Effects of Blend Composition and Crystallization Temperature on Unique Crystalline Morphologies of Miscible Poly(ethylene succinate)/Poly(ethylene oxide) Blends
Effects of Blend Composition and Crystallization Temperature on Unique Crystalline Morphologies of Miscible Poly(ethylene succinate)/Poly(ethylene oxide) Blends
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DOI:
10.1021/ma7020997
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发表时间:
2008
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影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
Jiaoming Lu;Zhaobin Qiu;Wantai Yang
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作者:
Jiaoming Lu;Zhaobin Qiu;Wantai Yang
In a previous short communication (Macromolecules 2002, 35, 8251−8254), we reported a unique morphology in binary miscible crystalline poly(ethylene succinate) (PES)/poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) polymer blends, in which two kinds of spherulites, corresponding to each component, respectively, grew simultaneously and PEO spherulites continued to crystallize inside PES spherulites on contact, forming interpenetrated spherulites. In the present work the effects of blend composition and crystallization temperature on the crystalline morphologies of PES/PEO blends were studied by optical microscopy in detail. The unique morphology of PES spherulites penetrated by PEO spherulites was observed for the blends with PEO content ranging from 50 to 90% in a wide crystallization temperature range. Furthermore, three novel and interesting crystalline morphologies were found depending on blend composition and crystallization temperature. First, new boundaries were formed by the growth of a single PEO spherulite itself afte...