Processing-Mechanical Property Relationship of Thin Microcellular PET Sheet Prepared by Compression Molding

Li, Yinglin; Guan, Rong; Xiang, Bin; Xiao, Zhaoxin; Jiang, Yi; Lu, Deping

doi:10.1080/03602550801977984

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“…The oriented cell structure is the key feature of the functional polymer foams. The general methods to manufacture the oriented cell structure were freeze‐drying, [ 6,7 ] surface‐constrained foaming, [ 8–14 ] laminating the patterned film, [ 15–20 ] expanding the particle‐filled film after biaxially stretching, [ 3,4,21–24 ] and hot‐pressing. [ 25 ] In 1989, Savolainen et al.…”

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“…The oriented cell structure is the key feature of the functional polymer foams. The general methods to manufacture the oriented cell structure were freeze-drying, [6,7] surface-constrained foaming, [8][9][10][11][12][13][14] laminating the patterned film, [15][16][17][18][19][20] expanding the particle-filled film after biaxially stretching, [3,4,[21][22][23][24] and hotpressing. [25] In 1989, Savolainen et al [26] developed the first polypropylene (PP) porous film with piezoelectric performance by biaxially stretching the particles-filled film.…”

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Controllable Preparation of Porous Polypropylene Piezoelectrets Using Crystallization Self‐Reinforcement Method Induced by the Variable Thermal History

Zheng

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Macro Materials & Eng

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A porous linear isostatic polypropylene (iPP) piezoelectret with oriented cell structure is controllably prepared by crystallization self‐reinforcement method based on a unique variable thermal history. In this multi‐step one‐pot foaming strategy, the iPP sheet placed in a 1D confined space undergoes appropriate initial heating, quenching, reheating, and pressure relief process assisted with supercritical CO2 (scCO2). The crystallization self‐reinforcement of iPP is realized by inducing the formation of closely packed crystals, whose residual lamellae in the melt serve as the nodes to enhance the melt strength during reheating. The above closely packed lamellae are used as the heterogeneous nucleating cell sites as well as the crystal nuclei in the CO2 relief process. This makes the cells easier to deform in a 1D restricted space and form uniformly oriented cells. Furthermore, the static piezoelectric coefficient of the porous iPP piezoelectret with the optimal expansion ratio and orientation ratio of 18.8 and 6.6 is 700 pC/N, reaching 1.5 times that of commercial porous PP piezoelectret. Moreover, piezoelectric energy harvester made with porous iPP piezoelectret can light up 22 LED lights arranged in ZJU word. Therefore, the novel foaming strategy provides a new insight for uniform preparation of the polymer foams with oriented cells.

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