PMID- 36616538 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20230111 IS - 2073-4360 (Electronic) IS - 2073-4360 (Linking) VI - 15 IP - 1 DP - 2022 Dec 30 TI - Effect of Nano-SiO(2) on Different Stages of UHMWPE/HDPE Fiber Preparation via Melt Spinning. LID - 10.3390/polym15010186 [doi] LID - 186 AB - Ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE)/high-density polyethylene (HDPE) blend with lower viscosity is more suitable for melt spinning compared to pure UHMWPE; however, the mechanical property of the blend fiber is hard to dramatically improve (the maximum tensile strength of 998.27 MPa). Herein, different content modified-nano-SiO(2) is incorporated to UHMWPE/HDPE blend fiber. After adding 0.5 wt% nano-SiO(2), the tensile strength and initial modulus of UHMWPE/HDPE/nano-SiO(2) fiber are increased to 1211 MPa and 12.81 GPa, respectively, 21.57% and 43.32% higher than that of UHMWPE/HDPE fiber. Meanwhile, the influence of the nano-SiO(2) content on the performance for as-spun filament and fiber are emphatically analyzed. The crystallinity and molecular chain orientation of as-spun filament reduces with the addition of nano-SiO(2). On the contrary, for fiber, the addition of nano-SiO(2) promoted the crystallinity, molecular chain orientation and grain refinement more obvious at a lower content. Furthermore, the possible action mechanism of nano-SiO(2) in the as-spun filament extrusion and fiber hot drawing stage is explained. FAU - Yang, Qun AU - Yang Q AD - College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China. FAU - Zhang, Run AU - Zhang R AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8652-8791 AD - College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China. FAU - Liu, Mingfei AU - Liu M AD - College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China. FAU - Xue, Ping AU - Xue P AD - College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China. FAU - Liu, Lichao AU - Liu L AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2859-1063 AD - College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China. LA - eng GR - 5167302/National Natural Science Foundation of China/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20221230 PL - Switzerland TA - Polymers (Basel) JT - Polymers JID - 101545357 PMC - PMC9823883 OTO - NOTNLM OT - UHMWPE OT - crystallization OT - fiber OT - melt spinning OT - nano-SiO2 COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2023/01/09 06:00 MHDA- 2023/01/09 06:01 PMCR- 2022/12/30 CRDT- 2023/01/08 01:41 PHST- 2022/11/29 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/12/19 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/12/27 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/01/08 01:41 [entrez] PHST- 2023/01/09 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/01/09 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2022/12/30 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - polym15010186 [pii] AID - polymers-15-00186 [pii] AID - 10.3390/polym15010186 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Polymers (Basel). 2022 Dec 30;15(1):186. doi: 10.3390/polym15010186.