聚乙烯片晶辐照破坏机理的电子显微镜研究

用透射电子显微镜观察了高密度辐照聚乙烯的形态结构,并通过统计方法定量地分析了其结构与辐照剂量的关系。发现室温辐照聚乙烯的片晶形态不随辐照剂量而变化。若将室温辐照聚乙烯重新熔融,然后再于125℃下等温结晶4h后,其片晶厚度则随辐照剂量的增加而变薄,长周期亦随之变短。小角X射线散射的测试结果与上述结果符合得很好。室温辐照聚乙烯及其125℃重结晶试样的电子显微镜数据从又一直观角度验证了辐照聚乙烯“片晶内部破坏机理”的正确性。     

X射线小角散射法研究聚乙烯的熔融辐照交联结晶

使用荷兰菲利浦公司提供的PW-1700自动粉末衍射仪及其Kratky小角散射体系附件,进行熔融辐照交联结晶聚乙烯的研究,从而得到了长周期随辐照剂量变化的关系,发现其熔融结晶是以Fischer固化模型为主.     

PEO／PBHE共混体系X射线散射研究

在聚环氧乙烷(PEO)/聚双酚A羟基醚(PBHE)共混体系中PEO是一个强质子受体,而PBHE是一个强质子给体,两者极易形成氢键,十分有利于形成互容对。笔者研究了PEO/PBHE共混体系的相容性,等温及非等温结晶动力学,本文根据Vonk提出的一维电子密度相关函数,分析了PEO/PBHE的SAXS现象,求得了共混体系的结晶度,片晶层厚度,过渡层厚度及长周期等结构参数。     

小角X射线散射在高分子研究中的应用

本文综述了小角X射线散射理论,并介绍了小角散射在高分子溶液、结晶聚合物、嵌段共聚物和离聚物等研究中的应用.     

利用小角/广角X射线散射联用及一维相关函数分析研究聚(ε-己内酯)片晶的形态

用小角/广角X射线散射(SAXS/WAXS)联用的实验方法考察了等温结晶温度(Tc)和等温时间对聚(ε-己内酯)(PCL)片晶形态的影响.根据WAXS数据计算了PCL的重量结晶度,进而求得其体积结晶度Vc(WAXS).在不同Tc下结晶的PCL样品的Vc(WAXS)均略高于50%.对SAXS谱线做一维相关函数(1DCF)分析,得到了PCL的片晶长周期(LP)和无定形层厚度(La).通过比较WAXS及SAXS的数据分析结果,认为PCL晶体需用"三相模型"予以描述,其过渡层厚度(E)约为LP的15%～18%,对片晶形态具有重要影响.随着Tc升高,PCL晶体的Lc、La及E均逐渐增大,但Lc的变化率最大,这使得结晶度上升.在50℃等温结晶不同时间,发现Lc随延长时间显著增加,而La及E则不断减小.等温10天后,PCL晶体的SAXS谱线上可观察到5级散射,表明片晶相当完善.     

辐照聚乙烯的熔融和重结晶

用差示扫描量热法（ＤＳＣ），小角Ｘ－射线散射（ＳＡＸＳ），广角Ｘ－射线衍（ＷＡＸＤ）等考察了辐照聚乙烯的熔融和重结晶，辐照破坏了聚乙烯结晶结构，使其熔融温度、结晶度均随辐照剂量的增加而降低，将辐聚乙烯熔融再结晶，其重结晶度、熔融温度随辐照剂量而下降的幅度较大，其原因被归结为片晶劈裂。     

小角X射线散射技术的绝对散射强度校正

小角X射线散射绝对强度的校正对获得样品微观结构定量参数非常重要。 本文描述了一种通过对探测器直接测量入射光束的强度进行校正的方法。 其适用性利用标准样品(水)的绝对散射强度标定进行了证实。 将此方法应用到聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯乳液和高密度聚乙烯上,得到了相应散射体的体积分数和比表面积。 PMMA的体积分数与通过密度算得的结果很接近。 淬火的高密度聚乙烯的比表面积比缓慢降温的大。     

基于同步辐射超小角X射线散射的高密度聚乙烯空洞化行为研究

以一系列高温结晶后自然冷却的高密度聚乙烯(HDPE)为研究对象,利用同步辐射超小角X射线散射(USAXS)和示差扫描量热技术(DSC)对样品的微观结构进行了分析,并在线研究了单轴拉伸过程中的空洞化行为.结果表明,结晶温度高于110℃后自然冷却到室温的样品中存在热稳定性不同的两组片晶,等温过程形成结构完善的厚片晶,而在冷却过程会形成有缺陷的薄片晶,两组片晶的熔点分别在133和110℃附近.在30℃拉伸时,所有样品都可观察到空洞化并伴随发白现象.并且,等温结晶中形成片晶厚度越大的样品,相应的空洞化现象越明显.在拉伸过程中,空洞出现在屈服点附近,其法向方向平行于拉伸方向,后随应变的增加发生转向,法向方向与拉伸方向垂直.样品中空穴的长度为900~1200 nm.另一方面,随着冷却过程生成薄片晶比例的增加,空洞化趋势下降.此外,提高拉伸温度,样品更倾向发生塑性形变,空洞化程度减弱.     

