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Wang Z, Duan R, Pang X, Wu R, Guo B, Xu J. Critical Size and Formation Mechanism of Secondary Nuclei in Melt-Crystallized Polylactide Stereocomplex Crystals. Macromolecules 2023. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.2c02494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Zhiqi Wang
- Advanced Materials Laboratory of Ministry of Education, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, 100084Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Polymer Ecomaterials, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun130022, China
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- Key Laboratory of Polymer Ecomaterials, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun130022, China
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- Departments of Public Health Sciences and Statistics, The Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, Pennsylvania17033, United States
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- Advanced Materials Laboratory of Ministry of Education, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, 100084Beijing, China
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- Advanced Materials Laboratory of Ministry of Education, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, 100084Beijing, China
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Jariyavidyanont K, Yu Q, Petzold A, Thurn-Albrecht T, Glüge R, Altenbach H, Androsch R. Young's modulus of the different crystalline phases of poly (l-lactic acid). J Mech Behav Biomed Mater 2023; 137:105546. [PMID: 36375274 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2022.105546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2022] [Revised: 10/18/2022] [Accepted: 10/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Young's modulus of α'- and α-crystals of poly (l-lactic acid) (PLLA), more precisely, of aggregates of isotropically arranged lamellae, has been estimated based on dynamic-mechanical analysis of sets of isotropic film samples containing largely different though well-defined amounts of crystals. Evaluation of the modulus of elasticity of these film samples yielded the dependence of Young's modulus as a function of the enthalpy-based crystallinity, increasing with the crystal fraction in the assessed range, from zero to about 75% crystallinity. Extrapolation towards 100% crystallinity suggests values of Young's modulus of around 3.7 and 4.6 GPa for isotropic aggregates of α'- and α-crystals, respectively, being only slightly higher than the modulus of the unaged glassy amorphous phase of 3.0 GPa. Noting the inherent anisotropy of the crystal modulus, suggested in the literature, the average modulus determined in this work seems to be controlled by weaker interchain secondary bonding but not the modulus in chain direction. Great effort has been undertaken to minimize errors by keeping the lamellar thickness in samples of different crystallinity constant, and by providing evidence for independence of the moduli on the spherulitic superstructure.
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- Katalee Jariyavidyanont
- Interdisciplinary Center for Transfer-oriented Research in Natural Sciences, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, 06099, Halle/Saale, Germany.
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- Institute of Physics, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, 06099, Halle/Saale, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, 06099, Halle/Saale, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, 06099, Halle/Saale, Germany
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- DB Netz AG, Fachstelle Brückenmessung, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Mechanics, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, 39106, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Interdisciplinary Center for Transfer-oriented Research in Natural Sciences, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, 06099, Halle/Saale, Germany.
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He Y, Liu D, Xie K, Xu W, Pan P, Hu W. Glassy Alfa-Relaxation Promotes Surprising Homo-Crystal Nucleation in the Low-Molar-Mass Enantiomeric Poly(lactic acid) Blend. Macromolecules 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.2c00679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Yucheng He
- State Key Laboratory of Coordinate Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordinate Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordinate Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, College of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, College of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordinate Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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He Y, Liu D, Wang J, Pan P, Hu W. Tammann Analysis of the Molecular Weight Selection of Polymorphic Crystal Nucleation in Symmetric Racemic Poly(lactic acid) Blends. Macromolecules 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.2c00457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Yucheng He
- State Key Laboratory of Coordinate Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordinate Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordinate Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, College of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordinate Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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Mukhametzyanov T, Schmelzer JW, Yarko E, Abdullin A, Ziganshin M, Sedov I, Schick C. Crystal Nucleation and Growth in Cross-Linked Poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL). Polymers (Basel) 2021; 13:polym13213617. [PMID: 34771173 PMCID: PMC8588086 DOI: 10.3390/polym13213617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2021] [Revised: 10/15/2021] [Accepted: 10/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The crystal nucleation and overall crystallization kinetics of cross-linked poly(ε-caprolactone) was studied experimentally by fast scanning calorimetry in a wide temperature range. With an increasing degree of cross-linking, both the nucleation and crystallization half-times increase. Concurrently, the glass transition range shifts to higher temperatures. In contrast, the temperatures of the maximum nucleation and the overall crystallization rates remain the same, independent of the degree of cross-linking. The cold crystallization peak temperature generally increases as a function of heating rate, reaching an asymptotic value near the temperature of the maximum growth rate. A theoretical interpretation of these results is given in terms of classical nucleation theory. In addition, it is shown that the average distance between the nearest cross-links is smaller than the estimated lamellae thickness, which indicates the inclusion of cross-links in the crystalline phase of the polymer.
