Surface and bulk morphology of cold-crystallized poly(ethylene terephthalate)

The morphology/habit of crystals of cold-crystallized poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) has been evaluated using scanning and transmission electron microscopy and using atomic force microscopy. The combination of different preparation and analysis techniques allowed assessing the structure at the nanometer scale of films of PET at both the surface and the bulk. It is found that crystals formed on heating the amorphous glass to a temperature higher than the glass transition temperature are of lamellar shape in the bulk and almost isometric habit at the surface. This finding is explained by different rates of nucleation/crystallization in the bulk and at the surface, being supported by the observation of nanometer-scale surface heterogeneities after quenching PET to ambient temperature before crystallization was initiated by heating.     

表面复合纳米SiO_2和碳纳米管玻璃纤维增强尼龙6的结构与性能

利用静电相互作用在玻璃纤维(GF)表面分别复合纳米二氧化硅(SiO2)和多壁碳纳米管(MWNTs),制备了GF-SiO2、GF-MWNTs复合增强体,并通过转矩流变仪制备了尼龙6(PA6)/GF-SiO2和尼龙6(PA6)/GF-MWNTs复合材料.利用扫描电子显微镜(SEM),示差扫描量热仪(DSC),热机械分析仪(DMA)等手段研究了复合材料的微观结构、热学及力学性能.结果表明,静电复合的方法可以使纳米二氧化硅(nano-SiO2)、多壁碳纳米管(MWNTs)在GF表面达到均匀吸附,复合增强体能加快尼龙6的结晶速度,并使材料的玻璃化温度、动态模量、拉伸强度、结晶温度等明显提高,其中GF-MWNTs对复合材料性能的提高最明显,拉伸强度提升了21%,模量提高了28%.     

Tribological properties of poly(phthalazione ether sulfone ketone) composites reinforced with glass fabric modified by graphene oxide depositing

In this paper, by electrophoretic deposition of graphene oxide (GO) on the surface of high‐strength glass fabric, a new fabric/poly(phthalazione ether sulfone ketone) (PPESK) composites material was successfully fabricated. The effects of GO on the interfacial adhesion, interlaminar shear strength, and tribological properties of the composites were investigated. Because of the addition of GO, the interlaminar shear strength of the composites was enhanced by 36.04%. Besides, the scanning electron microscope observation revealed that the interfacial adhesion between PPESK matrix and glass fabric was greatly improved. Attributing to the good interfacial adhesion, the wear‐resistance of the fabric/PPESK composite was greatly enhanced. Moreover, it can be found that the failure location transferred from the interface to the matrix after GO deposition.     

Isothermal crystallization kinetics and melting behavior of poly(ethylene terephthalate)/barite nanocomposites

Poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET)/Barite nanocomposites were prepared by direct melt compounding. The effects of PET‐Barite interfacial interaction on the dynamic mechanical properties and crystallization were investigated by DMA and DSC. The results showed that Barite can act as a nucleating agent and the nucleation activity can be increased when the Barite was surface‐modified (SABarite). SABarite nanoparticles induced preferential lamellae orientation because of the strong interfacial interaction between PET chains and SABarite nanoparticles, which was not the case in Barite filled PET as determined by WAXD. For PET/Barite nanocomposites, the Avrami exponent n increased with increasing crystallization temperature. Although at the same crystallization temperature, the n value will decrease with increasing SABarite content, indicating of the enhancement of the nucleation activity. Avrami analyses suggest that the nucleation mechanism is different. The activation energy determined from Arrhenius equation reduced dramatically for PET/SABarite nanocomposite, confirming the strong interfacial interaction between PET chains and SABarite nanoparticles can reduce the crystallization free energy barrier for nucleus formation. In the DSC scan after isothermal crystallization process, double melting behavior was found. And the double endotherms could be attributed to the melting of recrystallized less perfect crystallites or the secondary lamellae produced during different crystallization processes. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 47: 655–668, 2009     

Influence of maleic anhydride-grafted EPDM and flame retardant on interfacial interaction of glass fiber reinforced PA-66

