不同初始条件下聚乳酸的等温结晶动力学

用差示扫描量热法(DSC)研究聚乳酸(PLA)从熔体及玻璃态两种初始状态下的等温结晶行为,考查结晶动力学参数与结晶温度(Tc)及初始状态的关系.实验结果表明:从玻璃态结晶活化能(359 kJ/mol)较从熔体结晶活化能(103 kJ/mol)高;相应的Avrami指数n(2.3～2.7)小于从熔体的(2.5～3.1);所测得的平衡熔点是一致的,分别为155.7℃(玻璃态)、156.4℃(熔体);从玻璃态结晶诱导时间(ti)随着Tc升高而逐渐减小,从熔体结晶Tc=95℃时,出现最小ti为9.47min;在整个Tc区间,从玻璃态结晶速率(G)都受生长控制,从熔体低温时G受生长过程控制,高温时受成核过程控制.     

快速增压制备非晶聚乳酸的等温冷结晶行为研究

通过快速增压法(RC)和自然冷却法(CN)分别制备出完全非晶的聚乳酸(PLA)样品,利用差示扫描量热仪(DSC)、偏光显微红外光谱仪(FTIR)和广角X-ray(WAXD)研究了2种非晶样品的初始结构、不同结晶温度下的等温冷结晶行为及最终的微观结构.结果表明,在温度为110、115、125、130、135及140℃下等温结晶时,RC样品的结晶速率明显高于CN样品;WAXD数据显示,结晶完成后RC样品的结晶度明显高于CN样品,但两者最终的晶粒尺寸大小相近,说明RC样品结晶过程中具有较高的成核密度;实验发现,PLA熔体在快速增压过程中很可能形成了某些类似物理老化样品中存在的局部有序结构,这些局部有序结构促进了晶核的形成,使冷结晶速率明显加快,结晶度提高.     

聚乳酸成型加工过程中的熔体粘弹特性和结晶行为调控

聚乳酸(PLA)是目前合成生物可降解高分子材料中应用量最大的品种,可望逐渐部分取代聚烯烃而更广泛应用于各个领域。但PLA树脂结构决定的松弛特性导致其加工过程特殊的黏弹特性,使其熔体强度低、成型工艺特性不稳定并进而导致产品尺寸和性能不稳定。此外,PLA极低的结晶速率,使其在挤出和注射成型等较高冷却速率的实际加工条件下呈无定型态,进一步影响了其加工和使用性能。这些问题已成为PLA更大规模商品化应用的瓶颈。本文从通过调控PLA熔体加工过程的黏弹特性而提高其可加工性出发,综述近年来本课题组在PLA成型加工过程中熔体粘弹特性和结晶行为(结晶速率和结晶结构)调控方面的研究进展。     

聚乳酸/矿物填料复合材料的示差扫描量热研究

通过熔融共混法制备了一系列聚乳酸(PLA)/矿物填料复合材料.采用示差扫描量热(DSC)研究了含有碳酸钙(CaCO3)、蒙脱土(MMT)和凹凸棒土(AT)的聚乳酸复合材料在不同热历程中的结晶和熔融行为.研究发现,MMT和AT对PLA的慢速降温结晶无明显影响,而碳酸钙在慢速降温过程中能够有效促进PLA结晶;在2.5 K/min的降温速率下,结晶热焓随碳酸钙含量增加而增加;填料种类和含量会对复合材料升温过程的冷结晶和熔融产生较大影响,低含量矿物填料主要对PLA的冷结晶起成核作用,其中MMT成核效果最好.较高含量下不同填料会对PLA晶体形态产生影响,从而得到多样的DSC曲线变化.     