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- Timur Mukhametzyanov
- A. M. Butlerov Chemical Institute, Kazan Federal University, Kremlevskaya 18, 420008 Kazan, Russia; (E.Y.); (A.A.); (M.Z.); (I.S.)
- Correspondence: (T.M.); (C.S.); Tel.: +7-903-343-9026 (T.M.); +49-381-498-6880 (C.S.)
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- Institute of Physics and Competence Centre CALOR, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Str. 23-24, 18051 Rostock, Germany;
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- A. M. Butlerov Chemical Institute, Kazan Federal University, Kremlevskaya 18, 420008 Kazan, Russia; (E.Y.); (A.A.); (M.Z.); (I.S.)
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- A. M. Butlerov Chemical Institute, Kazan Federal University, Kremlevskaya 18, 420008 Kazan, Russia; (E.Y.); (A.A.); (M.Z.); (I.S.)
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- A. M. Butlerov Chemical Institute, Kazan Federal University, Kremlevskaya 18, 420008 Kazan, Russia; (E.Y.); (A.A.); (M.Z.); (I.S.)
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- A. M. Butlerov Chemical Institute, Kazan Federal University, Kremlevskaya 18, 420008 Kazan, Russia; (E.Y.); (A.A.); (M.Z.); (I.S.)
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- A. M. Butlerov Chemical Institute, Kazan Federal University, Kremlevskaya 18, 420008 Kazan, Russia; (E.Y.); (A.A.); (M.Z.); (I.S.)
- Institute of Physics and Competence Centre CALOR, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Str. 23-24, 18051 Rostock, Germany;
- Correspondence: (T.M.); (C.S.); Tel.: +7-903-343-9026 (T.M.); +49-381-498-6880 (C.S.)
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Androsch R, Toda A, Furushima Y, Schick C. Insertion‐Crystallization‐Induced Low‐Temperature Annealing Peaks in Melt‐Crystallized Poly(
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‐Lactic Acid). MACROMOL CHEM PHYS 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/macp.202100177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- René Androsch
- Interdisciplinary Center for Transfer‐oriented Research in Natural Sciences Martin Luther University Halle‐Wittenberg Saale Halle 06099 Germany
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- Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering Hiroshima University Higashi Hiroshima 739‐8521 Japan
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- Materials Characterization Laboratories Toray Research Center Inc. 3–7, Sonoyama 3‐chome Otsu Shiga 520‐8567 Japan
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- Institute of Physics and Competence Center CALOR University of Rostock Rostock 18051 Germany
- Butlerov Institute of Chemistry Kazan Federal University 18 Kremlyovskaya Street Kazan 420008 Russia
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Tsuji H, Yamasaki M, Arakawa Y. Synthesis and Stereocomplexation of New Enantiomeric Stereo Periodical Copolymers Poly( l-lactic acid– l-lactic acid– d-lactic acid) and Poly( d-lactic acid– d-lactic acid– l-lactic acid). Macromolecules 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.1c01099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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- Hideto Tsuji
- Department of Applied Chemistry and Life Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Toyohashi University of Technology, Tempaku-cho, Toyohashi, Aichi 441-8580, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Life Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Toyohashi University of Technology, Tempaku-cho, Toyohashi, Aichi 441-8580, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Life Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Toyohashi University of Technology, Tempaku-cho, Toyohashi, Aichi 441-8580, Japan
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Tsuji H, Ohsada K, Arakawa Y. Stereocomplex- and homo-crystallization behavior, polymorphism, and thermal properties of enantiomeric random copolymers of l- and d-lactic acids from the melt. POLYMER 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2021.123954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Nucleation plays a vital role in polymer crystallization, in which chain connectivity and thus the multiple length and time scales make crystal nucleation of polymer chains an interesting but complex subject. Though the topic has been intensively studied in the past decades, there are still many open questions to answer. The final properties of semicrystalline polymer materials are affected by all of the following: the starting melt, paths of nucleation, organization of lamellar crystals and evolution of the final crystalline structures. In this viewpoint, we attempt to discuss some of the remaining open questions and corresponding concepts: non-equilibrated polymers, self-induced nucleation, microscopic kinetics of different processes, metastability of polymer lamellar crystals, hierarchical order and cooperativity involved in nucleation, etc. Addressing these open questions through a combination of novel concepts, new theories and advanced approaches provides a deeper understanding of the multifaceted process of crystal nucleation of polymers.
