Sevegney, Michael S. and Parthasarthy, Gautam and Kannan, Rangaramanujam M. and Thurman, Derek W. and Fernandez-Ballester, Lucia (2003) Deformation-Induced Morphology Changes and Orientation Behavior in Syndiotactic Polypropylene. Macromolecules, 36 (17). pp. 6472-6483. ISSN 0024-9297. doi:10.1021/ma025774+. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20170605-155928261
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Abstract
Syndiotactic polypropylene (sPP) exhibits a complex crystalline morphology, characterized by unique annealing- and deformation-induced changes. Rheooptical FTIR spectroscopy, wide-angle X-ray diffraction (WAXD), and Raman spectroscopy are used to characterize morphology and orientation responses of highly syndiotactic sPP to tensile drawing. Solid-state thin films of different initial morphology, either quenched or slowly cooled from the melt, are studied. Results suggest that a gradual transition in macromolecular chain conformation, from gauche−gauche−trans−trans helical to all-trans planar, is observed at room temperature for quenched samples that are drawn up to 400% strain. This transition is marked initially by the gradual disappearance of helical chains (disordered form I) and the subsequent emergence of a mesophase, which may transform into form III crystals at even greater strains. Our primary investigational tool, the rheo-FTIR spectrometer, allows us to monitor the presence and orientation of amorphous, mesomorphic, and crystalline domains directly, simultaneously, and sensitively. Results from all of the techniques used are correlated in an effort both to assign IR peaks to characteristic sPP moieties and to generate a plausible physical model of the deformation dynamics in melt-quenched sPP.
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| Additional Information: | © 2003 American Chemical Society. Received October 24, 2002; Revised Manuscript Received May 21, 2003. Publication Date (Web): July 22, 2003. We thank Professor Vaman Naik of the Wayne State University Electrical and Computer Engineering Department for assistance in performing Raman scattering experiments. We thank Professors Julia Kornfield (Caltech) and Stephen Z. D. Cheng (U. Akron) for valuable discussions. We also thank Dr. Shivshankar Venkataramani of the 3M Corp. for providing GPC analysis. Finally, we gratefully recognize funding from NSF−CAREER (DMR 9876221) (R.M.K.), NSF−IGERT (M.S.S.), and the Wayne State University Institute for Manufacturing Research (G.P.). | |||||||||
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| DOI: | 10.1021/ma025774+ | |||||||||
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| Official Citation: | Deformation-Induced Morphology Changes and Orientation Behavior in Syndiotactic Polypropylene Michael S. Sevegney, Gautam Parthasarthy, Rangaramanujam M. Kannan, Derek W. Thurman and Lucia Fernandez-Ballester Macromolecules 2003 36 (17), 6472-6483 DOI: 10.1021/ma025774+ | |||||||||
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| Deposited By: | Tony Diaz | |||||||||
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