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Crystallization behavior and spherulitic morphology of poly(lactic acid) films induced by casting process
Authors:Hikmet Houichi  Abderrahim Maazouz  Boubaker Elleuch
Affiliation:1. Université de Lyon, IMP/Ingénierie des Matériaux Polymères IMP UMR CNRS, France;2. Laboratoire Eau/Energie/Environnement, Ecole Nationale des Ingénieurs de Sfax (ENIS), Sfax, Tunisie
Abstract:A novel way using a polarized optical microscopy and statistical image analysis techniques for direct investigation of the crystallization kinetics and spherulitic morphology of poly (lactic acid) induced by casting process has been proposed. DSC analyses were carried out to explore the effect of drawing in thermal properties of PLA. We found that the rate of cold crystallization was sharply increased with draw ratio. Isothermal calorimetric results reveal that thin films crystallize slowly compared to sheets. Moreover, thin films don't fit the Avrami model demonstrating that more stretching may modify the crystallization kinetics of films. A comparison was made between pure PLA and stretched materials using Hoffman theory and giving a compiled view on the details of crystallization behavior with relation to stretch effect. At draw ratio 167, the growth rate reach its maximum and the crystallization rate go up exponentially. POM experiments showed the existence of two different spherulitic populations in thin films and two nucleation mechanisms was identified. Accordingly, the growth rate was found to be not linear with time. Furthermore, the X‐ray diffraction analyses showed the presence of α and α' crystal form in thin films contrarily to sheets with α form. POLYM. ENG. SCI., 55:1881–1888, 2015. © 2014 Society of Plastics Engineers
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