Crystallization behavior of nanocomposites based on poly(l-lactide) and MgAl layered double hydroxides – Unbiased determination of the rigid amorphous phases due to the crystals and the nanofiller

Autor: Jing Leng, Andreas Wurm, Andreas Schönhals, Nian-Jun Kang, De-Yi Wang, Christoph Schick
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Polymer. 108:257-264
ISSN: 0032-3861
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2016.11.065
Popis: Semicrystalline polymers have to be described by a three phase model consisting of a mobile amorphous (MAF), a crystalline (CF), and a rigid amorphous fraction (RAF). For nanocomposites based on a semicrystalline polymer the RAF is due to both the crystallites (RAF crystal ) and the filler (RAF filler ). Polymer nanocomposite based on poly( l -lactide) and MgAl layered double hydroxide nanofiller were prepared. Due to the low crystallization rate of PLA its crystallization can be suppressed by a high enough cooling rate, and the RAF is due only to the nanofiller. The MAF, CF, and RAF were estimated by Temperature Modulated DSC. For the first time CF, MAF, RAF crystal , and RAF filler could be estimated. It was found, that RAF filler increases linearly with the concentration of the nanofiller for this system. Furthermore, RAF crystal is only slightly influenced by the presence of the nanofiller.
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