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Isothermal and nonisothermal cold crystallization kinetics of poly(l-lactide)/functionalized eggshell powder composites

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Functionalized eggshell powder (NES) with nucleating surface of calcium phenylphosphonic acid (PPCa) for poly(l-lactide) (PLLA) was compounded with PLLA via melt blending to improve the cold crystallization process of PLLA. The cold crystallization behavior of the PLLA/NES composites was studied by differential scanning calorimetry. The isothermal cold crystallization rates have been enhanced obviously in the PLLA/NES composites than in the neat PLLA, indicative of the excellent nucleating effects of NES on PLLA. For the nonisothermal cold crystallization, the overall crystallization rate of PLLA increased with both increasing NES loadings and heating rate. It was found that the Avrami equation and the combined Ozawa–Avrami model could describe the experiment data successfully.

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This work is supported by program of Cooperation of Hubei Province and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Jilin Province Science and Technology Agency (20160204030GX), program of Changchun Municipal Scientific and Technologic Development (16SS16), and Innovation team project of Beijing Institute of Science and Technology (IG201703N). Part of this work is supported by Start up Foundation for Doctors of Jilin Jianzhu University (861107) and Training Program of Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Undergraduates of Jilin Jianzhu University (2017S1011).

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Li, Y., Han, C., Yu, Y. et al. Isothermal and nonisothermal cold crystallization kinetics of poly(l-lactide)/functionalized eggshell powder composites. J Therm Anal Calorim 131, 2213–2223 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-017-6783-5

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