(cid:2) POLYMER MORPHOLOGY (cid:2) (cid:2) (cid:2) (cid:2) (cid:2) (cid:2) (cid:2) (cid:2) POLYMER MORPHOLOGY Principles, Characterization, and Processing Editedby QIPENGGUO (cid:2) (cid:2) (cid:2) (cid:2) Copyright©2016byJohnWiley&Sons,Inc.Allrightsreserved PublishedbyJohnWiley&Sons,Inc.,Hoboken,NewJersey PublishedsimultaneouslyinCanada Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedinaretrievalsystem,ortransmittedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronic,mechanical,photocopying, recording,scanning,orotherwise,exceptaspermittedunderSection107or108ofthe1976UnitedStatesCopyrightAct,withouteitherthepriorwritten permissionofthePublisher,orauthorizationthroughpaymentoftheappropriateper-copyfeetotheCopyrightClearanceCenter,Inc.,222RosewoodDrive, Danvers,MA01923,(978)750-8400,fax(978)750-4470,oronthewebatwww.copyright.com.RequeststothePublisherforpermissionshouldbe addressedtothePermissionsDepartment,JohnWiley&Sons,Inc.,111RiverStreet,Hoboken,NJ07030,(201)748-6011,fax(201)748-6008,oronlineat http://www.wiley.com/go/permissions. 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(cid:2) (cid:2) Wileyalsopublishesitsbooksinavarietyofelectronicformats.Somecontentthatappearsinprintmaynotbeavailableinelectronicformats.Formore informationaboutWileyproducts,visitourwebsiteatwww.wiley.com. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Names:Guo,Qipeng,editor. Title:Polymermorphology:principles,characterization,andprocessing/ editedbyQipengGuo. Description:Hoboken,NewJersey:JohnWiley&Sons,Inc.,[2016]|Includes bibliographicalreferencesandindex. Identifiers:LCCN2015038844(print)|LCCN2015040343(ebook)|ISBN 9781118452158(cloth)|ISBN9781118892763(ePub)|ISBN9781118892770 (AdobePDF) Subjects:LCSH:Polymers.|Polymerization.|Crystallinepolymers.|Surface chemistry. Classification:LCCQD381.9.S97P6252016(print)|LCCQD381.9.S97(ebook)| DDC547/.7–dc23 LCrecordavailableathttp://lccn.loc.gov/2015038844 Typesetin10/12ptTimesLTStdbySPiGlobal,Chennai,India PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica 10987654321 (cid:2) (cid:2) CONTENTS PREFACE xiii LISTOFCONTRIBUTORS xv PARTI PRINCIPLESANDMETHODSOFCHARACTERIZATION 1 1 OverviewandProspectsofPolymerMorphology 3 (cid:2) (cid:2) JeroldM.Schultz 1.1 IntroductoryRemarks, 3 1.2 ExperimentalAvenuesofMorphologicalResearch, 4 1.2.1 MorphologicalCharacterization:TheEnablingofinsituMeasurements, 4 1.2.2 Morphology–PropertyInvestigation, 5 1.2.3 MorphologyDevelopment, 7 1.3 ModelingandSimulation, 8 1.3.1 Self-GeneratedFields, 9 1.4 WishfulThinking, 11 1.5 Summary, 11 References, 12 2 X-rayDiffractionfromPolymers 14 N.SanjeevaMurthy 2.1 Introduction, 14 2.2 BasicPrinciples, 14 2.3 Instrumentation, 16 2.4 StructureDetermination, 17 2.4.1 LatticeDimensions, 17 2.4.2 MolecularModeling, 18 2.4.3 RietveldMethod, 18 2.4.4 PairDistributionFunctions, 18 2.5 PhaseAnalysis, 19 2.5.1 CrystallinityDetermination, 20 2.5.2 CompositionAnalysis, 21 2.6 CrystalliteSizeandDisorder, 21 2.7 OrientationAnalysis, 22 2.7.1 