聚合物熔体冷却阶段结晶行为的多尺度模拟

针对结晶型聚合物熔体冷却过程的结晶行为,建立了偶合宏观温度场与微观结晶形态的多尺度模型.该模型揭示了宏观温度的变化会引起晶核数、晶体生长速率的改变,从而影响微观结晶形态;而微观结晶释放的潜热也将导致宏观温度的改变.为了求解上述多尺度模型,提出了有限体积/像素法偶合的多尺度算法,即在粗网格上采用有限体积法对宏观温度场进行求解,而在细网格上采用像素法对微观结晶形态进行模拟.基于多尺度模型及多尺度算法,文中对二维聚合物熔体模壁等速降温的冷却问题进行了研究,考察了温度、相对结晶度的变化及结晶形态的演化,并比较了不同冷却速率、初始温度对温度、相对结晶度及结晶形态的影响.数值结果表明,冷却速率是影响结晶行为的关键.高冷却速率下,温度平台出现较早,持续较短;结晶过程对应的温度范围较广;且平均晶体直径较小.而初始温度只影响温度平台及结晶行为出现的早晚,与其持续时间几乎无关。     

快速扫描量热法研究聚对苯二甲酸-1,4-环己烷二甲醇酯的结晶和熔融行为

采用快速扫描量热法(FSC)结合传统的差示扫描量热仪(DSC)考察了聚对苯二甲酸-1,4-环己烷二甲醇酯(PCT)聚酯在接近玻璃化转变(T_g)和熔融温度(T_m)范围(100~270 ℃)的结晶和熔融行为。 较大过冷度时PCT聚酯结晶较快,FSC有效地抑制降温过程结晶的发生,而较低过冷度下传统DSC可以避免样品降解对实验结果的影响,二者的结合能很好地对PCT聚酯结晶动力学进行测量,实验结果表明在175 ℃时结晶速率最快。 并且利用Flash DSC对等温结晶温度下形成的片晶熔点进行加热速率的相关测量,在熔融动力学建模的基础上进行校准,以确定零加热速率下片晶的熔点。 Hoffman-Weeks方程中T_m与结晶温度(T_c)的线性关系与T_c=T_m的交点给出了PCT晶体的平衡熔融温度$T_m^o$为315 ℃。     

聚乙交酯非等温结晶行为研究

利用差示量热扫描热分析仪(DSC)测得了不同降温速率下聚乙交酯(PGA)的非等温结晶的温度-热焓曲线。分别通过Ozawa法、Jeziorny法和莫志深法对PGA的非等温结晶机理进行了分析。Ozawa法结果表明:在给定的温度范围内,Ozawa法并不适用于描述PGA的非等温结晶行为;Jeziorny法结果表明:不同降温速率下,PGA结晶过程的Avrami指数(n)接近4,PGA非等温结晶为均相成核、晶粒三维增长的过程;莫志深法结果表明:Avrami指数与Ozawa指数的比值(a)基本无变化,动力学参数f(T)随降温速率增加逐渐增大,即在更快的降温速率下,PGA结晶更充分,可获得更高的结晶度。通过Kissinger方程计算得到的PGA结晶扩散活化能为-66.9kJ/mol。     

甲壳型液晶高分子的一种非寻常热致液晶行为

根据液晶相的稳定性 ,热致性液晶有双向性和单向性之分 .前者在升温和降温过程中都能形成液晶 ,而后者只能在降温过程中形成液晶 .原因是单向性液晶的液晶相不稳定 ,清亮点Ｔｉ 低于熔点Ｔｍ .升温时 ,样品熔融后直接进入各向同性的熔体 ;降温时 ,由于结晶过程的过冷 ,冷结晶温度Ｔｃ 低于Ｔｉ,样品先从各向同性态进入液晶态 ,然后才结晶 .一般情况下 ,如果液晶化合物自身是非晶的 ,所形成的有序结构不会由于冷却而遭到破坏 .最近 ,我们在研究分子量和液晶基元末端长度对甲壳型液晶高分子液晶性影响的时候发现 ,聚 [2 ,5 双 ( 4′ 正己氧基…     

聚乳酸/可分散性纳米二氧化硅复合材料等温结晶行为研究

采用超声辅助、熔融共混的方法,用可分散的纳米二氧化硅颗粒(DNS)对聚乳酸(PLA)进行改性处理,利用差示扫描量热法(DSC)、X射线粉末衍射分析(XRD)、FTIR等测试手段研究了DNS对PLA等温熔融结晶和等温冷结晶行为的影响,并且对测得数据用Avarmi方程进行处理,研究其等温结晶动力学.结果表明:DNS使PLA的等温熔融结晶和等温冷结晶的半结晶时间t_(1/2)减小、结晶速率提高,Avarmi指数n变化不大,说明DNS没有改变PLA结晶的成核机理.     

