Temperature scanning stress relaxation measurements: A unique perspective for evaluation of the thermomechanical behavior of shape memory polymer blends

2017 ◽  
Vol 135 (2) ◽  
pp. 45680 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tuhin Chatterjee ◽  
Norbert Vennemann ◽  
Kinsuk Naskar
Keyword(s):  
Stress Relaxation ◽  
Polymer Blends ◽  
Shape Memory ◽  
Shape Memory Polymer ◽  
Thermomechanical Behavior ◽  
Relaxation Measurements ◽  
Temperature Scanning

scholarly journals In Situ Generation of Green Hybrid Nanofibrillar Polymer-Polymer Composites—A Novel Approach to the Triple Shape Memory Polymer Formation

Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 1900
Author(s):  
Ramin Hosseinnezhad ◽  
Iurii Vozniak ◽  
Fahmi Zaïri
Keyword(s):  
Polymer Blends ◽  
Shape Memory ◽  
Shape Memory Polymer ◽  
Cellulose Nanofibers ◽  
Polymeric Materials ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
Phase Transition Temperatures ◽  
Triple Shape Memory

The paper discusses the possibility of using in situ generated hybrid polymer-polymer nanocomposites as polymeric materials with triple shape memory, which, unlike conventional polymer blends with triple shape memory, are characterized by fully separated phase transition temperatures and strongest bonding between the polymer blends phase interfaces which are critical to the shape fixing and recovery. This was demonstrated using the three-component system polylactide/polybutylene adipateterephthalate/cellulose nanofibers (PLA/PBAT/CNFs). The role of in situ generated PBAT nanofibers and CNFs in the formation of efficient physical crosslinks at PLA-PBAT, PLA-CNF and PBAT-CNF interfaces and the effect of CNFs on the PBAT fibrillation and crystallization processes were elucidated. The in situ generated composites showed drastically higher values of strain recovery ratios, strain fixity ratios, faster recovery rate and better mechanical properties compared to the blend.

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