摘要
Ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene（UHMWPE）/chitin nanocrystal（CNC） fibers were prepared. Compared with the pure UHMWPE fibers, the ultimate tensile strength and Young＇s modulus of UHMWPE/CNC fibers are improved by 15.7% and 49.6%, respectively, with the addition of chitin nanocrystals（CNCs） of 1 wt%. The melting temperature（Tm） of UHMWPE/CNC fibers was higher than that of pure UHMWPE fibers. Pure UHMWPE fibers and UHMWPE/CNC fibers were characterized with respect to crystallinity, orientation and kebab structure by wide-angle X-ray diffraction（WAXD）, small-angle X-ray scattering（SAXS） and scanning electron microscopy（SEM）. It is found that the CNCs act as the shish structure in UHMWPE/CNC fibers and the kebab crystals are grown around the CNCs. There was almost no difference between pure UHMWPE fibers and UHMWPE/CNC fibers in orientation. But the degree of crystallinity of various stages of UHMWPE/CNC fibers was respectively higher than the corresponding stage of pure UHMWPE fibers. Moreover, the addition of 1 wt% CNCs improved the thickness of kebab crystals and accelerated the transformation of kebab to shish.
Ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene（UHMWPE）/chitin nanocrystal（CNC） fibers were prepared. Compared with the pure UHMWPE fibers, the ultimate tensile strength and Young＇s modulus of UHMWPE/CNC fibers are improved by 15.7% and 49.6%, respectively, with the addition of chitin nanocrystals（CNCs） of 1 wt%. The melting temperature（Tm） of UHMWPE/CNC fibers was higher than that of pure UHMWPE fibers. Pure UHMWPE fibers and UHMWPE/CNC fibers were characterized with respect to crystallinity, orientation and kebab structure by wide-angle X-ray diffraction（WAXD）, small-angle X-ray scattering（SAXS） and scanning electron microscopy（SEM）. It is found that the CNCs act as the shish structure in UHMWPE/CNC fibers and the kebab crystals are grown around the CNCs. There was almost no difference between pure UHMWPE fibers and UHMWPE/CNC fibers in orientation. But the degree of crystallinity of various stages of UHMWPE/CNC fibers was respectively higher than the corresponding stage of pure UHMWPE fibers. Moreover, the addition of 1 wt% CNCs improved the thickness of kebab crystals and accelerated the transformation of kebab to shish.
基金
financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.51273210,51003117 and 5140030545)
Open Research Fund of State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry,Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry,Chinese Academy of Sciences
K.C.Wong Magna Fund in Ningbo University
