剪切条件下等规聚丙烯的结晶行为

聚丙烯是工业中应用最广泛的聚合物。聚丙烯在静态结晶时生成球晶，剪切后会生成排核，最终长成柱晶或纤维晶；在强剪切条件下会生成串晶。聚丙烯是一种存在多种晶型的聚合物，α型晶是热动力学最稳定的晶型，在一般实验条件下很难得到其他晶型；在剪切条件下聚丙烯会生成β晶-热动力学亚稳晶型。剪切会显著影响聚丙烯的结晶动力学：增加球晶的生长速率，缩短结晶诱导时间，增加活化晶核密度。人们提出了许多模型来解释剪切加速结晶动力学的实验现象，但是都有不足之处。     

热致液晶含氯侧基聚芳醚酮的单晶状条带织构

通常主链液晶高分子在受到剪切作用时 ,分子微纤呈周期性锯齿状排列 ,其光学效应表现为在偏光显微镜下可观察到相互平行且与剪切方向垂直的条带织构 [1] .而厚度适中的主链液晶聚合物薄膜经过热处理 ,即使没有受到剪切取向的作用 ,介晶微区的尺寸发展到一定大小时也会形成条带织构 ,即所谓结晶诱导[2 ] 和固化诱导 [3,4 ] 的条带织构 .在所报道的条带织构中 (包括剪切和非剪切 ) ,分子链均平行于膜平面 .本文研究发现 ,热致液晶氯代聚芳醚酮的薄膜样品在其高有序液晶温区经热处理 ,可形成结晶诱导的单晶状条带织构 ,其分子链垂直于膜平面 .…     

自成核对等规聚丙烯结晶行为和性能的影响

结晶聚合物的结晶动力学影响其形态结构 ,而形态结构的变化对材料的性能有着重要的影响 [1] .成核剂能有效地降低聚合物的球晶尺寸 ,提高材料的性能 [2 ] ,因此被广泛地应用于工业生产中 .自成核 (self- seeding nucleation)是指聚合物自身的微小晶粒作为晶核而诱导结晶生长的一种成核方式 [3 ,4 ] ,它具有很高的成核效率 ,并能有效地降低球晶尺寸 .本文研究了等规聚丙烯的自成核过程、结晶行为、形态结构及其对材料性能的影响 .1　实验部分1 .1　样品的制备　等规聚丙烯 (i PP)为广东茂名石油化学工业公司产品 ,牌号为 T3 6 F.将 i PP粒…     

硬弹性聚丙烯纤维分子链的取向特征

硬弹性聚丙烯是在应变结晶和热结晶两个复合过程中形成的。利用双折射并结合广角X射线衍射（WAXD）等方法，研究了硬弹性聚丙烯在制备过程中晶相及非晶相分子链取向的变化，讨论了分了链的取向与硬弹性的关系。结果发现：降低熔体温度或提高熔体拉伸比可以提高晶相及非晶相分子链的取向，热处理时，晶相分子链的取向程度有所提高，而非晶相分子链的取向程度有所下降。在所研究的热处理温度的范围内，硬弹性聚丙烯的弹性回复率越高，晶相分子链的取向程度越高。     

在激光辐照下拉伸的聚对苯二甲酸乙二酯纤维的结构与性能

要提高聚对苯二甲酸乙二酯 (ＰＥＴ)纤维的力学性能 ,不仅要求分子链形成伸直链结晶 ,更主要的是增加晶区之间以及微原纤之间连接分子 (Ｔｉｅｍｏｌｅｃｕｌｅｓ)的数目及其取向程度[1,2 ] .研究表明 ,通过将拉伸工艺中的加热区域降低至 2ｍｍ ,可以使非晶态分子链更为伸展且规整排列[3 ] ,这样的非晶态结构可以更快地向结晶转化[3 ,4] ,容易形成伸直链结晶并增加连接分子的数目 .这种区域拉伸的实质是通过减小形变 (细颈 )区域而使形变速率显著提高 .采用ＣＯ2 激光辐照可以达到更高的形变速率 .这是由于ＣＯ2 激光的波长为 1 0 6μｍ ,…     

