茂金属聚乙烯的非等温结晶行为及其动力学研究

为探索分子量和支链含量对聚乙烯非等温结晶过程的影响,选用3组样品:(1)不同分子量的无支链线形聚乙烯;(2)低分子量的支链含量不同的试样;(3)高分子量的支链含量不同的试样.用DSC研究了这3组样品的非等温结晶动力学.结果表明:(1)与支链含量相比,分子量大小对结晶的影响是次要的,但高分子量样品的结晶度比低分子量样品低;(2)支链对聚乙烯的非等温结晶有重要影响,在支化聚乙烯中起决定作用;(3)无论是高分子量试样还是低分子量试样,支化含量增加,聚乙烯的结晶温度、结晶度、结晶动力学以及晶体的熔点等显著降低.     

短链支化对低分子量聚乙烯结晶及熔融行为的影响

研究了金属茂催化的低分子量支化聚乙烯和线性聚乙烯的结晶及熔融行为 ,发现支化聚乙烯的结构与线性聚乙烯相同为正交结构 ,但晶格略有膨胀 .支链的存在对熔融行为影响不大 ,两种聚乙烯的熔点均随结晶温度的升高而非线性增加 ,表现出低分子量样品的共同特征 .但支链的存在对结晶行为却有很大的影响 ,主要是由于支链的存在降低了晶体的结晶速率从而影响结晶过程 ,使得低分子量的支化聚乙烯的结晶行为与高分子量线性聚乙烯的结晶行为相似而与低分子量的线性聚乙烯不同 .动力学分析表明 ,低分子量的支化聚乙烯的结晶生长方式的转变温度比同等分子量的线性聚乙烯降低了约 2 0℃     

反气相色谱法研究聚丙烯结晶动力学及对熔点和结晶度的测定

<正> 研究聚合物的结晶动力学,过去大多采用膨胀计法和解偏振光法。曾有文献报道采用反气相色谱法测得聚乙烯等温结晶线。通过实验可知,测定聚丙烯结晶度时,试样热历史和测定前陈化温度的选择均影响测定结果。此外在测定聚丙烯试样的熔点时,保留图中出现了两个转折,经反复实验证实:此两转折对应于聚丙烯中不同晶形(α-、β-形)的熔点。     

聚丙烯β相结晶的研究

本文研究了冷却速率、结晶温度和熔体温度等因素对聚丙烯β相结晶得到的试样的熔融行为的影响。发现β晶型熔融峰的面积随冷却速率的降低或结晶温度的升高而增加。在低于300℃的温度下,熔体温度对聚丙烯的β相结晶无影响。300℃以上的高温破坏了聚丙烯β相结晶的晶核,冷却结晶时不再生成β相晶体。测定了α相及β相球晶在123—140℃的温度范围内线性增长速率,发现在140℃以下,β球晶的增长速率大于α球晶。研究了β相结晶动力学,发现聚丙烯β相结晶不符合Avrami方程,而要用不完全球晶结晶的动力学理论来描述。     

不同分子量聚丙烯β晶相的形成

结晶速率;晶相转变;不同分子量聚丙烯β晶相的形成     

聚丙烯-聚乙烯嵌段共聚物和相应共混物的热分析

用DSC研究了预期为聚丙烯-聚乙烯两嵌段共聚物(PP-PE)和相应共混物(PP+PE)在热学性能上的差异。经用不同分子量的PP和PE及其共混物进行试验后发现,由于PP和PE在结晶时出现过冷的难易不同。在共混物降温热分析曲线上,当降温速率较快时仅出现一个放热峰,而降温速率较慢时出现PP和PE各自的结晶放热峰,从而解释了文献中的不同结果。并发现共混物的PP和PE熔融、结晶温度均较组分相同的嵌段共聚物的相应温度为高;嵌段共聚物中PP和PE的△H_f值均低于均聚物的△H_f值,而PE的值降低尤甚。我们认为这与嵌段间的共价键限制嵌段活动和结晶过程有关,从而确认DSC热分析可以作为识别是否为嵌段共聚物的一种方法. 本工作的结果表明,所研究的PP-PE试样具有嵌段结构。     

