11 results on '"Hsiao, BenjaminS."'
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2. Preferred Orientation in Polymer Fiber Scattering.
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Burger, Christian, Hsiao, BenjaminS., and Chu, Benjamin
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POLYMERS , *X-ray scattering , *THERMOPLASTICS , *COLLAGEN , *CELLULOSE - Abstract
Fiber symmetry is one of the most important sample geometries encountered in both wide-angle x-ray scattering (WAXS) and small-angle x-ray scattering (SAXS) of polymers, applicable both to natural polymers like collagen or cellulose and to many synthetic polymers that come in fiber form or otherwise exhibit cylindrical rotational symmetry. The structural information to be determined in scattering experiments from such fiber systems includes both the structure of the individual structural unit and qualitative and quantitative information about the preferred orientation state of the ensemble. Existing approaches and new developments to analyze fiber scattering patterns are rigorously reviewed. Special emphasis is placed on the calculation of complete SAXS and WAXS fiber scattering patterns, and various practical examples including collagen and cellulose fibers as well as fibers based on copolymers of polyethylene and polypropylene are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2010
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3. Shear‐Induced Orientation and Structure Development in Isotactic Polypropylene Melt Containing Modified Carbon Nanofibers.
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Kelarakis, Antonis, Yoon, Kyunghwan, Sics, Igors, Somani, RajeshH., Chen, Xuming, Hsiao, BenjaminS., and Chu, Benjamin
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CRYSTALLIZATION ,POLYPROPYLENE ,CARBON ,NANOSTRUCTURES ,NANOSTRUCTURED materials - Abstract
The shear-induced crystallization behavior of isotactic polypropylene (iPP) nanocomposite melt containing modified carbon nanofibers (MCNFs) was investigated by rheo-SAXS (small-angle X-ray scattering) and rheo-WAXD (wide-angle X-ray diffraction) techniques using synchrotron radiation. Under quiescent conditions, the nucleating effect of MCNFs on crystallization of iPP was pronounced and the system exhibited a remarkably low saturation point (ca. 0.05 wt% of MCNF). In-situ SAXS and WAXD results showed the development of shear-induced crystalline structures and lamellar morphology in nanocomposite melts. Under the same shear conditions, the filled system exhibited notably faster kinetics compared with the unfilled system. The oriented crystalline fraction was found to decrease with the MCNF loading, indicating the competition between oriented crystals (induced by shear) and unoriented crystals (due to the nucleating effect of MCNF). At the early stages of crystallization, the amount of the oriented crystals increased with the MCNF concentration, suggesting that the nanofiller hindered the motion of polymer chains after the cessation of flow resulting in the delayed relaxation of stretched polymer segments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2006
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4. Nature of Shear-Induced Primary Nuclei in iPP Melt.
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Somani, RajeshH., Yang, Ling, Hsiao, BenjaminS., and Fruitwala, Hitesh
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POLYPROPYLENE ,NUCLEATION ,SHEAR flow ,CRYSTALS ,MACROMOLECULES - Abstract
Although observations of molecular processes in the formation of primary nuclei prior to actual crystallization are beyond the detection limits of current instrumentation, we attempted to probe the nature of primary nuclei in sheared isotactic polypropylene (iPP) polymer melt. In situ rheo-SAXS (small-angle X-ray scattering) and -WAXD (wide angle X-ray diffraction) experiments using synchrotron radiation were carried out to evaluate the effects of an addition of a high molecular weight atactic polypropylene (aPP) (5 wt%), which is compatible with the iPP matrix but does not crystallize, on the evolution of oriented structures in the sheared iPP melt and its crystallization kinetics. It is unlikely that the aPP chain segments can be incorporated into iPP nuclei or crystal; hence, its addition effects, if any, would be seen only in the amorphous melt prior to crystallization. The results showed stonger orientation and improved crystallization kinetics in the iPP/aPP blend compared to pure iPP. Observations that the presence of long chains of an amorphous polymer aid in nucleation and crystallization kinetics of iPP, combined with our previous synchrotron results of sheared iPP melts at high temperature (165°C), lead us to conclude that primary nuclei in iPP most likely consist of liquid-crystalline or mesomorphic bundles of aligned chain segments prior to the formation of crystals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2003
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5. Uniaxial Deformation of Nylon 6–Clay Nanocomposites by In-Situ Synchrotron X-Ray Measurements.
