SAXS研究四臂聚氧化乙烯片晶的增厚

使用小角X光散射(SAXS)方法研究了每臂分子量为5000的四臂聚氧化乙烯在从熔点以上的温度淬火到室温后,在室温到熔点前的温度区域里片晶的增厚过程.采用一维相关函数分析方法分析了SAXS数据,获得了样品的长周期、线性结晶度、结晶层和无定形层厚度随温度的变化.按照这些参数在升温过程中的演变规律,确定了3个特征区域.Ⅰ区约在26~45℃内,存在着3种不同厚度的片晶,最厚的片晶层厚度为9.3 nm,线性结晶度、长周期、结晶层和无定形层厚度等参数基本不变,称为不变区.Ⅱ区约在45~52℃之间,这些参数都发生变化,SAXS的主峰分化为两个主要的峰,长周期、结晶层和无定形层厚度开始增加,但是,线性结晶度升高后又降低,称为转变区.Ⅲ区约在52~60℃之间,体系中只有单一厚度的片晶,其厚度不断增厚,到60℃结晶层厚度达15.8 nm,称为增厚区.从分子运动和片晶亚稳定本质分析,可以解释实验上观察到的3个区域发生变化的本质:在不变区里,主要的分子运动几乎被冻结,不可能发生可检测到的片晶结构变化.在转变区里,分子运动开始起作用,未结晶的分子开始结晶.同时,薄片晶会熔融,尔后又重新结晶.在增厚区里,线性结晶度和结晶层厚度增加,也意味着熔融-重结晶过程还在继续,直至达到这个样品可能形成的最厚片晶的熔点.实验观察到的熔融-重结晶过程的本质是聚合物片晶的亚稳态特性,稳定性低的薄片晶向稳定性高的厚片晶转变,即一个典型的奥斯瓦尔德熟化(Ostwald ripening).     

片晶折叠表面成核机制与结晶温度的相关性研究

利用自晶种方法,在邻二氯苯稀溶液中培养聚丁二酸丁二醇酯(PBS)晶体,系统研究了结晶温度对其晶体形貌的影响.使用PBS单晶作为研究对象,有效避免小尺寸观察不具有统计意义的缺点.在结晶过程中,通过改变结晶温度和自晶种温度,可有效调控稀溶液中生长的PBS晶体尺寸大小和晶体中缺陷的数量,得到了单层无缺陷的单晶、双层晶体和多层晶体等一系列PBS片晶.基于对不同实验条件下得到片晶的形貌和表面粗糙度的统计结果,提出晶体中可容忍的缺陷数量与结晶温度和晶种温度密切相关这一结论,通过建立热力学模型,定性分析了晶体中缺陷数量和结晶温度的依赖关系,从片晶表面粗糙度统计结果出发,提出高分子片晶折叠表面成核机制,较好地解释了实验中观察到的不同PBS晶体的形貌.     

云母表面低分子量聚氧乙烯单层片晶等温增厚动力学

采用附有热台的原子力显微镜(AFM)原位跟踪研究了2种低分子量聚氧乙烯(PEO)样品的单层片晶在云母表面的增厚行为.实验发现表面平整的一次折叠链片晶在其熔点以下等温退火时,其内部陆续出现增厚区域(增厚粒子).单个增厚粒子可在厚度和侧向尺寸2个维度同时生长.其中,增厚粒子的厚度随时间的变化曲线呈S形,并具有显著的温度相关性.基于在厚度维度满足成核机理的假设,可推导出厚度与时间的对数成正比关系.据此关系可进一步求得片晶侧表面自由能,结果与文献报道一致,并且对于2种PEO样品的结果也相近,确认了我们提出的机理的合理性.增厚粒子侧向尺寸随时间线性生长,生长速率与退火温度正相关,推测与片晶中的链滑移有关.     

水热处理对聚酰胺6纤维结构和性能的影响

在150℃下对聚酰胺6(PA6)纤维进行了水热处理,通过二维广角X射线衍射(2D-WAXD)、二维小角X射线散射(2D-SAXS)、示差扫描量热法(DSC)、场发射扫描电子显微镜(FE-SEM)和单丝强力测试等表征方法,研究了水热处理对纤维结构、热学和力学性能的影响.水热条件下,随温度的增加,水分子渗透作用增强,分子链的运动加剧,纤维的内部结构发生变化.纤维晶区结构由原来的γ晶型转变成为α晶型,结晶度和晶区完善程度提高,微晶尺寸增加,从而使纤维的热稳定性提高,熔融温度和熔融焓增加.水热处理使得纤维形成了折叠链片晶结构.在拉伸过程中,纤维的长周期不断增加,片晶有序性排列程度提高.水热处理后PA6纤维非晶区体积分数降低,并伴随有微孔和大的孔洞的形成,纤维的断裂强度和断裂伸长率都有所降低.     

