Crystallization and equilibrium melting behavior of PBT/PETG blends

The results of studies of equilibrium melting point and crystallization behavior of PBT/PETG blends are reported for the first time. A single composition‐dependent glass‐transition temperature is observed in the DSC studies. The isothermal crystallization studies of the blends indicate retardation in crystallization rate as evidenced by the increase in crystallization half time. The retardation in crystallization rate has been attributed to the miscibility in the molten state and the hindrance to the diffusion of crystallizable units. This assumption is further supported by the composition dependence of the crystallization half time. A composition‐dependent melting point depression has been observed which has been attributed to the possible thermodynamic and morphological effects. The interaction parameter calculated by analyzing equilibrium melting point depression shows composition‐dependent negative values confirming the miscibility of the systems. These results are in good agreement with our earlier results on mechanical and dynamic mechanical properties of PBT/PETG blends. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 37: 2439–2444, 1999     

Determination of the thermodynamic polymer-polymer interaction parameter of miscible blends prepared from two crystalline polymers

The melting points of miscible blends prepared from two crystalline polymers, poly(caprolactone) (PCL), and Saran a random copolymer of vinylidene chloride with vinyl chloride [P(VCl₂-VC)], vinyl acetate [P(VCl₂-VA)], or acrylonitrile [P(VCl₂-AN)], have been measured by differential scanning calorimetry as a function of the crystallization temperature. The equilibrium melting points of these blends have been determined by Hoffman-Weeks plots. From two series of data, one of which was obtained by measuring the melting points of PCL crystals and the other by measuring the melting points of Saran crystals, the thermodynamic polymer-polymer interaction parameters of PCL/Saran blends have been calculated over the full range of composition. The two series of data merge into a smooth curve, which is composition dependent, despite the fact that the melting points of PCL and P(VCl₂-VC) or P(VCl₂-VA) are very different at 58.1, 183.5, and 184.2°C, respectively. Calculations using the “equation of state” Prigogine-Flory thermodynamic theory indicate that the temperature dependence of the thermodynamic interaction parameter in typical polymer blends is small, which agrees with the experimental results.     

Biodegradable poly(alkylene succinate) blends: Thermal behavior and miscibility study

New binary blends composed of poly(ethylene succinate) and poly(propylene succinate) or poly(ethylene succinate) and poly(butylene succinate) were prepared. Both PESu/PPSu and PESu/PBSu systems belong to semicrystalline/semicrystalline pairs. The miscibility and crystallization behavior was investigated using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), wide angle X‐ray diffraction (WAXD), and polarizing light microscopy (PLM). Blends of PESu and PPSu exhibited a single composition dependent glass transition temperature over the entire range of composition, indicating that the system is miscible. The melting point depression of the high melting temperature component, PESu, was analyzed according to the Nishi‐Wang equation. A negative polymer–polymer interaction parameter was obtained, indicating that the blends are thermodynamically miscible in the melt. The two components crystallized sequentially when the blends were cooled rapidly to a low temperature. DSC traces of PESu/PBSu blends after quenching showed two distinct composition dependent glass transition temperatures between those of the neat polymers, showing that the polymers are partially miscible. The amorphous PESu/PBSu blends in the intermediate compositions showed three cold‐crystallization peaks, indicating the influence of mixing. The crystallization rates of PBSu were reduced and those of PESu were increased. WAXD showed reduced crystallinity and peak broadening in the patterns of the blends of intermediate compositions, while no spherulites could be detected by PLM. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 44: 584–597, 2006     

聚氧乙烯／聚酚氧共混体系的结晶行为及相容性研究

对聚氧化乙烯/聚酚氧(PEO/PH)共混体系的研究表明,随共混体系中非晶组份PH含量的增加,Avrami指数n值由2.0～2.3变为1.5～2.0,体系的结晶由盘状生长转化为纤维状生长;成核方式由方式Ⅰ转化为方式Ⅱ.PEO/PH共混体系的平衡熔点随PH含量的增加而降低,相互作用能量密度B=-1.46cal/mol,说明体系是互容的。     

Crystallization and melting of the system isotactic polystyrene + poly(2,6-dimethyl phenylene oxide)

From glass transition T_g measurements on isotactic polystyrene (IPS)–poly(2,6-dimethyl phenylene oxide) (PPO) blends, it was concluded that thoroughly annealed, freeze-dried samples, or samples evaporated from solution at high temperature, are homogeneous. Without annealing, the freeze-dried blends show two to three T_g's characteristic of the presence of different phases. The overall crystallization rate of these samples is much higher than that observed with annealed samples. The presence of dissolved PPO in annealed samples reduces the overall crystallization rate and the spherulitic growth rate, compared to IPS. The melting behavior of the blends is influenced by the extent of mixing of both polymers. Without annealing, isothermally crystallized, freeze-dried blends show the same melting behavior as IPS (i.e., multiple melting). In homogeneous annealed samples the rate of reorganization is strongly reduced and multiple melting only occurs at low scanning rate (e.g., 1°C/min). This behavior is influenced by the crystallization temperature and by the composition of the blends. The addition of PPO has no influence on the relation between melting point and crystallization temperature and the same equilibrium melting point is found by extrapolation.     

