Effects of Erucamide on Fiber “Softness”: Linking Single-Fiber Crystal Structure and Mechanical Properties
Dajana Gubała,
Anna Slastanova,
Lauren Matthews
et al.
Abstract:Erucamide is known
to play a critical role in modifying polymer
fiber surface chemistry and morphology. However, its effects on fiber
crystallinity and mechanical properties remain to be understood. Here,
synchrotron nanofocused X-ray Diffraction (nXRD) revealed a bimodal
orientation of the constituent polymer chains aligned along the fiber
axis and cross-section, respectively. Erucamide promoted crystallinity
in the fiber, leading to larger and more numerous lamellae crystallites.
The nXRD nanostructual chara… Show more
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