Nonisothermal crystallization kinetics of in situ nylon 6/graphene composites by differential scanning calorimetry

The nonisothermal crystallization kinetics was investigated by differential scanning calorimetry for the nylon 6/graphene composites prepared by in situ polymerization. The Avrami theory modified by Jeziorny, Ozawa equation, and Mo equation was used to describe the nonisothermal crystallization kinetics. The analysis based on the Avrami theory modified by Jeziorny shows that, at lower cooling rates (at 5, 10, and 20 K/min), the nylon 6/graphene composites have lower crystallization rate than pure nylon 6. However, at higher cooling rates (at 40 K/min), the nylon 6/graphene composites have higher crystallization rate than pure nylon 6. The values of Avrami exponent m and the cooling crystallization function F(T) from Ozawa plots indicate that the mode of the nucleation and growth at initial stage of the nonisothermal crystallization may be as follows: two‐dimensional (2D), then one‐dimensional (1D) for all samples at 5–10 °C/min; three‐dimensional (3D) or complicated than 3D, then 2D and 1D at 10–20 and 20–40 °C/min. The good linearity of the Mo plots indicated that the combined approach could successfully describe the crystallization processes of the nylon 6 and nylon 6/graphene composites. The activation energies (ΔE) of the nylon 6/graphene composites, determined by Kissinger method, were lower than those of pure nylon 6. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 49: 1381–1388, 2011     

聚2-吡咯烷酮的非等温结晶动力学

用差示量热扫描热分析仪(DSC)测试了不同降温速率下聚2-吡咯烷酮(PPD)样品的温度-热焓曲线,样品黏均分子量为2.2×10~4,熔点为272℃。采用Jeziorny法、Ozawa法和莫志深法分析了PPD的非等温结晶动力学。结果表明,在给定降温速率范围内,Ozawa法不适用于描述PPD的非等温结晶动力学过程,Jeziorny法只适用于描述PPD的主结晶阶段,而莫志深法能很好地描述整个结晶过程。Jeziorny法处理结果表明,PPD主结晶阶段的Avrami指数(n)为1.68~1.78,晶体生长为准二维生长。莫志深法处理结果表明,在单位结晶时间里达到某一相对结晶度所需的降温速率随相对结晶度的增加而增大。用Kissinger方程求得PPD的非等温结晶活化能为-31.9kJ/mol。     

聚丙烯/蒙脱土纳米复合材料非等温结晶动力学的研究

用熔融插层法制备聚丙烯 蒙脱土纳米复合材料 ,用DSC手段研究了其非等温结晶行为 ,并与聚丙烯进行了对比 .对所得数据分别用修正Avrami方程的Jeziorny法、Ozawa法和Mo法进行处理 .结果表明 ,用Jeziorny法和Mo法处理非等温结晶过程比较理想 ,而用Ozawa法处理则不太适用 .用Jeziorny法求出的参数Zc和n随冷却速率的增加而增加 ,但复合材料的Zc 和n略大于聚丙烯的Zc 和n ,用Mo法求出的参数F(T)随结晶度的增加而略有增加 ,a几乎未变 ,复合材料的F(T)略小于聚丙烯的F(T) ,复合材料的a约为 1.40略大于聚丙烯的a(其值约为 1.0 4) .按Kissinger方法计算出聚丙烯及聚丙烯 蒙脱土纳米复合材料的结晶活化能分别为 189.37kJ mol,15 5 .6 9kJ mol,说明有机蒙脱土的加入 ,降低了聚丙烯的结晶活化能 ,起到了异相成核的作用     

O-(4-喹唑啉)羟肟酸硫代酯(酰胺)类化合物的合成及生物活性

用差示扫描量热分析研究了间规聚苯乙烯（ｓＰＳ）的非等温结晶及其动力学，并分别用Ｏｚａｗａ和Ｊｅｚｉｏｒｎｙ两种方法来处理ｓＰＳ的非等温结晶数据．结果表明，在２５～４０℃／ｍｉｎ的冷却速率范围内，ｓＰＳ的半结晶时间随冷却速率增大而呈指数式下降，ｓＰＳ非等温结晶过程遵循Ｏｚａｗａ动力学方程，但不符合Ｊｅｚｉｏｒｎｙ方法中的Ａｖｒａｍｉ动力学方程．所得到的ｓＰＳ非等温结晶Ａｖｒａｍｉ指数ｎ在３６～４１之间，高于等温结晶时的ｎ值     