聚醚醚酮/聚醚醚酮酮共混体系的熔融和等温结晶行为

采用熔融共混方法制备了聚醚醚酮和聚醚醚酮酮的共混物,用DSC对共混物的熔融行为和等温结晶行为进行了研究.结果表明,共混物熔点随聚醚醚酮含量增加而降低,但与聚醚醚酮酮有相同的平衡熔点,二者共混没有改变其结晶的成核与生长机制.     

Compatibility of poly(ethylene oxide)/poly(vinyl chloride) blends by differential scanning calorimetry

This article refers to a study of the thermal behaviour of poly(ethylene oxide) and poly(vinyl chloride) blends in the solid state. The compatibility has been examined by differential scanning calorimetry. The influence of molecular masses of the polymers on their compatibility has been shown. The equilibrium melting temperatures decrease in the mixture, such behaviour being progressively greater with the PEO reduction. The melting temperature of blends increases linearly with the crystallization temperature for a wide range of undercooling. Values of the parameters χ₁₂ and B have been obtained.     

Crystalline Morphology and Crystallization Kinetics of Melt-miscible Crystalline/Crystalline Polymer Blends of Poly（vinylidene fluoride） and Poly（butylene succinate-co-24mol% hexamethylene succinate）

Poly（vinylidene fluoride） （PVDF） and poly（butylene succinate-co-24 mol% hexamethylene succinate） （PBHS）, both crystalline polymers, formed melt-miscible crystalline/crystalline polymer blends. Both the characteristic diffraction peaks and nonisothermal melt crystallization peak of each component were found in the blends, indicating that PVDF and PBHS crystallized separately. The crystalline morphology and crystallization kinetics of each component were studied under different crystallization conditions for the PVDF/PBHS blends. Both the spherulitic growth rates and overall isothermal melt crystallization rates of blended PVDF decreased with increasing the PBHS composition and were lower than those of neat PVDF, when the crystallization temperature was above the melting point of PBHS component. The crystallization mechanism of neat and blended PVDF remained unchanged, despite changes of blend composition and crystallization temperature. The crystallization kinetics and crystalline morphology of neat and blended PBHS were further studied, when the crystallization temperature was below the melting point of PBHS component. Relative to neat PBHS, the overall crystallization rates of the blended PBHS first increased and then decreased with increasing the PVDF content in the blends, indicating that the preexisting PVDF crystals may show different effects on the nucleation and crystal growth of PBHS component in the crystalline/crystalline polymer blends.     

聚苯硫醚/尼龙6共混物界面对结晶行为的影响

高分子作为材料时 ,其力学性能受其结晶形态的影响 ,而其结晶形态与其结晶行为有关 .结晶性聚合物共混物中结晶组分由于第二组分存在 ,改变了结晶组分在熔体时的化学与物理环境 .因此 ,其结晶组分的结晶行为不仅取决于两组分在熔体时的相容性 ,而且与第二组分是否起到异相晶核作用和 /或两组分间界面是否诱导成核作用有关 ,从而影响共混物中结晶组分的结晶行为 ,导致共混物力学性能的改变[1～ 4] .在ＰＰＳ/ＰＡ6共混物中 ,由于ＰＰＳ的熔点和熔体结晶温度都比ＰＡ6的高 ,共混物熔体降温结晶ＰＰＳ是在ＰＡ6熔体存在下发生结晶 ,而ＰＡ6是在…     

Eutectic crystallization and hydrogen bonding interactions in polymer/surfactant blends

The unusual eutectic crystallization behavior in the poly(ε‐caprolactone) (PCL) and 3‐pentadecylphonel (PDP) binary blends was investigated by differential scanning calorimetry and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. A eutectic system was found with the eutectic composition at 60 wt % PDP and the eutectic melting temperature at 35 °C. The melting process of the blend at the eutectic composition was studied by in situ FTIR. The concurrence of the melting of PCL and PDP crystallites and the sequential formation of hydrogen bonding interaction between PDP molecules and PCL chains were traced. It was also found that a further increase in temperature above the eutectic melting temperature would impair the hydrogen bonding and increase the content of nonassociated phenol hydroxyl group. The semicrystalline morphology of blends affected by the composition was also investigated. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 47: 1015–1023, 2009     