间同立构聚丙烯在聚乙烯(100)晶面上的附生行为研究

利用电子显微镜的欠焦成像和电子衍射技术对间同立构聚丙烯(sPP)在高密度聚乙烯(HDPE)的(100)晶面上的结晶行为进行了研究,明场结果表明,sPP能在HDPE的(100)晶面上附生生长,形成相互交叉的草席状片晶结构,电子衍射结果证明,附生生长的sPP与HDPE的接触面为(100)晶面,sPP与HDPE的分子链方向成固定的±37.交角,说明sPP在纤维取向的HDPE基质上附生结晶不仅仅是HDPE的(110)晶面对sPP有取向成核作用,(100)HDPE晶面也可作为sPP晶体的取向成核点.     

剪切对玻璃珠填充聚丙烯结晶行为的影响

应用Linkam CSS450剪切仪、广角X射线衍射仪(WAXD)和小角X射线散射仪(SAXS)等研究了剪切对玻璃珠填充聚丙烯结晶行为的影响, 结果表明, 与纯聚丙烯相比, 填加玻璃珠的聚丙烯体系中, 玻璃珠起到成核剂的作用, 不利于β晶的生成. 玻璃珠直径较小(4 μm)时, 剪切对聚丙烯β晶的生成影响较小; 当玻璃珠直径增加到35 μm时, 剪切速率为20 s-1左右最有利于β晶生成; 剪切速率和玻璃珠直径的增加, 有利于聚丙烯片晶的取向, 而且玻璃珠含量越高, 片晶的取向程度越大.     

剪切应力场中聚丙烯熔体在近熔点处冷却结晶的晶体结构研究

通过自主设计的动态保压注塑成型装置研究剪切应力场下聚丙烯(PP)熔体在近熔点处冷却结晶的晶体结构.用扫描电子显微镜(SEM)、示差扫描量热法(DSC)和广角X射线衍射(WAXD)分析了PP试样在近熔点处冷却后从表层到剪切层的结晶结构的变化.SEM研究表明,与传统注塑成型样品(SL)和剪切力场中高熔体温度下冷却得到的试样(DH)相比,近熔点附近冷却得到的PP试样(DL)从表层到剪切层的结晶结构和形态有明显变化.DL从表层到剪切层均生成了尺寸较大的取向结晶结构,无明显的串晶产生.DSC研究表明,与SL和DH相比,DL剪切层无脊纤维晶熔融峰且晶片熔融温度较高,证明其样品内部晶片尺寸较大.WAXD进一步研究显示,DL内部主要晶面(110,040和130)的结晶尺寸与SL和DH相比并没有发生明显改变.     

由N—催化剂催化聚合的聚丙烯结晶行为研究

用小角X-射线散射法(SAXS),广角X-射线衍射法(WXAD)和差示扫描量热法(DSC)对由N-催化剂催化聚合的聚丙烯结晶行为进行探讨。发现这种聚丙烯结晶中有β晶型存在,且其含量随结晶时间增加而增加随结晶温度升高而降低;β晶含量增加,聚合物的长周期也会增加,β晶对长周期的影响比α晶更大。乙烯共聚改性后的聚丙烯因分子链规整性下降而阻止了β晶的形成。在熔融状态下结晶时,β晶的形成要求聚丙烯的分子链具有更高的规整性。这些实验结果均从分子链段结晶机理得到了解释。     

聚丙烯片晶厚度对受限空间内聚丁烯-1三方晶型形成的影响

当聚丁烯-1以小液滴的形式分散在另一种树脂基体中时,会表现出不同的成核路径,即发生“分级结晶”现象.前期研究结果表明将聚丁烯-1以≤20%的比例与聚丙烯进行共混,动力学优先的晶型Ⅱ的成核会受到抑制,使得聚丁烯-1小液滴相界面处更容易发生界面诱导成核形成三方的晶型Ⅰ’.本工作采用自成核与调控聚丙烯等温结晶温度的方法,改变了聚丙烯/聚丁烯-1界面处聚丙烯的片晶厚度,发现聚丙烯的片晶越厚,晶型Ⅰ’的结晶速率越慢,进一步证明了三方晶的形成是由界面处聚丙烯诱导得到.原位广角X射线衍射结果显示,聚丁烯-1的晶型Ⅰ’是否发生重结晶取决于体系中是否存在晶型Ⅱ晶核.纯净的晶型Ⅰ’在升温过程中会直接熔融而不会转化为晶型Ⅱ.     

