YU Xiang, CHEN Erqiang, ZHU Chengshen, HE Suqin, LIU Wentao. STUDY OF LAMELLAR MORPHOLOGY OF POLY(ε-CAPROLACTONE) BASED ON SAXS/WAXS SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT AND ONE-DIMENSIONAL CORRELATION FUNCTION ANALYSIS[J]. Acta Polymerica Sinica, 2010,(9):1136-1142.
YU Xiang, CHEN Erqiang, ZHU Chengshen, HE Suqin, LIU Wentao. STUDY OF LAMELLAR MORPHOLOGY OF POLY(ε-CAPROLACTONE) BASED ON SAXS/WAXS SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT AND ONE-DIMENSIONAL CORRELATION FUNCTION ANALYSIS[J]. Acta Polymerica Sinica, 2010,(9):1136-1142. DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1105.2010.10048.
The effects of isothermal crystallization temperature (Tc) and crystallization time on the lamellar morphology of poly(ε-caprolactone) were investigated by using simultaneous measurement of wide-angle/small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS/WAXS) and one-dimensional correlation function (1DCF) analysis.On the basis of the weight fraction of crystallinity obtained from WAXS result
we calculated the volume fraction crystallinity [Vc(WAXS)] of PCL
which was slightly larger than 50%.The 1DCF analysis of SAXS profiles gave the long period (LP) and thickness of the amorphous region (La).Comparing the data deduced from the WAXS and SAXS experimental result
we considered that the “three-phase” model is preferable to the “two-phase” model for the PCL crystal. The calculated thickness of the transition zone between the crystalline and amorphous region (E) was of 15%~18% of the LP
showing great influence to the lamellar morphology.With increasing Tc
the values of Lc increased faster than that of La and E
leading to the increase of crystallinity.During isothermal crystallization at 50℃
the Lc of PCL was increased with increasing isothermal time
whereas the La and E were decreased accordingly.After isothermal crystallization at 50℃ for 10 days
the PCL sample with Vc(WAXS) of 61% gave a SAXS profile with the multiple scattering peaks up to the fifth order
indicating that the lamellar structure was rather perfect.