聚酰胺6／聚醚砜共混体系的结晶与熔融行为

聚醚砜（ＰＥＳ）是一种非晶特种工程塑料，具有强度好，使用温度高等特点，但熔体粘度高，加工上有一定困难．聚酰胺６（ＰＡ６）是部分结晶的工程塑料，有很好的强度和耐磨性能．加入适量的ＰＡ６，可显著地降低ＰＥＳ的熔体粘度，且可基本保持ＰＥＳ的原有性能［１］．...     

Thermal properties and phase transitions in blends of Nylon-6 with silk fibroin

The thermal and structural properties of binary blends of Nylon-6 (N6) and a chemically related biopolymer, Bombyx mori silk fibroin (SF), are reported in this work. Homopolymers and blends, in composition ratios of N6/SF ranging from 95/05 to 70/30, were investigated by thermogravimetric (TG) analysis, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and wide angle X-ray scattering (WAXS). Silk fibroin typically degrades at temperatures just above 210°C, which occurs within the melting endotherm of N6. In TG studies, the measured mass remaining was slightly greater than expected, indicating the blends had improved thermal stability. No beta sheet crystals of SF were detected by FTIR analysis of the Amide I region. Strong interaction between N6 and SF chains was observed, possibly as a result of formation of hydrogen bonds between N6 and SF chains. DSC analysis showed that the addition of SF to N6 caused a decrease in the crystallization temperature, the melting temperature of the lowest melting crystals and the crystallinity of N6. Furthermore, the α-crystallographic phase dominates and the γ-crystallographic phase was not observed in N6/SF blends, in contrast to the homopolymer N6, which contains both phases. We suggest that the addition of SF might result in changes of the chain extension of N6, which lead to the appearance of α-rather than γ-phase crystals.     

Isothermal crystallization kinetics of poly(ethylene terephthalate) in blends with a liquid crystalline polyester (Vectra A)

The isothermal crystallization kinetics of poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) in blends with a fully aromatic liquid crystalline copolyester (Vectra A) were studied with differential scanning calorimetry. PET crystallization rates decreases with increasing Vectra fractions in the blends, and the percentage of PET that is crystalline also decreases with increasing Vectra. The equilibrium PET melting temperature for blends containing 40% or more Vectra is unambiguously below that of pure PET. Attenuated total reflectance Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy measurements indicate that PET/Vectra transesterification does not take place. The results are consistent with a scenario based on prior NMR data in which there is some interphase mixing between the liquid crystalline and flexible polymers and an increase in the fraction of gauche conformers in the PET.     

Phase diagrams of blends of azide-containing polyoxetanes

The mutual solubility of polymers based on the azide-containing oxetane monomers 3,3-bis(azidomethyl)oxetane and 3-azidomethyl-3-methyloxetane is studied. The temperatures of melting, crystallization, glass transition; the upper critical solution temperature; and the compositions of coexisting phases for blends of polymers with different molecular masses are determined via differential scanning calorimetry and multiple-beam microinterferometry. On the basis of these data, the phase diagrams of blends are constructed. The melting regions and the metastable and heterogeneous states are determined. The studied systems are shown to have a complex amorphous-crystalline equilibrium and to differ in the location of boundary curves on the phase diagram, depending on the molecular mass of the components. Amorphous separation below the liquidus line in the metastable region with respect to the crystalline equilibrium is experimentally detected. The motion of the figurative point in different regions of the diagram is thoroughly considered. The specifics of structural and morphological organization of systems are examined via electron microscopy.     

Crystallization Kinetics and Melting Behavior of PA1010/Ether-based TPU Blends

Polyamide 1010(PA1010)/thermoplastic poly(ether urethane) elastomer(ether-based TPU) blends were prepared via melt extrusion. The crystallization kinetics and melting behavior of PA1010/ether-based TPU blends were systematically investigated using differential scanning calorimetry. The crystallization kinetics results show that the addition of ether-based TPU hinders the crystallization of PA1010, and the hindrance effect increases with the increase of the concentration of ether-based TPU. Both pure PA1010 and PA1010/ether-based TPU blends exhibit double melting peaks in the process of nonisothermal crystallization. The double melting peaks change differently with the variation of cooling rate and blend composition. The cooling rate only influences the lower melting peak; however, the blend composition influences not only the lower melting peak but also the higher melting peak. The reason for the phenomenon must be the interaction between the two compositions.     

