Non-isothermal crystallization kinetics of confined poly (ethylene oxide) in electrospun nanofibers prepared from polystyrene/ poly (ethylene oxide) blends
2022 (English)In: Journal of polymer research, ISSN 1022-9760, E-ISSN 1572-8935, Vol. 29, no 4, article id 125Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Study on non-isothermal crystallization kinetics of polymer is relevant for both fundamental as well as application perspective. Hence, the non-isothermal crystallization kinetics of bulk and confined poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) in electrospun nanofibers was investigated using DSC. The nanofibers were prepared from polystyrene (PS)/PEO immiscible blends where PEO weight fraction was varied upto 0.4. It was found that the Avarmi and Jeziorny models successfully predict the nucleation nature of PEO chains and its growth behavior. However, the Ozawa model was not found to be suitable for the confined system. Nevertheless, the Mo's method, which is the combination of Avrami and Ozawa models, effectively described the non-isothermal crystallization behavior of PEO in confined domains. The Kissinger and Takhor methods showed that activation energy for crystallization of PEO chains increased with reduction of PEO weight fraction in the nanofibers. This was plausibly due to the geometrical restriction on the mobility of PEO chains. The present study is the first report on non-isothermal crystallization behavior of confined polymer in electrospun nanofibers systems.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Springer Nature , 2022. Vol. 29, no 4, article id 125
Keywords [en]
Poly (ethylene oxide), Confinement, Kinetics, Crystallization, Nanofibers
National Category
Physical Chemistry
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-310540DOI: 10.1007/s10965-022-02984-wISI: 000768821800002Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85126544510OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-310540DiVA, id: diva2:1649592
Note
QC 20220404
2022-04-042022-04-042022-06-25Bibliographically approved