CrystallineOrientation, 22 (cid:2) (cid:2) vi CONTENTS 2.7.2 UniaxialOrientation, 22 2.7.3 BiaxialOrientation, 24 2.7.4 AmorphousOrientation, 25 2.8 Small-AngleScattering, 25 2.8.1 CentralDiffuseScattering, 26 2.8.2 DiscreteReflectionsfromLamellarStructures, 27 2.8.3 Small-AngleNeutronScatteringandSolventDiffusion, 29 2.9 SpecializedMeasurements, 30 2.9.1 InsituExperiments, 30 2.9.2 MicrobeamDiffraction, 31 2.9.3 GrazingIncidenceDiffraction, 32 2.10 Summary, 33 References, 33 3 ElectronMicroscopyofPolymers 37 GoergH.MichlerandWernerLebek 3.1 Introduction, 37 3.2 MicroscopicTechniques, 37 3.2.1 ScanningElectronMicroscopy(SEM), 37 3.2.2 TransmissionElectronMicroscopy(TEM), 42 3.2.3 ComparisonofDifferentMicroscopicTechniques, 45 3.2.4 ImageProcessingandImageAnalysis, 46 3.3 SamplePreparation, 47 3.4 InsituMicroscopy, 50 References, 52 (cid:2) 4 CharacterizationofPolymerMorphologybyScatteringTechniques 54 (cid:2) Jean-MichelGuenet 4.1 Introduction, 54 4.2 AShortTheoreticalPresentation, 55 4.2.1 GeneralExpressions, 55 4.2.2 TheFormFactor, 56 4.3 ExperimentalAspects, 60 4.3.1 TheContrastFactor, 60 4.3.2 ExperimentalSetup, 61 4.4 TypicalResults, 62 4.4.1 NeutronsExperiments:AContrastVariationStory, 62 4.4.2 X-RayExperiments:ATime-ResolvedStory, 67 4.5 ConcludingRemarks, 69 References, 69 5 DifferentialScanningCalorimetryofPolymers 72 AlejandroJ.MüllerandRoseMaryMichell 5.1 IntroductiontoDifferentialScanningCalorimetry.BasicPrinciplesandTypesofDSCEquipment, 72 5.2 DetectionofFirst-OrderandSecond-OrderTransitionsbyDSC.ApplicationsofStandardDSC ExperimentstotheDeterminationoftheGlassTransitionTemperatureandtheMeltingTemperature ofPolymericMaterials, 74 5.3 Self-Nucleation, 75 5.3.1 QuantificationoftheNucleationEfficiency, 77 5.4 ThermalFractionation, 78 5.5 MultiphasicMaterials:PolymerBlendsandBlockCopolymers.FractionatedCrystallizationandConfinement Effects, 81 5.5.1 BlendsandFractionatedCrystallization, 81 5.5.2 Copolymers, 85 (cid:2) (cid:2) CONTENTS vii 5.5.3 CopolymersVersusBlends, 87 5.5.4 TheCrystallizationofPolymersandCopolymerswithinNanoporousTemplates, 88 5.6 Self-NucleationandtheEfficiencyScaletoEvaluateNucleationPower, 91 5.6.1 Supernucleation, 93 5.7 DeterminationofOverallIsothermalCrystallizationbyDSC, 95 5.8 Conclusions, 95 Acknowledgment, 95 References, 95 6 ImagingPolymerMorphologyusingAtomicForceMicroscopy 100 HolgerSchönherr 6.1 Introduction, 100 6.2 FundamentalAFMTechniques, 101 6.2.1 ContactModeAFM, 101 6.2.2 IntermittentContact(Tapping)ModeAFM, 104 6.2.3 FurtherDynamicAFMModes, 105 6.3 ImagingofPolymerMorphology, 107 6.3.1 SinglePolymerChains, 107 6.3.2 CrystalStructures, 107 6.3.3 LamellarCrystals, 109 6.3.4 Spherulites, 109 6.3.5 MultiphaseSystems, 109 6.3.6 PolymericNanostructures, 111 6.4 PropertyMapping, 113 6.4.1 NanomechanicalProperties, 113 6.4.2 ScanningThermalMicroscopy, 115 (cid:2) References, 115 (cid:2) 7 FTIRImagingofPolymericMaterials 118 S.G.KazarianandK.L.A.Chan 7.1 Introduction, 118 7.2 PrinciplesofFTIRImaging, 