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Monnier X, Cavallo D, Righetti MC, Di Lorenzo ML, Marina S, Martin J, Cangialosi D. Physical Aging and Glass Transition of the Rigid Amorphous Fraction in Poly( l-lactic acid). Macromolecules 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c01182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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- Xavier Monnier
- Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal 4, 20018 San Sebastián, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Genoa, Via Dodecaneso 31, 16146 Genoa, Italy
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- CNR-IPCF, National Research Council - Institute for Chemical and Physical Processes, Via Moruzzi 1, 56124 Pisa, Italy
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- CNR-IPCB, National Research Council - Institute of Polymers, Composites and Biomaterials, Via Campi Flegrei, 34, 80078 Pozzuoli, NA Italy
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- POLYMAT, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Av. de Tolosa 72, 20018 San Sebastián, Spain
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- POLYMAT, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Av. de Tolosa 72, 20018 San Sebastián, Spain
- Ikerbasque - Basque Foundation for Science, 48013 Bilbao, Spain
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- Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal 4, 20018 San Sebastián, Spain
- Centro de Física de Materiales CFM (CSIC-UPV/EHU) and Materials Physics Center MPC, Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal 5, 20018 San Sebastián, Spain
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Schawe JEK, Wrana C. Competition between Structural Relaxation and Crystallization in the Glass Transition Range of Random Copolymers. Polymers (Basel) 2020; 12:polym12081778. [PMID: 32784476 PMCID: PMC7465651 DOI: 10.3390/polym12081778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2020] [Revised: 08/02/2020] [Accepted: 08/05/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Structural relaxation in polymers occurs at temperatures in the glass transition range and below. At these temperatures, crystallization is controlled by diffusion and nucleation. A sequential occurrence of structural relaxation, nucleation, and crystallization was observed for several homopolymers during annealing in the range of the glass transition. It is known from the literature that all of these processes are strongly influenced by geometrical confinements. The focus of our work is copolymers, in which the confinements are caused by the random sequence of monomer units in the polymer chain. We characterize the influence of these confinements on structure formation and relaxation in the vicinity of the glass transition. The measurements were performed with a hydrogenated nitrile-butadiene copolymer (HNBR). The kinetics of the structural relaxation and the crystallization was measured using fast differential scanning calorimetry (FDSC). This technique was selected because of the high sensitivity, the fast cooling rates, and the high time resolution. Crystallization in HNBR causes a segregation of non-crystallizable segments in the macromolecule. This yields a reduction in mobility in the vicinity of the formed crystals and as a consequence an increased amount of so-called "rigid amorphous fraction" (RAF). The RAF can be interpreted as self-assembled confinements, which limit and control the crystallization. An analysis of the crystallization and the relaxation shows that the kinetic of both is identical. This means that the Kohlrausch exponent of relaxation and the Avrami exponent of crystallization are identical. Therefore, the crystallization is not controlled by nucleation but by diffusion and is terminated by the formation of RAF.
