Precursor of shish-kebab in isotactic polystyrene under shear flow

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Hayashi, Yuji¹  Matsuba, Go¹  Zhao, Yunfeng¹  Nishida, Koji¹  Kanaya, Toshiji¹ 

[1] Kyoto Univ, Inst Chem Res, Kyoto 6110011, Japan

关键词: Precursor;    Shish-kebab;    Shear flow;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.polymer.2009.03.008

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

We performed polarized optical microscope (POM), depolarized light scattering (DPLS) and small- and wide-angle X-ray scattering measurements on the structure formation process or the crystallization process of isotactic polystyrene (iPS) under shear flow below and above the nominal melting temperature T-m. It was found that an anisotropic oriented structure termed here as a string-like object was formed in pm scale even above the nominal melting temperature and stable for more than 24 h, but melted at around 270 degrees C far above the nominal melting temperature. The string-like object acts as a nucleation agent for the folded chain lamella crystal (or the kebab), and was assigned to a precursor of the shish-kebab. We also examined the shear rate dependence of the structure formation to find a critical shear rate for the formation of the string-like object, suggesting the relaxation of the chains plays an important role in the formation of the structure. Based on the results we have discussed the inner structure of the string-like object. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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