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Non‑isothermal crystallization kinetics of polycaprolactone-based composite membranes

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Nanocomposites have been demonstrated as potential materials for biosensors to biomedicine applications. However, the crystallization mechanism of nanocomposites has not been thoroughly investigated so far. Cellulose nanofiber is used as a new kind of nano-filler to modify the biodegradable polymer to prepare nanocomposites. Banana cellulose nanofibers/polycaprolactone composite membranes (BNCF/PCL) and banana cellulose nanofibers grafted with polycaprolactone/polycaprolactone composite membranes (BGCL/PCL) were prepared, respectively. To explore the effects of BNCF and BGCL on the crystallization properties of PCL. SEM, POM, and DSC were used to study the crystallization of PCL, BNCF/PCL, and BGCL/PCL films. Mo's method was applied to study the non-isothermal kinetics of BNCF/PCL films, Avarmi and Jeziorny's models successfully predict the non-isothermal kinetics of BGCL/PCL films. The results showed that BNCF promoted the crystallization of BNCF/PCL films. The crystallization peak temperature of BNCF/PCL films was 4.11 ℃ higher than pure PCL, and the crystallinity was 5.34% higher than that of pure PCL. The crystallization peak temperature of the BGCL/PCL films decreased slightly, but the crystallinity increased by 3.78%. The crystal growth modes of BNCF/PCL films and BGCL/PCL films were consistent with the three-dimensional growth of heterogeneous nucleation, BNCF/PCL films with average Avrami index n ranging from 2.7 to 3.9, and the BGCL/PCL films with n ranging from 2.5 to 3.2. Furthermore, the micrographs of polarized optical microscopy (POM) supported the kinetics results. This study makes a deep insight into the effect of cellulose nanofiber on the crystallization of biodegradable aliphatic polyesters.

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Funding for this research was provided by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (contract No. 21861014 to SHZ); Open foundation of Guangxi Key Laboratory of Processing for Non-ferrous Metals and Featured Materials, Guangxi University (grant No. 2020GXYSOF15 to JYP); Talent Introduction Project of Guangdong University of Petrochemical Technology (contract No. 2020rc033 to SHZ); Guangxi Natural Science Foundation Project of China (contract No. 202OGXNSFBA159038 to DFT).

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    Jinying Pang & Shuhua Zhang

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    Jinying Pang, Dengfeng Tan, Chunyan Huang & Xianzhong Mo

  3. College of Chemistry, Guangdong University of Petrochemical Technology, Maoming, Guangdong, 525000, People’s Republic of China

    Shuhua Zhang

  4. Guangxi Key Laboratory of Processing for, Non-Ferrous Metals and Featured Materials, Nanning, Guangxi, 530004, People’s Republic of China

    Tanling Jiang & Qifeng Gao

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Pang, J., Tan, D., Huang, C. et al. Non‑isothermal crystallization kinetics of polycaprolactone-based composite membranes. J Polym Res 29, 479 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10965-022-03335-5

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