EFFECT OF N,N,N~'''',N~''''-TETRAALKYL TEREPHTHALAMIDE ON NON-ISOTHERMAL CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS OF POLYPROPYLENE

The effect of N,N,N',N'-tetraalkyl terephthalamide (TATA) on the non-isothermal crystallization and melting characteristics of polypropylene (PP) was studied. The addition of TATA can lead to the formation of β-crystal PP. With the increase in TATA concentration the degree of crystallinity for β-crystal PP increased significantly, and that for α-crystal PP decreased, which indicated that TATA effectively induced the formation of β-crystal PP. WAXD also revealed the existence of β-crystal PP after the introduction of TATA into PP. PP containing TATA crystallized at a temperature range of 5-10℃ higher than that of pure PP, and the half-crystallization time (t1/2) and Avrami exponent (n) of PP at the same cooling rate were decreased by the addition of TATA, indicating that TATA influenced the crystallization rate and crystallization growth mode of PP. The rate constant of crystallization of PP containing TATA (Zc) was larger than that of pure PP, which further indicated that the crystallization of PP was accelerated by the addition of TATA.     

Different influences of nucleating agents on crystallization behavior of polyethylene and polypropylene

The crystallization behavior of polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP), including the neat ones and the ones nucleated with the same nucleating agent (NA), was studied by DSC. It was found that the nucleating agent decelerated the PE nonisothermal crystallization process. NA did enhance the nucleating rates for both PE and PP, but the linear growth rate dominated the volumetric growth rate for PE, and the volumetric growth rate dominated the overall crystallization rate. That is why PE nucleated with NA had a slower overall crystallization rate than the neat one.     

EFFECT OF N,N,N’,N’-TETRAALKYL TEREPHTHALAMIDE ON NON-ISOTHERMAL CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS OF POLYPROPYLENE

The effect of N,N,N＇,N＇-tetraalkyl terephthalamide （TATA） on the non-isothermal crystallization and melting characteristics ofpolypropylene （PP） was studied. The addition of TATA can lead to the formation ofβ-crystal PP. With the increase in TATA concentration the degree of crystallinity for β-crystal PP increased significantly, and that for a-crystal PP decreased, which indicated that TATA effectively induced the formation of β-crystal PP. WAXD also revealed the existence of β-crystal PP after the introduction of TATA into PP. PP containing TATA crystallized at a temperature range of 5-10℃ higher than that of pure PP, and the half-crystallization time （t1/2） and Avrami exponent （n） of PP at the same cooling rate were decreased by the addition of TATA, indicating that TATA influenced the crystallization rate and crystallization growth mode of PP. The rate constant of crystallization of PP containing TATA （Zc） was larger than that of pure PP, which further indicated that the crystallization of PP was accelerated by the addition of TATA.     

Enhanced Crystallization Rate of Biodegradable Poly(ε-caprolactone) by Cyanuric Acid as an Efficient Nucleating Agent

The influence of cyanuric acid(CA) as an efficient nucleating agent on the crystallization behavior and morphology of biodegradable poly(ε-caprolactone)(PCL) was extensively studied in this work with several techniques for the first time. The nonisothermal melt crystallization behavior and overall isothermal melt crystallization rate of PCL were significantly enhanced by only a small amount of CA. The addition of CA apparently improved the nonisothermal melt crystallization peak temperature, overall isothermal melt crystallization rate, and nucleation density of PCL spherulites, but did not modify the crystallization mechanism and crystal structure of PCL, indicating that CA was an efficient nucleating agent for the crystallization of PCL. The possible nucleation mechanism of CA on the crystallization of PCL was also discussed on the basis of their crystal structures.     