In this paper, the effects of melamine polyphosphate flame retardant (MPP-FR) and maleic anhydride-grafted EPDM (MA-EPDM) on the interfacial interaction of PA66/GF were investigated by means of scanning electron microscopy (SEM), dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), rheological behavior and mechanical properties. The experimental results demonstrate that MPP-FR and MA-EPDM could effectively improve interfacial interactions between the PA66 and GF. Based on SEM, good interfacial adhesion between PA66 and GF in PA66/GF/FR and PA66/GF/FR/MA-EPDM composites was observed, however, MPP-FR destroyed the PA66 matrix. DMA results show that MPP-FR increased glass transition temperature (T_g) and storage modulus, and lower tan δ, while MA-EPDM showed a little effect on them in PA66/GF/FR/MA-EPDM composite compared with PA66/GF/FR. MPP-FR made PA66 crystallization temperature and the activation energy of the macromolecular segments transport increase clearly, and enhanced crystallization degree of PA66 according to DSC results. These results demonstrate MPP-FR presented the nucleate effect for the crystallization of PA66. At the low shear rate, MPP-FR and MA-EPDM obviously enhanced apparent viscosities of the composites. This is attributed that MPP-FR improved the interfacial interaction of the composites, and MA-EPDM promoted the formation of high molecular weight structures by the reactions between MA and amine groups. All results in this paper were consistent, and showed the good interaction among PA66, GF, MPP and MA-EPDM, which were proved by the mechanical properties of the composites.     

Modulated differential scanning calorimetry in the glass transition region. V. Activation energies and relaxation times of poly(ethylene terephthalate)s

Temperature-modulated differential scanning calorimetry is used to evaluate the kinetics of the glass transition from measurement of the first harmonic of the apparent, reversing heat capacity. The data are taken from quasi-isothermal experiments with negligible instrument lag, extrapolated to zero modulation amplitude. Equations based on irreversible thermodynamics that can be understood in terms of the hole theory of liquids are applied to measurements on amorphous, semicrystalline, and biaxially drawn poly(ethylene terephthalate)s (PET). The activation energy of amorphous PET decreases from 328 to 153 kJ/mol on crystallization and to 111 kJ/mol on orientation, and is correlated with an increase in the preexponential factor. After annealing of the crystallized samples below the glass transition temperature, the activation energy of the semicrystalline PET can recover beyond the level of amorphous PET, to 387 kJ/mol. The earlier observed decrease in enthalpy relaxation on crystallization is linked to this sharp decrease in activation energy. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Block copolymers of poly(ethylene terephthalate–polybutylene terephthalate). I. Preparation and crystallization behavior

Block copolymers of two crystallizable compounds, poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) and poly(butylene terephthalate) (PBT), were developed with PET as the major component and the amount of PBT varying from 1.0 to 20.0 wt %. These block copolymers were prepared by end-group coupling of preformed oligomers. All polymers prepared were of equivalent molecular weight as determined by the intrinsic viscosity method. Thermal properties were determined by differential thermal analysis (DTA), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). With increasing PBT content, the block copolymers showed a general decrease in the values of glass transition temperature, melting temperature, initial decomposition temperature, and maximum decomposition temperature. The heat of fusion and heat of crystallization first increased and then decreased slightly. Rates of crystallization were determined by measuring density as a function of time of isothermal crystallization carried out at 95°C. It was found that small amounts of PBT increased the crystallization rate considerably over that of PET. Random copolymers did not show this phenomenon and behaved more like pure PET. The crystallization behavior of block copolymers was analyzed by the Avrami equation and Avrami exponents were determined. Results were explained on the basis that the faster-crystallizing PBT blocks crystallized first and provided built-in nucleation sites for the subsequent crystallization of PET, thus resulting in a relatively fast-crystallizing copolyester.     