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- Jürgen E. K. Schawe
- Mettler-Toledo GmbH—Analytical, Heuwinkelstrasse 3, 8606 Nänikon, Switzerland
- Correspondence:
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- Compounds AG, Barzloostrasse 1, 8330 Pfäffikon, Switzerland;
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Anton AM, Zhuravlev E, Kossack W, Andrianov R, Schick C, Kremer F. Fingerprints of homogeneous nucleation and crystal growth in polyamide 66 as studied by combined infrared spectroscopy and fast scanning chip calorimetry. Colloid Polym Sci 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s00396-020-04666-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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AbstractHomogenous crystal nucleation and growth in polyamide 66 (PA66) are followed in situ by means of a combination of FTIR spectroscopy and fast scanning chip calorimetry (FSC). Therefore, a novel setup with a calorimetry chip equipped with an IR-transparent SiN membrane was developed, which enables to examine IR spectroscopic and FSC experiments on the identical specimen. Because of the small amount of sample material (~ 100 ng), it is possible to achieve heating and cooling rates up to 5000 Ks−1, and hence to quench the sample into a fully amorphous state without quenched-in homogeneous crystal nuclei. Annealing the film then allows to determine the onset of homogenous nucleation and crystal growth by means of FSC, whereas molecular interactions are unraveled by FTIR spectroscopy. It is demonstrated that different moieties of PA66 respond distinctly during crystallization; far-reaching interactions such as hydrogen bonding are established prior to onset of short-range steric hindrance.
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Quattrosoldi S, Androsch R, Janke A, Soccio M, Lotti N. Enthalpy Relaxation, Crystal Nucleation and Crystal Growth of Biobased Poly(butylene Isophthalate). Polymers (Basel) 2020; 12:polym12010235. [PMID: 31963666 PMCID: PMC7023569 DOI: 10.3390/polym12010235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2019] [Accepted: 01/15/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The crystallization behavior of fully biobased poly(butylene isophthalate) (PBI) has been investigated using calorimetric and microscopic techniques. PBI is an extremely slow crystallizing polymer that leads, after melt-crystallization, to the formation of lamellar crystals and rather large spherulites, due to the low nuclei density. Based upon quantitative analysis of the crystal-nucleation behavior at low temperatures near the glass transition, using Tammann's two-stage nuclei development method, a nucleation pathway for an acceleration of the crystallization process and for tailoring the semicrystalline morphology is provided. Low-temperature annealing close to the glass transition temperature (Tg) leads to the formation of crystal nuclei, which grow to crystals at higher temperatures, and yield a much finer spherulitic superstructure, as obtained after direct melt-crystallization. Similarly to other slowly crystallizing polymers like poly(ethylene terephthalate) or poly(l-lactic acid), low-temperature crystal-nuclei formation at a timescale of hours/days is still too slow to allow non-spherulitic crystallization. The interplay between glass relaxation and crystal nucleation at temperatures slightly below Tg is discussed.
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- Silvia Quattrosoldi
- Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering, University of Bologna, Via Terracini 28, 40131 Bologna, Italy (M.S.)
- Interdisciplinary Center for Transfer-Oriented Research in Natural Sciences (IWE TFN), Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, 06099 Halle/Saale, Germany
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- Interdisciplinary Center for Transfer-Oriented Research in Natural Sciences (IWE TFN), Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, 06099 Halle/Saale, Germany
- Correspondence: (R.A.); (N.L.)
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- Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e.V., Hohe Str. 6, 01069 Dresden, Germany;
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- Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering, University of Bologna, Via Terracini 28, 40131 Bologna, Italy (M.S.)
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- Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering, University of Bologna, Via Terracini 28, 40131 Bologna, Italy (M.S.)
- Correspondence: (R.A.); (N.L.)
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Tsuji H, Iguchi K, Tashiro K, Arakawa Y. Crystallization behavior, structure, morphology, and thermal properties of crystalline and amorphous stereo diblock copolymers, poly(l-lactide)-b-poly(dl-lactide). Polym Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/d0py01115k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Some fractions of poly(dl-lactide) chains were confined in the amorphous regions between the crystalline regions, but the remaining parts of the poly(dl-lactide) chains should have been located outside of the alternately layered crystalline and amorphous regions.
