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Promoted crystallization kinetics of biodegradable poly(butylene succinate) by a nucleation agent of green chemical

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In this work, the poly(butylene succinate) (PBSu)/orotic acid (OA) composites were thoroughly investigated. By the observation of scanning electron microscopy, we found that OA uniformly dispersed in PBSu matrix. For the results of isothermal crystallization, the isothermal crystallization peak shifts to the shorter time frame with increasing the OA content, suggesting the promotion of crystallization rate by adding OA in PBSu. Isothermal crystallization kinetics were analyzed using the Avrami equation. The rate constant (k) increases when the amount of OA is increased. This result confirmed that the crystallization rate was increased with increasing the OA amount. We also discussed the non-isothermal crystallization of the PBSu/OA composites. It shows that the crystallization peak of PBSu moves to the higher temperature region after adding OA, suggesting the enhancement of non-isothermal crystallization caused by OA. The analysis of the Mo model demonstrates that with the presence of OA, the F(T) value is decreased. This can also indicate that OA would promote PBSu’s crystallization rate of non-isothermal crystallization. The results in this work demonstrate that OA can significantly increase PBSu’s crystallization rate. OA can be an effective nucleation agent of PBSu.

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The research grants of MOST 107-2221-E-035-030- and MOST 108-2221-E-035-062- from Taiwan’s Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) are appreciated.

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Lee, LT., Hsu, CY. & Hung, SP. Promoted crystallization kinetics of biodegradable poly(butylene succinate) by a nucleation agent of green chemical. J Polym Res 26, 255 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10965-019-1929-8

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