X射线小角散射法测定Rh／TiO2多相体系间的相界面

Ｘ射线小角散射法测定Ｒｈ／ＴｉＯ_２多相体系间的相界面金安定，李钢，王甲亮（南京师范大学理化实验中心，南京，２１００９７）关键词Ｘ射线，小角散射，多相体系的界面固态多相体系中，相与相之间界面的大小是影响体系性质的重要因素。通常测比表面的方法只能测固相?..     

小角X射线散射表征AOT/水层状溶致液晶的有序性

用小角X射线散射研究了AOT/水层状溶致液晶的有序性. 通过对散射曲线的解析, 讨论了表面活性剂浓度、温度和助表面活性剂等三个方面对溶致液晶层状相结构有序性的影响. 在一定的范围内, 提高温度, 改变表面活性剂浓度和加入少量助表面活性剂可使碳氢链排列由稀疏转变为密实, 层状相也相应地由“柔性双层”过渡到更加有序化的“平面双层”. 基于形状因子和体系内分子间作用力, 提出了层状相形成与有序化的机理, 同时采用分子模拟的方法展现了不同浓度下的液晶结构.     

辐照聚乙烯单晶的退火研究

用红外光谱、ＤＳＣ、ＳＡＸＳ和ＷＡＸＤ等方法考察了辐照５ＭＧｙ后的聚乙烯单晶在退火前后的结构变化，对比未辐照样品在同样条件下的变化，提出在９０℃以下和１０５℃聚乙烯有不同的退火机理，辐照引起的交联和晶区结构损伤，限制了退火对晶体结构的改善程度．     

小角X射线散射研究乳胶分散液的微观结构

采用同步辐射小角X射线散射（SAXS）技术观察了2种不同乳胶体系的微观结构以及将其混合对结晶行为的影响。 结果表明,体积分数为50%的苯乙烯-丙烯酸丁酯共聚物乳胶液在室温下没有结晶。 通过对散射强度曲线的拟合,乳胶粒子的平均半径是76 nm,小于动态光散射的测量值（80 nm）。 然而,50%的苯乙烯-丁二烯共聚物乳胶液发生了结晶。 利用面心立方（fcc）结构和晶格常数为212 nm的晶格衍射进行拟合,发现散射曲线中的所有Bragg衍射峰均对应1个或多个晶面指数。 将2种乳胶液混合后各个衍射峰仍能分辨出来,这说明原始乳液中的部分微晶在混合过程中仍然稳定存在。     

Wide and small-angle X-ray scattering study of isotactic polypropylene gamma irradiated in bulk

Gamma irradiated isotactic polypropylene (IPP) has been studied by means of wide-angle X-ray scattering (WAXS) and small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS). The skin layer has been investigated by WAXS reflection mode while the core layer underwent WAXS studies by transmission mode. β-IPP has been found solely in the skin layer. An increase in the β-phase has been observed as result of the irradiation. A phase transitions and decrease of crystallite sizes have been also observed. All of the parameters show a sharp change at a critical dose of 100 kGy. At this point the system parameters reverse. Radiation processes proceeding up to 100 kGy called radiation annealing are related to the improved crystallite perfection and thus emphasize the phase boundary. The processes provoke at higher radiation doses, up to 2000 kGy, damage in both crystal and amorphous lamellar parts. The values of the crystal and amorphous densities get closer and the process is similar to the partial radiation melting.     

Stretching temperature and direction dependency of uniaxial deformation mechanism in overstretched polyethylene

In order to elucidate microscopic deformation behavior at different locations in isotropic semicrystalline polymers, the structural evolution of a preoriented high‐density polyethylene sample during tensile deformation at different temperatures and along different directions with respect to the preorientation was investigated by means of combined in situ synchrotron small‐angle X‐ray scattering (SAXS) and wide‐angle X‐ray diffraction (WAXD) techniques. For samples stretched along preorientation, two situations were found: (1) at 30 °C, the sample broke after a moderate deformation, which is accomplished by the slippage of the microfibrils; (2) at 80 and 100 °C, fragmentation of original lamellae followed by recrystallization process was observed resulting in new lamellar crystals of different thickness depending on stretching temperature. For samples stretched perpendicular or 45° with respect to the preorientation, the samples always end up with a new oriented lamellar structure with the normal along the stretching direction via a stress‐induced fragmentation and recrystallization route. The thickness of the final achieved lamellae depends only on stretching temperature in this case. Compared to samples stretched along the preorientation direction, samples stretched perpendicular and 45° with respect to the preorientation direction showed at least several times of maxima achievable stress before macroscopic failure possibly due to the favorable occurrence and development of microdefects in those lamellar stacks with their normal parallel to the stretching direction. This result might have significant consequence in designing optimal procedure to produce high performance polyethylene products from solid state. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys. 2014 , 52, 716–726     

