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Surface interaction induced transcrystallization in biodegradable poly(butylene succinate)-fibre composites

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The growth of transcrystallines of poly(butylene succinate)(PBS) induced by organic and inorganic fibres was investigated mainly with optical microscopy and DSC. The formation of transcrystallinity on the surface of polyester and polyamide fibres revealed that strong interactions between fibre and matrix molecules were the key factor determining the formation of TC structure in PBS/fibre systems. In addition, the results of DSC proved that the acceleration of nucleation rate by fibres plays an important role in the formation of PBS transcrystallinity.

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Acknowledgments

We thank Professor Charles Han of Institute of Chemistry, CAS for providing some advice. Financial support was provided by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Project No. 51103170 and 51473175), by the National Technology Research and Development Program of China (863 Program) (Project No. 2011AA02A203).

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    Pingli Wang, Gexia Wang, Ying Xu, Bing Yang, Bo Lu, Wei Zhang & Junhui Ji

  2. Beijing Research Institute of Chemical Industry, SINOPEC, 14 Beisanhuan donglu, Chao Yang District, Beijing, 100013, People’s Republic of China

    Yu Tian

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Wang, P., Tian, Y., Wang, G. et al. Surface interaction induced transcrystallization in biodegradable poly(butylene succinate)-fibre composites. Colloid Polym Sci 293, 2701–2707 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00396-015-3690-9

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