去氢枞酸类成核剂改性聚丙烯的非等温结晶动力学研究

对以去氢枞酸盐为成核剂的聚丙烯非等温结晶动力学进行了研究，用修正Avrami方程的Jexiorny法和莫志深法进行处理。结果表明：修正Avrami方程的Jeziorny方法和莫志深法都适用于去氢枞酸类成核剂改性的聚丙烯的非等温结晶动力学。在同样的降温速率下纯聚丙烯的t1/2比成核聚丙烯的t1／2要长，当降温速率为20K/min时，纯聚丙烯和成核聚丙烯的t1/2分别为0．78min和0．51min。同时从莫志深法得到的F(T)结果可以看出，达到相同的结晶度时纯聚丙烯所需的降温速率要大于成核聚丙烯所需的降温速率，说明成核剂的加入提高了聚丙烯的结晶速率。从Jeziorny法求出的纯聚丙烯和成核聚丙烯的Avrami指数分别为4．46和2．77，表明成核剂改变了聚丙烯的结晶成核和生长方式。     

Greatly accelerated crystallization of poly(lactic acid): cooperative effect of stereocomplex crystallites and polyethylene glycol

Stereocomplex crystallite (SC) between enantiomeric poly(l-lactic acid) (PLLA) and poly(d-lactic acid) (PDLA), with largely improved thermal resistance and mechanical properties compared with PLLA and PDLA, is a good nucleating agent for poly(lactic acid) (PLA). The effects of SC and/or polyethylene glycol (PEG) on the crystallization behaviors of PLA were investigated. The non-isothermal and isothermal crystallization kinetics revealed that SC and PEG can separately promote the crystallization rate of PLA by heterogeneous nucleation and increasing crystal growth rate, respectively. However, their promoting effect is limited when used alone, and the modified PLA cannot crystallize completely under a cooling rate of 20 °C/min. When SC and PEG are both present, the crystallization rate of PLA is greatly accelerated, and even under a cooling rate of 40 °C/min, PLA can crystallize completely and get a high crystallinity owing to the excellent balance between simultaneously improved nucleation and crystal growth rate.     

4,4'-二羟基二苯硫醚对聚甲醛结晶和熔融行为的影响

为了探究4,4'-二羟基二苯硫醚(TDP)的添加对聚甲醛(POM)熔融与结晶行为的影响,本文利用熔融共混的方法制备了POM/TDP共混材料。通过差示扫描量热仪(DSC)对共混材料的熔融与结晶行为进行了研究,利用广角X射线衍射仪(WAXD)对共混材料的晶体结构进行了研究。结果表明,在POM中添加TDP后,POM的晶面间距变大,晶体结构变的疏松,使POM的结晶温度(Tc)、结晶焓(ΔHc)、熔融温度(Tm)与熔融焓(ΔHm)均降低。当TDP质量分数增加到30%时,共混物的熔点与结晶温度较纯POM分别下降了15.2和12.8℃。在等温结晶过程中,随着TDP含量的增大,POM完成结晶所需的时间显著加长,共混物的结晶速率逐渐降低,结晶活化能逐渐升高,但TDP的加入对POM的晶型并没有影响。以上结果说明TDP的添加对POM的熔融与结晶行为影响很大,这将为POM结晶行为的调控提供依据。     

Non-isothermal crystallization kinetics of continuous glass fiber-reinforced poly(ether ether ketone) composites

Current studies on crystallization kinetics for glass fiber-reinforced poly(ether ether ketone) mainly focused on short glass fiber-reinforced composites and their isothermal crystallization. It is worth noting that continuous glass fiber-reinforced poly(ether ether ketone) composite (CGF/PEEK) possesses relatively higher mechanical performance than short fiber-reinforced PEEK under high temperature. Here, for the first time, we investigate the non-isothermal crystallization kinetics and melting behavior of CGF/PEEK by differential scanning calorimetry at four different cooling rates. By evaluating the crystallite size of CGF/PEEK using X-ray diffraction, it is found that with the decreasing cooling rate, the crystallite size distribution evolves more uniform, and the size of crystallites enlarges. Besides, by systematical analysis, we find the modified Avrami equation can well describe crystallization behavior of the CGF/PEEK. The higher Avrami value of CGF/PEEK than pure PEEK indicates that CGF could introduce a more complex geometry effect on the crystallization. The addition of CGF greatly reduces the absolute value of crystallization activation energy of PEEK, suggesting that CGF can reduce the nucleation energy barrier. The obtained results illustrate that CGF can accelerate the nucleation rate due to heterogeneous nucleation while reduce the growth rate due to retarded polymer chain mobility. And the cooling conditions can influence crystal growth and morphology.

