br />

fully continuous.<br />

The most well-known utilization of a double-percolated morphology is locating intrinsically<br />

conductive particles or polymers at the interface of binary blend of common polymers to produce<br />

a conductive polymer composite(Anand, Palaniappan, & Sathyanarayana, 1998; A. Bhattacharya<br />

& De, 1999; Pud, Ogurtsov, Korzhenko, & Shapoval, 2003). Classic percolation theory is<br />

b)<br />

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