由乙烯高效催化聚合而得的超高分子量聚乙烯的研究

本工作系研究以高效催化聚合获得的超高分子量聚乙烯的结构和性能。用扫描电子显微镜观察了高效催化剂及初生聚乙烯的形态。透射电子显微镜观察了初生聚乙烯粉未,发现毛遂边缘的超分子原纤维状织态结构。用偏光显微镜观察了不同分子量聚乙烯粉末的熔融和冷却结晶过程,生成的球晶随分子量增大而增大。用X-射线衍射、差热分析、倒换气相色谱测定了初生聚乙烯的结晶度随分子量而增大;用X-射线衍射、差热分析及密度梯度法测定经退火或热压制的聚乙烯样品的结晶度均随分子量增大而下降。X-射线衍射测定其晶粒尺寸亦随分子量增大而减小。差热分析和倒换气相色谱测定超高分子量聚乙烯粉末的结晶熔点温度(T_m)要比普通分子量聚乙烯高8-12℃。不同分子量聚乙烯的热形变曲线表明,超高分子量聚乙烯在熔融温度后出现明显的橡胶态。此外,还用差热与热重分析研究了超高分子量聚乙烯的热老化行为。测定了超高分子量聚乙烯的优异抗冲强度和沙浆磨耗量。并用扫描电镜对比观察了常规分子量和超高分子量聚乙烯试样的冲击断面的织态结构。     

基于聚乙烯的无规和嵌段接枝共聚物的制备

采用乙烯配位聚合和巯基-烯点击化学相结合的方法制备了羟基封端的线性聚乙烯,末端羟基含量接近100%;利用酰氯与羟基的高效反应,将羟基封端的聚乙烯转化为降冰片烯封端的聚乙烯大单体(PE-NB).使用Grubbs II代催化剂,将大分子单体与降冰片烯(NB)单体进行开环易位共聚,通过调整单体的投料比和加料方式制备了分子量和组成可控的聚降冰片烯-g-聚乙烯(PNB-g-PE)接枝共聚物.其中,无规共聚时,大单体的转化率接近100%,所得无规接枝共聚物的重均分子量为1.79×10~4~3.14×10~4,分子量分布指数为2.09~2.60,聚乙烯链段的质量分数为4.6%~16.8%;而嵌段共聚时,由于空间位阻原因,大单体的转化率约为80%.热分析研究发现,由于空间位阻,接枝共聚物的结晶度较聚乙烯前驱体略有下降,且接枝度越大,结晶能力下降得越多.     

不同分子量的高密度聚乙烯与茂金属线型低密度聚乙烯的相容性

采用动态流变学测试和结晶动力学的方法研究了两种分子量的高密度聚乙烯(HDPE)与茂金属线型低密度聚乙烯(m-LLDPE)共混体系的相容性.流变学研究表明,HDPE/m-LLDPE共混物在低ω区域lgG′-lgω关系曲线偏离线性规律,在熔融态为非均相体系.DSC分析发现HDPE/m-LLDPE共混物体系中HDPE的熔点随着m-LLDPE含量的增多而逐渐下降,说明HDPE与m-LLDPE二者具有机械相容性.当HDPE在m-LLDPE的熔体中等温结晶,分子量较高的HDPE结晶速率与纯HDPE相近,m-LLDPE的含量变化对Avrami指数n的影响不大;分子量较低的HDPE指数n和半结晶时间t1/2随m-LLDPE含量的增加逐渐增大,结晶速率随着m-LLDPE含量的增加逐渐下降,表明熔融态的m-LLDPE和HDPE存在着较强的分子间相互作用,二者具有一定的相容性.     

