聚甲醛／聚氧化乙烯晶／晶共混体系溶液结晶行为

研究不同组成配比下的聚甲醛(POM)/聚氧化乙烯(PEO)晶/晶共混体系溶液结晶行为和结晶形态。结果表明:POM和PEO溶于其共同溶剂六氟异丙醇(HFIP),溶剂挥发过程中两组分由于分子链的相互作用,形成不完善结晶,POM在DSC升温曲线中出现熔融双峰,高熔点峰与纯POM熔点峰相同,而低熔点峰则随PEO含量增大而降低。PEO熔点随POM含量增大而降低。偏光显微镜测试表明:当体系中PEO质量含量低于40%时,POM球晶明显,其直径随PEO含量增加而增大,PEO形成碎晶;当PEO质量含量在60%到80%之间,POM先结晶形成较小的球晶,PEO后结晶,并可穿越POM球晶继续生长至布满整个视场。

左旋-聚乳酸/聚氧化乙烯晶/晶共混体系结晶行为的研究

采用THMS600热台联用偏光显微镜(PLM)、红外光谱(FT-IR)研究了PLLA/PEO晶/晶共混物的结晶行为.结果表明,左旋-聚乳酸PLLA/聚氧化乙烯PEO(50/50)共混物较之纯PLLA易形成更松散、更大球晶,表明该球晶中有片晶相互穿插或纤晶相互穿插结构的形成.PLLA/PEO共混物中PLLA相、PEO相熔点分别低于纯PLLA、纯PEO熔点,说明共混体系中两组分虽然相继结晶,但其结晶行为并非完全独立,而是相互影响和制约.

Effect of Thermal Treatment on the PA-6 in the Blends

Aim To investigate the multiple melting behavior of polyamide 6(PA 6) in polyamide 6/linear low density polyethylene blends crystallized from the crystal amorphous state. Methods\ The effects of annealing temperature, annealing time, heating rate, and the step wise annealing were measured by DSC. Results and Conclusion\ There exists a critical heating rate affecting the middle temperature melting peak. When annealed at the temperature close to the melting peak, the main melting peak of PA 6 shifted to a higher temperature. Within a short time, annealing time has much effect on neat PA 6 but little effect on PA 6 in the blends. Addition of PE results in a decreasing in the height of melting peak. These phenomenon show that the melting behavior of PA 6 was affected by PE, compatibilizer, as well as thermal treatment.

Fabrication, property characterization and thermal performance of composite phase change material plates based on tetradecanol-myristic acid binary eutectic mixture/expanded perlite and expanded vermiculite for building application

A binary eutectic mixture composed of tetradecanol(TD)and myristic acid(MA)was maximally absorbed into the microstructures of expanded perlite(EP)and expanded vermiculite(EVMT),respectively,through a self-made vacuum adsorption roller to prepare phase change material(PCM)particle(PCP).Then EP and EVMT-based composite PCM plates were respectively fabricated through a mold pressing method.The thermal property,chemical stability,microstructure and durability were characterized by differential scanning calorimeter(DSC),Fourier transform infrared spectroscope(FT-IR),scanning electron microscope(SEM)and thermal cycling tests,respectively.The results show that both PCPs have high latent heats with 110 J/g for EP-based PCP and more than 130 J/g for EVMT-based PCP,compact microstructure without PCM leakage,stable chemical property and good durability.The research results have proved the feasibility for the vacuum adsorption roller used in the composite PCM fabrication.Results of thermal storage performance experiment indicate that the fabricated PCM plates have better thermal inertia than common building materials,and the thermal storage performance of PCM plates has nonlinearly changed with outside air velocity and temperature increase.Therefore,PCM plates show a significant potential for the practical application of building thermal storage.