己内酯和2,2-二羟甲基丁酸共聚酯的非等温结晶动力学研究

采用示差扫描量热仪(DSC) 研究了具有生物相容性及可降解性P(BHB-CL)超支化共聚酯的非等温熔融结晶过程, 分别采用Avrami 方程、Ozawa 方程和Mo方程对P(BHB-CL)共聚酯的非等温动力学数据进行比较分析, 计算了相关的非等温结晶动力学参数, 并利用Kissinger方程计算其非等温结晶活化能. 结果表明, Mo方程更适合描述P(BHB-CL)共聚酯的非等温结晶过程.     

PA6T的非等温结晶动力学

采用示差扫描量热仪(DSC)考察了PA6T的非等温熔融结晶过程,分别采用Avrami方程、Ozawa方程及Mo提出的新方程对PA6T的非等温动力学数据进行比较分析,计算了相关非等温结晶动力学参数和非等温结晶活化能。结果表明:对于PA6T,用Mo法处理得到的结果更理想。     

MELTING CRYSTALLIZATION BEHAVIOR OF NYLON 66

Analysis of isothermal and nonisothermal crystallization kinetics of nylon 66 was carried out using differentialscanning calorimetry (DSC). The commonly used Avrami equation and that modified by Jeziorny were used, respectively, tofit the primary stage of isothermal and nonisothermal crystallizations of nylon 66, In the isothermal crystallization process,mechanisms of spherulitic nucleation and growth were discussed. The lateral and folding surface free energies determinedfrom the Lauritzen-Hoffman treatment are σ= 9.77 erg/cm~2 and σ_e= 155.48 erg/cm~2, respectively; and the work of chainfolding is q = 33.14 kJ/mol. The nonisothermal crystallization kinetics of nylon 66 was analyzed by using the Mo methodcombined with the Avrami and Ozawa equations. The average Avrami exponent n was determined to be 3.45, Theactivation energies (ΔE) were determined to be -485.45 kJ/mol and -331.27 kJ/mol, respectively, for the isothermal andnonisothermal crystallization processes by the Arrhenius and the Kissinger methods.     

Nonisothermal crystallization and melting behavior of a luminescent conjugated polymer,poly(9,9‐dihexylfluorene‐alt‐co‐2,5‐didecyloxy‐1,4‐phenylene)

The nonisothermal crystallization kinetics of a luminescent conjugated polymer, poly(9,9‐dihexylfluorene‐alt‐co‐2,5‐didecyloxy‐1,4‐phenylene) (PF6OC10) with three different molecular weights was investigated by differential scanning calorimetry under different cooling rates from the melt. With increasing molecular weight of PF6OC10, the temperature range of crystallization peak steadily became narrower and shifted to higher temperature region and the crystallization rate increased. It was found that the Ozawa method failed to describe the nonisothermal crystallization behavior of PF6OC10. Although the Avrami method did not effectively describe the nonisothermal crystallization kinetics of PF6OC10 for overall process, it was valid for describing the early stage of crystallization with an Avrami exponent n of about 3. The combined method proposed in our previous report was able to satisfactorily describe the nonisothermal crystallization behavior of PF6OC10. The crystallization activation energies determined by Kissinger, Takhor, and Augis‐Bennett models were comparable. The melting temperature of PF6OC10 increased with increasing molecular weight. For low‐molecular‐weight sample, PF6OC10 showed the characteristic of double melting phenomenon. The interval between the two melting peaks decreased with increasing molecular weight, and only one melting peak was observed for the high‐molecular‐weight sample. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 45: 976–987, 2007     