结晶对等规立构聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯辐射消旋和辐射裂解的影响

 本文通过核磁氢谱、DSC和分子量测定,研究了结晶对等规立构聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯辐射消旋和辐射裂解的影响.分子量测定的结果表明,等规立构聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯结晶后,其辐射裂解反应减弱,裂解G值减小将近一半.核磁氢谱测定辐照试样的空间立构变化结果为:随着辐照剂量的增加,等规立构逐渐变为无规立构和间规立构,其变化规律相似于非晶试样.结果还表明,晶区的消旋反应比裂解反应更为显著.DSC测得的试样熔点,随着辐照剂量的增加而急剧下降,由Flory结晶熔化理论计算得晶区的辐射破坏G值为8.8.该值远大于聚乙烯晶区的破坏G值.     

Nonisothermal melting and crystallization of polypropylene in model composites: Kinetic analysis

The kinetics of nonisothermal melting and the crystallization of polypropylene (PP) in polypropylene/carbon‐fiber (C/PP) composites were studied by differential scanning calorimetry with the Nedkov and Atanasov method. Characteristic parameters such as the lamellar thickness, the transport energy through the phase boundary, and the surface free energy were determined and analyzed. In nonisothermal melting, the nucleation effect of carbon fibers was confirmed by decreasing transport energy (79 and 41 kJ/mol for PP and C/PP, respectively) and surface free energy (8 × 10^?4 and 7.9 × 10^?5 J/m² for PP and C/PP, respectively). Depending on the carbon‐fiber content, the lamellar thickness changed from 6.7 × 10^?9 m to 9.05 × 10^?9 m. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 43: 66–73, 2005     

A STUDY OF LOW-TEMPERATURE CRYSTALLIZATION BEHAVIOR THE cis-1,4 POLYBUTADIENE PREPARED WITH RARE-EARTH CATALYST SYSTEM

The effects of molecular weight and temperature on crystallization processes at low tempera-ture for cis-1,4 polybutadiene prepared with rare-earth catalyst (Ln-PB) have been studied by WAXDmethod. In the range of molecular weight from     

A quantitative electron microscopic study of the crystallite structure of molecular weight fractions of linear polyethylene

Utilizing thin-section techniques, transmission electron microscope studies were performed on a series of bulk-crystalized fractions of linear polyethylene covering the range M = 5 × 10³?6 × 10⁶. The crystallization conditions were varied from long-time isothermal to rapid quenching. Quantitative analysis could be carried out on such samples crystallized under controlled conditions. The crystallite thickness distributions and long periods are presented in terms of histograms. From these data the degree of crystallinity can be calculated and was found to compare favorably with that from other methods. The amorphous thickness increases significantly with molecular weight for all modes of crystallization. On the other hand, the crystallite thickness is essentially independent of molecular weight for very rapid crystallization, and shows a complex dependence on chain length for isothermal crystallization. The tilt angle, the angle of inclination of the chain axis with the lamellar basal plane, has also been determined. There is a tendency for this angle to increase with decreasing crystallization temperature. This observation can be related to the crystallization mechanisms.     

The effect of organoclay and graphene on the crystallization of PP in ABS/PP blends

In the present research, the isothermal and non-isothermal crystallization of polypropylene (PP) phase in PP-rich poly(acrylonitrile–butadiene–styrene)/polypropylene (ABS/PP) blends was studied. The effect of nanofillers’ incorporation and specialty of organically modified montmorillonite (OMMT) and graphene, into the prepared blends on the isothermal and non-isothermal crystallization of PP phase, were investigated. Moreover, kinetic study of their isothermal crystallization process was carried out, by applying the Avrami equation. The addition of ABS to the PP matrix increased the crystallization rate of PP at 130 °C. The incorporation of OMMT in pure PP accelerated slightly the crystallization process, whereas in ABS/PP blends, it seemed to retard crystallization, due to interactions between ABS phase and organoclay. The incorporation of graphene in pure PP accelerated impressively its isothermal crystallization, while the addition of ABS in graphene/PP nanocomposite slowed down the crystallization rate of PP. The effect of ABS and nanofillers, separately or in combination, on the crystallization of PP phase was reflected on the kinetic parameters of the Avrami equation. Regarding the non-isothermal crystallization, ABS/PP blends presented higher crystallization temperature (T _c) compared to pure PP. The organoclay reinforcement did not have any obvious effect on this temperature, whereas graphene caused significant increase, acting as nucleating agent. The presence of ABS to PP increased the concentration of the β-crystalline phase, reaching its maximum value at 30 mass% ABS content. The organoclay decreased the β-PP in ABS/PP blends, whereas graphene eliminated it.     

