非等温结晶对PLLA的热行为和形貌的影响

将聚L-乳酸(PLLA)熔化非等温熔融结晶, 采用DSC、POM、SEM等技术研究了降温速率对PLLA的热行为和形貌的影响. PLLA在低降温速率(2 ℃·min-1)下的结晶在118 ℃伴随有结晶机制的转变. 玻璃化温度和结晶度随着降温速率的降低而增大. 随着降温速率的降低, 球晶尺寸增大, 当降温速率为10 ℃·min-1 时, PLLA 为无定型材料. 采用模压成型的方法并控制降温速率制备了具有球晶结构的条状PLLA 生物材料, 与高降温速率下制备的PLLA相比,低降温速率下获得的具有球晶结构的PLLA材料的断面更光滑和致密, 但脆性增强.     

PLLA-PEG共聚物的非等温结晶行为

采用熔融共聚法制备PLLA-PEG嵌段共聚物, 用WAXD和DSC方法研究其结晶行为, 并用Avrami方程的Jeziorny修正分析了非等温结晶动力学行为. 结果表明, PLLA结晶明显, 而PEG结晶难以观察到, PEG的柔性能促进PLLA结晶. PEG分子量的增加和投料量的增加都能使得结晶温度升高, 结晶度增大, 结晶速度加快.     

聚乙二醇-聚L-丙交酯嵌段共聚物结晶形貌研究

用偏光显微镜和原子力显微镜对比研究了PEG-PLLA嵌段共聚物在110℃或120℃等温结晶后的结晶形貌.发现在110℃时只有PEG5000-PLLA2300和PEG5000-PLLA6300在偏光显微镜下呈现环带球晶形貌,在原子力显微镜高度图中显示明显的环带,并具有交替凸凹起伏形貌.而PEG5000-PLLA12000球晶中没有出现环带形貌而是生成了规则的环线.在120℃时,PEG5000-PLLA12000的球晶中才生成了规则的环带图案,原子力显微镜也显示了其球晶具有明显的交替凸凹起伏形貌,说明过冷度直接影响环带球晶的生成.产生周期性凸凹起伏和明暗交替消光是由片晶沿着球晶的半径方向周期性扭转造成的,片晶在凸起部分是Edge-on取向,在凹下部分是Flat-on取向.     

PLLA在稳态剪切场下的非等温结晶研究

利用光学流变显微镜(ORM)在线研究剪切场下左旋聚乳酸(PLLA)非等温结晶过程,采用差示扫描量热法(DSC)和广角X射线衍射(WAXD)研究了剪切后样品的热行为和结晶性能。实验结果表明,施加剪切作用不改变PLLA的晶型,但大大加快了结晶过程,提高了起始温度。PLLA在剪切场下的结晶形态主要受剪切速率的影响,当剪切速率高于临界剪切速率(10s-1)时,PLLA由球晶向串晶转变。随着剪切速率增大,串晶的数量变多变窄,结晶更完善,结晶度增大。与剪切速率相比,剪切时间对PLLA的非等温结晶影响影响较小。     

聚左旋乳酸/聚消旋乳酸共混物的结晶行为

非晶态聚消旋乳酸(PDLLA)对PLLA的结晶行为有较大的影响。本文利用差示扫描量热仪(DSC)和偏光显微镜(POM)对不同分子量PLLA、PDLLA按不同比例制得的共混物结晶进行了系统研究。结果表明随PDLLA含量的增大PLLA冷结晶温度升高,且越接近熔融温度。PDLLA分子量较小时PLLA球晶特征被明显破坏,PDLLA分子量较大时PLLA更易形保持球晶特征且易形成环带球晶形貌,这与结晶速率与非晶组分的扩散速率匹配程度有关。低分子量的PDLLA使PLLA的最大生长速率对应的温度出现在较低温度。     

