Structural and morphological studies of isotactic polypropylene fibers during heat/draw deformation by in-situ synchrotron SAXS/WAXD
Structural and morphological studies of isotactic polypropylene fibers during heat/draw deformation by in-situ synchrotron SAXS/WAXD
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DOI:
10.1021/ma0016477
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发表时间:
2001-03
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影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
S. Ran;Xinhua Zong;D. Fang;B. Hsiao;B. Chu;R. Phillips
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作者:
S. Ran;Xinhua Zong;D. Fang;B. Hsiao;B. Chu;R. Phillips
On-line studies of structural and morphological changes during the heating and drawing process of isotactic polypropylene (iPP) fiber were carried out using synchrotron small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) and wide-angle X-ray diffraction (WAXD) techniques. A unique image analysis method was used to deconvolute the two-dimensional (2D) WAXD patterns into quantitative fractions of crystal, mesomorphic, and amorphous phases. Results showed that the α-form crystals were quite defective in the initial iPP fibers and were converted into the mesomorphic modification by drawing at room temperature. Corresponding 2D SAXS patterns showed that there was no obvious long period (i.e., no lamellar structure) in the mesophase of the iPP fiber. We postulate that the constituents of the mesophase in iPP fibers include oriented bundles of helical chains with random helical hands and perhaps oriented chains with no helical structures; both have only partial packing ordering. The formation of the mesophase is through the des...