Molecular weight-dependent anticoagulation activity of sulfated cellulose derivatives

This work is to examine the molecular weight (MW)-anticoagulation activity relationship of sulfated cellulose derivatives (cellulose sulfates, CS). The initial CS with a degree of substitution (1.59) was prepared by homogeneous sulfation of microcrystalline cellulose in an ionic liquid [C₄mim]Cl. It was then hydrolyzed in a dilute acidic solution and separated into four MW fractions of 59, 23, 10 × 10³ g/mol and below 2.7 × 10³ g/mol. The anticoagulation activities based on in vitro assays of coagulation time and coagulation factors in human plasma showed a positive correlation with the MW of CS, while the activity assay of clotting time in rats exhibited a negative correlation with the MW 10–59 × 10³ g/mol, and the fraction with a MW <2.7 × 10³ g/mol exhibited a more moderate and durable activity. The results indicate that MW is a major factor on the anticoagulant properties of CS derivatives and higher MW range is favorable for in vitro, and lower MW suitable for in vivo applications.     

Backbone flexibility on conjugated polymer's crystallization behavior and thin film mechanical stability

Extensive efforts have been made to develop flexible electronics with conjugated polymers that are intrinsically stretchable and soft. We recently systematically investigated the influence of conjugation break spacers (CBS) on the thermomechanical properties of a series n-type naphthalene diimide-based conjugated polymer and found that CBS can significantly reduce chain rigidity, melting point, as well as glass transition temperature. In the current work, we further examined the influence of CBS on the crystallization behaviors of PNDI-C3 to C6, including isothermal crystallization kinetics, crystal polymorphism and subsequently time-dependent modulus, in a holistic approach using differential scanning calorimetry, X-ray scattering, polarized optical microscopy, atomic force microscopy, and pseudo-free-standing tensile test. Results demonstrate that increasing the length of CBS increases the crystallization half-time by 1 order of magnitude from PNDI-C3 to PNDI-C6 from approximately 10³ to 10⁴ s. The crystallization rate shows a bimodal dependence on the temperature due to the presence of different polymorphs. In addition, crystallization significantly affects the mechanical response, a stiffening in the modulus of nearly three times is observed for PNDI-C5 when annealed at room temperature for 12 h. Crystallization kinetic is also influenced by molecular weight (MW). Higher MW PNDI-C3 crystallizes slower. In addition, an odd–even effect was observed below 50°C, odd-number PNDI-Cxs (C3 and C5) crystallize slower than the adjacent even-numbered PNDI-Cxs (C4 and C6). Our work provides an insight to design flexible electronics by systematically tuning the mechanical properties through control of polymer crystallization by tuning backbone rigidity.     

Low‐Temperature Solid‐State Microwave Reduction of Graphene Oxide for Transparent Electrically Conductive Coatings on Flexible Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)