Enhancing the Crystallization Performance of Poly(L-lactide) by Intramolecular Hybridizing with Tunable Self-assembly-type Oxalamide Segments

In this work, hydroxyl-terminated oxalamide compounds N~1,N~2-bis(2-hydroxyethyl)oxalamide(OXA1) and N~1,N~(1′)-(ethane-1,2-diyl)bis(N2-(2-hydroxyethyl)oxalamide(OXA2) were synthesized to initiate the ring-opening polymerization of L-lactide for preparation of oxalamide-hybridized poly(L-lactide)(PLA_(OXA)), i.e., PLA_(OXA1) and PLA_(OXA2). The crystallization properties of PLA were improved by the self-assembly of the oxalamide segments in PLA_(OXA) which served as the initial heterogeneous nuclei. The crystal growth kinetics was studied by HoffmanLauritzen theory and it revealed that the nucleation energy barrier of PLA_(OXA1) and PLA_(OXA2) was lower than that of PLA. Consequently, PLA_(OXA) could crystallize much faster than PLA, accompanied with a decrease in spherulite size and half-life crystallization time by 74.8% and 86.5%(T=125 ℃), respectively. In addition, the final crystallinity of PLA_(OXA1) and PLA_(OXA2) was 6 and 8 times higher, respectively, in comparison with that of neat PLA under a controlled cooling rate of 10 ℃/min. The results demonstrate that the hybridization of oxalamide segments in PLA backbone will serve as the self-heteronucleation for promoting the crystallization rate. The higher the content of oxalamide segments(PLA_(OXA2) compared with PLA_(OXA1)) is, the stronger the promotion effect will be. Therefore, this study may provide a universal approach by hybridizing macromolecular structure to facilitate the crystallization of semi-crystalline polymer materials.     

An efficient organic additive to control the crystallization rate of aliphatic polyketone: A non-isothermal crystallization kinetics study

Three types of organic compounds—two carboxylic acids and an anhydride, were used as additives for polyketone(PK). The effect of the additive structure and their feed ratios on the melting temperature, crystallization temperature, and crystallization rate of PK were studied. We found that the crystallization temperature could be reduced significantly by introducing a small quantity of organic additive, in particular, an anhydride. On addition of 1 phr of anhydride, the crystallization temperature was reduced by 10.7 ℃. Therefore, the non-isothermal crystallization kinetics of aliphatic PK/anhydride blends with various feed ratios was investigated using DSC. The results were analyzed by various theoretical models, such as Avrami, Ozawa and combined Avrami-Ozawa models.     

Nonisothermal crystallization and morphology of poly(butylene succinate)/layered double hydroxide nanocomposites

Biodegradable poly(butylene succinate) (PBS) and layered double hydroxide (LDH) nanocomposites were prepared via melt blending in a twin-screw extruder. The morphology and dispersion of LDH nanoparticles within PBS matrix were characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), which showed that LDH nanoparticles were found to be well distributed at the nanometer level. The nonisothermal crystallization behavior of nanocomposites was extensively studied using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) technique at various cooling rates. The crystallization rate of PBS was accelerated by the addition of LDH due to its heterogeneous nucleation effect; however, the crystallization mechanism and crystal structure of PBS remained almost unchanged. In kinetics analysis of nonisothermal crystallization, the Ozawa approach failed to describe the crystallization behavior of PBS/LDH nanocomposites, whereas both the modified Avrami model and the Mo method well represented the crystallization behavior of nanocomposites. The effective activation energy was estimated as a function of the relative degree of crystallinity using the isoconversional analysis. The subsequent melting behavior of PBS and PBS/LDH nanocomposites was observed to be dependent on the cooling rate. The POM showed that the small and less perfect crystals were formed in nanocomposites.     

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.     

Studies on crystal transition of polyamide 11 nanocomposites by variable-temperature X-ray diffraction

Polyamide I1 （PAll） and its nanocomposites with different organoclay loadings were prepared by melt-compounding and subsequent pelletizing. The crystal phase transitions of PAl 1 and its clay nanocomposites were investigated by variable-temperature X-ray diffraction. It was found that the Brill transition of the nanocomposite was 20 K higher than that of the neat PAl 1 for both heating and cooling processes. The PAl 1 d-spacings of the nanocomposites were observed to be smaller than those of the neat PAl 1 for melt crystallization. The constraints imposed by the addition of layered clay, restricting the thermal expansion of the polymer chains, are probably responsible for such a reduction of the d-spacing.     