PC/PET/EPDM共混体系的结晶与熔融行为

本文用解偏振光法与DSC法分别测定并研究了PC/PET/EPDM共混体系的结晶速度、结晶度、Avrami指数(n)和熔融温度及其影响因素,共混物中PET的结晶速度、结晶度均随PC含量增加而下降;EPDM用量不超过10%时,可提高PET的结晶速度,但不影响结晶度和成核与增长方式,n值不变。当EPDM为5%时,结晶速度呈现极大值。经退火处理的共混物呈现熔融双峰,PC量增加,高温熔融峰略移向高温方向;热处理温度升高或时间延长,则低温熔融峰移向高温方向。     

聚环氧乙烷/聚乙基■唑啉共混体系结晶行为及相容性的研究

用偏光显微镜（ＰＬＭ）、ＤＳＣ、ＩＲ和ＷＡＸＤ等测试方法对聚环氧乙烷（ＰＥＯ）／聚乙基唑啉（ＰＥＯｘ）共混体系结晶行为及相容性进行了研究．结果表明，ＰＥＯ含量在３０％以上的共混体系中，几乎完全被球晶充满，非晶态ＰＥＯｘ作为微区分散在大球晶之间或之中；含量为２０％的共混体系照片上呈树枝状晶；含量低于１０％时则看不到结晶出现，体系形成单一的非晶相．对任何组成的共混物，均只出现单一的玻璃化转变温度（Ｔｇ），而且符合Ｆｏｘ方程揭示的规律；随ＰＥＯｘ组分含量的增加，共混体系的结晶度减小，熔点下降，并利用平衡熔点方程计算出ＰＥＯ与ＰＥＯｘ的相互作用能密度．非晶ＰＥＯ与ＰＥＯｘ热力学相容，其相容性是由于这两种分子间存在着特殊相互作用．ＰＥＯｘ的加入不会改变ＰＥＯ的晶胞参数．     

Morphology,crystallization and melting behaviour of poly(trimethylene terephthalate)/thermotropic liquid crystalline polymer blends

The miscibility, crystallization and melting behaviour of poly(trimethylene terephthalate)/thermotropic liquid crystalline polymer (LCP) blends were studied using differential scanning calorimetry. The blends were found to form primarily an immiscible system. The addition of LCP accelerated the overall rate of crystallization and caused a depression in equilibrium melting temperature, especially at low LCP content. Lauritzen–Hoffman analysis showed that the addition of LCP caused a reduction in the fold surface energy and increased the regime II to III transition temperature.

     

聚己内酯和聚氧化乙烯共混体系中的两类片晶相间堆砌

对聚(ε-己内酯)(PCL)/聚氧化乙烯(PEO)共混物的相差显微镜、广角X-射线衍射(WAXD)、小角X-射线散射(SAXS)及示差扫描量热计(DSC)等的研究表明,只有当共混物中PCL(或PEO)的含量低于20％时,两组份是相容的.当PCL含量低于20％时,在共混物中形成了PEO片晶和PCL片晶相间堆砌的结晶形态,当PEO含量不超过20％时,PEO则完全以非晶形式混入PCL的非晶区,同时阻碍了PCL的结晶.可见在结晶过程中,相容的两组份对共混体系形态结构的影响却不尽相同.     

Crystallization,thermal behavior,and compatibility in isotactic polystyrene/poly(o-chlorostyrene-co-p-chlorostyrene) blends

The dependence of the kinetics of crystallization and melting behavior in isotactic polystyrene/poly-o-chlorostyrene-co-p-chlorostyrene (iPS/Po-CIS-co-p-CIS) blends on temperature, thermal history, and blend composition has been investigated. The crystallization rate at a given temperature and copolymer composition decreases with increasing copolymer content in the blend when the samples are premelted. These effects can be ascribed to the reduction of mobility of the crystallizable chains due to the presence of the copolymer and to the decrease in the number of heterogenous iPS nuclei as a result of the premelting process. The Avrami exponent values and the analysis of the blend morphology indicate that the growth mechanism of the crystals is strongly influenced by thermal treatment. There is no measurable change in the melting temperature of iPS in the blends, with composition indicating that, on the basis of the Flory-Huggins approximation of the thermodynamics of polymer mixing, the net interaction parameter at the melting temperature is close to zero. From the comparison of the phase diagram for the isotactic polystyrene-containing blend with that of the atactic-containing blend, it can be concluded that in the amorphous state polystyrene with a regular configuration is slightly less compatible with the P(o-CIS-co-p-CIS) than is polystyrene with random configuration.