Miscibility Behaviour of Poly(ether Sulphone)/nylon-6 Blends

Binary blends of poly (ether sulphone) (PES) and Nylon-6 were prepared in a whole range of composition by melt extrusion. Miscibility behaviour of the blends were studied using thermal analytical techniques like differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA). Due to the rapid crystallization of Nylon-6 as it is cooled from the melt state, its glass transition behaviour could not be detected even in the quenched samples by DSC. Furthermore, the crystallization and melting behaviour of the blends have been studied by DSC. DMA results show that the dynamic storage modulus of the blends were in-between those of the constituent polymers. Also the glass transition of Nylon-6 phase as determined by the peak in loss tangent remains constant which shows that the two polymers are immiscible. Thermal expansion coefficient of the blends as determined by TMA is greater than that of Nylon-6 signifying the increased dimensional stability of the blends at higher temperatures. Morphological studies done by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) show the biphasic nature of the blends, with clear cut boundaries between the phases because of poor interfacial adhesion. Dispersed particle size is small when Nylon-6 is the dispersed phase because of its lower melt viscosity as compared to PES. Thermal stability of the blends was measured using thermogravimetric analysis (TG). Two-step decomposition behaviour was observed because of macro-phase separated morphology. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

三元共聚液晶聚酯酰亚胺/PET共混体系结构与性能研究

通过熔融共混的方式,将实验室自行设计合成的三元共聚热致液晶聚酯酰亚胺(PPDI)与聚对苯二甲酸乙二酯(PET)进行共混,制备一系列不同液晶聚合物含量的共混体系.采用示差扫描量热仪(DSC)、广角X-射线衍射仪(WAXD)和动态力学性能分析仪(DMA)对共混体系的结构与性能进行表征.结果表明,共混体系中两组份之间具有良好...     

Thermal Behavior of Poly（trimethylene-co-ethylene terephthalate）

Poly (trimethylene-co-ethylene terephthalate) with various compositions of diol has been synthesized. The crystallization of copolyesters with high comonomer content was observed by both wide-angle X-ray diffraction (WAXD) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). It was found that the copolyesters become less crystallizable with the involvement of the comonomer, the crystals of crystallizable copolyesters come from PIT or PET homopolymers. The glass transition temperature (Tg) of the copolyester increases with increasing PET component in the copolyester, and the relationship between Tg and composition obey both Fox equation and additiv elaw, the former is better in describing this relationship.     

Effects of different types of polyethylene on the morphology and properties of recycled poly(ethylene terephthalate)/polyethylene compatibilized blends

Recycled poly(ethylene terephthalate) (R‐PET) was blended with four types of polyethylene (PE), linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE; LL0209AA, Fs150), low density polyethylene (LDPE; F101‐1), and metallocene‐LLDPE (m‐LLDPE; Fv203) by co‐rotating twin‐screw extruder. Maleic anhydride‐grafted poly(styrene‐ethylene/butyldiene‐styrene) (SEBS‐g‐MA) was added as compatibilizer. R‐PET/PE/SEBS‐g‐MA blends were examined by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), differential scanning calorimeter (DSC), dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA), and mechanical property testing. The results indicated that the morphology and properties of the blends depended to a great extent on the miscibility between the olefin segments of SEBS‐g‐MA and PE. Due to the proper interaction between SEBS‐g‐MA and LDPE (F101‐1), most SEBS‐g‐MA, located at the interface between two phases of PET and LDPE to increase the interfacial adhesion, lead to better mechanical properties of R‐PET/LDPE (F101‐1) blend. However, both the poor miscibility of SEBS‐g‐MA with LLDPE (LL0209AA) and the excessive miscibility of SEBS‐g‐MA with LLDPE (Fs150) and m‐LLDPE (Fv203) reduced the compatibilization effect of SEBS‐g‐MA. DSC results showed that the interaction between SEBS‐g‐MA and PE obviously affected the crystallization of PET and PE. DMA results indicated that PE had more influence on the movement of SEBS‐g‐MA than PE did. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

聚酰亚胺对高性能树脂共混体系界面的反应增强

研究了以5-降冰片烯-2,3-二羧酸单甲酯为端基的PMR型聚酰亚胺(POI)作为界面介质对部分相容的聚醚砜/聚苯硫醚(PES/PPS)、聚醚醚酮/聚醚砜(PEEK/PES)共混体系的界面性质、形态结构及结晶行为的影响.结果表明,POI可以有效地增强两相间的界面粘结,显著降低PPS/PES共混物中PPS分散区的尺寸,改善两组分间的相容性.在熔融共混过程中,POI从本体向界面扩散并同PPS,PES产生交联和/或接枝,POI同PPS的反应活性远高于PES,但POI与PES发生反应.POI是PPS结晶的有效成核剂.     