Study on Melting and Recrystallization of Poly(butylene succinate) Lamellar Crystals via Step Heating Differential Scanning Calorimetry

Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) has been widely applied to study crystallization and melting of materials.However,for polymeric lamellar crystals,the melting thermogram during heating process usually exhibits a broad endothermic peak or even multiple endotherms,which may result from changes of metastability via recrystallization process.Sometimes,the recrystallization exotherm cannot be observed due to its overlapping with the melting endotherm.In this work,we employed a step heating procedure consisting of successive heating and temperature holding stages to measure the metastability of isothermally crystallized poly(butylene succinate) (PBS) crystals.With this approach we could gain the fraction of crystals melted at different temperature ranges and quantitatively detect the melting-recrystallization behavior.The melting-recrystallization behavior depends on the polymer chain structure and the crystallization temperature.For instance,PBS block copolymer hardly shows recrystallization behavior while PBS oligomer and high molecular weight PBS homopolymer demonstrate remarkable melting-recrystallization phenomenon.High molecular weight PBS isothermally crystallized in the low temperature range shows multiple melting-recrystallization while those isothermally crystallized at elevated temperatures do not exhibit observable recrystallization behavior.Furthermore,the melting endotherms were fitted via the melting kinetics equations.The original isothermally crystallized lamellae demonstrate quite different melting kinetics from the recrystallized lamellar crystals that melt at the highest temperature range,which is attributed to the different degrees of stabilization.Finally,the mechanism of melting-recrystallization is briefly discussed.We propose that apparent meltrecrystallization phenomenon be observed when melting of preformed lamellar crystals and recrystallization of thicker lamellae have similar free energy barrier.     

Study on melting and recrystallization of poly(butylene succinate) lamellar crystals <Emphasis Type="Italic">via</Emphasis> step heating differential scanning calorimetry

Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) has been widely applied to study crystallization and melting of materials. However, for polymeric lamellar crystals, the melting thermogram during heating process usually exhibits a broad endothermic peak or even multiple endotherms, which may result from changes of metastability via recrystallization process. Sometimes, the recrystallization exotherm cannot be observed due to its overlapping with the melting endotherm. In this work, we employed a step heating procedure consisting of successive heating and temperature holding stages to measure the metastability of isothermally crystallized poly(butylene succinate) (PBS) crystals. With this approach we could gain the fraction of crystals melted at different temperature ranges and quantitatively detect the melting-recrystallization behavior. The melting-recrystallization behavior depends on the polymer chain structure and the crystallization temperature. For instance, PBS block copolymer hardly shows recrystallization behavior while PBS oligomer and high molecular weight PBS homopolymer demonstrate remarkable melting-recrystallization phenomenon. High molecular weight PBS isothermally crystallized in the low temperature range shows multiple melting-recrystallization while those isothermally crystallized at elevated temperatures do not exhibit observable recrystallization behavior. Furthermore, the melting endotherms were fitted via the melting kinetics equations. The original isothermally crystallized lamellae demonstrate quite different melting kinetics from the recrystallized lamellar crystals that melt at the highest temperature range, which is attributed to the different degrees of stabilization. Finally, the mechanism of melting-recrystallization is briefly discussed. We propose that apparent melt-recrystallization phenomenon be observed when melting of preformed lamellar crystals and recrystallization of thicker lamellae have similar free energy barrier.     

