Deformation-induced structure evolution of poly(butylene terephthalate)/poly(carbonate) blends during uniaxial stretching

Wenyang Zhang, Jingqing Li, Yingrui Shang, Hongfei Li, Shichun Jiang, Lijia An

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)6858-6868
Number of pages11
JournalCrystEngComm
Volume19
Issue number45
DOIs
StatePublished - 2017
Externally publishedYes

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).

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