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Study on PET fiber modified by nanomaterials: Improvement of dimensional thermal stability of PET fiber by forming PET/MMT nanocomposites
Author(s) -
Xiao Weizhen,
Yu Huimin,
Han Keqing,
Yu Muhuo
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.21703
Subject(s) - materials science , crystallinity , thermal stability , nanocomposite , fiber , composite material , montmorillonite , synthetic fiber , shrinkage , nanomaterials , chemical engineering , nanotechnology , engineering
Poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) and PET/montmorillonite(MMT) (2.5 wt %) nanocomposites with high molecular weight were prepared by solid‐state polycondensation and their fiber was spun and drawn under various conditions. The influence of MMT nanomaterials on the thermal shrinkage of PET fiber was investigated and the structure was studied using the methods of WAXD, DSC, fiber orientation measurement, etc. The results showed that the MMT nanomaterials improved the thermal stability of microstructure of PET fiber. The fusion heat of PET/MMT was higher than that of PET, which generally implied the high orientation or high crystallinity. However, the degree of orientation and the crystallinity of PET/MMT fiber measured by WAXD were lower than that of pure PET fiber. It is suggested that the strong interaction between MMT layer and PET restricted the motions of PET molecular chains, which developed “a special continuous network structure” and prohibited the thermal shrinkage of PET fiber. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 96: 2247–2252, 2005