Thickening Process and Kinetics of Lamellar Crystals of a Low Molecular Weight Poly(ethylene oxide)

2007 ◽  
Vol 40 (12) ◽  
pp. 4386-4388 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiong-Feng Tang ◽  
Xiao-Jin Wen ◽  
Xue-Mei Zhai ◽  
Nan Xia ◽  
Wei Wang ◽  
...  

2011 ◽  
Vol 011 (9) ◽  
pp. 1040-1052 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nan XIA ◽  
Xiongfeng TANG ◽  
Xiaojing WEN ◽  
Guoliang ZHANG ◽  
Xuemei ZHAI ◽  
...  


Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 648
Author(s):  
Xiangning Wen ◽  
Yunlan Su ◽  
Shaofan Li ◽  
Weilong Ju ◽  
Dujin Wang

In this work, the crystallization kinetics of poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) matrix included with poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) grafted silica (PEG-g-SiO2) nanoparticles and bare SiO2 were systematically investigated by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and polarized light optical microscopy (PLOM) method. PEG-g-SiO2 can significantly increase the crystallinity and crystallization temperature of PEO matrix under the non-isothermal crystallization process. Pronounced effects of PEG-g-SiO2 on the crystalline morphology and crystallization rate of PEO were further characterized by employing spherulitic morphological observation and isothermal crystallization kinetics analysis. In contrast to the bare SiO2, PEG-g-SiO2 can be well dispersed in PEO matrix at low P/N (P: Molecular weight of matrix chains, N: Molecular weight of grafted chains), which is a key factor to enhance the primary nucleation rate. In particular, we found that the addition of PEG-g-SiO2 slows the spherulitic growth fronts compared to the neat PEO. It is speculated that the interfacial structure of the grafted PEG plays a key role in the formation of nuclei sites, thus ultimately determines the crystallization behavior of PEO PNCs and enhances the overall crystallization rate of the PEO nanocomposites.







Author(s):  
Er-Qiang Chen ◽  
Song-Wook Lee ◽  
Anqiu Zhang ◽  
Bon-Suk Moon ◽  
Ian Mann ◽  
...  


Polymer ◽  
1977 ◽  
Vol 18 (8) ◽  
pp. 852-854 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.J. Fraser ◽  
D.R. Cooper ◽  
C. Booth


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