Orientation-induced crystallization in isotactic polypropylene melt by shear deformation

Development of orientation-induced precursor structures (nuclei) prior to crystallization in isotactic polypropylene melt under shear flow was studied by in-situ synchrotron small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) and rheo-optical techniques. SAXS patterns at 165°C immediately after shear (rate = 60 s⁻¹, t_s = 5 s) showed emergence of equatorial streaks due to oriented structures (microfibrils or shish) parallel to the flow direction and of meridional maxima due to growth of the oriented layer-like structures (kebabs) perpendicular to the flow. SAXS patterns at later times (t = 60 min after shear) indicated that the induced oriented structures were stable above the nominal melting point of iPP. DSC thermograms of sheared iPP samples confirmed the presence of two populations of crystalline fractions; one at 164°C (corresponding to the normal melting point) and the other at 179°C (corresponding to melting of oriented crystalline structures). Time-resolved optical micrography of sheared iPP melt (rate = 10 s⁻¹, t_s = 60 s, T = 148°C) provided further information on orientation-induced morphology at the microscopic scale. The optical micrographs showed growth of highly elongated micron size fibril structures (threads) immediately after shear and additional spherulities nucleated on the fibrils at the later stages. Results from SAXS and rheo-optical studies suggest that a stable scaffold (network) of nuclei, consisting of shear-induced microfibrillar structures along the flow direction superimposed by layered structures perpendicular to the flow direction, form in polymer melt prior to the occurance of primary crystallization. The scaffold dictates the final morphological features in polymer.     

Melt memory effects in polymer crystallization

Polymer melts submitted to local shear flow fields, as well as isotropic solid samples, were treated in the melt at different temperatures and for various duration of time. The effects of thermal history on kinetics and morphological characteristics of subsequent isothermal crystallization was investigated. Results suggest that subcritical pseudocrystalline aggregates, behaving as predetermined athermal nuclei when temperature is brought below melting point, can survive in the melt for long time. Their concentration decays exponentially with a single characteristic relaxation time. For all investigated polymers, temperature dependence of relaxation times can be fitted by an Arrhenius law with high apparent activation energy. Experiments performed with narrow molecular weight fractions of poly(ethylene oxide) suggest that relaxation times relevant to destruction of oriented nucleation precursors are proportional to M^1,5.     

Analysis of the complex thermal behavior of poly(L‐lactic acid) film. I. Samples crystallized from the glassy state

The melting behavior of poly(L ‐lactic acid) film crystallized from the glassy state, either isothermally or nonisothermally, was studied by wide angle X‐ray diffraction (WAXD), small angle X‐ray scattering (SAXS), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and temperature‐modulated differential scanning calorimetry (TMDSC). Up to three crystallization and two melting peaks were observed. It was concluded that these effects could largely be accounted for on the basis of a “melt‐recrystallization” mechanism. When molecular weight is low, two melting endotherms are readily observed. But, without TMDSC, the double melting phenomena of high molecular weight PLLA is often masked by an exotherm just prior to the final melting, as metastable crystals undergo melt‐recrystallization during heating in the DSC. The appearance of a double cold‐crystallization peak during the DSC heating scan of amorphous PLLA film is the net effect of cold crystallization and melt‐recrystallization of metastable crystals formed during the initial cold crystallization. Samples cold‐crystallized at 80 and 90 °C did not exhibit a long period, although substantial crystallinity developed. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 44: 3200–3214, 2006     

The influence of thermoelastomers on the crystallization behavior of isotactic polypropylene under shear

The crystallization behaviors of isotactic polypropylene (iPP) and its blends with thermoelastomers have been investigated with in situ X‐ray scattering and optic microscopy. At quiescent condition, the crystallization kinetics of iPP is not affected by the presence of elastomers; while determined by the viscosity, the differences are observed on sheared samples. With a fixed shear strain, the crystallization rate increases with increasing the shear rate. The fraction of oriented lamellar crystals in blends is higher than that in pure iPP sample, while the percentage of β phase is reduced by the presence of the elastomers. On the basis of experimental results, no direct correlation among the fraction of oriented lamellae, the percentage of β phase, and growth rate can be deduced. The evolution of the fraction of oriented lamellae supports that shear field promotes nucleation rather than growth process. Shear flow induces the formation of nuclei not only with preferring orientation but also with random orientation. The total density of nuclei, which determines the crystallization kinetics, does not control the ratio between nuclei with and without preferring orientation, which determines the fraction of oriented lamellae. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 44: 1188–1198, 2006     

Step-scan TMDSC and high rate DSC study of the multiple melting behavior of poly(1,3-propylene terephthalate)