分子链大尺度取向对非晶态聚对苯二甲酸乙二酯结晶行为的影响

用ＤＳＣ和溶剂诱导结晶（ＳＩＮＣ）的方法对比研究了（ＧＯＬＲ）态和未取向聚对苯二甲酸乙二酯（ＰＥＴ）纤维样品的结晶行为．实验结果表明，样品的大尺度取向可有效地降低样品的冷结晶温度（Ｔｃｃ），证明大尺度取向对样品的结晶行为可起到促进作用．     

Headgroup effect on silane structures at buried polymer/silane and polymer/polymer interfaces and their relations to adhesion

Sum frequency generation (SFG) vibrational spectroscopy was used to study the effect of silane headgroups on the molecular interactions that occur between poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) and various epoxy silanes at the PET/silane and PET/silicone interfaces. Three different silanes were investigated: (3-glycidoxypropyl) trimethoxysilane (γ-GPS), (3-glycidoxypropyl) methyl-dimethoxysilane (γ-GPMS), and (3-glycidoxypropyl) dimethyl-methoxysilane (γ-GPDMS). These silanes share the same backbone and epoxy end group but have different headgroups. SFG was used to examine the interfaces between PET and each of these silanes, as well as silanes mixed with methylvinylsiloxanol (MVS). We also examined the interfaces between PET and uncured or cured silicone with silanes or silane-MVS mixtures. Silanes with different headgroups were found to exhibit a variety of methoxy group interfacial segregation and ordering behaviors at various interfaces. The effect of MVS was also dependent upon silane headgroup choice, and the interfacial molecular structures of silane methoxy headgroups were found to differ at PET/silane and PET/silicone interfaces. Epoxy silanes have been widely used as adhesion promoters for polymer adhesives; therefore, the molecular structures probed using SFG were correlated to adhesion testing results to understand the molecular mechanisms of silicone-polymer adhesion. Our results demonstrated that silane methoxy headgroups play important roles in adhesion at the PET/silicone interfaces. The presence of MVS can change interfacial methoxy segregation and ordering, leading to different adhesion strengths.     

高抗冲共聚聚丙烯的结晶动力学及形态

用示差扫描量热仪(DSC)、偏光显微镜(PLM)和场发射扫描电镜(FESEM)对高抗冲共聚聚丙烯(HIPP)的非等温结晶行为、等温结晶动力学及结晶形态进行了系统研究, 并与均聚聚丙烯(iPP)进行了对比. 非等温热分析结果表明, HIPP的结晶和熔融温度均低于iPP. 等温结晶动力学分析结果表明, HIPP的半结晶时间、结晶活化能及分子链折叠端表面自由能均高于iPP. 研究结果表明, HIPP中的共聚组分与基体存在部分相容性, 并阻碍其结晶. PLM和FESEM研究结果表明, HIPP中存在大量均匀分散的橡胶粒子, 其直径约1~2 μm, 并具有核-壳结构. 增韧相在基体相中的良好分散与粘结, 以及有效核-壳增韧结构的形成是实现HIPP良好刚-韧平衡性能的关键. 这与HIPP的组成及聚合工艺密切相关.     

Use of thermal analysis techniques for examining blow-molded pet bottle specimens

Eight samples from different areas of stretch-blow-molded poly(ethylene terephthalate) [PET] bottles, including a PET resin control, were tested by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and thermomechanical analysis (TMA). The glass transition temperature (T _g) was found to linearly decrease about 6C from zero to 45 percent initial crystallinity. Measurements ofT _c (crystallization temperature, DSC) and film tension modulus (TMA) were related to crystallization rate during stretch-blow-molding. The TMA linear coefficients of thermal expansion and shrinkage were shown to be important for blow-molding temperature control.     

