Volume 100, Issue 6 pp. 4835-4841

In situ Fourier transform infrared spectroscopic study of the conformational changes of high-density poly(ethylene) during the melting and crystallization processes

Yan Xiao

Yan Xiao

The State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, College of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, People's Republic of China

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Liangyu Yan

Liangyu Yan

The State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, College of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, People's Republic of China

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Puming Zhang

Puming Zhang

Department of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, People's Republic of China

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Na Zhu

Na Zhu

Instrumental Analysis Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, People's Republic of China

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Liang Chen

Liang Chen

The State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, College of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, People's Republic of China

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Peng He

Peng He

The State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, College of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, People's Republic of China

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Yanping Wang

Yanping Wang

The State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, College of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, People's Republic of China

State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fiber and Materials, Donghua University, Shanghai 200051, People's Republic of China

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Xinyuan Shen

Xinyuan Shen

State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fiber and Materials, Donghua University, Shanghai 200051, People's Republic of China

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Xinyuan Zhu

Corresponding Author

Xinyuan Zhu

The State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, College of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, People's Republic of China

Instrumental Analysis Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, People's Republic of China

The State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, College of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, People's Republic of China===Search for more papers by this author
Deyue Yan

Deyue Yan

The State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, College of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, People's Republic of China

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First published: 29 March 2006
Citations: 11

Abstract

The conformational analysis of high-density poly(ethylene) (HDPE) during the melting and crystallization processes has been performed by the aid of the time-reserved Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and multivariate analysis technique. Upon heating, the conformational transition of HDPE takes place, gradually, due to the restraint of crystal lattice, and various conformational transformations can be discerned clearly. However, during the cooling process, HDPE crystallizes very quickly and only one major conformational transition occurs in the crystallization process. The comparison of conformational changes during the melting and crystallization processes exhibits that although the polymer crystallization is the reverse process of polymer melting, there still exist some obvious differences in the conformational transformation between them. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 100: 4835–4841, 2006

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