PMID- 30109093
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20230928
IS  - 2054-5703 (Print)
IS  - 2054-5703 (Electronic)
IS  - 2054-5703 (Linking)
VI  - 5
IP  - 7
DP  - 2018 Jul
TI  - High-density polyethylene crystals with double melting peaks induced by 
      ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene fibre.
PG  - 180394
LID - 10.1098/rsos.180394 [doi]
LID - 180394
AB  - High-density polyethylene (HDPE)/ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene 
      (UHMWPE) fibre composites were prepared via solution crystallization to 
      investigate the components of epitaxial crystal growth on a highly oriented 
      substrate. Scanning electron microscopy morphologies of HDPE crystals on UHMWPE 
      fibres revealed that the edge-on ribbon pattern crystals that were formed 
      initially on UHMWPE fibres converted afterwards to a sheet shape as 
      crystallization progressed. Wide-angle X-ray diffraction confirmed that the 
      polymer chain oriented along the fibre axis and the orthorhombic crystal form of 
      HDPE remained unchanged in HDPE/UHMWPE fibre composite systems. The thermal 
      behaviour of the fibre composites measured by differential scanning calorimetry 
      showed double melting peaks, the nature of which, as disclosed by partial melting 
      experiments, is ascribed to bilayer components existing in the induced crystals: 
      the inner layer is composed of more regularly folded chain crystals induced by 
      UHMWPE fibres, and the outer layer formed on the inner one with a thinner and 
      lower ordered crystal structure.
FAU - Miao, Weijun
AU  - Miao W
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4769-7859
AD  - Ningbo Key Laboratory of Specialty Polymers, Faculty of Materials Science and 
      Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, People's Republic of 
      China.
FAU - Zhu, Hao
AU  - Zhu H
AD  - Ningbo Key Laboratory of Specialty Polymers, Faculty of Materials Science and 
      Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, People's Republic of 
      China.
FAU - Duan, Tianchen
AU  - Duan T
AD  - Ningbo Key Laboratory of Specialty Polymers, Faculty of Materials Science and 
      Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, People's Republic of 
      China.
FAU - Chen, Hongbing
AU  - Chen H
AD  - Ningbo Key Laboratory of Specialty Polymers, Faculty of Materials Science and 
      Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, People's Republic of 
      China.
FAU - Wu, Feng
AU  - Wu F
AD  - Ningbo Key Laboratory of Specialty Polymers, Faculty of Materials Science and 
      Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, People's Republic of 
      China.
FAU - Jiang, Libin
AU  - Jiang L
AD  - Ningbo Key Laboratory of Specialty Polymers, Faculty of Materials Science and 
      Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, People's Republic of 
      China.
FAU - Wang, Zongbao
AU  - Wang Z
AD  - Ningbo Key Laboratory of Specialty Polymers, Faculty of Materials Science and 
      Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, People's Republic of 
      China.
LA  - eng
SI  - figshare/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.4153664
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20180718
PL  - England
TA  - R Soc Open Sci
JT  - Royal Society open science
JID - 101647528
PMC - PMC6083719
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - double melting peaks
OT  - epitaxial crystallization
OT  - high-density polyethylene
OT  - ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene fibre
COIS- We have no competing interests.
EDAT- 2018/08/16 06:00
MHDA- 2018/08/16 06:01
PMCR- 2018/07/18
CRDT- 2018/08/16 06:00
PHST- 2018/03/10 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2018/06/07 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2018/08/16 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2018/08/16 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2018/08/16 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2018/07/18 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - rsos180394 [pii]
AID - 10.1098/rsos.180394 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - R Soc Open Sci. 2018 Jul 18;5(7):180394. doi: 10.1098/rsos.180394. eCollection 
      2018 Jul.