The real time and in situ investigation of the crystallization process and structure transitions of asymmetric crystalline-crystalline diblock copolymers from the melt was performed with synchrotron simultaneous SAXS/...The real time and in situ investigation of the crystallization process and structure transitions of asymmetric crystalline-crystalline diblock copolymers from the melt was performed with synchrotron simultaneous SAXS/WAXS. The asymmetric poly（ethylene oxide）-b-poly（ε-caprolactone） diblock copolymers were chosen for the present study. It was shown that the short blocks crystallized later than the long blocks and final lamellar structure was formed in all of the asymmetric diblock copolymers. The final lamellar structure was confirmed by AFM observation. The SAXS data were analyzed with different methods for the early stage of the crystallization. The Guinier plots indicated that there were no isolated domains formed before the formation of lamellae in the asymmetric diblock copolymers during the crystallization process. Debye- Bueche plots implied the formation of correlated domains during crystallization.展开更多
Atomic force microscopy （AFM）, wide-angle X-ray diffraction （WAXD） and differential scanning calorimetry are used to analyze the crystallization morphology and melting behavior of 4-arm PEO-b-PCL under high-pressu...Atomic force microscopy （AFM）, wide-angle X-ray diffraction （WAXD） and differential scanning calorimetry are used to analyze the crystallization morphology and melting behavior of 4-arm PEO-b-PCL under high-pressure CO2. It is demonstrated that CO2 has certain effect on the melting and crystallization behavior of the samples. After crystallization under CO2 at 4 MPa, spherulites with concentric ring-banded structure are formed which are composed of crystals with periodic thickness variation, and the band distance decreases with increasing treatment pressure. Due to the plasticization effect of CO2, depression of the melting temperature is observed with sorption of CO2 in polymers.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 20974077, 51173130)Synchrotron experiments at Beam line A2 were supported by HASYLAB project (I-20110306, II20090111)
文摘The real time and in situ investigation of the crystallization process and structure transitions of asymmetric crystalline-crystalline diblock copolymers from the melt was performed with synchrotron simultaneous SAXS/WAXS. The asymmetric poly（ethylene oxide）-b-poly（ε-caprolactone） diblock copolymers were chosen for the present study. It was shown that the short blocks crystallized later than the long blocks and final lamellar structure was formed in all of the asymmetric diblock copolymers. The final lamellar structure was confirmed by AFM observation. The SAXS data were analyzed with different methods for the early stage of the crystallization. The Guinier plots indicated that there were no isolated domains formed before the formation of lamellae in the asymmetric diblock copolymers during the crystallization process. Debye- Bueche plots implied the formation of correlated domains during crystallization.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.21004073)Natural Science Foundation of Ningbo Municipal(Nos.2009A610050,2008A610063,2010A610193,2011A610116)+2 种基金State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering(Sichuan University)(KF201004)Program for Ningbo Innovative Research Team (2009B21008)Ningbo Key Lab of Polymer Materials(No.2010A22001).
文摘Atomic force microscopy （AFM）, wide-angle X-ray diffraction （WAXD） and differential scanning calorimetry are used to analyze the crystallization morphology and melting behavior of 4-arm PEO-b-PCL under high-pressure CO2. It is demonstrated that CO2 has certain effect on the melting and crystallization behavior of the samples. After crystallization under CO2 at 4 MPa, spherulites with concentric ring-banded structure are formed which are composed of crystals with periodic thickness variation, and the band distance decreases with increasing treatment pressure. Due to the plasticization effect of CO2, depression of the melting temperature is observed with sorption of CO2 in polymers.
