Interplay of fractionated crystallization and morphology in polypropylene/poly (ϵ-caprolactone) blends
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Abstract The thermal behavior of melt‐mixed polypropylene (PP)/poly(ϵ‐caprolactone) (PCL) blends was investigated with differential scanning calorimetry, and it was quantitatively related to the morphology observed through scanning electron microscopy. The PP/PCL blends were immiscible in the whole composition range; however, some interesting phenomena were found. Blends with low PP contents crystallized in a fractionated fashion. By applying a self‐nucleation procedure, we demonstrated that this occurred because of a lack of highly active heterogeneities within the confined PP domains. On the other hand, PP acted as a nucleating agent for PCL, and when the PP content was reduced, the higher surface/volume ratio increased its nucleating activity. The nucleating effect was improved when the PP was self‐nucleated because of the better nucleating effect of PP annealed crystals. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 45: 1365–1379, 2007
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The selected non-isothermal crystallization temperatures of iPP in isolated polymer domains are ascribed to the homogeneous nucleation mechanism.
“The selected temperatures are ascribed to the homogeneous nucleation mechanism.”
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- Authors
- Balsamo, V., & Gouveia, L. M.
- Affiliations
- Universidad Simón Bolívar (VE)
- Corresponding author
- Balsamo, Vittoria
- ORCID
- Balsamo, Vittoria
- Venue
- Journal of Polymer Science Part B Polymer Physics
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2007-04-23
- Volume
- 45
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 1365-1379
- ISSN
- 0887-6266 (ISSN-L)
- 1099-0488
- OpenAlex
- W2121236264
- Cited by
- 25
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- 45
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- FWCI
- 1.86
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Polymer Science Part B Polymer Physics (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Polymers and Plastics › Polymer crystallization and properties
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Biomaterials › biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Materials Chemistry › Block Copolymer Self-Assembly
- Keywords
- polypropylene, polycaprolactone, polymer blends, immiscible polymer blends, fractional crystallization, blend morphology, nucleation, self-nucleation, surface-to-volume ratio, thermal effects, melt blending
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