聚乙交酯非等温结晶行为研究

利用差示量热扫描热分析仪(DSC)测得了不同降温速率下聚乙交酯(PGA)的非等温结晶的温度-热焓曲线。分别通过Ozawa法、Jeziorny法和莫志深法对PGA的非等温结晶机理进行了分析。Ozawa法结果表明:在给定的温度范围内,Ozawa法并不适用于描述PGA的非等温结晶行为;Jeziorny法结果表明:不同降温速率下,PGA结晶过程的Avrami指数(n)接近4,PGA非等温结晶为均相成核、晶粒三维增长的过程;莫志深法结果表明:Avrami指数与Ozawa指数的比值(a)基本无变化,动力学参数f(T)随降温速率增加逐渐增大,即在更快的降温速率下,PGA结晶更充分,可获得更高的结晶度。通过Kissinger方程计算得到的PGA结晶扩散活化能为-66.9kJ/mol。     

聚左旋乳酸/聚消旋乳酸共混物的结晶行为

非晶态聚消旋乳酸(PDLLA)对聚左旋乳酸(PLLA)的结晶行为有较大的影响。本文利用差示扫描量热仪和偏光显微镜对不同分子量PLLA、PDLLA按不同比例制得的共混物结晶进行了研究。结果表明,随PDLLA含量的增大PLLA冷结晶温度升高,且越接近熔融温度。PDLLA分子量较小时PLLA球晶特征被明显破坏,PDLLA分子量较大时PLLA更易保持球晶特征且易形成环带球晶形貌,这与结晶速率与非晶组分的扩散速率匹配程度有关。低分子量的PDLLA使PLLA的最大生长速率对应的温度出现在较低温度。     

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。     

不同分子量聚L-乳酸的非等温结晶动力学研究

采用DSC方法研究了不同分子量聚乳酸在不同降温速率下的结晶过程,利用Ozawa方程和Kissinger方程研究了其非等温结晶动力学。结果表明,随着降温速率的增大和分子量增加,结晶峰向低温偏移,且峰形趋于平缓。求得分子量为2.6×104的聚乳酸的Ozawa指数m接近3,以异相成核的三维球晶生长为主,而分子量为14.3×104和19.2×104的聚乳酸的Ozawa指数m接近4,以均相成核的三维球晶生长为主,结晶活化能分别为-165.8kJ/mol、-82.1kJ/mol和-75.4kJ/mol。建立的"铰链"模型解释了不同分子量聚乳酸结晶活化能的显著差异,得到了聚乳酸分子量与结晶活化能的关系。     

超支化聚酯对聚乙二醇非等温结晶行为的影响

利用差示扫描量热法(DSC)、偏光显微镜(POM)以及傅里叶变换红外(FTIR)光谱研究了一种超支化聚酯(HBP)对聚乙二醇(PEG)非等温结晶行为的影响,用Ozawa法、Jeziorny法和莫志深法对非等温结晶动力学进行了分析.结果表明:PEG和HBP/PEG的非等温结晶过程可用Ozawa和莫志深动力学方程描述,与Jeziorny动力学方程不符;超支化聚酯的加入改变了PEG的结晶成核和生长机理,对PEG的结晶有一定的延缓作用.超支化聚酯中的羰基与PEG的端羟基形成的氢键以及超支化聚酯自身较大的分子体积和高度支化的结构所导致的位阻效应是超支化聚酯延缓PEG结晶的主要原因.     