Effects of the crystallization time on the mesoporous structure,texture, morphology and styrene oxidation performances of V-MCM-41

The new V-MCM-41 molecular sieves with good ordered hexagonal mesoporous structure and crystallinity were synthesized through in-situ hydrothermal preparation method. The effects of the crystallization time were discussed. The synthesized samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction, N2adsorption/desorption, Fourier transformed infrared and scanning electron microscopy. The different structures, textures, morphologies of V-MCM-41 obtained with different crystallization times were observed and analyzed on the basis of the characterized results. The results showed that the V-MCM-41 molecular sieve obtained at 110 °C for 48 h crystallization times was of good spherical morphology, ordered hexagonal structure, most uniform pore size distribution and high surface area compared with other samples. Meanwhile, the V-MCM-41 molecular sieve with the high skeleton Si condensation and the good crystallinity was obtained. The heteroatom could be incorporated into MCM-41 framework with increasing crystallization times, which was beneficial to improve the catalytic activity and selectivity of pure siliceous MCM-41. The V-MCM-41 showed the good catalytic selectivity in catalytic oxidation of styrene using hydrogen peroxide, and the selectivity of the benzaldehyde and phenylacetic acid reached 30.68%and 49.44%, respectively.     

不同分子量聚丙烯β晶相的形成

结晶速率;晶相转变;不同分子量聚丙烯β晶相的形成     

GMA/苯乙烯多组分单体接枝聚丙烯结晶行为研究

使用差示扫描量热计 (DSC)研究了甲基丙烯酸缩水甘油酯 苯乙烯 (GMA St)多单体熔融接枝聚丙烯[PP g (GMA co St) ]的等温和非等温结晶行为 ,用偏光显微镜观察了结晶的形态 ,并利用Avrami方程对其结晶动力学进行了分析 .研究发现接枝聚丙烯的结晶模式与PP相似 ,属于异相成核控制的球晶三维生长 ;但接枝聚丙烯的结晶温度 (Tc)显著提高 ,幅度高达 16～ 19℃ ,总结晶速率与纯PP相比明显加快 .接枝聚丙烯上GMA co St支链的存在 ,降低了成核界面自由能 ,促进了聚丙烯结晶的异相成核 .在接枝率不太高的情况下 ,随着接枝率的提高 ,接枝聚丙烯的结晶温度升高 ,总结晶速率加快 .在高接枝率范围内 ,随着接枝率的提高 ,接枝PP的Tc 不再升高 ,且由于接枝链的增长严重阻碍了球晶生长 ,导致接枝PP的总结晶速率反而随接枝率的升高而下降     

Effects of clay on polymorphism of polypropylene in polypropylene/clay nanocomposites

The effects of clay on polymorphism of polypropylene (PP) in PP/clay nanocomposites (PPCNs) under various thermomechanical conditions were studied. In extruded PP and PPCN pellet samples, only α-phase crystallites existed, as they were prepared by rapidly cooling the melt extrudates to room temperature. Under compression, β-phase crystallites can develop in neat PP under various thermal conditions, of which isothermal crystallizing at 120 °C gave the highest content of β-phase crystallites. In contrast, no β-phase crystallite was detected in the PPCN samples prepared under the same conditions. This indicated that clay significantly inhibits the formation of β-phase crystallites. The likely reason is that the presence of clay in PPCNs greatly sped up the crystallization process of the α phase, whereas it had an insignificant effect on the crystallization rates of the β phase. The results also showed that clay may slightly promote the formation of γ-phase PP crystallites in PPCNs. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 42: 1810–1816, 2004     

