Effect of substrate interactions on the melting behavior of thin polyethylene films

Polymer films have been known to change their physical properties when film thickness is decreased below a certain value. The cause of this phenomenon is still unclear but it has been suggested that interactions and/or chain free-volume changes at the surface of the films are largely responsible for this behavior. In this paper, the effect of substrate interactions on the behavior of polymer thin films is evaluated quantitatively. The infrared spectra of nanothin polyethylene (PE) films were recorded as a function of temperature and amount of substrate covering the surface of the film. The evolution of specific bands in the CH₂ rocking region of the spectra was used to determine the melting temperature (T _m ) of the material. Results show different variations in T _m depending on the nature of the substrate, indicating that interactions dominate free-volume considerations in PE thin films. By varying the amount of surface coverage, a quantitative estimate of the heat of interaction was determined, which confirmed the importance of surface interactions.     

La0.3Ca0.7Mn1-xWxO3体系电荷有序的建立与融化

用标准的固相反应法制备了La0.3Ca0.7Mn1-xWxO3(0.00≤X≤0.15)多晶样品.通过对样品磁化强度-温度(M-T)曲线、磁化强度-磁场强度(MH)曲线及ESR谱的测量,研究了Mn位W掺杂对La0.3Ca0.7Mn1-xWxO3体系的磁相变的影响.结果表明,随着W掺杂量的增加,体系磁相变发生了复杂的变化过程.当掺杂量为0.00≤X≤0.08时,体系存在电荷有序(CO)相,反铁磁(AFM)/C0态共存于相变温度以下,电荷有序温度(Tco)随着W掺杂量的增加而增加.x≥0.12时,体系电荷有序态逐渐减弱并融化,在极低温度下存在顺磁-铁磁(PM-FM)相变.     

低分子量结晶性丙交酯/乙交酯与己内酯/乙交酯共聚物热转变温度的组成与分子量依赖性

以1,4-丁二醇为引发剂、辛酸亚锡为催化剂,通过L-丙交酯(LLA)、乙交酯(GA)、ε-己内酯(CL)的开环共聚,制得了低分子量的端羟基结晶性LLA/GA共聚物(PLLGA)和CL/GA共聚物(PCG),分别以FTIR1、H-NMR、GPC、DSC对其微结构和热转变温度进行了表征,重点考察了其热转变温度的组成、分子量依赖性.结果表明,利用辛酸亚锡/二元醇引发开环聚合,通过改变单体配比和单体/引发剂配比,可方便地调控共聚物的组成和分子量;通过改变共聚物的组成和分子量,可在较宽的范围内调节共聚物的热转变温度,并得到了玻璃化温度和熔点与组成、分子量之间定量的经验关系式.     

Study on Melting and Recrystallization of Poly(butylene succinate) Lamellar Crystals via Step Heating Differential Scanning Calorimetry

Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) has been widely applied to study crystallization and melting of materials.However,for polymeric lamellar crystals,the melting thermogram during heating process usually exhibits a broad endothermic peak or even multiple endotherms,which may result from changes of metastability via recrystallization process.Sometimes,the recrystallization exotherm cannot be observed due to its overlapping with the melting endotherm.In this work,we employed a step heating procedure consisting of successive heating and temperature holding stages to measure the metastability of isothermally crystallized poly(butylene succinate) (PBS) crystals.With this approach we could gain the fraction of crystals melted at different temperature ranges and quantitatively detect the melting-recrystallization behavior.The melting-recrystallization behavior depends on the polymer chain structure and the crystallization temperature.For instance,PBS block copolymer hardly shows recrystallization behavior while PBS oligomer and high molecular weight PBS homopolymer demonstrate remarkable melting-recrystallization phenomenon.High molecular weight PBS isothermally crystallized in the low temperature range shows multiple melting-recrystallization while those isothermally crystallized at elevated temperatures do not exhibit observable recrystallization behavior.Furthermore,the melting endotherms were fitted via the melting kinetics equations.The original isothermally crystallized lamellae demonstrate quite different melting kinetics from the recrystallized lamellar crystals that melt at the highest temperature range,which is attributed to the different degrees of stabilization.Finally,the mechanism of melting-recrystallization is briefly discussed.We propose that apparent meltrecrystallization phenomenon be observed when melting of preformed lamellar crystals and recrystallization of thicker lamellae have similar free energy barrier.     

Structural fluctuations in nanoparticles

Standard methods of thermodynamics are used to investigate fluctuation conditions for individual nanoparticles. This analysis leads to a theorem on fluctuations of nanoparticles in the vicinity of the phase transformation temperature stating that fluctuations are possible only between an equilibrium and a non-equilibrium phase. The basic conditions used to describe fluctuations are well suited to calculate the limits for fluctuations as function of temperature and particle size.     

An investigation of shock induced temperature rise and melting of bismuth using high-speed optical pyrometry

Temperature is a basic parameter in physics, but in the case of shock-compressed metals its measurement remains difficult and controversial. Improvements in accuracy of a high-speed optical pyrometer enabled us to study interesting features of bismuth: temperatures of shock-loaded samples measured through a lithium-fluoride anvil and (indirectly) part of the fusion curve. An improved method of analyzing optical pyrometry data is also discussed. Received 10 June 2001 / Accepted 31 October 2001     

银原子团簇在纳米碳管中的形态与熔化特性

采用分子动力学方法,对纳米碳管中Agn(n=108,402)团簇的形态及熔化特性进行了模拟,并与自由状态下团簇的形态及熔化特性进行了对比。研究表明,①温度T=150 K时,碳管中银团簇的形态呈现为吸附在碳管内侧的单原子层银管,表现为非晶体,而自由状态下的银团簇呈现为近似球形,且具有一定的晶体特征。②自由状态下银团簇的熔化为“晶体熔化”,而纳米碳管中的银团簇为非晶熔化。     

Characterisation and properties of new ionic liquids with the difluoromono[1,2-oxalato(2-)-O,O′]borate anion

Three ionic liquids with borate anions of low symmetry, tetraethylammonium difluoromono[1,2-oxalato(2-)-O,O′]borate, 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium difluoromono[1,2-oxalato(2-)-O,O′]borate, and 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium difluoromono[1,2-oxalato(2-)-O,O′]borate were synthesised and characterised by physicochemical and electrochemical measurements including thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), cyclic voltammetry (CV), viscosity and conductivity measurements.     

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。     

γ-辐射对聚丙烯及聚丙烯/聚乙烯共混物结晶熔融行为的影响

<正> 近年人们对于聚丙烯(PP)辐射效应的研究与日俱增,主要目的在于寻求增强PP辐射稳定性的有效途径。迄今为止文献报道的方法有:添加小分子游动剂(mobilizing addi-tives)、抗氧剂、多官能团单体等,笔者曾研究过不同晶型和含少量聚乙烯(PE)链