Abstract
The crystalline structure evolution of poly(butylene terephthalate)/poly(carbonate) (PBT/PC) during stretching was investigated by in situ synchrotron wide-angle X-ray scattering (WAXS) and small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) at 70 °C. The WAXS results demonstrated that the crystallinity and crystallite size (D100) decrease with deformation. The α-β transition was observed during the deformation of PBT/PC blends. The orientation degree of the PBT (100) diffraction increases with strain in the PBT/PC blends. The SAXS data showed that PC is located in the interlamellar region of PBT for the undeformed samples. A structure model was proposed to describe the stretching-induced structure evolution of the PBT/PC blends.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 6858-6868 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | CrystEngComm |
Volume | 19 |
Issue number | 45 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2017 |
Externally published | Yes |
Funding
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51573131, 21374077 and 51673147) and the Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences, CAS (Grant No. QYZDY-SSW-SLH027).