Thermo-mechanical behavior of uniaxially drawn and crystallized poly(ethylene naphthalene-2,6-dicarboxylate) (PEN) films

Hakmé, Chady; Stevenson, Isabelle; David, Laurent; Voice, A.M.; Seytre, Gérard

doi:10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2007.03.030

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“…The increase in T g should be attributed to the enhancement of stiffness of the amorphous chains with increasing the strain, which is due to the increase in the cross-linking density in the amorphous regions [37][38][39][40]. The crystallinity index is about 20% for the film undrawn in the 3 wt% boric acid solution, reducing to almost 0% for the film dried after stretching at the strain of 500%.…”

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Evaluation of oriented amorphous regions in polymer films during uniaxial deformation; structural characterization of a poly(vinyl alcohol) film during stretching in boric acid aqueous solutions

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We have improved the conventional analytical method of the scattering data obtained with in‐situ synchrotron X‐ray scattering experiments, which is applicable to the structural characterization of the film during stretching. Four components of molecular chains in the film are divided from two‐dimensional wide‐angle X‐ray diffraction patterns. These components are the oriented crystals, the unoriented ones, the oriented amorphous chains, and the unoriented ones, respectively. This method allows to evaluate directly the degree of orientation of the amorphous chains and the amount of the oriented amorphous fraction in addition to each evaluation for the crystalline regions. This method is applied to the structural characterization of the poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) film during stretching in boric acid aqueous solutions, suggesting that boric acid accelerates orientation of molecular chains in the amorphous regions, and increases the oriented amorphous fraction by producing the cross‐links between the PVA chains and hindering strain‐induced crystallization. At a film break on stretching in the 3 wt% boric acid solution, the oriented amorphous fraction increases up to 70%, which is much higher compared to that in the film stretched in water, 45%. POLYM. ENG. SCI., 55:513–522, 2015. © 2014 Society of Plastics Engineers

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Evaluation of oriented amorphous regions in polymer films during uniaxial deformation; structural characterization of a poly(vinyl alcohol) film during stretching in boric acid aqueous solutions

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“…In addition, L p decreases while the annealing time increases. This could be related to the partial insertion of new lamellae (possibly originating from the slow secondary crystallization) between existing crystallites so that lamellar stacks with smaller average long period progressively develop 41 . Such morphology development significantly impacts the dynamics as a result of the additional confinement effects of this new crystalline population.…”

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