scholarly journals The effect of hydroxyapatite nanoparticles on crystallization and thermomechanical properties of PLLA matrix

2017 ◽  
Vol 89 (1) ◽  
pp. 125-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ioanna-Georgia I. Athanasoulia ◽  
Maximos N. Christoforidis ◽  
Dimitrios M. Korres ◽  
Petroula A. Tarantili

AbstractIn this study, hydroxyapatite (HA) was incorporated in a poly(L-lactic acid) (PLLA) matrix and the thermal properties and crystallization behavior of the derived composites were investigated. The nanocomposites, containing 0–20 wt% HA, were prepared by melt extrusion employing a twin-screw extruder. XRD experiments verified an increase in the intensity of the characteristic diffraction peak of the α-form crystalline phase of PLLA with increasing HA content. By DSC experiments it was observed that the presence of HA increased the crystallinity during cold crystallization, leading to a shift of cold-crystallization temperature to lower values and to an increase in the melting temperature of the PLLA phase. Isothermal crystallization experiments at 100, 110, 115 and 120°C, revealed a maximum in crystallization kinetic around 100°C after the addition of HA compared to 115°C for pure PLLA. The crystallization rate of PLLA matrix in the nanocomposites decreased with increasing crystallization temperature. By using the Avrami and Lauritzen-Hoffman equations the exponent n was calculated in the range 2–3 and a theoretical approach verified that the HA/PLLA systems belong to Regime II of crystallization behavior. The investigated melting behavior of PLLA was attributed to better organized crystalline structure with increasing isothermal crystallization temperatures and might be related with the longer time necessary for the completion of crystallization.

2008 ◽  
Vol 47-50 ◽  
pp. 833-836
Author(s):  
Dong Hui Liu ◽  
Xiao Juan Si ◽  
Jin Gao ◽  
Ling Ling Cao ◽  
Yi Min Wang

Polypropylene (PP)/ polyethylene terephthalate (PET) composite fibres modified by PP-g-AA as a compatilizer were prepared by melt extrusion in a twin screw extruder. The crystallization and melting behavior of PP fibre and PP/PET composite fibres were investigated with differential scanning calorimeter (DSC)[1]. The results indicate that addition of PET acts as nucleating agent on the PP/PET composite fibres and increases the crystallization temperature of PP. [2,3]The crystallization peak temperature (Tp) increased first and decreased afterwards with the increase of PET, indicating that small amount of PET would promote the crystallization of PP, but excessive would reduce the crystallinity.


2013 ◽  
Vol 791-793 ◽  
pp. 56-59
Author(s):  
Zhi Guo Qi ◽  
Jin Nan Chen ◽  
Bao Hua Guo ◽  
Yu Zhang

Poly (butylene succinate-co-butylene adipate)/attapulgite nanocomposites were prepared by melt mixing in a HAAKE mixer. The crystallization kinetics of PBSA and its nanocomposites was studied under isothermal conditions by differential scanning calorimetr. The isothermal crystallization kinetics results indicated that attapulgite can induce heterogeneous nucleation, resulting in an improvement on the crystallization temperature and crystallization rate. Both the PBSA and its nanocomposites were correlated to the spherulitic growth form.


Materials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (15) ◽  
pp. 2488 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ina Keridou ◽  
Luis J. del Valle ◽  
Lutz Funk ◽  
Pau Turon ◽  
Ibraheem Yousef ◽  
...  

Thermal properties and crystallization kinetics of poly(4-hydroxybutyrate) (P4HB) have been studied. The polymer shows the typical complex melting behavior associated to different lamellar populations. Annealing processes had great repercussions on properties and the morphology of constitutive lamellae as verified by X-ray scattering data. Kinetics of isothermal crystallization was evaluated by both polarizing optical microscopy (POM) and calorimetric (DSC) measurements, which indicated a single crystallization regime. P4HB rendered banded spherulites with a negative birefringence when crystallized from the melt. Infrared microspectroscopy was applied to determine differences on the molecular orientation inside a specific ring according to the spherulite sectorization or between different rings along a determined spherulitic radius. Primary nucleation was increased during crystallization and when temperature decreased. Similar crystallization parameters were deduced from DSC and POM analyses (e.g., secondary nucleation parameters of 1.69 × 105 K2 and 1.58 × 105 K2, respectively). The effect of a sporadic nucleation was therefore minimized in the experimental crystallization temperature range and a good proportionality between overall crystallization rate (k) and crystal growth rate (G) was inferred. Similar bell-shaped curves were postulated to express the temperature dependence of both k and G rates, corresponding to the maximum of these curves close to a crystallization temperature of 14–15 °C.


2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 124-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bingxiao Liu ◽  
Guosheng Hu ◽  
Jingting Zhang ◽  
Zhongqiang Wang

AbstractStudy of the crystallization kinetics is particularly necessary for the analysis and design of processing operations, especially the non-isothermal crystallization behavior, which is due to the fact that most practical processing techniques are carried out under non-isothermal conditions. The non-isothermal crystallization behaviors of polyamide 6 (PA6) and PA6/high-density polyethylene/maleic anhydride/2,5-dimethyl-2,5-di(tert-butylperoxy)hexane (PA6/HDPE/MAH/L-101) composites were investigated by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The crystallization kinetics under non-isothermal condition was analyzed by the Jeziorny and Mo equations, and the activation energy was determined by the Kissinger and Takhor methods. The crystal structure and morphology were analyzed by wide-angle X-ray diffraction (WXRD) and polarized optical microscopy (POM). The results indicate that PA6/HDPE/MAH/L-101 has higher crystallization temperature and crystallization rate, which is explained as due to its heterogeneous nuclei.