FRS-XRSA与SAXS研究硬弹性聚丙烯的结晶度、取向与超结构——Ⅱ.退火温度的影响

本文是继应用WAXD与SAXS研究退火时间对HEPP结构影响后的第二部分工作,即退火温度的影响。结果指出:FRS-XRSA是研究择优取向聚合物结晶与取向的合理方法;HEPP的X_c~x与L_(kkl)随T_(an)存在着熔融-结晶-再熔融及趋于平稳的过程,当t_(an)=30min,T_(an)≥140℃是较佳结晶条件;与前人工作不同,HEPP中的片晶似呈扭曲状,且随T_(an)增加,扭曲片晶向伸展片晶转变,当T_(an)≥140℃,伸展取向渐趋稳定;SAXS结果指出,d随T_(an)线性增加,d_c在T_(an)从110°—120℃出现剧变增厚,d_0的变化与晶粒的熔融和片晶的增厚相对应,片晶层是由二层晶粒堆砌而成。T_(an)与t_(an)相比,两者对HEPP的结构都有明显的影响。     

聚合物片晶中链折叠模型的对称性讨论

本文从对称的观点讨论了在聚合物片晶中链折叠的问题.提出只有当分子链在折向相反方向后对称性不改变时,近邻规整折叠才是可能的.它是近邻折叠的必要条件.根据折叠时“对称性不变”这一论点,可以预言分子链近邻规整折叠的可能性及可能的折叠方向.     

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.     

聚合物片晶中链折叠模型的对称性讨论

 本文从对称的观点讨论了在聚合物片晶中链折叠的问题.提出只有当分子链在折向相反方向后对称性不改变时,近邻规整折叠才是可能的.它是近邻折叠的必要条件.根据折叠时“对称性不变”这一论点,可以预言分子链近邻规整折叠的可能性及可能的折叠方向.     

原子力显微镜原位观察球晶界面上片晶的生长

当结晶聚合物由熔融冷却或从浓溶液中析出结晶时 ,在不存在应力和流动的情况下 ,一般形成球晶 .球晶在一定的生长时期内呈现球形外观 ,在偏光显微镜下通常呈现Maltese黑十字消光图样 .球晶作为一种常见的结晶形态 ,由片晶堆积而成[1,2 ] .Keith和Padden认为形成球晶的体系包含杂质和聚合物链 ,由于杂质在片晶生长界面的富集导致片晶产生小角度分叉 ,这样片晶能填满球状的空间[1,2 ] .近年来的研究表明球晶是由一个片晶开始生长 ,片晶在生长过程中不断的诱导成核使片晶分叉 ,首先形成片晶捆束 ,然后片晶向各个方向发散生长 ,最终形成球晶[3…     

原子力显微镜研究环带球晶的形貌和片晶结构

利用原子力显微镜(AFM)的轻敲模式, 研究了聚 e-己内酯/聚氯乙烯(PCL/ PVC)(质量比90︰10)共混体系形成的环带球晶的表面形态和片晶结构. PCL/PVC环带球晶的表面由周期性高低起伏的环状结构组成, 其凸凹起伏的周期与球晶在偏光显微镜下的明暗交替的周期相对应. 这种周期性的凸凹起伏和明暗交替消光的原因是由不同取向的片晶交替排列造成的, 片晶在凹下环带区域的排列主要是Flat-on取向, 而凸起环带区域的片晶排列主要是Edge-on取向. 同时用原子力显微镜原位观察了PHB-co-HHx共聚物环带球晶生长时片晶的动态扭转过程, 初步的研究结果发现片晶的扭转不是均匀连续的, 而是出现在相对较窄的区域.     

聚环氧乙烷的双层片晶

聚环氧乙烷(M_n=7000)的双层片晶形态用透射电镜和差示扫描量热计进行了研究。在结晶温区54—56℃,现察到双层片晶,高于这个温区,同时看到双层片晶及单层片晶,低于这个温区,只看到单层片晶。双层片晶的熔点稍高于单层片晶。根据非整数次折迭链晶向整数次折迭链晶的转变,讨论了双层片晶和单层片晶的生长过程。在双层片晶界面上的H键降低了表面自由能,这是形成双层片晶的主要原因。     

聚对苯二甲酸乙二酯的熔融双峰与形态

非晶PET等温结晶后,用DSC、WAXD、SAXS、密度和透射电镜等方法,考察了结晶PET在升温过程中的结构变化,进一步证实了过程中发生部分熔融再结晶;同时形态也起了明显变化:片晶增厚,片晶侧向尺寸增大,由节瘤状晶粒堆砌部分地转变为典型的片晶堆砌,构成片晶的微晶尺寸增大,晶体趋于完善,折迭表面的规则折迭增加。这样,在等温结晶时生成的结构状态转变为更稳定的形态,因而相应地在DSC曲线上出现两个熔融峰。     