Eutectic modification of A356 alloy with Li addition through DSC and Miedema model

Eutectic modification of A356 alloy with Li addition was investigated with scanning electron microscopy （SEM） and differential scanning calorimetry （DSC）. SEM micrograph results indicate that the transition of eutectic morphology, which is changed from flake-like to fibrous, is dramatically induced with the addition of 0.3% （mass fraction） Li. The larger microhardness corresponds to the modification morphology of the eutectic phase for A356 alloy with 0.3% Li addition. The modification effect is increased with increasing the cooling rate and degraded with prolonging the holding time of temperature. DSC results show that the eutectic solidification temperature of A356 alloy with Li addition is decreased and the eutectic temperature depression with 0.3% Li addition is decreased by 2.9 °C in cast-iron mold. The mixing enthalpies of Li with Si and Al in A356 alloy, which were calculated by the Miedema model, were used to study the mechanism of modification and ascertained its restricted growth theory.

Non-isothermal crystallization kinetics of polypropylene and hyperbranched polyester blends

Polypropylene(PP)with different contents of the second generation hyperbranched polyester(HBP)is prepared by melt blending method.The non-isothermal crystallization kinetics of PP and PP/HBP blends is investigated under differential scanning calorimetry(DSC).The Mo equation is used to analyze the DSC data.The results show that the Mo theory is suitable for crystallization kinetics of the blends.Fast cooling rate is not good for crystallizing and nucleating.The values of half crystallization time(t1/2),crystallization enthalpy(ΔHc)and temperature range(ΔT)of PP/HBP blends decrease when HBP is added.The required cooling rate of PP is higher than that of PP/HBP blends in order to reach the same relative crystallinity.Crystallization rate increases with the addition of HBP.The crystallization rate reaches a maximum when the content of HBP is 5%.In addition,the activation energies of PP and PP/HBP blends are calculated by Kissinger equation,revealing that the content of HBP has a little effect on the crystallization activation energy.

Study on Morphology and Non-isothermal Crystallization Behavior of Poly(phenylene sulfide)/Poly(ethylene-co-cyclo-hexane 1,4-dimethanol terephthalate) Blend

A binary alloy consisting of poly（phenylene-sulfide） （PPS）/poly（ethylene terephthalate-co-l,4- cyclohexanedimethanol） （PETG） was prepared by the melt blending technology using a twin-screw extruder. The morphology and crystallization behavior of the alloy material were investigated by means of SEM, POM and DSC. The SEM study of the alloy samples revealed that PPS and PETG comprised an incompatible system and the interface structure of two phases could be observed distinctly when the composition of the binary alloy was being changed. The POM results had revealed that incorporation of PETG into PPS could lead to formation of larger spherulite crystals in the course of PPS crystallization, but small and grainy spherulite crystals appeared with further increase in the PETG concentration. The DSC analyses revealed that addition of PETG to the alloy composition could shift the PPS crystallization temperature towards the high-temperature region.

Pressure-volume-temperature and excess molar volume prediction of amorphous and crystallizable polymer blends by equation of state

In this work the statistical mechanical equation of state was developed for volumetric properties of crystalline and amorphous polymer blends.The Ihm-Song-Mason equations of state(ISMEOS) based on temperature and density at melting point(T_m and ρ_m) as scaling constants were developed for crystalline polymers such as poly(propylene glycol) + poly(ethylene glycol)-200(PPG + PEG-200),poly(ethylene glycol) methyl ether-300(PEGME-350) + PEG-200 and PEGME-350 + PEG-600.Furthermore,for amorphous polymer blends containing poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene oxide)(PPO) + polystyrene(PS) and PS + poly(vinylmethylether)(PVME),the density and surface tension at glass transition(ρ_g and γ_g) were used for estimation of second Virial coefficient.The calculation of second Virial coefficients(B_2),effective van der Waals co-volume(b) and correction factor(α) was required for judgment about applicability of this model.The obtained results by ISMEOS for crystalline and amorphous polymer blends were in good agreement with the experimental data with absolute average deviations of 0.84%and 1.04%,respectively.

