Abstract
AbstractThe effect of iodine treatment on the carbonization behavior of tussah silk fibroin (SF) fiber from a wild cocoon, Antheraea pernyi (A. pernyi), was investigated, and the carbon yield, fiber morphology, structural characteristics, and mechanical properties were evaluated. The SF fiber was treated with iodine vapor at 100°C for 12 h and was heated to 800°C under a multistep heating program as carbonization process, which corresponds to the constant thermal degradation rate of SF determined by dynamic thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). The carbon yield was ca. 39 wt %, which is much higher than those for untreated A. pernyi. Scanning electron microscopic (SEM) observation showed that obtained carbon fibers from iodinated SF were structurally intact, and the strength was higher than that from untreated SF. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X‐ray diffraction, and Raman spectroscopy revealed that the structures of the carbon fibers obtained from both untreated and iodinated SF were almost the same and amorphous. At the early stage of carbonization of SF, amide bonding of SF molecules was begin to collapse at temperatures higher than 350°C and was completely dissociated by carbonization at 800°C. Dynamic viscoelastic measurements showed that with heating above 270°C the iodine component introduced intermolecular crosslinking of SF and the melt flow of the SF was inhibited, which enhances higher carbon yield and better performance of silk based carbon fiber. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2008
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