Doğan F.Şirin K.Kolcu F.Kaya İ.2025-04-102025-04-102018http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14701/47648The paper presents the mechanical, morphological, thermal and the electrostatic charge dissipative (ESD) properties of binary blends of low-density poly (ethylene) (LDPE) blended with poly (1-amino-2-hydroxy naphthalene-4-sulfonic acid) (PANSA). Blends were prepared by loading 0.5, 1.0 and 3 wt% of PANSA into LDPE matrix in the twin-screw micro extruder. The interaction between PANSA and LDPE was then characterized by FT-IR, DSC, TG, DMA, AFM, SEM and X-RD techniques. The resulting polyolefin-based blends were also investigated by stress-strain curves in order to analyze some physico-mechanical properties. Percentages of the crystallinity of the blends were calculated by FT-IR, DSC and X-RD analyses. The conductivity of PANSA/LDPE blends was determined to be in the range of 10−11- 10−12 S cm−1 using ESD applications. The antistatic decay time of blend films was found to be of the order of 0.103–1.721 secat corona voltages between −3 kV and 3 kV, concluding that PANSA can be used as an effective ESD material for antistatic coatings of LDPE. © 2018 Elsevier B.V.Article10.1016/j.elstat.2018.07.004