Fiber-spun polypropylene/polyethylene terephthalate microfibrillar composites with enhanced tensile and rheological properties and foaming ability

Rizvi, Ali; Andalib, Zamil K.M.; Park, Chul

doi:10.1016/j.polymer.2016.12.054

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“…Also, elongational viscosity measurements have shown the induction of strain hardening as a result of improved interface in fibrillar networks. The appearance of secondary plateau and strain hardening due to the fibrillar morphology have been observed for the systems composed of PET, PTFE, PBT, PS, and PA6 .…”

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Investigation of rheology and morphology to follow physical fibrillar network evolution through fiber spinning of PP/PA6 blend fiber

Hajiraissi

Jahani

Hallmann

2017

Polymer Engineering & Sci

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This work is aimed at investigating the influence of fibrillar morphology of deformed Polyamide 6 (PA6) droplets dispersed in Polypropylene (PP) matrix on the melt viscoelastic behavior of their blends. The blends of PP with various amounts of PA6 (1%, 6%, 10%, and 20%) were prepared by melt mixing in a co‐rotating twin screw extruder and fibrillated by fiber spinning process. Scanning Electron Microscopy revealed that the PA6 spherical droplets form fibrillar inclusions after fiber spinning. The steady and transient shear rheological responses of samples were evaluated in both linear and nonlinear ranges of deformation. Non‐terminal behavior of storage modulus at low frequency appeared as a typical characteristic of fibrillar morphology whose width and value depend on fibril growth. Storage modulus and complex viscosity of the blends containing PA6 fibrillated structure were remarkably enhanced compared to as‐extruded samples. The fibrillar‐induced elasticity of the fibers is a distinguishable behavior which was revealed by conducting transient stress and creep‐recovery measurements and upon appearing mature fibrils, elasticity of the polymer blend fibers increased significantly. POLYM. ENG. SCI., 58:1251–1260, 2018. © 2017 Society of Plastics Engineers

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Investigation of rheology and morphology to follow physical fibrillar network evolution through fiber spinning of PP/PA6 blend fiber

Hajiraissi

Jahani

Hallmann

2017

Polymer Engineering & Sci

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“…Here, it may be deduced that temperature plays a crucial role in fibrillation threshold which can be seen that fibrillation shifts to 1 wt% of PTT in the fiber spun at 240 °C, which is not the case in previous works conducted at temperature below the T m of dispersed phase 30,39,45,47. According to the reported works, since viscosity ratio and processing conditions are under control of disperse‐phase ratio and temperature respectively, the fibrillation of each polymer blend system is also dependent, whose dependent fibrillation appears by forming fibrils with different lengths 2,14,18,28,30,31,36,38,47,51…”

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“…Influence of Fibril Diameter and Length on Linear Melt Viscoelastic Behavior : According to the observed linear melt viscoelastic responses of samples, it is obvious that upon transition from spherical shape to elongated structure the terminal trend of storage modulus in the low‐frequency region is replaced with non‐terminal behavior 28–30,39. This behavior appears as a widened secondary plateau in the low‐frequency region and the more the fibril elongates, the more the fibril penetrates into the matrix and consequently, frequency independency becomes broadened 13,31–34,36…”

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“…In addition to traditional microscopic techniques which are used to study fibrils structurally, rheology has also represented itself as a powerful method to follow droplet deformation as the most important mechanism during processing. Mainly three test methods have been used to analyze the influence of fibrillation on melt viscoelastic properties of the blend systems: melt flow rate (MFR),25 extensional rheometry,26–28 and oscillatory rheometry 8,13,29–34. To the best of our collection, most of the works have concentrated on reporting the typical characteristics of fibrillar systems observed as a secondary plateau in a low‐frequency region, which is shared with nanocomposite polymers containing nano‐fillers35 and there is a lack of information about specific steps of fibrillation and its influence on elasticity of the blend system which is under control of fibril polymorphism.…”

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An Insight into Phenomenology of Polytrimethylene Terephthalate Fibrillation

Hajiraissi

2020

Macro Materials & Eng

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The objective of this work is to analyze the effect of the processing temperature on fibrillation of the dispersed phase and to correlate melt viscoelastic responses to formed morphologies. A blend system of polypropylene (PP)/polytrimethylene terephthalate (PTT) with varying ratios (PP/PTT: 99/1, 94/6, 90/10, and 80/20) is prepared on a co‐rotating twin screw extruder, and then pelletized blend samples are fed into a laboratory mixing extruder to spin monofilaments at three different orifice temperatures of 180, 195, and 240 °C. As revealed by scanning electron microscopy, a nano‐fibrillar morphology forms after employing spinning. Rheological approach performed in the linear region shows a transition from terminal trend into non‐terminal trend in the low‐frequency region when the fibrillar morphology forms, the magnitude and width of which are reflective of the fibril growth. Transient stress measurements prove its capability to enable the blend system to show potentials of morphology development during dynamic tests. Startup of steady shear flow shows that after reaching the percolation concentration of dispersed phase, fibril–fibril coalescence leads to the formation of long fibrils whose contribution to the blend system increases the elasticity of the blend fibers.

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“…To solve the aforementioned problems, numerous methods were used in preparing microcellular semicrystalline polymer foam, such as introducing special nanofillers, adjusting molecular structure of polymers (chain extension, crosslinking, etc. ), and blending with other polymers . Microcellular foams based on polypropylene (PP)/ethylene propylene diene monomer/organoclay nanocomposites were fabricated via a batch foaming process using supercritical N 2 as a physical blowing agent.…”

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Role of chain extension in the rheological properties, crystallization behaviors, and microcellular foaming performances of poly (butylene adipate‐co‐terephthalate)

Jia

Zhou

Wang

et al. 2018

J of Applied Polymer Sci

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Currently, the fabrication of microcellular semicrystalline polymer foam using supercritical CO2 as a blowing agent constitutes a worldwide interest. In this work, a facile approach of chain extension and batch foaming was proposed to prepare microcellular semicrystalline poly (butylene adipate‐co‐terephthalate) (PBAT) foam using CO2 as a physical blowing agent. With the introduction of chain extender (CE), the weight‐average molecular weight and gel fraction of PBAT samples increased; their crystallization temperature increased from 74.2 to 86.9 °C and their viscoelasticity was improved greatly. Microcellular PBAT foams with the cell size <4 μm and the cell density more than 1010 cells cm−3 were fabricated successfully. With increasing concentration of CE, the cell density and volume expansion ratio (VER) of various PBAT foams increased from 3.4 × 1010 to 8.7 × 1010 cells cm−3 and from 1.5 to 2.0 times, respectively. With increasing foaming temperature, the cell size and VER increased and the cell density decreased. © 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2019, 136, 47322.

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Fiber-spun polypropylene/polyethylene terephthalate microfibrillar composites with enhanced tensile and rheological properties and foaming ability

Cited by 117 publications

References 57 publications

Investigation of rheology and morphology to follow physical fibrillar network evolution through fiber spinning of PP/PA6 blend fiber

Investigation of rheology and morphology to follow physical fibrillar network evolution through fiber spinning of PP/PA6 blend fiber

An Insight into Phenomenology of Polytrimethylene Terephthalate Fibrillation

Role of chain extension in the rheological properties, crystallization behaviors, and microcellular foaming performances of poly (butylene adipate‐co‐terephthalate)

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