The multiple melting behavior of poly(1,3-propylene terephthalate) (PPT) samples after isothermal crystallization from the melt was studied. The step-scan temperature-modulated differential scanning calorimetry (TMDSC) and high rate DSC were used to investigate this behavior in conjunction with standard DSC, wide-angle X-ray diffraction (WAXD) and polarizing light microscopy (PLM). The effect of PPT average molecular weight on the melting was also examined. In general multiple endotherms after isothermal crystallization of PPT were attributed to a continuous crystal perfection process during the subsequent heating scan via melting-recrystallization-remelting. Multiple melting behavior was more pronounced for the low molecular weight PPT. Step-scan TMDSC showed that extensive recrystallization occurs in PPT samples, especially after rapid isothermal crystallization. In fact two recrystallization exothermic peaks were observed. High rate DSC revealed the initial morphology generated during the isothermal step and showed that the low and middle peaks are associated with melting of primary crystals while the high temperature peak should be attributed to melting of recrystallized material.     

Shear‐Induced Crystallization in a Blend of Isotactic Poly(propylene) and Poly(ethylene‐co‐octene)

Summary: Shear‐induced crystallization in a blend of isotactic poly(propylene) and poly(ethylene‐co‐octene) (iPP/PEOc) has been investigated by means of in‐situ optical microscopy and a shear hot stage under various thermal and shear histories. Cylindrites are observed after shear in the phase‐separated iPP/PEOc blends for the first time. The nuclei (shish) come from the orientation of the entangled network chains, and the relationship between the shear rate and the network relaxation time of the oriented iPP chains is a very important factor that dominates the formation of the cylindrites after liquid‐liquid phase separation. The cylindrites can grow through phase‐separated domains with proper shear rate and shear time. In addition, the number of spherulites increases with shear rate, which is consistent with the notion of fluctuation‐induced nucleation/crystallization.

Phase‐contrast optical micrograph of the iPP/PEOc = 50/50 (wt.‐%) sample sheared during cooling with shear rate of 10 s⁻¹ and isothermally crystallized at 140 °C for 142 s after isothermal annealing at 170 °C for 420 min. The shear time is 180 s.     

蚕丝纤维增强聚乳酸体系中柱晶的形成及结构分析

采用溶液法制备聚乳酸(PLA)薄膜,并利用偏光显微镜在线研究了不同温度及不同牵引速率下,单根蚕丝纤维(SF)诱导PLA柱晶的形成,并利用显微红外光谱表征柱晶结构.结果表明,当牵引速率大于或等于临界速率时,纤维表面有连续的柱晶生成,反之柱晶不连续;当牵引速率大于临界饱和速率时,柱晶的结晶度和取向度分别趋于稳定值;在等温条件下,随着牵引速率的增大,柱晶的成核诱导期缩短,晶体的成核密度增大,取向度增加;当牵引速率一定时,与130℃相比,温度为120℃时形成柱晶的成核诱导期较短,成核密度更大,结晶度更高,柱晶层的生长更快.     

Step‐like melting mechanisms of isothermally crystallized isotactic polypropylene

The complex melting behavior of isotactic polypropylene, after isothermal crystallization, was studied within the context of step‐like melting mechanisms which were previously proposed for high temperature polymers. The morphological characteristics of the melting process were also studied as a function of molecular weight, and close similarities were observed with respect to high temperature polymers. Positive birefringence crystals of low molecular weight samples developed double melting behavior in three steps. The first melting step was assigned to continuous melting of secondary crosshatch reversing lamellae, together with recrystallization of the remaining isothermal crystals. In the second melting step (first melting endotherm), crystals tended to lose their original coarse negative birefringence due to melting of secondary reversing branching. This effect rendered new, finer texture, but still negative birefringence crystals. In the third melting step (second melting endotherm), there was a combination of melting of two crystal populations, one consisting of the remaining fraction of reversing primary crystals, and the other consisting of nonreversing primary crystals. A crosshatch secondary branching model was therefore proposed to explain the overall results. Mixed birefringence spherulites of high molecular weight samples displayed similar, although proportional, behavior under identical crystallization and melting conditions corroborating the proposed melting mechanism. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 46: 2188–2200, 2008