咪唑基离子液体Br[C_(14)im](CH_2)_4[C_(14)im]Br对PP结构与性能的影响

应用Gemini型咪唑基离子液体和聚丙烯(PP)熔融共混,制备出Gemini型咪唑基离子液体改性PP,并对改性PP的结构与性能进行了表征与测试.研究结果表明,Br[C14im](CH2)4[C14im]Br添加到PP中后,起到了异相成核的作用,同时使PP晶体结晶度减小;添加离子液体的样品熔融峰温,结晶峰温与纯样相近,同时离子液体也诱导了PP中α晶的生成;Gemini型咪唑基离子液体可以提高PP的抗静电性能,加入量为3 phr时,表面电阻率为8.97×109Ωcm,抗静电性能优良;此外,添加离子液体后样品拉伸强度有所降低,冲击强度有所提高,断裂伸长率有所下降,降低了PP的玻璃化温度,说明离子液体对PP有增塑作用.     

反应性单体改性PP/PS共混物结晶与熔融行为

制备了三种反应性单体和两种PP接枝物改性的PP／PS共混物,用DSC研究了改性PP／PS共混物的结晶与熔融行为。结果表明：PS的加入提高了PP的结晶温度,两种接枝物的加入进一步提高共混物中PP的结晶温度,少量反应性单体对结晶温度影响不大,但高用量时则明显提高共混物的结晶温度;外加接枝物或者反应性单体对共混物中PP的熔融温度影响不大,但是熔融峰形与结晶温度高低有关。     

Site-resolved X-ray scattering studies,I investigations on plates from PP-graphite composites

Cross-sections cut from rectangular plates injection or compression-molded from composites of isotactic polypropylene and varying amounts (up to 40 mass%) of different grades of graphite were investigated by site-resolved wide-angle X-ray scattering (WAXS), using a two-circle goniometer and a specially adapted Kratky camera, respectively. The measurements yielded detailed information about the orientation of both the filler particles and the PP crystallites, in dependence on the position in the cross-sections. In the plates molded from composites, the graphite particles are preferentially oriented with their (002) planes parallel to the surface of the plates and the α-PP crystallites prefer the same orientation for their (040) planes. In plates devoid of graphite, the PP crystallites show a different orientation behavior, however, the presence of 0.2% graphite is already sufficient to change the orientation to the afore-mentioned mode. The observed parallelism in the preferential orientation of the graphite particles and the PP matrix suggests the assumption of hetero-epitaxial growth of α-PP crystallites on the (002) surface of oriented graphite particles. According to our results, the effects of the PP-graphite interaction are dependent on the nature and properties of the graphite particles and may be modulated by treating the graphite surface with different coatings.     

ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY,CRYSTALLIZATION AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF POLYPROPYLENE/MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE/CALCIUM CARBONATE COMPOSITES PREPARED BY MELT MIXING

Polypropylene(PP)/multi-walled carbon nanotube(MWCNT)/calcium carbonate(CaCO_3)composites are prepared by melt mixing using two types of CaCO_3 of different sizes.The electrical resistivities of the composites with the two types of CaCO_3 are all lower than those of the corresponding PP/MWCNT composites at various MWCNT loadings (1 wt%-5 wt%).The morphology of the composites is investigated by field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM).The crystallization behavior of PP in the composites is char...     

Crystallization, mechanical and thermal properties of sorbitol derivatives nucleated polypropylene/calcium carbonate composites

<正>The effect ofαphase nucleating agent(NA) 1,3:2,4-bis(3,4-dimethylbenzylidene) sorbitol(DMDBS) on crystallization and physical properties of polypropylene/calcium carbonate(PP/CaCO_3) composites has been comparatively investigated.Compared with binary PP/CaCO_3 composites,in which CaCO_3 exhibits weak heterogeneous nucleation, inconspicuous reinforcement and toughening effects for PP,the introduction of a few amounts of DMDBS induces a great increase of the degree of crystallinity.Largely improved tensile properties,fracture toughness at relatively higher temperature and heat deformation temperature(HDT) are observed for DMDBS nucleated PP/CaCO_3 composites.