Mechanisms of reorganization of lamellae in syndiotactic polystyrene

The multiple melting behavior of syndiotactic polystyrene (sPS) and its possible mechanisms via preexisting lamella types and/or scanning-induced lamellar reorganization were investigated by using X-ray diffraction, DSC, and scanning electron microscopy. Melt-crystallized sPS samples, upon DSC scanning, exhibited three melting peaks (I, II, III). A morphological analysis showed that flat-on lamellae develop first, which yield P-I and P-II melting, and during scanning recrystallize to thickened edge-on lamellae with a P-III melting peak. Upon scanning, melting of P-I (crystal of the lowest melting peak) is followed by repacking into thickened P-III crystal, the lamella of which also reoriented to a perpendicular orientation. The P-II crystal, however, melts at temperatures too close to the melting temperature of P-III; thus, during scanning up, the P-II crystal simply melts without sufficient time to repack into the thickened P-III crystal. In addition to the P-III crystal species that can be added by melting P-I and repacking to P-III, it is believed that preexistence of different lamella crystals was jointly responsible for the multiple melting. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 38: 3210–3221, 2000     

Structure of starches extracted from near-isogenic wheat lines

High-sensitivity differential scanning calorimetry (HSDSC) and small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) were used to investigate the structural characteristics of starch granules with different amylose content extracted from near-isogenic wheat lines with different combinations of active granule-bound starch synthase (GBSS I) isoforms. Paracrystalline diffraction model, ‘two-state’ model of starch melting and other physico-chemical approaches were used to estimate the sizes of amylopectin clusters, the thicknesses of crystalline lamellae and the structure of amylopectin defects for investigated wheat starches. The joint analysis of SAXS and DSC data has shown that the size of amylopectin cluster, the thickness of crystalline lamellae and the structure of amylopectin defects do not depend on the differences in combinations of active GBSS I isozymes. The data obtained supposed that the amylopectin cluster size and the thickness of crystalline lamellae are, generally, the universal structural parameters for wheat starches. Additionally, the data obtained suggest that increase of amylose content is accompanied by accumulation of both amylose tie-chains, located as defects in crystalline lamellae, and amylose chains oriented transversely to the lamella stack within amorphous lamellae. Disordered ends of amylopectin double helices and/or pre-existing double helices not participating in formation of crystals are considered as amylopectin defects arranged in crystalline lamellae. The relationship between structure of wheat starches extracted from near-isogenic lines and their thermodynamic properties was recognized.     

Lamellar structural changes in miscible crystalline polymer blends during melting and crystallization processes,as studied by real‐time small‐angle X‐ray scattering measurements

Real‐time small‐angle X‐ray scattering (SAXS) measurement using synchrotron radiation was applied to study the lamellar structural changes in miscible crystalline polymer blends of poly(1,4‐butylene succinate) (PBSU) and poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) during melting and crystallization processes. The lamella of PBSU is either included in the interlamellar region of PVDF (interlamellar inclusion structure), or rejected from the interlamellar region of PVDF (interlamellar exclusion structure). The two lamellar structures coexists in the melt‐quenched samples of the PBSU/PVDF = 30/70 blend. Only the interlamellar exclusion structure exists in the drawn films of the PBSU/PVDF = 30/70 blend. The real‐time SAXS results show that the interlamellar exclusion structure in these samples is irreversibly transformed into the interlamellar inclusion structure by heating the sample above the melting temperature of PBSU and that the PBSU chains are crystallized between the lamellae of PVDF during the cooling process. The factors controlling the lamellar structural changes are possibly a balance of the miscibility and the chain exclusion by tie‐molecules and/or the chain diffusion under confinement by the lamellae of PVDF with higher melting temperature. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 45: 1959–1969, 2007     

原子力显微镜研究高分子超薄膜结晶机理及功能化调控

近十年来,随着功能高分子单晶(含单层或寡层片晶)工程及应用研究的不断深入,除了纳米尺度结晶形貌的表征以外,多功能原子力显微镜还被用于研究分子结构、结晶条件和后处理条件对功能高分子晶体性能(电、热、光、磁等)的影响,进一步还可采用扫描探针加工技术(机械刻蚀、电致刻蚀和热致刻蚀等)对其性能进行调控以构筑功能化聚集态结构和微图案.另一方面,超薄膜中单层或寡层片晶可为研究高分子结晶提供合适的模型体系,与原子力显微镜相结合,不但可以原位、实空间、高分辨地研究高分子的成核与生长过程(生长形态演变和生长动力学),还可以用于研究亚稳态折叠链片晶厚度和形态随热处理温度与时间的演化,从而加深对片晶内有序差异、片晶增厚与熔融行为和自诱导成核的认识.     

