Study of Molecular Weight Effects on Crystallization Kinetics of Enantiomeric Poly(lactic acid) Blends via Flash DSC Measurement

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Abstract

Abstract:
We employed the commercial chip-calorimeter Flash DSC 1 to measure the temperature dependence of crystallization rates of enantiomeric Poly(lactic acid) blends with various molecular weights. [1,2] The results show that crystallization kinetics of stereocomplex crystals and homo-crystals are competitive, and separately dominant at low and high molecular weights. In the middle molecular weights, the mixture of two crystals can be identified with the help of IR spectroscopy. Furthermore, we confirmed that the hydrogen bonding interactions are formed more easily in low molecular weight blends,[3]inducing significantly stereocomplex crystal nucleation.

Presenters

  • He Yucheng

    State Key Laboratory of Coordinate Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Univ

Authors

  • He Yucheng

    State Key Laboratory of Coordinate Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Univ

  • Pengju Pan

    State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, College of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University

  • Jiping Wang

    State Key Laboratory of Coordinate Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Univ

  • Wenbing Hu

    State Key Laboratory of Coordinate Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Univ, School of Chemestry and Chemical Engineer, Nanjing University