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Banerjee R, Ray SS. Role of Rheology in Morphology Development and Advanced Processing of Thermoplastic Polymer Materials: A Review. ACS OMEGA 2023; 8:27969-28001. [PMID: 37576638 PMCID: PMC10413379 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.3c03310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2023] [Accepted: 07/10/2023] [Indexed: 08/15/2023]
Abstract
This review presents fundamental knowledge and recent advances pertaining to research on the role of rheology in polymer processing, highlights the knowledge gap between the function of rheology in various processing operations and the importance of rheology in the development, characterization, and assessment of the morphologies of polymeric materials, and offers ideas for enhancing the processabilities of polymeric materials in advanced processing operations. Rheology plays a crucial role in the morphological evolution of polymer blends and composites, influencing the type of morphology in the case of blends and the quality of dispersion in the cases of both blends and composites. The rheological characteristics of multiphase polymeric materials provide valuable information on the morphologies of these materials, thereby rendering rheology an important tool for morphological assessment. Although rheology extensively affects the processabilities of polymeric materials in all processing operations, this review focuses on the roles of rheology in film blowing, electrospinning, centrifugal jet spinning, and the three-dimensional printing of polymeric materials, which are advanced processing operations that have gained significant research interest. This review offers a comprehensive overview of the fundamentals of morphology development and the aforementioned processing techniques; moreover, it covers all vital aspects related to the tailoring of the rheological characteristics of polymeric materials for achieving superior morphologies and high processabilities of these materials in advanced processing operations. Thus, this article provides a direction for future advancements in polymer processing. Furthermore, the superiority of elongational flow over shear flow in enhancing the quality of dispersion in multiphase polymeric materials and the role of extensional rheology in the advanced processing operations of these materials, which have rarely been discussed in previous reviews, have been critically analyzed in this review. In summary, this article offers new insights into the use of rheology in material and product development during advanced polymer-processing operations.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ritima Banerjee
- Department
of Chemical Engineering, Calcutta Institute
of Technology, Banitabla, Uluberia, Howrah, 711316 West Bengal, India
- Department
of Chemical Sciences, University of Johannesburg, Doornfontein, Johannesburg 2028, South Africa
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- Department
of Chemical Sciences, University of Johannesburg, Doornfontein, Johannesburg 2028, South Africa
- Centre
for Nanostructures and Advanced Materials, DSI-CSIR Nanotechnology
Innovation Centre, Council for Scientific
and Industrial Research, Pretoria 0001, South Africa
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Tummino ML, Chrimatopoulos C, Bertolla M, Tonetti C, Sakkas V. Configuration of a Simple Method for Different Polyamides 6.9 Recognition by ATR-FTIR Analysis Coupled with Chemometrics. Polymers (Basel) 2023; 15:3166. [PMID: 37571060 PMCID: PMC10420875 DOI: 10.3390/polym15153166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2023] [Revised: 07/13/2023] [Accepted: 07/21/2023] [Indexed: 08/13/2023] Open
Abstract
This study proposes a simple approach for the recognition of polyamide 6.9 samples differing in impurity amounts and viscosities (modulated during the synthesis), which are parameters plausibly variable in polymers' manufacturing processes. Infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR) was combined with chemometrics, applying statistical methods to experimental data. Both non-supervised and supervised methods have been used (PCA and PLS-DA), and a predictive model that could assess the polyamide type of unknown samples was created. Chemometric tools led to a satisfying degree of discrimination among samples, and the predictive model resulted in a great classification of unknown samples with an accuracy of 88.89%. Traditional physical-chemical characterizations (such as thermal and mechanical tests) showed their limits in the univocal identification of sample types, and additionally, they resulted in time-consuming procedures and specimen destruction. The spectral modifications have been investigated to understand the main signals that are more likely to affect the discrimination process. The proposed hybrid methodology represents a potential support for quality control activities within the production sector, especially when the spectra of compounds with the same nominal composition show almost identical signals.
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Affiliation(s)
- Maria Laura Tummino
- Institute of Intelligent Industrial Technologies and Systems for Advanced Manufacturing, National Research Council of Italy (CNR-STIIMA), Corso G. Pella 16, 13900 Biella, Italy
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- Institute of Intelligent Industrial Technologies and Systems for Advanced Manufacturing, National Research Council of Italy (CNR-STIIMA), Corso G. Pella 16, 13900 Biella, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Sciences, University of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, Greece
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Gao T, Wang J, Wang Y, Zhang S, Huang W, Qu JP. A Novel Mandrel-Free Blown Film Die with Ultrashort Flow Distance and Uniform Discharge: Theoretical Modeling and Simulation. Ind Eng Chem Res 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.2c00674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Tianyuan Gao
- National Engineering Research Center of Novel Equipment for Polymer Processing, No. 381, Wushan Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510640, China
- Key Laboratory of Polymer Processing Engineering, Ministry of Education, No. 381, Wushan Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510640, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Technique and Equipment for Macromolecular Advanced Manufacturing, No. 381, Wushan Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510640, China
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- National Engineering Research Center of Novel Equipment for Polymer Processing, No. 381, Wushan Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510640, China
- Key Laboratory of Polymer Processing Engineering, Ministry of Education, No. 381, Wushan Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510640, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Technique and Equipment for Macromolecular Advanced Manufacturing, No. 381, Wushan Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510640, China
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- National Engineering Research Center of Novel Equipment for Polymer Processing, No. 381, Wushan Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510640, China
- Key Laboratory of Polymer Processing Engineering, Ministry of Education, No. 381, Wushan Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510640, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Technique and Equipment for Macromolecular Advanced Manufacturing, No. 381, Wushan Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510640, China
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- National Engineering Research Center of Novel Equipment for Polymer Processing, No. 381, Wushan Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510640, China
- Key Laboratory of Polymer Processing Engineering, Ministry of Education, No. 381, Wushan Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510640, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Technique and Equipment for Macromolecular Advanced Manufacturing, No. 381, Wushan Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510640, China
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- Zhengxin Packaging Co., Ltd. (Dongguan), Houwu Village, Mogan Town, Deqing County, Zhejiang Province, 313206, China
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- National Engineering Research Center of Novel Equipment for Polymer Processing, No. 381, Wushan Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510640, China
- Key Laboratory of Polymer Processing Engineering, Ministry of Education, No. 381, Wushan Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510640, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Technique and Equipment for Macromolecular Advanced Manufacturing, No. 381, Wushan Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510640, China
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