scholarly journals Investigation on the Effects of MXene and β-Nucleating Agent on the Crystallization Behavior of Isotactic Polypropylene

Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (17) ◽  
pp. 2931
Author(s):  
Wanxin Peng ◽  
Jian Kang ◽  
Xiuduo Song ◽  
Yue Zhang ◽  
Bo Hu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Stability ◽  
Rare Earth ◽  
Isotactic Polypropylene ◽  
Crystallization Behavior ◽  
Nucleating Agent ◽  
Melting Behavior ◽  
Nucleating Agents ◽  
Structure And Morphology ◽  
Β Phase ◽  
Α Phase

The effects of MXene on the crystallization behavior of β-nucleated isotactic polypropylene (iPP) were comparatively studied. The commonly used MXene Ti3C2Tx was prepared by selective etching and its structure and morphology were studied in detail. Then MXene and a rare earth β-nucleating agent (NA) WBG-II were nucleated with iPP to prepare samples with different polymorphic compositions. The crystallization, melting behavior, and morphologies of neat iPP, iPP/MXene, iPP/WBG-II, and iPP/MXene/WBG-II were comparatively studied. The crystallization behavior analysis reveals that a competitive relationship exists between MXene and WBG-II when they were compounded as α and β nucleating agents. In the system, the β-nucleation efficiency (NE) of WBG-II is higher than α-NE of MXene. The β-phase has relatively low thermal stability and would transform to α-phase when cooled below a critical temperature.

Thermal behavior of modified poly(L-lactic acid): effect of aromatic multiamide derivative based on 1H-benzotriazole

e-Polymers ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 303-311 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan-Hua Cai ◽  
Li-Sha Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Stability ◽  
Thermal Decomposition ◽  
Lactic Acid ◽  
Isothermal Crystallization ◽  
Crystallization Behavior ◽  
Nucleating Agent ◽  
Melting Behavior ◽  
Decomposition Temperature ◽  
Scanning Calorimetry ◽  
Onset Crystallization Temperature

AbstractThe goal of this work was to synthesis a novel aromatic multiamide derivative based on 1H-benzotriazole (PB) as an organic nucleating agent for poly(L-lactic acid) (PLLA), and investigate the effect of PB on the non-isothermal crystallization, melting behavior and thermal decomposition of PLLA. Here, PB was firstly synthesized through 1H-benzotriazole aceto-hydrazide and terephthaloyl chloride, then PB-nucleated PLLA was fabricated via melt-blending technology at various PB concentration from 0.5 wt% to 3 wt%. Finally, the thermal performances were evaluated through differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). The high thermal decomposition temperature of PB indicated that PB possessed possibility as a nucleating agent for PLLA, and the non-isothermal crystallization behavior confirmed the crystallization accelerating effectiveness of PB for PLLA. Upon optimum concentration of 2 wt%, the onset crystallization temperature, the crystallization peak temperature and the non-isothermal crystallization enthalpy increased from 101.4°C, 94.5°C and 0.1 J·g-1 to 121.3°C, 115.8°C and 35.1 J·g-1, respectively. In addition, the non-isothermal crystallization behavior was also affected by the cooling rate and the final melting temperature. The melting behavior further evidenced the advanced nucleating ability of PB, and the competitive relationship between PB and the heating rate, the nuclear rate and crystal growth rate. Thermal stability measurement showed that PB with a concentration of 1 wt%–2 wt% could slightly improve the thermal stability of PLLA.

scholarly journals Crystalline modification of a rare earth nucleating agent for isotactic polypropylene based on its self-assembly

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 180247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuanming Zhang ◽  
Tingting Sun ◽  
Wei Jiang ◽  
Guangting Han
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Bond ◽  
Rare Earth ◽  
Isotactic Polypropylene ◽  
Self Assembly ◽  
Dendritic Structure ◽  
Nucleating Agent ◽  
The Self ◽  
Structure Evolution ◽  
Crystalline Modification ◽  
Assembly Structure

In this paper, the crystalline modification of a rare earth nucleating agent (WBG) for isotactic polypropylene (PP) based on its supramolecular self-assembly was investigated by differential scanning calorimetry, wide-angle X-ray diffraction and polarized optical microscopy. In addition, the relationship between the self-assembly structure of the nucleating agent and the crystalline structure, as well as the possible reason for the self-assembly behaviour, was further studied. The structure evolution of WBG showed that the self-assembly structure changed from a needle-like structure to a dendritic structure with increase in the content of WBG. When the content of WBG exceeded a critical value (0.4 wt%), it self-assembled into a strip structure. This revealed that the structure evolution of WBG contributed to the K β and the crystallization morphology of PP with different content of WBG. In addition, further studies implied that the behaviour of self-assembly was a liquid–solid transformation of WBG, followed by a liquid–liquid phase separation of molten isotactic PP and WBG. The formation of the self-assembly structure was based on the free molecules by hydrogen bond dissociation while being heated, followed by aggregation into another structure by hydrogen bond association while being cooled. Furthermore, self-assembly behaviour depends largely on the interaction between WBG themselves.

Influence of Shear on Crystallization Behavior of theβPhase in Isotactic Polypropylene withβ-Nucleating Agent

2004 ◽  
Vol 37 (7) ◽  
pp. 2478-2483 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong Huo ◽  
Shichun Jiang ◽  
Lijia An ◽  
Jiachun Feng
Keyword(s):  
Isotactic Polypropylene ◽  
Crystallization Behavior ◽  
Nucleating Agent

Thermal stability, crystallization and mechanical properties of nylon11/montmorillonite nanocomposites

e-Polymers ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yingchun Li ◽  
Guosheng Hu ◽  
Bin He
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Stability ◽  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Crystallization Behavior ◽  
Nucleating Agent ◽  
Avrami Equation ◽  
Melt Compounding ◽  
Izod Impact ◽  
Nylon 11 ◽  
Thermal Stability Of ◽  
Montmorillonite Nanocomposites

AbstractNylon 11 nanocomposites with different montmorillonite loadings were successfully prepared by melt compounding. XRD and TEM show the exfoliated nanocomposites are formed at low montmorillonite concentration (less than 2 wt%) and the intercalated nanocomposites are obtained at higher montmorillonite contents. TGA shows that the thermal stability of the nanocomposites is improved by 27 °C when the montmorillonite content is only 2wt%. At the same time, The crystallization behavior of nylon11/montmorillonite nanocomposites has been studied by means of XRD, DSC.The Avrami equation described well the isothermal crystallization behavior of nylon11 and nylon11/montmorillonite nanocomposites. The results showed that the montmorillonite acted as the nucleating agent and facilitated the crystal growth rate of nylon 11 matrix. The incorporation of montmorillonite did not change the crystal morphology of nylon 11 but increased the crystallization temperature and decreased the crystallization activation energy, which lead to a easy crystallization of nylon11. Mechanical testing shows that the Izod impact strength of all nanocomposites are higher than that of the neat nylon 11, but the tensile strength of the nanocomposites decrease at low nanofiller concentrations (less than 8wt%) and then increased, when the montmorillonite content is 10wt% ,the tensile strength of the nanocomposite is 5% improved than neat nylon 11. This is may be due to the strong interaction between the nylon 11 matrix and the montmorillonite interface.

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