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Medellin-Rodríguez, FranciscoJ., Hsiao, BenjaminS., Chu, Benjamin, and Fu, BruceX.
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OPTICAL diffraction , *X-rays , *CLAY , *SYNCHROTRONS - Abstract
An in-situ uniaxial deformation study of nylon 6–clay hybrid (NCH) nanocomposites was carried out using simultaneous wide-angle x-ray diffraction (WAXD) and small-angle x-ray scattering (SAXS) techniques with synchrotron radiation. This nanocomposite system exhibited the partial exfoliated clay morphology. The WAXD patterns along the through-and edge-views from the as-pressed film samples indicated that both clay platelets and nylon 6 crystallites were parallel to the film plane but oriented randomly in the plane. During uniaxial deformation, the orientation of the molecular axis in the crystals increased with strain but decreased with the clay content. This behavior could be attributed to the rotation of clay platelets during deformation, which hindered the orientation of nylon 6 crystals. The corresponding tensile mechanical properties indicated that the elongation at break decreased and the tensile modulus and strength increased with the clay concentration, which has been observed before. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2003
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6. DETERMINATION OF CRYSTALLINE LAMELLAR THICKNESS IN POLY(ETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE) USING SMALL-ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING AND TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY*.
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Xia, Zhiyong, Sue, Hung-Jue, Wang, Zhigang, Avila-Orta, CarlosA., and Hsiao, BenjaminS.
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X-ray scattering ,POLYETHYLENE ,ELECTRON microscopy ,CHEMISTRY - Abstract
The crystalline lamellar thickness of semicrystalline poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) was evaluated using small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) techniques. Both SAXS onedimensional (1D) correlation function and interface distribution function analyses were utilized to determine the crystalline lamellar thickness. The two-dimensional fast Fourier transformation (2D-FFT) of the TEM image and the Gaussian-like lamellar thickness distribution determined from the TEM image were also performed. Results indicate that the larger value of the two correlation lengths calculated from the SAXS analysis should be assigned to the crystalline lamellar thickness in PET. Discussions and comparison among different methods for characterizing the lamellar thickness of semicrystalline polymers are made. *Dedicated to Prof. Francisco J. Baltá Calleja on the occasion of his 65th birthday. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2001
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7. Morphological Changes During Crystallization and Melting of Polyoxymethylene Studied by Synchrotron X-Ray Scattering and Modulated Differential Scanning Calorimetry.
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SAUER, BRYANB., MCLEAN, ROBERTS., LONDONO, J.DAVID, and HSIAO, BENJAMINS.
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POLYOXYMETHYLENE ,CRYSTALLIZATION ,MORPHOLOGY ,X-ray scattering ,CALORIMETRY - Abstract
Temperature scanning techniques, including synchrotron small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), wide-angle X-ray diffraction(WAXD), and temperature-modulated differential scanning calorimetry (TMDSC), were used to study melting recrystallization in semicrystalline polyoxymethylene (POM). The isothermal crystallization of POM was also studied by time-resolved SAXS. From SAXS profiles, several morphological variables were calculated, including the long period L, lamellar thickness lc, interlamellar amorphous thickness la, and scattering invariant Q. The lamellar parameters were also obtained using tapping atomic force microscopy (AFM) for two thermal histories, and some lamellar-scale and larger-scale morphological changes were characterized before and after partial melting. These real-space images also provided support to interpretation of SAXS analysis in the interpretation of first- and second-order intensity maxima. During melting at constant heating rates, la from SAXS increased slowly starting at about 100°C, suggesting melting of thin inserted lamellae, and at about 150°C, lc began to increase combined with a more rapid increase in la due to further melting of inserted lamellae and some recrystallization into separate stacks of lamellae. The end of melting was about 182°C. TMDSC data also characterized the level of melting and recrystallization starting at low temperatures for a quenched sample. The DSC data provided the total extent of melting, and this was contrasted with the drop in SAXS and WAXD intensities. SAXS and TMDSC temperature scans on a quenched, but still highly crystalline, POM sample were compared with the data from a high-temperature (145°C) isothermally crystallized POM sample with a higher degree of crystal perfection. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2000
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8. Structural and Morphological Inhomogeneity of Short-Chain Branched Polyethylenes in Multiple-Step Crystallization.
