Polymer Engineering and Science, Vol.46, No.12, 1674-1683, 2006
Interfacial characteristics of film insert molded polycarbonate film/polycarbonate-acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene substrate, part 1: Influence of substrate molecular weight and film thickness
Adhesion properties between a polycarbonate (PC)/acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene blend substrate and PC films of various thicknesses, bonded through film insert molding, were investigated. The use of various molecular weights of PC and incorporation of PC-oligomer in the blend substrate has been found to severely affect the adhesion strength and alter the delamination characteristics at the film-substrate interface. Thicker films were able to increase film-substrate adhesion, apart from providing added impact resistance to a brittle substrate.