Investigation on nonisothermal crystallization kinetics of the high‐flow nylon 6 by differential scanning calorimetry

The crystallization kinetics of the high‐flow nylon 6 containing polyamidoamine (PAMAM) dendrimers units in nylon 6 matrix was investigated by differential scanning calorimetry. The Ozawa and Mo equations were used to describe the crystallization kinetics under nonisothermal condition. The values of Avrami exponent m and the cooling crystallization function F(T) were determined from the Ozawa plots, which showed bad linearity, and were divided into three sections depending on different cooling rates. The plots of the m and log F(T) values versus crystallization temperatures were obtained, which indicated that the actual crystallization mechanisms might change with the crystallization temperatures. The high‐flow nylon 6 has higher values of m and log F(T) than those of pure nylon 6, which implied that the high‐flow nylon 6 had more complicated crystallization mechanisms and slower crystallization rate than those of pure nylon 6. The good linearity of the Mo plots verified the success of this combined approach. The activation energies of the high‐flow nylon 6 ranged from 157 to 174 kJ/mol, which were determined by the Kissinger method. The ΔE values were lower than those of pure nylon 6, and the ΔE values were affected by both the generation and the content of PAMAM units in the nylon 6 matrix. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 46: 2201–2211, 2008     

Morphology and nonisothermal crystallization of in situ microfibrillar poly(ethylene terephthalate)/polypropylene blend fabricated through slit‐extrusion,hot‐stretch quenching

This study describes the morphology and nonisothermal crystallization kinetics of poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET)/isotactic polypropylene (iPP) in situ micro‐fiber‐reinforced blends (MRB) obtained via slit‐extrusion, hot‐stretching quenching. For comparison purposes, neat PP and PET/PP common blends are also included. Morphological observation indicated that the well‐defined microfibers are in situ generated by the slit‐extrusion, hot‐stretching quenching process. Neat iPP and PET/iPP common blends showed the normal spherulite morphology, whereas the PET/iPP microfibrillar blend had typical transcrystallites at 1 wt % PET concentration. The nonisothermal crystallization kinetics of three samples were investigated with differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). Applying the theories proposed by Jeziorny, Ozawa, and Liu to analyze the crystallization kinetics of neat PP and PET/PP common and microfibrillar blends, agreement was found between our experimental results and Liu's prediction. The increases of crystallization temperature and crystallization rate during the nonisothermal crystallization process indicated that PET in situ microfibers have significant nucleation ability for the crystallization of a PP matrix phase. The crystallization peaks in the DSC curves of the three materials examined widened and shifted to lower temperature when the cooling rate was increased. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 42: 374–385, 2004     

Crystallization kinetics of polypropylene with hyperbranched polyurethane acrylate being used as a toughening agent

The crystallization kinetics of polypropylene (PP) with hyperbranched polyurethane acrylate (HUA) being used as a toughening agent was studied by isothermal and nonisothermal differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The presence of a small amount of HUA (2-7%) remarkably influences the crystallizability of PP. An addition of HUA leads to an increase in the number of effective nuclei, thus resulting in an increase of crystallization rate and a stronger trend of instantaneous three-dimensional growth. For isothermal crystallization, Avrami exponents were determined to be about 2.97 for pure PP and 3.51 for the HUA/PP blend containing 5% HUA (HUA-PP). The half crystallization time (t_1/2) of pure PP was measured to be 8.43 min, while being 3.28 min for HUA-PP at the crystallization temperature of 132 °C. The nonisothermal crystallization kinetics of HUA/PP blends was analyzed by Avrami, Ozawa and Kissinger methods. It has also been proved that an addition of HUA could increase the crystallization rate of PP. Moreover, the crystallization activation energies of pure PP and HUA-PP were estimated by Kissinger and Friedman methods.     

