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Aiming to unveil the effect of cold stretching conditions including strain and temperature on the morphology and performance of membrane product, high density polyethylene (HDPE) microporous membranes were prepared by uniaxial stretching. The evolutions of lamellar stacks and micropore formation were tracked by combining in-situ and ex-situ X-ray scattering and scanning electron microscopy methods...
We have an ongoing interest in the design and control of helical conformation of water-soluble meta-linked poly(phenylene ethynylene)s (PPEs) and the further development of novel functional materials. Four cationic meta-linked PPEs (P1′-P4′) were synthesized to study the influence of differences in the backbone and side chain structure on their conformations. For P1′ and P4′ without side chains on...
Strain-induced crystallization (SIC) of poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) slightly above glass transition temperature (Tg) is investigated by adopting a sequential biaxial stretching mode in this work. Small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) and wide angle X-ray diffraction (WAXD) are employed to study variation of orientation parameter and crystallinity of stretch films in machine and transverse draw...
We demonstrated the crystallization assisted microphase separation of all-conjugated diblock copolymers poly (2,5-dihexyloxy-p-phenylene)-block-(3-hexylthiophene) (PPP-b-P3HT, denoted as BmTn). The crystallization and microphase separation are summarized in terms of the difference of aggregation in solvent and the crystallization temperatures of two blocks, respectively. B39T18 and B41T44 were selected,...
The polymer regioregularity has a dramatic effect on device performance of organic photovoltaics in terms of material crystallinity and phase separated morphology. In this study, we investigated the molecular regioregularity induced morphological evolution of P3HT and PF12TBT blend thin films processed by solvents with different solubility and boiling point. After cast by good solvents chloroform...
Aiming to unveil the key structures and processing parameters of precursor film for the micropore formation, the structure and mechanical behavior of isotactic polypropylene (iPP) casting films prepared at different processing conditions are systematically studied with small and wide angle X-ray scattering measurements as well as tensile analysis. Draw ratio and cast roll temperature are found to...
Two novel water-soluble hyperbranched poly(p-phenyleneethynylene)s (HBP1′ and HBP2′) bearing different contents of oligo(ethylene oxide) (OEO) side chains with ammonium end groups were synthesized by the facile “A 2 + B 2 (or A 2 ′) + C 3 ” protocol based on Sonogashira polymerization. Their linear analog (LP2′) was also synthesized for comparative investigation. The...
The little amount of internal double bonds were introduced in poly (butyl acrylate) (PBA) and poly (ethyl acrylate) (PEA) through copolymerizing with isoprene (IP). The tanδ of PBA-co-IP (BA-IP copolymer) and PEA-co-IP (EA-IP copolymer) exhibited an asymmetric double-peak structure with a shoulder at higher temperature side and a maximum at lower temperature side, while the tanδ of PBA and PEA generally...
Investigation on the effect of melting and crystallization of polypropylene (PP) on the conductive network of multi-wall carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) and carbon black (CB) in MWNT/PP and CB/PP composites is performed. The conductive networks formed by fillers with different aspect ratios (MWNTs and CB) are compared during melting and cooling experiments. The network is found to be deformed during melting...
Some of the poly(ethylene oxide)–poly(propylene oxide)–poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO–PPO–PEO) tri-block copolymers aggregate in p-xylene upon addition of ethylene and form reverse micelles at higher temperature at which the reverse micelles cannot be formed without addition of compressed ethylene. An abrupt increase of water solubilization is observed at a certain ethylene pressure. The effects of surfactant...
Propropylene (PP) and polyamide-6 (PA6) alloys nanocomposites were prepared using melt intercalation technique by blending PP and PA6 while used organophilic montmorillonite (OMT). The melt intercalation of PP and PA6 alloys was carried out in the presence of a compatibilizer such as maleic anhydride-g-polypropylene (MAPP). Their structures were characterized by scanning electron microscope (SEM),...
Monomer mixture of styrene (St) and N-cyclohexylmaleimide (ChMI) and initiator benzoyl peroxide (BPO) were first impregnated into isotactic polypropylene (iPP) films simultaneously using supercritical carbon dioxide (SC CO 2 ) as a solvent and swelling agent at 35.0 o C. The composites were obtained after the monomers were grafted onto the iPP matrix at 70 o C. The effects...
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