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- Hideto Tsuji
- Department of Applied Chemistry and Life Science
- Graduate School of Engineering
- Toyohashi University of Technology
- Toyohashi
- Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Life Science
- Graduate School of Engineering
- Toyohashi University of Technology
- Toyohashi
- Japan
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- Department of Future Industry-Oriented Basic Science and Materials
- Toyota Technological Institute
- Nagoya 468-8511
- Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Life Science
- Graduate School of Engineering
- Toyohashi University of Technology
- Toyohashi
- Japan
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Androsch R, Jariyavidyanont K, Schick C. Enthalpy Relaxation of Polyamide 11 of Different Morphology Far Below the Glass Transition Temperature. ENTROPY 2019. [PMCID: PMC7514315 DOI: 10.3390/e21100984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Polyamide 11 (PA 11) samples of different supermolecular structure, including the crystal-free glass and semi-crystalline PA 11 of largely different semi-crystalline morphology, were prepared by fast scanning chip calorimetry (FSC). These samples were then annealed at different temperatures well below the glass transition temperature Tg. The main purpose of the low-temperature annealing experiments was the calorimetric detection of mobility of chain segments at temperatures as low as −40 °C (≈Tg − 80 K) where still excellent impact resistance is predicted. It was found that annealing PA 11 at such low temperature, regardless the thermal history and supermolecular structure including crystallinity as well as crystal shape and size, permits distinct enthalpy relaxation at rather short time scale with the structural changes reverting on subsequent heating as detected with pronounced sub-Tg-enthalpy-recovery peaks. The main glass transition, associated to large-amplitude segmental mobility, as well as relaxations at temperatures only slightly below Tg are even more distinctly sensitive to the crystal morphology. In contrast to spherulitically grown lamellar crystals, presence of high-specific-surface area nanometer-sized ordered domains causes a shift of the glass transition temperature of the amorphous phase to higher temperature, proving stronger coupling of ordered and amorphous phases than in case of lamellae. In addition, the increased coupling of the crystalline and amorphous phases slows down the cooperative rearrangements on annealing the glass slightly below Tg. The performed study contributes to further understanding of the spectrum of structural relaxations in PA 11 including the effect of presence of crystals. Enthalpy relaxation and consequently the reduction of entropy at temperatures slightly below Tg strongly depends on the semi-crystalline morphology, while an only minor effect is seen on low-temperature annealing at Tg − 80 K, possibly indicating different molecular mechanisms for the processes occurring in both temperature ranges. The low-temperature process even seems proceeding in the crystalline fraction of the material.
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- René Androsch
- Interdisciplinary Center for Transfer-oriented Research in Natural Sciences, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, 06099 Halle/Saale, Germany;
- Correspondence:
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- Interdisciplinary Center for Transfer-oriented Research in Natural Sciences, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, 06099 Halle/Saale, Germany;
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- Institute of Physics and Competence Center CALOR, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Str. 23–24, 18059 Rostock, Germany;
- Butlerov Institute of Chemistry, Kazan Federal University, 18 Kremlyovskaya Street, Kazan 420008, Russia
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Grigoriadi K, Westrik JBHM, Vogiatzis GG, van Breemen LA, Anderson PD, Hütter M. Physical Ageing of Polystyrene: Does Tacticity Play a Role? Macromolecules 2019; 52:5948-5954. [PMID: 31423026 PMCID: PMC6694410 DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.9b01042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2019] [Revised: 07/02/2019] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The ageing kinetics of amorphous atactic (a-PS), isotactic (i-PS), and syndiotactic (s-PS) polystyrene were studied by means of flash-differential scanning calorimetry. The specimens were aged for up to 2 h at six different ageing temperatures: the optimum ageing temperature, that is, the temperature at which the enthalpy overshoot at the glass transition is maximal for the given elapsed time, and five ageing temperatures ranging from 20 to 80 K below the optimum ageing temperature. A logarithmic increase of the enthalpy overshoot with ageing time is observed for specimens at their optimum ageing temperatures. For temperatures significantly lower than the optimum, there is a range where the enthalpy overshoot is constant, but for higher temperatures (still below the optimum), a logarithmic increase is also observed. Moreover, the ageing kinetics appear to depend on tacticity, with s-PS and i-PS exhibiting the slowest and fastest ageing kinetics, respectively, and a-PS exhibiting ageing kinetics between these two extremes.
