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Fiber-induced crystallization in polymer composites: A comparative study on poly(lactic acid) composites filled with
Hongwei Pan1, Xiangyu Wang2, Shiling Jia1
1Key Laboratory of Polymer Ecomaterials, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Changchun 130022, China.
Abstract:
The poly(lactic acid) (PLA) composites with the silane coupling agent treated basalt fiber (SBF) and basalt fiber powder (SBFP) were prepared. The crystalline morphology, mechanical properties, and heat resistance of PLA/SBF/SBFP composites were investigated. The results indicated that SBF or SBFP not only acted as heterogeneous nucleating agents for PLA crystallization but also improved the mechanical properties and heat resistance of PLA. Morphological analyses showed that SBFP could play nucleating role to reduce the spherulites size of PLA, and SBF could restrict the mobility of PLA chains and construct interface crystallization for PLA during isothermal crystallization process. The composites with higher SBF loading, the "Transcrystalline-network" built in the composites significantly improved the heat resistance properties of PLA. Due to the synergistic effect of SBF and SBFP, the PLA/SBF/SBFP composites showed high heat deformation temperature (HDT), especially after isothermal crystallization, the HDT increased to 150.5 °C for the PLA/SBF/SBFP 50/10/40 composite, much higher (about 190%) than that of pure PLA (71.7 °C).
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