Nonisothermal Crystallization Kinetics of Poly(phenylene sulfide)/Poly(ethylene-co-cyclohexane 1,4-dimethanol terephthalate) Blend

Binary alloy samples consisting of poly（phenylene sulfide） （PPS）/poly（ethylene terephthalate-co-cyclohexane 1,4-dimethanol terephthalate） （PETG） blend were prepared by the melt blending technology using a twin-screw extruder. The nonisothermal crystallization kinetics of binary alloys made of poly（phenylene sulfide） （PPS） and poly（ethyleneco-cyclohexane 1,4-dimethanol terephthalate） （PETG） was studied by the differential scanning calorimetry （DSC） at different cooling rates. The test results revealed that the addition of PETG could shift the crystallization temperature of PPS toward the high-temperature direction. The nonisothermal crystallization kinetic parameters of the PPS/PETG alloy samples were calculated by the methods proposed by Avrami and Mo. Test results demonstrated that the PPS/PETG alloy could give birth to apparent secondary crystallization. The value of Avrami exponent was lower relatively, while Mo＇s method was more suited to the nonisothermal crystallization process of the PPS/PETG alloy.

Tuning ferroelectricity of polymer blends for flexible electrical energy storage applications

Ferroelectric polymers are the mainstay of advanced flexible electronic devices.How to tailor the ferroelectric polymer films for various applications via simple processing approaches is challenging.Here we demonstrate the tuning of ferroelectric responses can be achieved in polymer blends of poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene)(P(VDF-TrFE))and polymethyl methacrylate(PMMA)prepared via a simple two-step process.The proposed two-step process endows the polymer blends with a random distribution of P(VDF-TrFE)crystalline phase,hence decoupling the coherent ferroelectric domain interactions between continuous ordered crystalline phases that ubiquitously existed in common P(VDF-TrFE)film.The incorporation of the miscible non-crystalline PMMA chains with low-polarity results in reversal dipoles and a transition from ferroelectric to antiferroelectric-like behavior,overcoming the trade-off between the polarization and depolarization fields.In particular,resultant excellent mechanical and electrical properties of the polymer blend films give rise to remarkably improved breakdown strength and energy storage performance,surpassing P(VDF-TrFE)and commercial biaxial-oriented polypropylene films.This work provides a simple and effective strategy to tailor the ferroelectric response of polymeric materials with great potential for flexible electrical energy storage applications.

Significant enhancement of crystallization kinetics of polylactide in its immiscible blends through an interfacial effect from comb-like grafted side chains

A significant enhancement in isothermal crystallization kinetics of biodegradable polylactide(PLA) in its immiscible blends can be accomplished through blending it with a comb-like copolymer. PLA was blended with poly(ethylene glycol) methyl ether acrylate(PEGA) and poly[poly(ethylene glycol) methyl ether acrylate](PPEGA, a comb-like copolymer), respectively. The results measured from phase contrast optical microscopy(PCOM) and differential scanning calorimetry(DSC) indicate that PLA and PEGA components are miscible, whereas PLA and PPEGA components are immiscible. The study of crystallization kinetics for PLA/PEGA and PLA/PPEGA blends by means of polarized optical microscopy(POM) and DSC indicates that both PEGA and PPEGA significantly increase the PLA spherulitic growth rates, G, although PLA/PPEGA blends are immiscible and the glass transition temperatures of PLA only have slight decreases. PPEGA component enhances nucleation for PLA crystallization as compared with PEGA component owing to the heterogeneous nucleation effect of PPEGA at the low composition of 20 wt%, while PLA crystallization-induced phase separation for PLA/PEGA blend might cause further nucleation at the high composition of 50 wt%. DSC measurement further demonstrates that isothermal crystallization kinetics can be relatively more enhanced for PLA/PPEGA blends than for PLA/PEGA blends. The "abnormal" enhancement in G for PLA in its immiscible blends can be explained by local interfacial interactions through the densely grafted PEGA side chains in the comb-like PPEGA, even though the whole blend system(PLA/PPEGA blends) represents an immiscible one.