Study of the Segmental Dynamics in Semi-Crystalline Poly(lactic acid) using Mechanical Spectroscopies
✍ Scribed by João F. Mano
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 419 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1616-5187
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
Summary: The glass transition of poly(L‐lactic acid) (PLLA) occurs not far above typical service temperatures (room or body temperatures) which has consequences on the material properties during its use, such as damping or the occurrence of structural relaxation. This work aims at characterising the glass transition dynamics of a semi‐crystalline PLLA using both dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) and thermally stimulated recovery (TSR). The main viscoelastic parameters have been characterised at 1 Hz using DMA and the master curve obtained after isothermal experiments at different temperatures provided a full picture of the solid‐state rheological behaviour throughout a wide frequency range. The activation energies calculated from the shift factors agree with the TSR ones, exhibiting a maximum near the T~g~. Above the T~g~, the results can be described with the WLF model. In the glassy state, the activation energy decreases with decreasing temperatures being always higher than the prediction of the Adam and Gibbs theory, at least down to temperatures 30 °C below the T~g~. This suggests the existence of non‐arrested degrees of freedom in the glassy state, being consistent with the existence of a significant degree of cooperativity in the TSR results.
Temperature dependence of the apparent activation energy across the glass transition.
magnified imageTemperature dependence of the apparent activation energy across the glass transition.