Bulk and interfacial glass transitions of water

Fast scanning calorimetry (FSC) was employed to investigate glass softening dynamics in bulk-like and ultrathin glassy water films. Bulk-like water samples were prepared by vapor-deposition on the surface of a tungsten filament near 140 K where vapor-deposition results in low enthalpy glassy water films. The vapor-deposition approach was also used to grow multiple nanoscale (approximately 50 nm thick) water films alternated with benzene and methanoic films of similar dimensions. When heated from cryogenic temperatures, the ultrathin water films underwent a well manifested glass softening transition at temperatures 20 K below the onset of crystallization. However, no such transition was observed in bulk-like samples prior to their crystallization. These results indicate that thin-film water demonstrates glass softening dynamics that are dramatically distinct from those of the bulk phase. We attribute these differences to water's interfacial glass transition, which occurs at temperatures tens of degrees lower than that in the bulk. Implications of these findings for past studies of glass softening dynamics in various glassy water samples are discussed.     

Studies of miscibility,transesterification and crystallization in blends of poly(ethylene terephthalate) and Poly(ethylene-2,6-naphthalene dicarboxylate)

Blends of poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) and poly(ethylene-2,6-naphthalene dicarboxylate) (PEN) were obtained by coprecipitation from solution followed by melt-pressing for different timest _mand quenching in iced water. When the melt-pressing time was 0.2 and 0.5 min, two glass transition temperaturesT _gwere observed by means of dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA), indicating that there are two phases present, a PEN-rich phase and a PET-rich phase. The differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) curves show two crystallization peaks and two melting peaks which, according to wide-angle x-ray scattering (WAXS) measurements, can be attributed to PET and PEN, respectively. In the case oft _m=2 min or longer, a single value ofT _gand thus a single phase is found to exist. Fort _m=10 min and 45 min no crystallization and melting at all is observed during heating with 10°C/min, indicating that a copolyester of PET and PEN has been formed by transesterfication during melt-pressing.Time-resolved WAXS measurements during isothermal crystallization show that, in the blend, the half-time of crystallization of PET is different from that of PEN, and not the same as that which is found in the pure polymer.Dedicated with best wishes to Prof. Dr. E.W. Fischer on the occasion of his 65th birthday     

PET/LCP反应性共混物的非等温结晶动力学

采用DSC方法研究了聚对苯二甲酸乙二酯 (PET)和热致性液晶共聚酯 6 0PHB PET (LCP)体系在少量扩链剂双 (2 唑啉 ) (BOZ)存在下形成的反应性共混物的非等温结晶动力学 .结果表明反应性共混物的Avrami指数均在 3 0～ 4 5之间 ,BOZ的加入使反应共混物中PET组分的结晶速率降低 ;表明BOZ对酯交换的促进作用 ,使所生成的共聚酯中PET嵌段的数均序列长度变短 ,而使结晶在某种程度上较为困难 ,但对体系的成核和结晶生长机理无明显影响 .结果还表明 ,随冷却速率的增大结晶峰向低温方向移动     

Isothermal crystallization kinetics and melting behaviour of PET/ATO nanocomposites prepared by in situ polymerization

Neat poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) and PET/antimony doped tin oxide (ATO) nanocomposites were prepared by in situ polymerization. The study of the isothermal crystallization behaviors of neat PET and PET/ATO nanocomposites was carried out using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The crystallization kinetics under isothermal conditions could be described by the Avrami equation. For neat PET and PET/ATO nanocomposites, the Avrami exponent n both decreased with increasing crystallization temperature. In addition, for the same crystallization temperature, the value of n increased with increasing ATO content. These suggested that the crystallization types related to the values of n in the Avrami theory could not be suitable for the crystallization of PET and its nanocomposites. The change of the n values indicated that the addition of ATO resulted in the increase of the crystallizing growth points. That is a heterogeneous nucleating effect of ATO on crystallization of PET. In the DSC scan after isothermal crystallization process, multiple melting behavior was found. And the multiple endotherms could be attributed to melting of the recrystallized materials or the secondary lamellae produced during different crystallization processes. The equilibrium melting temperature of PET in the nanocomposites increased with increasing the ATO content. Surface free energy of PET chain folding for crystallization of PET/ATO nanocomposites was lower than that of neat PET, confirming the heterogeneous nucleation effect of ATO.