Directed Crystallization Precursor Structures in Polymer Melt by Flow

聚合物熔体流动定向结晶前驱体结构

• 批准号: 0405432
• 负责人: Benjamin Hsiao
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: SUNY at Stony Brook
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-04-01 至 2009-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0405432&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Directed; Crystallization; Precursor; Structures; Polymer

The proposed research aims to investigate several fundamental issues of flow-induced crystallization in polymers with an emphasis on events that occurred at the earliest stages of phase transition. These issues include: (1) the pathway to forming nanostructured scaffolds comprised of microfibrils (shish) and trans-crystalline lamellae (kebabs) in undercooled polymer melt by flow prior to full scale crystallization; (2) the relationships among the internal material parameters (chain length, length distribution and chain branching, or the relaxation time spectrum), the external flow parameters (temperature, strain and strain rate, or stress), and the formation of the initial precursor structures; and (3) the nature of the flow-induced crystallization precursor structures in shish and kebab microstructures. The proposed research plan will include: (i) the use of polymer blends with model compounds to enable the investigation of the flow-induced precursor structures, (ii) the use of combined methods including rheology, in-situ Raman spectroscopy and synchrotron SAXS/WAXD techniques and ex-situ microscopic methods, and (iii) the comparison of results from weak shear-flow and strong elongation-flow studies.The scientific merits of the proposed study are as follows. The subject of flow-induced crystallization remains to be one of the most important problems in polymer processing today, and it is still not yet fully understood. The major hurdles in the past were mainly due to the lack of suitable in-situ characterization tools to determine the structures at the earliest stages of flow-induced crystallization. Using the recently available synchrotron X-ray techniques, these hurdles have been effectively overcome. The in-depth understanding obtained in the proposed study shall increase the ability of the polymer industry to correlate the structure, morphology, process and property relationships for crystalline polymers. The broader impacts of this proposal are several. The immediate benefit is that the proposed activities will produce tight links between two scientific institutions (Stony Brook University and the National Synchrotron Light Source). Students and scientists will be trained in both institutions. They will be exposed to relevant industrial problems and will have a chance to tackle these problems with direct interactions from industrial scientists. They will also be involved in the Stony Brook MRSEC summer education program, where they will supervise undergraduate students and industrial scientists to carry out simple synchrotron X-ray experiments.

拟议的研究旨在调查聚合物中流动诱导结晶的几个基本问题，重点是在相变的最早阶段发生的事件。 这些问题包括：（1）在全尺寸结晶之前通过流动在过冷聚合物熔体中形成由微纤维（shish）和跨晶层（kebabs）组成的纳米结构支架的途径;（2）内部材料参数之间的关系（链长、长度分布和链支化，或弛豫时间谱），外部流动参数（温度、应变和应变速率，或应力），以及初始前体结构的形成;和（3）shish和kebab微结构中的流动诱导结晶前体结构的性质。拟议的研究计划将包括：（i）使用具有模型化合物的聚合物共混物以能够研究流动诱导的前体结构，（ii）使用包括流变学、原位拉曼光谱和同步加速器SAXS/WAXD技术以及非原位显微镜方法的组合方法，以及（iii）弱剪切流和强拉伸流研究结果的比较。流动诱导结晶是当今聚合物加工中最重要的问题之一，但人们对它的认识还不够充分。 过去的主要障碍主要是由于缺乏合适的原位表征工具来确定流动诱导结晶的最早阶段的结构。 使用最近可用的同步加速器X射线技术，这些障碍已被有效地克服。 在拟议的研究中获得的深入理解将提高聚合物工业的能力，以关联结晶聚合物的结构，形态，工艺和性能关系。 这一提议的广泛影响有几个方面。 直接的好处是，拟议的活动将在两个科学机构（斯托尼布鲁克大学和国家同步加速器光源）之间建立密切的联系。 学生和科学家将在这两个机构接受培训。他们将接触到相关的工业问题，并将有机会与工业科学家直接互动来解决这些问题。 他们还将参与斯托尼布鲁克MRSEC暑期教育计划，在那里他们将监督本科生和工业科学家进行简单的同步加速器X射线实验。