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CHIU, FANG-CHYOU, WANG, QIANG, FU, QIANG, HONIGFORT, PAUL, CHENG, STEPHENZ. D., HSIAO, BENJAMINS., YEH, FENGJI, KEATING, MIMIY., HSIEH, ERICT., and TSO, CHUNGC.
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POLYETHYLENE ,CRYSTALLIZATION - Abstract
Three commercial metallocene-catalyst synthesized short-chain branched polyethylene (SCBPE) samples with similar molecular weights and molecular weight distributions were investigated in terms of their molecular structural (comonomer sequences and compositions) inhomogeneity and crystal morphology. Two of these samples [SCBPE(B1) and SCBPE(B2)] contained different ratios of a butene comonomer (20.7 and 26.8 SCB/1000 carbons, respectively), while the third sample, SCBPE(H), contained a branched hexane comonomer (7.8 SCB/1000 carbons). A linear PE fraction was also investigated for comparison. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) results indicate that multiple-step isothermal (thermal segregation) experiments lead to multiple endothermic melting processes in these SCBPEs during heating, a phenomenon that was not observed in the linear PE. Wide-angle X-ray diffraction (WAXD) experiments show that all of these SCBPEs possess an orthorhombic crystal lattice with different crystallinities. Linear coefficients of thermal expansion along both the a- and b-axes of the PE crystals were also determined using WAXD at different temperatures. This lateral lattice expansion is critically associated with the comonomer size and composition ratio of the SCB series. Small-angle X-ray (SAXS) scattering results of the thermal segregated samples obtained during heating required a differential scattering data treatment. It was found that the long period for each isothermal crystallization step was different and increased with increasing temperature. By increasing the comonomer composition at a constant temperature, the long period was also increased, although the thickness of the crystal lamellae decreased. This was due to an increase of the noncrystalline layer thickness between two neighboring lamellae. The crystalline morphology was observed under transmission electron microscopy (TEM). During multiple-step isothermal crystallization, the crystalline morphology exhibited a... [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2000
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9. In situ synchrotron SAXS/WAXD studies during melt spinning of modified carbon nanofiber and isotactic polypropylene nanocomposite
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Ran, Shaofeng, Burger, Christian, Sics, Igors, Yoon, Kyunghwan, Fang, Dufei, Kim, Kwangsok, Avila-Orta, Carlos, Keum, Jongkahk, Chu, Benjamin, Hsiao, BenjaminS., Cookson, David, Shultz, Dave, Lee, Myungae, Viccaro, Jim, and Ohta, Yasuo
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The structural development of a nanocomposite, containing 95 wt% isotactic polypropylene (iPP) and 5 wt% modified carbon nanofiber (MCNF), during fiber spinning was investigated by in situ synchrotron small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) and wide-angle X-ray diffraction (WAXD) techniques. The modification of carbon nanofibers (CNFs) was accomplished by a chemical surface treatment using in situ polymerization of olefin segments to enhance its compatibility with iPP, where the iPP/MCNF nanocomposite was prepared by twostep blending to ensure the dispersion of MCNF. X-ray results showed that at low spin-draw ratios, the iPP/MCNF nanocomposite fiber exhibited much higher iPP crystalline orientation than the control iPP fiber. At higher spin-draw ratios, the crystalline orientation of the nanocomposite fiber and that of the pure iPP fiber was about the same. The crystallinity of the composite fiber was higher than that of the control iPP fiber, indicating the nucleating effect of the modified carbon nanofibers. The nanocomposite fiber also showed larger long periods at low spin-draw ratios. Measurements of mechanical properties indicated that the nanocomposite fiber with 5 wt% MCNF had much higher tensile strength, modulus and longer elongation to break. The mechanical enhancement can be attributed to the dispersion of MCNF in the matrix, which was confirmed by SEM results.
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- 2004
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10. Synchrotron X‐Ray scattering of polymer nanocomposites
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Hsiao, BenjaminS., Chu, Benjamin, and Burger, Christian
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- 2002
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11. Hair test results at the advanced polymers beamline (X27C) at the NSLS
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Chu, Benjamin, Fang, Dufei, and Hsiao, BenjaminS.
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- 1999
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