The Study of Cavitation in HDPE Using Time Resolved Synchrotron X-ray Scattering During Tensile Deformation

Real time synchrotron Small-Angle and Wide-Angle X-ray Scattering was performed during the tensile deformation of a high-density polyethylene copolymer. The changes of the structure in the crystalline and in the amorphous domains were followed during the three characteristic stages of the load-displacement curves: The elastic stage and the plastic range composed of the stage of the lowering load in the force-displacement-curve (yielding) and the strain hardening. Competitive phenomena like crystallite fragmentation and cavitation were found to occur simultaneously in the phase of lowering the load but at different length scale. We prove that the void formation occurs mainly during yielding. During strain hardening there was no further increase of the void volume fraction, only changes in void size.     

Morphological and crystalline studies of isotactic polypropylene plastically deformed and evaluated by small-angle X-ray scattering, scanning electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction

Morphological and structural properties of isotactic polypropylene (i-PP) submitted to uniaxial plane strain deformation at ambient temperature with compression pressures of 3, 10 and 20 MPa, were investigated using wide angle X-ray diffraction (WAXD), small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Two kinds of samples were studied, namely: sample A: Mw = 117,400 g/mol Mn = 17,300, Mw/Mn = 6.8 and sample B: Mw = 271,000 g/mol Mn = 43,700 Mw/Mn = 6.2, both with isotactic content = 95%. Crystalline α- and β-phases are clearly identified by WAXD. The lamellar long period, as well as, the crystalline and amorphous lamellar thickness for the non-deformed samples measured by SAXS indicates the presence of a more symmetric spherulitic structure for sample A, while the sample B displays anisotropic scattering. The WAXD study of the apparent relative crystallinity and the orientation of crystallites, revealed that plastic deformation of i-PP by plane-strain compression, leads to preferred orientation of main axis of crystallites at relatively early stage of the deformation process induced a monocrystal texture and an excellent molecular alignment along the FD, in both samples. The SEM evaluation shows that a gradual change occurs in the spherulitic structure and seems to transform gradually and disappear almost for the 37% deformations. The sample with highest deformation shows thin shear bands oriented along the FD-view which originate an appearance of a layered structure. Concomitantly the crystalline lamellae were detected by TEM technique.     

Simultaneous small-angle X-ray scattering and wide-angle X-ray diffraction

The simultaneous SAXS/WAXD technique is shown to provide an unambiguous method for following structural changes taking place during the programmed heating of a range of multiphase polymeric materials. Results are given for polyethylene, block copolyurethanes and block copolyesters containing liquid crystalline hard segments. UK Thermal methods Group Award Lecture     

Stretch-Induced Melting and Recrystallization of Polyethylene-Plasticizer Film Studied by In Situ X-Ray Scattering: A Thermodynamic Point of View

With in situ synchrotron radiation X-ray scattering, the structural alteration of polyethylene-plasticizer film during uniaxial stretching is studied at temperature far below melting point of crystal. By analyzing the evolution rule of structural parameters quantitatively, stretch-induced melting and recrystallization process is validated to be the underlying mechanism of plastic deformation for the system. The physical essence of stretch-induced melting is proved to be phase transition driven by elastic energy which originates from lattice deformation. Conversely, the recrystallization process is proved to be controlled by temperature; furthermore, the growth of lamellae during recrystallization is in perfect accordance with kinetic theory by Lauritzen and Hoffman. This study provides a quantitative understanding to the long-existing melting–recrystallization model from a thermodynamics point of view. © 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys. 2018 , 56, 1521–1528     

Crystalline and supermolecular structure evolution of poly(ethylene terephthalate) during isothermal crystallization and annealing treatment by means of wide and small angle X-ray investigations

Small-angle X-ray scattering, wide-angle X-ray diffraction and differential scanning calorimetry analysis were carried out to evaluate the evolution of the supermolecular structure of poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) during isothermal crystallization and annealing process. PET was crystallized from the melt by isothermal treatments at 226 °C. Partially crystallized samples were prepared interrupting the crystallization by quenching, while prolonged treatments were performed to prepare annealed samples. The adopted crystallization procedures allowed to form crystals which developed during primary and secondary crystallization, and the annealing process. On the basis of X-ray data, the lamellar and amorphous phases were unambiguously attributed. The lamellar thickness and the crystallinity progressively enhance with increasing the time of thermal treatment; on the contrary, the long period decreases and this effect is mainly due to the contraction of the amorphous phase. The melting behaviour of the annealed samples indicates that the heating-induced crystal reorganization phenomena are inconsistent. The interdependency between the melting temperature and the crystal thickness allowed to extrapolate the equilibrium melting temperature.