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Crystallization behavior of disproportionately high and low molecular weight PEO blends

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The crystallization behavior of PEOs with molecular weight of 10k and 200k as well as their blends was studied in details. The results show that the lower molecular weight PEO crystallizes with faster crystallization rate as judged from a shorter time for completing the crystallization. On the other hand, the higher molecular weight PEO crystallizes at relatively higher temperature, indicating an early start of crystallization compared with the lower molecular weight one. The blends of these two PEOs with different blend ratios always cocrystallize during the cooling processes. It is confirmed that mixing of the 10k PEO with the 200k one is in favor of the crystallization of the system. This is not only demonstrated by the early start of the crystallization at higher crystallization temperature, and also a faster crystal growth of the blend with respect to the 200k PEO. The crystallization of the blends at higher temperature is caused by an early start of nucleation and an increment of nucleus density. This may originate from the density fluctuation of the blend and a reduction in energy barrier for nucleation. Moreover, it is found that the crystallinity of the 10k PEO rich blends increases with increasing concentration of the 10k PEO. This is caused by the solvent effect of the 10k PEO toward the 200k PEO. On the other hand, the crystallinity of the 30/70 (10k/200k) PEO blend is decreased a little bit. This may be a balanced result of the improved crystallization of the 200k PEO at the expense of the high crystallization ability of the 10k PEO.

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    Li Li

  2. Beijing Key Laboratory of Membrane Science & State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China

    Jun-teng Liu, Zhong-jie Ren & Shou-ke Yan  (闫寿科)

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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21274009 and 51221002).

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Li, L., Liu, Jt., Ren, Zj. et al. Crystallization behavior of disproportionately high and low molecular weight PEO blends. Chin J Polym Sci 32, 1199–1209 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10118-014-1497-7

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