Abstract
Polarized-light optical microscopy (POM), wide-angle X-ray diffraction (WAXD), and atomic-force microscopy (AFM) are used to analyze the crystalline morphology in poly(ethylene succinate) (PESu) interacting with hydrogen-bonding biodegradable tannin (TA). Upon interactions with TA via strong intermolecular H-bonding capacity with PESu, the regular Maltese-cross spherulites in PESu gradually transform to a pattern of maple leaves (10 wt.-% TA). At 20 wt.-% TA, the crystal patterns assume a highly dendritic seaweed shape (with the branches perpendicular to main stalks). Detailed characterization using AFM analyses showed that the minute crystal entities in the seaweed-like dendrite crystals are flat-on and take a multilayer diamond (lenticule) geometry approaching the shape of single crystals in PESu. The trend of variation with increasing TA is equivalent to decreasing the film thickness in the neat PESu. The diamond-shape flat-on crystals are packed into a terrace structure resembling a pyramid, indicating that multiple single crystals are stacked with partial overlapping. The strong H-bonding interaction between TA and PESu, assisted by a confined thickness, induces a single-crystal packing, which is equivalent to crystallization into discrete single crystals in dilute solutions. Atomic-force microscopy (AFM) analysis shows the minute crystal of PESu/TA blend entities in the seaweed-like dendrite crystals are packed into a terrace structure resembling a pyramid. The strong H-bonding interaction between PESu and TA, assisted by a confined thickness, induces a single-crystal packing, which is equivalent to crystallization into discrete single crystals in dilute solutions.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1155-1164 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics |
| Volume | 212 |
| Issue number | 11 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2011 Jun 1 |
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- Condensed Matter Physics
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
- Polymers and Plastics
- Organic Chemistry
- Materials Chemistry
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Tannin induced single crystalline morphology in poly(ethylene succinate). / Huang, I. Han; Chang, Ling; Woo, Eamor.
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T1 - Tannin induced single crystalline morphology in poly(ethylene succinate)
AU - Huang, I. Han
AU - Chang, Ling
AU - Woo, Eamor
PY - 2011/6/1
Y1 - 2011/6/1
N2 - Polarized-light optical microscopy (POM), wide-angle X-ray diffraction (WAXD), and atomic-force microscopy (AFM) are used to analyze the crystalline morphology in poly(ethylene succinate) (PESu) interacting with hydrogen-bonding biodegradable tannin (TA). Upon interactions with TA via strong intermolecular H-bonding capacity with PESu, the regular Maltese-cross spherulites in PESu gradually transform to a pattern of maple leaves (10 wt.-% TA). At 20 wt.-% TA, the crystal patterns assume a highly dendritic seaweed shape (with the branches perpendicular to main stalks). Detailed characterization using AFM analyses showed that the minute crystal entities in the seaweed-like dendrite crystals are flat-on and take a multilayer diamond (lenticule) geometry approaching the shape of single crystals in PESu. The trend of variation with increasing TA is equivalent to decreasing the film thickness in the neat PESu. The diamond-shape flat-on crystals are packed into a terrace structure resembling a pyramid, indicating that multiple single crystals are stacked with partial overlapping. The strong H-bonding interaction between TA and PESu, assisted by a confined thickness, induces a single-crystal packing, which is equivalent to crystallization into discrete single crystals in dilute solutions. Atomic-force microscopy (AFM) analysis shows the minute crystal of PESu/TA blend entities in the seaweed-like dendrite crystals are packed into a terrace structure resembling a pyramid. The strong H-bonding interaction between PESu and TA, assisted by a confined thickness, induces a single-crystal packing, which is equivalent to crystallization into discrete single crystals in dilute solutions.
AB - Polarized-light optical microscopy (POM), wide-angle X-ray diffraction (WAXD), and atomic-force microscopy (AFM) are used to analyze the crystalline morphology in poly(ethylene succinate) (PESu) interacting with hydrogen-bonding biodegradable tannin (TA). Upon interactions with TA via strong intermolecular H-bonding capacity with PESu, the regular Maltese-cross spherulites in PESu gradually transform to a pattern of maple leaves (10 wt.-% TA). At 20 wt.-% TA, the crystal patterns assume a highly dendritic seaweed shape (with the branches perpendicular to main stalks). Detailed characterization using AFM analyses showed that the minute crystal entities in the seaweed-like dendrite crystals are flat-on and take a multilayer diamond (lenticule) geometry approaching the shape of single crystals in PESu. The trend of variation with increasing TA is equivalent to decreasing the film thickness in the neat PESu. The diamond-shape flat-on crystals are packed into a terrace structure resembling a pyramid, indicating that multiple single crystals are stacked with partial overlapping. The strong H-bonding interaction between TA and PESu, assisted by a confined thickness, induces a single-crystal packing, which is equivalent to crystallization into discrete single crystals in dilute solutions. Atomic-force microscopy (AFM) analysis shows the minute crystal of PESu/TA blend entities in the seaweed-like dendrite crystals are packed into a terrace structure resembling a pyramid. The strong H-bonding interaction between PESu and TA, assisted by a confined thickness, induces a single-crystal packing, which is equivalent to crystallization into discrete single crystals in dilute solutions.
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