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- Kalouda Grigoriadi
- Polymer
Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology,
P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
- Dutch
Polymer Institute, P.O. Box 902, 5600 AX Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Polymer
Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology,
P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Polymer
Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology,
P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
- Dutch
Polymer Institute, P.O. Box 902, 5600 AX Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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C. A. van Breemen
- Polymer
Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology,
P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Polymer
Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology,
P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Polymer
Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology,
P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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Androsch R, Zhang R, Schick C. Melt-recrystallization of poly (l-lactic acid) initially containing α′-crystals. POLYMER 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2019.05.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Sungkapreecha C, Focke WW, Androsch R. Competition between Liquid-liquid De-mixing, Crystallization, and Glass Transition in Solutions of PLA of Different Stereochemistry and DEET. CHINESE JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s10118-019-2314-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Schick C, Androsch R. Nucleation‐controlled semicrystalline morphology of bulk polymers. POLYMER CRYSTALLIZATION 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/pcr2.10036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Christoph Schick
- University of Rostock, Institute of Physics and Competence Center CALOR Rostock Germany
- Istitute of Chemistry, Kazan Federal University Kazan Russian Federation
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- Interdisciplinary Center for Transfer‐Oriented Research in Natural Sciences (IWE TFN)Martin Luther University Halle‐Wittenberg Halle/Saale Germany
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Di Lorenzo ML, Androsch R. Influence of α′-/α-crystal polymorphism on properties of poly(l-lactic acid). POLYM INT 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/pi.5707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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- Interdisciplinary Center for Transfer-oriented Research in Natural Sciences (IWE TFN); Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg; Halle/Saale Germany
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Sedov I, Magsumov T, Abdullin A, Yarko E, Mukhametzyanov T, Klimovitsky A, Schick C. Influence of the Cross-Link Density on the Rate of Crystallization of Poly(ε-Caprolactone). Polymers (Basel) 2018; 10:E902. [PMID: 30960827 PMCID: PMC6404166 DOI: 10.3390/polym10080902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2018] [Revised: 08/07/2018] [Accepted: 08/08/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Cross-linked poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) is a smart biocompatible polymer exhibiting two-way shape memory effect. PCL samples with different cross-link density were synthesized by heating the polymer with various amounts of radical initiator benzoyl peroxide (BPO). Non-isothermal crystallization kinetics was characterized by means of conventional differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and fast scanning calorimetry (FSC). The latter technique was used to obtain the dependence of the degree of crystallinity on the preceding cooling rate by following the enthalpies of melting for each sample. It is shown that the cooling rate required to keep the cooled sample amorphous decreases with increasing cross-link density, i.e., crystallization process slows down monotonically. Covalent bonds between polymer chains impede the crystallization process. Consequently, FSC can be used as a rather quick and low sample consuming method to estimate the degree of cross-linking of PCL samples.
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- Igor Sedov
- Chemical Institute, Kremlevskaya 18, Kazan Federal University, 420008 Kazan, Russia.
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- Chemical Institute, Kremlevskaya 18, Kazan Federal University, 420008 Kazan, Russia.
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- Chemical Institute, Kremlevskaya 18, Kazan Federal University, 420008 Kazan, Russia.
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- Chemical Institute, Kremlevskaya 18, Kazan Federal University, 420008 Kazan, Russia.
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- Chemical Institute, Kremlevskaya 18, Kazan Federal University, 420008 Kazan, Russia.
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- Chemical Institute, Kremlevskaya 18, Kazan Federal University, 420008 Kazan, Russia.
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- Chemical Institute, Kremlevskaya 18, Kazan Federal University, 420008 Kazan, Russia.