     

Thermophysical analysis and modeling of the crystallization and melting behavior of PLA with talc

The crystallization kinetics and the melting behavior of PLA and PLA with talc are investigated by dynamic scanning calorimeter and optical microscopy. The polymorphic aspect of PLA was highlighted by analyzing the melting process throughout heating after isothermal crystallization. The melting process of PLA with 5 mass% talc (PLAT5) shows the same thermal transitions as for PLA alone. The thermodynamic melting temperature of PLA and PLAT5 is determined to be 167.7 °C. The effects of the temperature and the cooling rate on the crystallization kinetics of PLA are analyzed. Finally, a simple and efficient protocol is defined to model the isothermal and the non-isothermal crystallization taking into account the polymorphism of PLA. Good agreement is found between the predictions of the proposed model and the experimental results under isothermal and non-isothermal conditions.     

不同分子量聚L-乳酸的非等温结晶动力学研究

采用DSC方法研究了不同分子量聚乳酸在不同降温速率下的结晶过程,利用Ozawa方程和Kissinger方程研究了其非等温结晶动力学。结果表明,随着降温速率的增大和分子量增加,结晶峰向低温偏移,且峰形趋于平缓。求得分子量为2.6×104的聚乳酸的Ozawa指数m接近3,以异相成核的三维球晶生长为主,而分子量为14.3×104和19.2×104的聚乳酸的Ozawa指数m接近4,以均相成核的三维球晶生长为主,结晶活化能分别为-165.8kJ/mol、-82.1kJ/mol和-75.4kJ/mol。建立的"铰链"模型解释了不同分子量聚乳酸结晶活化能的显著差异,得到了聚乳酸分子量与结晶活化能的关系。     

Transient and athermal effects in the crystallization of polymers. II. Nonisothermal crystallization

Nonisothermal crystallization of several polymers was investigated with differential scanning calorimetry and optical microscopy. The results indicated that as in the case of isothermal processes, crystallization starts with nucleation on noncompletely melted crystalline residues. It is assumed that if the crystalline residues are subcritical at melting temperatures, they can become stable by an athermal mechanism during cooling. There is also some contribution of nucleation on heterogeneities. The next mechanism of nucleation is a classical homogeneous process occurring by thermal fluctuations. The results showed the non‐steady‐state character of the nonisothermal crystallization of polymers. In the investigated range of cooling rates, the non‐steady‐state character of nonisothermal crystallization of polymers is dominated by the transient thermal effects. In the range of high temperatures, the transient homogeneous nucleation can be interpreted with the Ziabicki model, and the steady‐state rate determined from nonisothermal experiments coincides with the rate determined in isothermal crystallization. The athermal nucleation occurring at the beginning of crystallization from noncompletely melted aggregates seems to be independent of the applied cooling rate. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 41: 68–79, 2003     

Non-isothermal crystalliztion kinetics of poly(phenylene sulfide) with low crosslinking levels

Poly(phenylene sulfide) (PPS) with different crosslinking levels was successfully fabricated by means of high- temperature isothermal treatment (IT). The crosslinking degree of PPS was increased with IT time as revealed by Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy and dynamic viscosity measurements. Its influence on the non-isothermal crystallization behaviors of PPS was studied by differential scanning calorimeter (DSC). The crystallization peak temperature of PPS with 6 h IT was 15 K higher than that of the one with 2 h IT at 30 K/min cooling rate. The non-isothermal crystallization data were also analyzed based on the Ozawa model. The Ozawa exponent m decreased from 3.5 to 2.2 at 232℃ with the increase of the IT time, suggestive of intensive thermal oxidative crosslinking reducing the crystallite dimension as PPS crystal grew. The reduced cooling crystallization function K(T) was indicative of the larger activation energy of crosslinked PPS chain diffusion into crystal lattice, resulting in a slow crystal growth rate. Additionally, the overall crystallization rate of PPS was also accelerated with the increase of crosslinking degree from the observation of polarized optical micrograph. These results indicated that the chemical crosslinked points and network structures formed during the high-temperature isothermal treatment acted as the effective nucleating sites, which greatly promoted the crystallization process of PPS and changed the type of nucleation and the geometry of crystal growth accordingly.     