环氧树脂/聚氧化乙烯共混物及其与硫氰化钠络合物的结构研究(Ⅰ)

对不同分子量聚氧乙烯(PEO)以不同比例与双酚A二缩水甘油醚型环氧树脂(ER)制得的交联共混物ER/PEO,以及再与NaSCN络合后的产物用WAXD,SAXS,DSC和SEM等方法进行了研究,结果表明:随着ER含量的增加,ER/PEO共混物由晶态转为非晶态。ER/PEO属单斜晶系;与NaSCN络合后,体系结晶性变差。ER/PEO-NaSCN属三斜晶系,其长周期比相应ER/PEO交联共混物的长周期值大。EP的加入使非晶层增厚,结晶片层变薄,长周期值增加。     

Relationship between Localization of PBSU in Interlamellar/Interfibrillar Regimes and Double Peaks in DSC/SAXS in its Blend with PVDF

In this work, phase segregation and localization of PBSU have been investigated with the combination of SAXS and DSC in its blend with PVDF. After stepwise crystallization of PVDF and PBSU, there are double melting peaks of PBSU in DSC and double scattering peaks in SAXS. It has been demonstrated that double peaks can be attributed to the localization of PBSU in interlamellar/interfibrillar region in pre-formed PVDF crystal framework. In the case of low content of PBSU in blend, PBSU is trapped into the interlamellar region of PVDF crystals, resulting in the alternating lamellae crystal of them and the first peak (with low-q) in SAXS. The enhanced confinement effect produces thinner PBSU lamellae, corresponding to the lower melting temperature in DSC. Upon increasing its content in blend, some PBSU segregates in interfibrillar regions in addition to the enrichment in interlamellar regions of PVDF crystal framework. The larger space and higher concentration of PBSU in interfibrillar-regions contribute to periodic lamellae structure of PBSU with higher thickness, which is the reason for the second peak (with high-q) in SAXS and DSC. Our results not only clarify the relationship between localization of PBSU in interlamellar/interfibrillar regions and double peaks in DSC/SAXS, but also provide a novel strategy to detect the interlamellar and interfibrillar segregation of low-T_m component in miscible crystalline/crystalline blend.

     

Structural changes and chain radius of gyration in cold-drawn polyethylene after annealing: small- and wide-angle X-ray scattering and small-angle neutron scattering studies

Samples made from linear polyethylene were drawn at room temperature and subsequently annealed at high temperatures below the melting point. The structural changes of the crystalline lamellae and lamellar superstructures as well as the single chain radius of gyration were studied by means of combined small- and wide-angle X-ray scattering and small-angle neutron scattering (SANS). After drawing, the polymeric chain segments in the crystalline phase are preferentially oriented along the drawing direction with a high degree of orientation whereas the lamellae in the samples are found to be slightly sheared exhibiting oblique surfaces as evidenced by X-ray scattering. SANS indicates that the chains are highly elongated along the drawing direction. Annealing the deformed samples at temperatures where the mechanical alpha-process of polyethylene is active leads to a thickening of both crystalline lamellae and amorphous layers. The chains in the crystalline phase retain their high degree of orientation after annealing while the lamellae are sheared to a larger extent. In addition, there is also lateral growth of the crystalline lamellae during high-temperature annealing. Despite the structural changes of the crystalline and amorphous regions, there is no evidence for global chain relaxation. The global anisotropic shape of the chains is preserved even after prolonged annealing at high temperatures. The results indicate that the mobility of polyethylene chains-as seen, e.g., by 13C NMR-is a local phenomenon. The results also yield new insight into mechanical properties of drawn PE, especially regarding stress relaxation and creep mechanisms.     

Real‐time SAXS and WAXS study of the multiple melting behavior of poly(ε‐caprolactone)

The multiple melting behavior of poly(ε‐caprolactone) (PCL) was investigated by real‐time small angle X‐ray scattering (SAXS) and wide angle X‐ray scattering (WAXS) measurements coupling with differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). Semicrystalline specimens prepared by a continuous cooling process showed lengthening of the Bragg period during the progress of double melting. A model of variable thickness of lamella was proposed to fit to the SAXS patterns and revealed that both the crystalline lamella and the amorphous layer contributed to the increase in Bragg period while the later dominated the contribution. The model of variable thickness although satisfied the SAXS data was unable to compromise the data from other probing tools. A modification of the model proposed that each lamella piling up to construct the stacks in the crystallites was itself nonuniform in thickness. The modification with the parallel occurrence of the mechanism of surface melting and crystallization successfully compromised the observations from SAXS, DSC, and optical microscopy and provided a new perspective for the explanation to lengthening of the Bragg period related to multiple melting behavior. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 48: 1777–1785, 2010