- Institute of Physics and Competence Centre CALOR, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Str. 23-24, 18051 Rostock, Germany.
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Jariyavidyanont K, Schick C, Androsch R. Nucleation-controlled dual semicrystalline morphology of polyamide 11. POLYM INT 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/pi.5606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Katalee Jariyavidyanont
- Interdisciplinary Center for Transfer-oriented Research in Natural Sciences (IWE TFN); Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg; Halle/Saale Germany
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- Institute of Physics and Competence Center CALOR; University of Rostock; Rostock Germany
- Department of Physical Chemistry, Kazan Federal University; Kazan Russia
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- Interdisciplinary Center for Transfer-oriented Research in Natural Sciences (IWE TFN); Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg; Halle/Saale Germany
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Di Lorenzo ML, Androsch R. Accelerated crystallization of high molar mass poly( l / d -lactic acid) by blending with low molar mass poly( l -lactic acid). Eur Polym J 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2018.01.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Vitrification of two active pharmaceutical ingredients by fast scanning calorimetry: From structural relaxation to nucleation phenomena. Int J Pharm 2018; 536:426-433. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2017.12.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2017] [Revised: 12/04/2017] [Accepted: 12/05/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Schick C, Androsch R, Schmelzer JWP. Homogeneous crystal nucleation in polymers. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2017; 29:453002. [PMID: 28708065 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/aa7fe0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The pathway of crystal nucleation significantly influences the structure and properties of semi-crystalline polymers. Crystal nucleation is normally heterogeneous at low supercooling, and homogeneous at high supercooling, of the polymer melt. Homogeneous nucleation in bulk polymers has been, so far, hardly accessible experimentally, and was even doubted to occur at all. This topical review summarizes experimental findings on homogeneous crystal nucleation in polymers. Recently developed fast scanning calorimetry, with cooling and heating rates up to 106 K s-1, allows for detailed investigations of nucleation near and even below the glass transition temperature, including analysis of nuclei stability. As for other materials, the maximum homogeneous nucleation rate for polymers is located close to the glass transition temperature. In the experiments discussed here, it is shown that polymer nucleation is homogeneous at such temperatures. Homogeneous nucleation in polymers is discussed in the framework of the classical nucleation theory. The majority of our observations are consistent with the theory. The discrepancies may guide further research, particularly experiments to progress theoretical development. Progress in the understanding of homogeneous nucleation is much needed, since most of the modelling approaches dealing with polymer crystallization exclusively consider homogeneous nucleation. This is also the basis for advancing theoretical approaches to the much more complex phenomena governing heterogeneous nucleation.
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- C Schick
- Institute of Physics, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Str. 23-24, 18051 Rostock, Germany. Faculty of Interdisciplinary Research, Competence Centre CALOR, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Str. 25, 18051 Rostock, Germany. Kazan Federal University, 18 Kremlyovskaya Street, Kazan 420008, Russia
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McKenna GB, Simon SL. 50th Anniversary Perspective: Challenges in the Dynamics and Kinetics of Glass-Forming Polymers. Macromolecules 2017. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.7b01014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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- Gregory B. McKenna
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409-3121, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409-3121, United States
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Amorphous Fractions of Poly(lactic acid). SYNTHESIS, STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES OF POLY(LACTIC ACID) 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/12_2016_14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Kinetics of Nucleation and Growth of Crystals of Poly(l-lactic acid). SYNTHESIS, STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES OF POLY(LACTIC ACID) 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/12_2016_13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Enthalpy relaxation of the glass of poly (l-lactic acid) of different d-isomer content and its effect on mechanical properties. Polym Bull (Berl) 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s00289-016-1854-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Lan Q, Li Y. Mesophase-Mediated Crystallization of Poly(l-lactide): Deterministic Pathways to Nanostructured Morphology and Superstructure Control. Macromolecules 2016. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.6b01442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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- Qiaofeng Lan
- Ningbo Institute of Materials
Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Ningbo 315201, China
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- Ningbo Institute of Materials
Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Ningbo 315201, China
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