Nonisothermal crystallization and melting behavior of mPE/LLDPE/LDPE ternary blends

Nonisothermal crystallization kinetics of ternary blends of the metallocence polyethylene (mPE), low-density polyethylene (LDPE) and linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) were studied using DSC at various scanning rates. The Ozawa theory and a method developed by Mo were employed to describe the nonisothermal crystallization process of the two selected ternary blends. The results speak that Mo method is successful in describing the nonisothermal crystallization process of mPE/LLDPE/LDPE ternary blends, while Ozawa theory is not accurate to interpret the whole process of nonisothermal crystallization. Each ternary blend in this study shows different crystallization and melting behavior due to its different mPE content. The crystallinity of the ternary blends rises with increasing mPE content, and mPE improve the crystallization of the blends at low temperature. The crystallization activation energy of the five ternary blends that had been calculated from Vyazovkin method was increased with mPE content, indicating that the more mPE in the blends, the easier the nucleus or microcrystallites form at the primary stage of nonisothermal crystallization. LLDPE and mPE may form mixed crystals due to none separated-peaks were observed around the main melting or crystallization peak when the ternary blends were heating or cooling. The fixed small content of LDPE made little influence on the main crystallization behavior of the ternary blends and the crystallization behavior was mainly determined by the content of mPE and LLDPE.     

Preparation and nonisothermal crystallization behavior of polyamide 6/montmorillonite nanocomposites

Polyamide 6 (PA6)/montmorillonite (MMT) nanocomposites were prepared via melt intercalation. The structure, mechanical properties, and nonisothermal crystallization kinetics of PA6/MMT nanocomposites were investigated by X‐ray diffraction (XRD), tensile and impact tests, and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). Before melt compounding, MMT was treated with an organic surfactant agent. XRD traces showed that PA6 crystallizes exclusively in γ‐crystalline structure within the nanocomposites. Tensile measurements showed that the MMT additions are beneficial in improving the strength and the stiffness of PA6, at the expense of tensile ductility. Impact tests revealed that the impact strength of PA6/MMT nanocomposites tended to decrease with increasing MMT content. The nonisothermal crystallization DSC data were analyzed by Avrami, Ozawa, modified Avrami‐Ozawa, and Nedkov methods. The validity of these empirical equations on the nonisothermal crystallization process of PA6/MMT nanocomposites is discussed. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 42: 2878–2891, 2004     

Nonisothermal crystallization kinetics and determination of surface‐folding free energy of PP/EVA/OMMT nanocomposites

Crystalline structures, nonisothermal crystallization behavior and surface folding free energy of polypropylene (PP)/poly(ethylene‐co‐vinyl acetate) (EVA) blend‐based organically modified montmorillonite (OMMT) nanocomposites were investigated by use of wide angle X‐ray scattering (WAXS) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) techniques. Nonisothermal crystallization kinetic analysis was performed using Avrami equation modified by Jeziorny as well as combined Avrami‐Ozawa method. Surface folding free energy and activation energy for PP and nanocomposite samples were also determined employing Hoffman‐Lauritzen's and Vyazovkins's approaches, respectively. The results obtained from transmission electron microscopy (TEM) showed that presence of EVA, which attracts most of the layered silicates, reduces number density of heterogeneous nuclei in the matrix and as a consequence, decreases the nucleation rate. Incorporation of EVA, PP‐g‐MA and OMMT results in a decrease of the chain surface folding free energy level. It was shown that although, OMMT acts as a barrier against the PP macromolecular motion but interestingly, it increases the overall crystallization rate. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 47: 674–684, 2009     

一种研究聚合物非等温结晶动力学的方法

作者基于多年对聚合物结晶动力学方面研究的工作积累,联合Avrami方程和Ozawa方程,提出了一种研究聚合物非等温结晶动力学的新方法.该方法既克服了使用Ozawa方程所获得的数据点过少,常常出现非线性,不能获得可靠的动力学参数的缺点,又克服了使用经Jeziorny修正的Avrami方程所获得的表观Avrami指数无法准确预测非等温过程成核生长机理的缺点.该方法已成功用于多种聚合物体系,被国内外学者引用数百次,已成为研究聚合物非等温结晶动力学一种有效方法.     

