Effect of Molecular Orientation on the Cold Crystallization of Amorphous–Crystallizable Polymers: The Case of Poly(trimethylene terephthalate)
Effect of Molecular Orientation on the Cold Crystallization of Amorphous–Crystallizable Polymers: The Case of Poly(trimethylene terephthalate)
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10.1021/ie402860t
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发表时间:
2013-12
影响因子:
4.2
通讯作者:
N. Vasanthan;Nagababu Manne;Anusha Krishnama
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作者:
N. Vasanthan;Nagababu Manne;Anusha Krishnama
The effect of molecular orientation on cold crystallization of amorphous crystallizable polymers was examined using poly(trimethylene terephthalate) (PTT) films drawn to different draw ratios and strain rates. A combination of differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and polarized Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy was employed to examine structural evolution and nonisothermal crystallization kinetics. The cold crystallization temperature (Tc), cold crystallization exotherm (ΔHc), and subsequent melting temperature (Tm) were carefully correlated to the overall molecular orientation. For the first time, the overall molecular orientation was shown to have an inverse relationship to the cold crystallization temperature, as well as the cold crystallization exotherm. Nonisothermal cold crystallization has not occurred when the overall orientation exceeded the critical value of 0.43. The kinetics of nonisothermal cold crystallization of PTT with a different overall molecular orientation has been inve...