• 文献标题:   Calorimetric and Dielectric Study of Renewable Poly(hexylene 2,5-furan-dicarboxylate)-Based Nanocomposites In Situ Filled with Small Amounts of Graphene Platelets and Silica Nanoparticles
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   SANUSI OM, PAPADOPOULOS L, KLONOS PA, TERZOPOULOU Z, HOCINE NA, BENELFELLAH A, PAPAGEORGIOU GZ, KYRITSIS A, BIKIARIS DN
  • 作者关键词:   poly hexylene 2, 5furandicarboxylate, fdca based polyester, furanbased nanocomposite, polymer nanocomposite, graphene, crystallization, dielectric spectroscopy, molecular dynamic
  • 出版物名称:   POLYMERS
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  • 通讯作者地址:   Aristotle Univ Thessaloniki
  • 被引频次:   1
  • DOI:   10.3390/polym12061239
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

Poly(hexylene 2,5 furan-dicarboxylate) (PHF) is a relatively new biobased polyester prepared from renewable resources, which is targeted for use in food packaging applications, owing to its great mechanical and gas barrier performance. Since both properties are strongly connected to crystallinity, the latter is enhanced here by the in situ introduction in PHF of graphene nanoplatelets and fumed silica nanoparticles, as well as mixtures of both, at low amounts. For this investigation, we employed Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and dielectric spectroscopy (BDS). The fillers were found to improve crystallization in both the rate (increasingT(c)) and fraction (CF), which was rationalized via the concept of fillers acting as crystallization agents. This action was found stronger in the case of graphene as compared to silica. BDS allowed the detection of local and segmental dynamics, in particular in PHF for the first time. The glass transition dynamics in both BDS (alpha relaxation) and DSC (T-g) are mainly dominated by the relatively high CF, whereas in the PHF filled uniquely with silica strong spatial confinement effects due to crystals were revealed. Finally, all samples demonstrated the segmental-like dynamics aboveT(g), which screens the global chain dynamics (normal mode).