2012 ◽  
Vol 430-432 ◽  
pp. 20-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hou Yong Yu ◽  
Zong Yi Qin

The biodegradable nanocomposites of poly (3–hydroxybutyrate–co–3–hydroxyvalerate) (PHBV) with different cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) contents were prepared by a solvent casting method. The effects of CNCs on the crystallization behavior of PHBV were studied by DSC. The DSC results showed that compared to PHBV, the melt crystallization temperature increased to 92.3 °C for the nanocomposites with 10 wt. % CNCs, which indicated that the crystallization of PHBV became easier with the addition of CNCs. Moreover, the non–isothermal crystallization kinetics study illustrated that overall crystallization rate of PHBV in the nanocomposites was faster than that of neat PHBV, which should be attributed to the strong heterogeneous nucleation of CNCs.


e-Polymers ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuhai Wang ◽  
Hao Shen ◽  
Gu Li ◽  
Kancheng Mai

AbstractPP/nano-CaCO3 composites with different interfacial interaction were prepared by addition of compatibilizers with the same polar groups but different backbones. The non-isothermal and isothermal crystallization behavior of PP/nano- CaCO3 composites was investigated using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The results indicated that the interfacial interaction between PP and nano-CaCO3 increased the crystallization temperature and crystallization rate of PP due to the heterogeneous nucleation of nano-CaCO3. The interfacial interaction between nano- CaCO3 and compatibilizer further increased the crystallization temperature and crystallization rate of PP and induced the formation of β-crystal of PP due to the synergistic effect of heterogeneous nucleation between nano-CaCO3 and compatibilizer. This synergistic effect of heterogeneous nucleation between nano- CaCO3 and compatibilizer depended on the interfacial interaction between compatibilizer and PP matrix. The increased compatibility between compatibilizer and PP matrix favoured the heterogeneous nucleation between nano-CaCO3 and compatibilizer


2013 ◽  
Vol 773 ◽  
pp. 530-533
Author(s):  
Chen Liu ◽  
Xiang Hui Lu ◽  
Xue Qi ◽  
Peng Li

The melting and recrystallization behavior of Poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET)/ Attapulgite(At)nanocomposites after isothermal crystallization from the melt was studied by Step-scan differential scanning calorimetry (SDSC). The influence of At contents, crystallization temperature and crystallization time on the melting process were examined. Two melting endotherms(in the SDSC CP.A curves, reversible part) and one recrystallization exotherm (in the SDSC CP.IsoK curves, irreversible part)of PET/At nanocomposites after isothermal crystallization were observed during the melt process. This ascribes to the melting-recrystallization mechanism .The low temperature endotherm attributes to the melting of primary crystal formed during the isothermal treating and the high temperature endotherm resulting from the melting of recrystallization materials. The reason why more recrystallization happened with the increase of At content was given and the process of recrystallization was described in detail. The effects of crystal perfection and recrystallization were minimized by increasing of crystallization temperature and time.


2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 505-510 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianqiang Fang ◽  
Minghua Lang ◽  
Xuchu Ye ◽  
Wei Zhang ◽  
Kongjun Zhu

AbstractThe non-isothermal crystallization behavior of polypropylene (PP)/zinc oxide composites with various mass ratios was investigated by differential scanning calorimetry. The Jeziorny and Mo models were applied to calculate the non-isothermal crystallization kinetic parameters of the composites. During non-isothermal crystallization, the width of the exothermic peak increased from 7°C to 12°C with increasing cooling rate. The exothermic peak position at 10°C shifted to a lower temperature, and the half crystallization time t1/2 decreased from 2.86 min to 0.51 min. The Friedman model was used to determine the variation of activation energy at each stage of crystallization. The crystallization activation energies obtained varied significantly at each stage of crystallization. The crystallization activation energy of PP was -126.8 kJ/mol at 70% relative crystallinity but reached -232.8 kJ/mol at 10% relative crystallinity.


2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (12) ◽  
pp. 7535-7543
Author(s):  
Guihai Gan ◽  
Cheng Wang ◽  
Pengpeng Chen ◽  
Jichang Liu

The crystallization behaviours of amorphous poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) nanocompositesmodified with two different kinds of molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) at different filler loadings were investigated in detail in this work. The crystallinity, melting temperature and crystallization temperature of the PVDF/MoS2 nanocomposites were transformed from α-phase to β-phase with the addition of MoS2, MoS2-COOH and MoS2-NH2. During isothermal cold crystallization, the overall crystallization rate of PVDF was slowed with increased MoS2 loading relative to that of neat PVDF. Moreover, the crystallization temperature of the PVDF nanocomposites increased with the addition of MoS2 despite the cooling rate during nonisothermal cold crystallization. DMA tests showed that the storage modulus of PVDF was decreased with the addition of MoS2, while those of PVDF/MoS2-COOH and PVDF/MoS2-NH2 were enhanced to different degrees. The decomposition of the PVDF/MoS2 nanocomposites were also discussed. Relative to neat PVDF, the thermal stability of PVDF was obviously improved with the addition of MoS2, MoS2-COOH and MoS2-NH2, which could be ascribed to the increased degree of crystallinity.


2014 ◽  
Vol 893 ◽  
pp. 291-294 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hu Bin Lin ◽  
Chong Ming Du ◽  
Jian Yi Zhu ◽  
Wen Yao Liang

The β nucleated polypropylene (PP), uncompatibilized β nucleated PP/polystyrene (PS) and compatibilized β nucleated PP/PS blends were prepared on a twinscrew extruder.and added into compatibilizers styrene-ethylene-propylene block copolymer (SEP) or two styrene-ethylene-butylen- e-styrene block copolymers (SEBS) with different content of styrene.The crystallization characteristic, melting behavior and crystallization kinetics of these composites were studied.


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