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Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Vol.119, No.4, 2124-2134, 2011
Investigation on Isothermal Crystallization, Melting Behaviors, and Spherulitic Morphologies of Multiblock Copolymers Containing Poly(butylene succinate) and Poly(1,2-propylene succinate)
In this article, isothermal crystallization, melting behaviors, and spherulitic morphologies of high-impact multiblock copolymers, comprising of PBS as hard segment and poly(1,2-propylene succinate) (PPSu) as soft segment with hexamethylene diisocyanate as a chain extender, were investigated. The results from differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) suggest that the two segments of multiblock copolymers are miscible in amorphous region. The crystallization kinetics were analyzed by the Avrami equation. The effect of PBS segment length as well as the introduction of PPSu segment on the crystallization kinetics and melting bebaviors of block copolymers was studied. Both crystallization rate (G) and spherulitic growth rate (g) are markedly increased with the increase of PBS segment length or decreased with the incorporation of PPSu segment. All the multiblock copolymers show the multiple melting behaviors, whose position and area depend on PBS segment length and the presence of PPSu segment. The melting peaks shift to higher temperature region with increasing PBS segment length. Spherulitic morphologies of the multiblock copolymers after being isothermally crystallized were examined by polarized optical microscopy. It is the first time to investigate the effect of one segment length on crystallization bebavior of block copolymers based on a fixed weight ratio systematically. (C) 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 119:2124-2134, 2011