Vasiliki-Maria Archodoulaki

Prof. Vasiliki-Maria Archodoulaki

Institute of Materials Science and Technology, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9, 1060 Vienna, Austria
orcid

Research Focus & Metrics

Academic Career Length

21Years (2006-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

Representative Publications

View All Publications
1 January 2021 in Waste Management
Verified
Journal Article
Open access
EKErdal Karaagac
Erdal Karaagac
TKThomas Koch
Thomas Koch
Vasiliki-Maria ArchodoulakiVasiliki-Maria Archodoulaki
Vasiliki-Maria Archodoulaki
Polypropylene (PP) and Polyethylene (PE) are widely used commodity plastics in packaging industry such as detergent bottles. To produce plastic detergent bottles, very often extrusion blown molded PE-HD as a body and injection molded PP as a screw cap are used. Separation of individual polymer type is difficult due to the similar density. Unfortunately, the melt blending of recycled post-consumer detergent bottle waste leads to deterioration of mechanical properties. Additionally, the percentage of rPP contamination in recycled PE-HD (rPE-HD) from post-consumer bottle waste can be varied depending on local waste composition and different sorting quality. This work investigates the effect of various contamination scenarios with different percentage of rPP from bottle caps in rPE-HD from bottle waste as well as their compatibilization with olefin block copolymer (OBC) on mechanical, thermal, and rheological properties. Moreover, the low temperature tensile properties of blends with OBC are also investigated in this study. The results showed that the increasing rPP contamination leads to deteriorating elongation at break and tensile impact strength. Furthermore, the addition of OBC as a compatibilizer into worse-case contamination scenario (15 wt% rPP in rPE-HD) significantly improved elongation at break and tensile impact strength. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) confirms the improvement in adhesion between rPP and rPE-HD from recycled bottle waste with the addition of OBC as a compatibilizer. Rheological measurements reveal the interfacial interaction among rPP, rPE-HD and OBC. The low temperature tensile test demonstrated that the addition of OBC as a compatibilizer improved low temperature tensile elongation at break.

1 January 2022 in Polymer Degradation and Stability
Verified
Journal Article
Closed access
MHMiriam Huber
Miriam Huber
Vasiliki-Maria ArchodoulakiVasiliki-Maria Archodoulaki
Vasiliki-Maria Archodoulaki
EPElena Pomakhina
Elena Pomakhina
BPBéla Pukánszky
Béla Pukánszky
EZErich Zinöcker
Erich Zinöcker
MGMarkus Gahleitner
Markus Gahleitner

1 June 2021 in Composites Part B: Engineering
Verified
Journal Article
Open access
PKPeter Kiss
Peter Kiss
JGJonathan Glinz
Jonathan Glinz
WSWolfgang Stadlbauer
Wolfgang Stadlbauer
Christoph BurgstallerChristoph Burgstaller
Christoph Burgstaller
Vasiliki-Maria ArchodoulakiVasiliki-Maria Archodoulaki
Vasiliki-Maria Archodoulaki

1 December 2020 in Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing
Verified
Journal Article
Closed access
PKPeter Kiss
Peter Kiss
WSWolfgang Stadlbauer
Wolfgang Stadlbauer
CBChristoph Burgstaller
Christoph Burgstaller
HSHannes Stadler
Hannes Stadler
SFStefan Fehringer
Stefan Fehringer
Vasiliki-Maria ArchodoulakiVasiliki-Maria Archodoulaki
Vasiliki-Maria Archodoulaki

1 April 2019 in Polymer Testing
Verified
Journal Article
Closed access
IPIleana Panaitescu
Ileana Panaitescu
TKThomas Koch
Thomas Koch
Vasiliki-Maria ArchodoulakiVasiliki-Maria Archodoulaki
Vasiliki-Maria Archodoulaki

1 September 2015 in Composites Part B: Engineering
Verified
Journal Article
Closed access
Alessandro RuggieroAlessandro Ruggiero
Alessandro Ruggiero
MMMassimiliano Merola
Massimiliano Merola
Pierpaolo CarlonePierpaolo Carlone
Pierpaolo Carlone
Vasiliki-Maria ArchodoulakiVasiliki-Maria Archodoulaki
Vasiliki-Maria Archodoulaki