Transient and athermal effects in the crystallization of polymers. I. Isothermal crystallization

The isothermal crystallization of poly(propylene) and poly(ethylene terephthalate) was investigated with differential scanning calorimetry and optical microscopy. It was found that the induction time depends on the cooling rate to a constant temperature. The isothermal crystallization of the investigated polymers is a complex process and cannot be adequately described by the simple Avrami equation with time‐independent parameters. The results indicate that crystallization is composed of several nucleation mechanisms. The homogeneous nucleation occurring from thermal fluctuations is preceded by the nucleation on not completely melted crystalline residues that can become stable by an athermal mechanism as well as nucleation on heterogeneities. The nucleation rate depends on time, with the maximum shortly after the start of crystallization attributed to nucleation on crystalline residues (possible athermal nucleation) and on heterogeneities. However, the spherulitic growth rate and the exponent n do not change with the time of crystallization. The time dependence of the crystallization rate corresponds to the changes in the nucleation rate with time. The steady‐state crystallization rate in thermal nucleation is lower than the rate determined in a classical way from the half‐time of crystallization. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 40: 1835–1849, 2002     

A comparative study on the single-scan and multiple-scan techniques in differential scanning calorimetry: Application to the crystallization of the semiconducting Ge0.13Sb0.23Se0.64 alloy

A method has been developed for analysing the evolution with time of the volume fraction transformed and for calculating the kinetic parameters at non-isothermal reactions in materials involving formation and growth of nuclei. By considering the assumptions of extended volume and random nucleation, a general expression of the fraction transformed as a function of time has been obtained in isothermal crystallization processes. Considering the mutual interference of regions growing from separate nuclei the Johnson–Mehl–Avrami equation has been deduced as a particular case. The application of the transformation rate equation to the non-isothermal processes has been carried out under the restriction of a nucleation which takes place early in the transformation and the nucleation frequency is zero thereafter. Under these conditions, the kinetic parameters have been deduced by using the techniques of data analysis of single-scan and multiple-scan. The theoretical method developed has been applied to the glass-crystal transformation kinetics of the semiconducting Ge_0.13Sb_0.23Se_0.64 alloy. The kinetic parameters obtained according to both techniques differ by only about 2.5%, which confirms the reliability and accuracy of the single-scan technique when calculating the above-mentioned parameters in non-isothermal transformation processes. The phases at which the above-mentioned semiconducting glass crystallizes after the thermal process have been identified by X-ray diffraction. The diffractogram of the transformed material shows that microcrystallites of Sb₂Se₃ and GeSe are associated with the crystallization process, remaining a residual amorphous matrix.     

PE/Org-MMT nanocomposites

The non-isothermal crystallization kinetics of polyethylene (PE), PE/organic-montmorillonite (Org-MMT) composites were investigated by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) with various cooling rates. The Avrami analysis modified by Jeziorny and a method developed by Mo were employed to describe the non-isothermal crystallization process of these samples very well. The difference in the exponent n between PE and PE/Org-MMT nanocomposites, indicated that non-isothermal kinetic crystallization corresponded to tridimensional growth with heterogeneous nucleation. The values of half-time, Z_c and F(T) showed that the crystallization rate increased with the increasing of cooling rates for PE and PE/Org-MMT composites, but the crystallization rate of PE/Org-MMT composite was faster than that of PE at a given cooling rate. The method developed by Ozawa did not describe the non-isothermal crystallization process of PE very well. Moreover, the method proposed by Kissinger was used to evaluate the activation energy of the mentioned samples. The results showed that the activation energy of PE/Org-MMT was greatly larger than that of PE. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.