Nonisothermal crystallization kinetics and melting behavior of bimodal medium density polyethylene/low density polyethylene blends

Nonisothermal crystallization kinetics and melting behavior of bimodal-medium-density- polyethylene (BMDPE) and the blends of BMDPE/LDPE were studied using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) at various scanning rates. The Avrami analysis modified by Jeziorny and a method developed by Mo were employed to describe the nonisothermal crystallization process of BMDPE. The BMDPE DSC data were analyzed by the theory of Ozawa. Kinetic parameters such as the Avrami exponent (n), the kinetic crystallization rate constant (Z_c), the peak temperatures (T_p) and the half-time of crystallization (t_1/2) etc. were determined at various scanning rates. The appearance of double melting peaks and the double crystallization peaks in the heating and cooling DSC curves of BMDPE/LDPE blends indicated that the BMDPE and LDPE could crystallize respectively.     

Nonisothermal crystallization and morphology of poly(butylene succinate)/layered double hydroxide nanocomposites

Biodegradable poly(butylene succinate) (PBS) and layered double hydroxide (LDH) nanocomposites were prepared via melt blending in a twin-screw extruder. The morphology and dispersion of LDH nanoparticles within PBS matrix were characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), which showed that LDH nanoparticles were found to be well distributed at the nanometer level. The nonisothermal crystallization behavior of nanocomposites was extensively studied using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) technique at various cooling rates. The crystallization rate of PBS was accelerated by the addition of LDH due to its heterogeneous nucleation effect; however, the crystallization mechanism and crystal structure of PBS remained almost unchanged. In kinetics analysis of nonisothermal crystallization, the Ozawa approach failed to describe the crystallization behavior of PBS/LDH nanocomposites, whereas both the modified Avrami model and the Mo method well represented the crystallization behavior of nanocomposites. The effective activation energy was estimated as a function of the relative degree of crystallinity using the isoconversional analysis. The subsequent melting behavior of PBS and PBS/LDH nanocomposites was observed to be dependent on the cooling rate. The POM showed that the small and less perfect crystals were formed in nanocomposites.     

聚丙烯/聚(丙烯-g-马来酸酐)/蒙脱土纳米复合材料结晶动力学研究

非等温结晶动力学;聚丙烯/聚(丙烯-g-马来酸酐)/蒙脱土纳米复合材料结晶动力学研究     

Isothermal and nonisothermal crystallization kinetics of nylon‐46

Isothermal and nonisothermal crystallization kinetics of nylon‐46 were investigated with differential scanning calorimetry. The equilibrium melting enthalpy and the equilibrium melting temperature of nylon‐46 were determined to be 155.58 J/g and 307.10 °C, respectively. The isothermal crystallization process was described by the Avrami equation. The lateral surface free energy and the end surface free energy of nylon‐46 were calculated to be 8.28 and 138.54 erg/cm², respectively. The work of chain folding was determined to be 7.12 kcal/mol. The activation energies were determined to be 568.25 and 337.80 kJ/mol for isothermal and nonisothermal crystallization, respectively. A convenient method was applied to describe the nonisothermal crystallization kinetics of nylon‐46 by a combination of the Avrami and Ozawa equations. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 40: 1784–1793, 2002     

Crystallization kinetics and morphology of poly(butylene succinate‐co‐adipate)

The crystallization kinetics of biodegradable poly(butylene succinate‐co‐adipate) (PBS/A) copolyester was investigated by using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and polarized optical microscopy (POM), respectively. The Avrami and Ozawa equations were used to analyze the isothermal and nonisothermal crystallization kinetics, respectively. By using wide‐angle X‐ray diffraction (WAXD), PBS/A was identified to have the same crystal structure with that of PBS. The spherulitic growth rates of PBS/A measured in isothermal conditions are very well comparable with those measured by nonisothermal procedures (cooling rates ranged from 0.5 to 15 °C/min). The kinetic data were examined with the Hoffman–Lauritzen nucleation theory. The observed spherulites of PBS/A with different shapes and textures strongly depend on the crystallization temperatures. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 43: 3231–3241, 2005