118 7.3 SamplingMethods, 120 7.3.1 TransmissionMode, 120 7.3.2 AttenuatedTotalReflection(ATR)Mode, 121 7.4 SpatialResolution, 122 7.4.1 TransmissionFTIRImaging, 123 7.4.2 ATR–FTIRSpectroscopicImaging, 123 7.5 RecentApplications, 124 7.5.1 PolymerBlends, 124 7.5.2 PolymerProcesses, 125 7.5.3 PolarizedFTIRImagingforOrientationStudies, 126 7.6 Conclusions, 127 References, 128 8 NMRAnalysisofMorphologyandStructureofPolymers 131 TakeshiYamanobeandHirokiUehara 8.1 Introduction, 131 8.2 BasicConceptsinNMR, 131 8.2.1 PrinciplesofNMR, 131 8.2.2 AnalysisoftheFreeInductionDecay(FID), 132 8.3 MorphologyandRelaxationBehaviorofPolyethylene, 134 8.3.1 MorphologyandMolecularMobility, 134 8.3.2 LamellarThickeningbyAnnealing, 134 (cid:2) (cid:2) viii CONTENTS 8.3.3 EntanglementintheAmorphousPhase, 136 8.4 MorphologyandStructureoftheNascentPowders, 137 8.4.1 EtchingbyFumingNitricAcid, 137 8.4.2 StructuralChangebyAnnealing, 138 8.4.3 NascentIsotacticPolypropylenePowder, 139 8.5 KineticsofDynamicProcessofPolymers, 141 8.5.1 MeltDrawingofPolyethylene, 141 8.5.2 CrystallizationMechanismofNylon46, 143 8.5.3 DegreeofCuringofNovolacResins, 145 8.6 Conclusions, 146 References, 146 PARTII MORPHOLOGY,PROPERTIES,ANDPROCESSING 151 9 Small-AngleX-rayScatteringforMorphologicalAnalysisofSemicrystallinePolymers 153 AnneSeidlitzandThomasThurn-Albrecht 9.1 Introduction, 153 9.2 Small-angleX-rayScattering, 153 9.2.1 TypicalExperimentalSetup, 153 9.2.2 BasicFormalismDescribingtheRelationbetweenReal-SpaceStructureandScatteringIntensityina SAXSExperiment, 154 9.2.3 MethodsofAnalysisUsedforSAXSonSemicrystallinePolymers, 155 9.3 ConcludingRemarks, 162 Appendix:CalculationoftheModelFunctionK̃′′ (s), 163 sim References, 163 (cid:2) (cid:2) 10 CrystallineMorphologyofHomopolymersandBlockCopolymers 165 ShuichiNojimaandHironoriMarubayashi 10.1 Introduction, 165 10.2 CrystallineMorphologyofHomopolymers, 165 10.2.1 CrystalStructure, 165 10.2.2 LamellarMorphology, 167 10.2.3 SpheruliteStructure, 168 10.2.4 CrystallineMorphologyofHomopolymersConfinedinIsolatedNanodomains, 168 10.2.5 CrystallineMorphologyofPolymerBlends, 169 10.3 CrystallineMorphologyofBlockCopolymers, 171 10.3.1 CrystallineMorphologyofWeaklySegregatedBlockCopolymers, 172 10.3.2 CrystallineMorphologyofBlockCopolymerswithGlassyAmorphousBlocks, 173 10.3.3 CrystallineMorphologyofStronglySegregatedBlockCopolymers, 174 10.3.4 CrystallineMorphologyofDoubleCrystallineBlockCopolymers, 175 10.4 ConcludingRemarks, 176 References, 176 11 IsothermalCrystallizationKineticsofPolymers 181 AlejandroJ.Müller,RoseMaryMichell,andArnaldoT.Lorenzo 11.1 Introduction, 181 11.2 CrystallizationProcess, 182 11.3 CrystallizationKinetics, 182 11.3.1 TheAvramiEquation[31], 183 11.3.2 NucleationandCrystalGrowth:Lauritzen–HofmannTheory, 188 11.4 IsothermalCrystallizationKinetics–MorphologyRelationship, 191 11.4.1 LinearPS-b-PCLversusMiktoarm(PS )-b-(PCL )BlockCopolymers, 191 2 2 11.4.2 CrystallizationKineticsandMorphologyofPLLA-b-PCLDiblockCopolymers, 194 (cid:2)