Nonisothermal crystallization behavior, and morphology of poly(trimethylene terephthalate)/polyethylene glycol copolymers

Poly(trimethylene terephthalate)/polyethylene glycol (PTT/PEG) copolymers, with PEG content ranging from 27.2 to 47.4 wt%, were synthesized by melt copolycondensation. Wide-Angle X-ray diffractometer revealed that all copolymers had the same crystal structure of homo-PTT at room temperature. All copolymers could form ring-banded spherulites, and band spacing increased with increasing PEG content at a given crystallization temperature. Nonisothermal crystallization morphology of copolymers was greatly influenced by cooling rate. When the cooling rate was 2.5 °C/min or lower, banded patterns were absent, whereas when the cooling rate was 20 °C/min or higher, a novel crystal morphology composed of non-banded spherulites (central part) and ring-banded spherulites with decreasing band spacing along the radial growth direction was observed. Moreover, the size of the non-banded spherulitic part decreased with increasing cooling rate. Finally, the nonisothermal crystallization kinetics of copolymers were analyzed and only the Mo method was satisfactory to accurately describe this system.     

Nonisothermal crystallization behavior of the poly(ethylene glycol) block in poly(L‐lactide)–poly(ethylene glycol) diblock copolymers: Effect of the poly(L‐lactide) block length

The confined crystallization behavior, melting behavior, and nonisothermal crystallization kinetics of the poly(ethylene glycol) block (PEG) in poly(L ‐lactide)–poly(ethylene glycol) (PLLA–PEG) diblock copolymers were investigated with wide‐angle X‐ray diffraction and differential scanning calorimetry. The analysis showed that the nonisothermal crystallization behavior changed from fitting the Ozawa equation and the Avrami equation modified by Jeziorny to deviating from them with the molecular weight of the poly(L ‐lactide) (PLLA) block increasing. This resulted from the gradual strengthening of the confined effect, which was imposed by the crystallization of the PLLA block. The nucleation mechanism of the PEG block of PLLA15000–PEG5000 at a larger degree of supercooling was different from that of PLLA2500–PEG5000, PLLA5000–PEG5000, and PEG5000 (the numbers after PEG and PLLA denote the molecular weights of the PEG and PLLA blocks, respectively). They were homogeneous nucleation and heterogeneous nucleation, respectively. The PLLA block bonded chemically with the PEG block and increased the crystallization activation energy, but it provided nucleating sites for the crystallization of the PEG block, and the crystallization rate rose when it was heterogeneous nucleation. The number of melting peaks was three and one for the PEG homopolymer and the PEG block of the diblock copolymers, respectively. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 44: 3215–3226, 2006     

Thermal behavior and phase behavior in blends of liquid crystalline poly(aryl ether ketone) and poly(aryl ether ether ketone) containing thioether units

Thermal behavior and phase behavior in blends of liquid crystalline poly(aryl ether ketone) with lateral methoxy groups (M-PAEK) and poly(aryl ether ether ketone) containing thioether units (S-PEEK) have been investigated by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and polarized light microscopy (PLM) techniques. The results indicate that the composition of the blends has great effect on the phase behavior and morphology. Thin films of pure M-PAEK and S-PEEK crystallized from the melts exhibit typical mosaic and spherulitic structures, respectively. For the blends with higher M-PAEK contents (> 50%), an unusual ring-banded spherulite with structural discontinuity is formed. The bright core and rings of the ring-banded spherulites under PLM are composed of M-PAEK phase, while the dark rings consist mainly of S-PEEK phase. For the 50:50 M-PAEK/S-PEEK blend, the ring-banded spherulites and S-PEEK spherulites coexist, which implies that a partial phase separation between the two components takes place in the melting state. In S-PEEK-rich blends, a volume-filled spherulite is produced. In addition, the effect of isothermal crystallization temperature on the phase behavior, especially the ring-banded spherulite formation in the blends, is discussed.     