Microwaves (MWs) are applied to initialize deoxygenation of graphene oxide (GO) in the solid state and at low temperatures (～165 °C). The Fourier‐transform infrared (FTIR) spectra of MW‐reduced graphene oxide (rGO) show a significantly reduced concentration of oxygen‐containing functional groups, such as carboxyl, hydroxyl and carbonyl. X‐ray photoelectron spectra confirm that microwaves can promote deoxygenation of GO at relatively low temperatures. Raman spectra and TGA measurements indicate that the defect level of GO significantly decreases during the isothermal solid‐state MW‐reduction process at low temperatures, corresponding to an efficient recovery of the fine graphene lattice structure. Based on both deoxygenation and defect‐level reduction, the resurgence of interconnected graphene‐like domains contributes to a low sheet resistance (～7.9×10⁴ Ω per square) of the MW‐reduced GO on SiO₂‐coated Si substrates with an optical transparency of 92.7 % at ～547 nm after MW reduction, indicating the ultrahigh efficiency of MW in GO reduction. Moreover, the low‐temperature solid‐state MW reduction is also applied in preparing flexible transparent conductive coatings on polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) substrates. UV/Vis measurements indicate that the transparency of the thus‐prepared MW‐reduced GO coatings on PDMS substrates ranges from 34 to 96 %. Correspondingly, the sheet resistance of the coating ranges from 10⁵ to 10⁹ Ω per square, indicating that MW reduction of GO is promising for the convenient low‐temperature preparation of transparent conductors on flexible polymeric substrates.     

Isothermal crystallization kinetics of AB2 hyper-branched polymer (HBP)-filled polypropylene (PP)

In this paper, the isothermal crystallization kinetics of pure polypropylene (PP) and AB₂ hyper-branched polymer (HBP)/PP blends have been investigated by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). During isothermal crystallization, the crystallization rates of the blends are higher than those of PP. Furthermore, in the blends with different HBP contents, the value of t _1/2 became smaller with increasing HBP content; however, the crystallization rate of the blend decreased slightly when the content of HBP is 5 %. An increase in the Avrami exponent means the addition of HBP influences the mechanism of nucleation and the growth of PP crystallites. In addition, the crystallization activation energy of pure PP and HBP/PP blends were also discussed, and the result showed that the crystallization activation energy has decreased remarkably in HBP/PP blends.     

Supermolecular structure of poly(ethylene oxide) fractions

The crystalline morphology, or supermolecular structure, of poly(ethylene oxide) has been studied as a function of molecular weight and crystallization conditions. Molecular weight fractions, covering the range 6 × 10³ to 1 × 10⁷ are used over the range of accessible temperatures for isothermal crystallization as well as for a large set of controlled nonisothermal crystallization conditions. A morphological map is constructed from these studies and compared with the literature results. Prior reports were primarily confined to low molecular weights, which restricted the generalization of the findings. In the present work, as a consequence of the extended molecular weight range, conditions are established for the systematic development of several different, well-defined, organized super-molecular structures as well as for highly crystalline but disorganized systems. Strong similarities are found between the results for poly(ethylene oxide) and previous reports for linear polyethylene. A generalization for all chain molecules is suggested.     

EFFECT OF MOLECULAR WEIGHT OF PDMS ON MORPHOLOGY AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF PP/PDMS BLENDS

 A series of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) with varied molecular weights (Mw = 3 &#61620; 106, 1 &#61620; 106 and 0.5 &#61620; 106) were melt blended with PP to investigate the effect of PDMS molecular weight (MW) on the morphology and mechanical properties of PP/PDMS blends. Scanning electron microscopic (SEM) examination showed that the size of PDMS domains was dependent on the MW of PDMS. It was found that the lower the value of PDMS MW, the better dispersion of the PDMS domains in the PP matrix. Tensile and Izod impact tests revealed that the addition of PDMS with lower MW would lead to a more significant increase in impact strength of the blends compared with the blends with higher MW ones, while the influence of the molecular weight on tensile strengths of the blends was relatively small in the MW range studied. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) results also showed that the crystallization temperature of PP was increased with decreasing PDMS MW, indicating a better nucleation capability of lower MW of PDMS. Melting flow rate (MFR) measurements indicated that the processibility of PP could be enhanced by adding PDMS, and again the lower MW PDMS resulted in better data. Our work demonstrates that not only the processibility but also the mechanical properties of PP could be enhanced to a more significant degree by using low MW PDMS than the higher ones.