Replicated Banded Spherulite: Microscopic Lamellar-assembly of Poly(L-lactic acid) Crystals in the Poly(oxymethylene) Crystal Framework

The morphologies of poly(L-lactic acid) (PLLA) spherulites,when crystallized within the pre-existed poly(oxymethylene)(POM) crystal frameworks,have been investigated.PLLA/POM blend is a melt-miscible crystalline/crystalline blend system.Owing to the lower melting point but much faster crystallization rate than PLLA,POM crystallized first upon cooling from the melt state and then melted first during the subsequent heating process in this blend system.Lamellar assembly of PLLA crystals within the pre-existed POM spherulitic frameworks was directly observed with the polarized light microscopy by selectively melting the POM frameworks.The investigation indicated that PLLA crystals fully replicated the spherulitic morphology and optical birefringence of the POM crystal frameworks,which was independent of Tc.On the other hand,POM could also duplicate the pre-existed PLLA morphologies.The result obtained provides us a possibility to design the lamellar assembly and crystal structures of polymer crystals in miscible crystalline/crystalline polymer blends.     

聚乳酸-聚乙二醇嵌段共聚物晶行为研究

用1H NMR, SEC, XRD和DSC对聚乳酸(PLLA)-聚乙二醇(PEG)二嵌段共聚物进行了表征. 由于共聚物中两种组分比例的不同, 表现出某组分单独结晶或两种组分共同结晶. 用DSC和POM方法, 对两组分含量相当的共聚物进行了熔体结晶行为研究, 并采用Avrami方程进行了结晶动力学计算. 用Lauritzen-Hoffmann理论对PLLA-PEG结晶机理进行了分析. 在70~94 ℃范围内, 得到成核参数Kg(POM)=5.23×105 K2. 共聚物的Kg和链折叠自由能σe都比均聚物的文献报道值高, 表明PEG链段的存在影响了PLLA的结晶, 使得其成核较均聚物困难.     

Isothermal Crystallization Kinetics and Crystalline Morphologies of Poly(butylene adipate-co-butylene 1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylate) Copolymers

In this study, the isothermal crystallization kinetics and crystalline morphology of poly(butylene adipate-co-butylene 1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylate)(PBAC), which refers to a copolyester containing a non-planar ring structure, were investigated by differential scanning calorimetry and polarized optical microscopy, and compared with those of neat poly(butylene 1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylate)(PBC). The results indicate that the introduction of butylene adipate(BA) unit into PBAC did not change the intrinsical crystallization mechanism. But, the crystallization rate and ability, and equilibrium melting temperature of PBAC copolymers were reduced. All PBC and PBAC copolymers could only form high density of nucleation from melt at given supercooling, while no Maltese cross or ring-banded spherulites could be observed. PBAC copolymers with a high amount of BA unit became amorphous after quenching with liquid nitrogen from melt, while PBC and PBAC copolymers with a low amount of BA unit could still form a large amount of nuclei under the same treatment.     

Correlation of crack patterns and ring bands in spherulites of low molecular weight poly(<Emphasis Type="SmallCaps">l</Emphasis>-lactic acid)

Only a single type of circular circumferential crack is conventionally reported for poly(l-lactic acid) (PLLA). In this study, PLLA samples were found to exhibit as many as four crack types of different directions and patterns, which cannot be feasibly explained simply by the directional difference in coefficients of thermal expansion. Depending on crystallization temperature (T _c), PLLA crystallizes into ringless or ring-banded spherulites, whereas the crack patterns are dramatically different in these two types of spherulites. In ring-banded spherulites of PLLA crystallized at intermediate T _c, two uniquely different crack types are present: (1) twin circumferential cracks coinciding with the dark–bright and bright–dark boundary and (2) radial short-segmental voids coinciding on the bright bands in spherulites. The radial short-segmental cracks on the bright band of ring-banded spherulites may be caused by PLLA crystals of radial direction with various twisting that contract laterally upon cooling. Only circumferential cracks are present in PLLA crystallized into ringless spherulites, where concentric continuous circumferential cracks are present in the ringless spherulites at low T _c with finer lamellae, but discontinuous and irregular circumferential cracks are present in the ringless spherulites at high T _c with coarse lamellae. Although all cracks are triggered by cooling from T _c, all evidences indicate that the crack patterns and types are highly associated with the lamellar orientation, patterns, and coarseness in spherulites.