Abstract
The evolutions of the crystalline polymorphs of poly(l-lactic acid) (PLLA) at 85 °C and 145 °C were respectively studied by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy coupled with two-dimensional correlation spectroscopy (2DCOS) and perturbation-correlation moving-window two-dimensional (PCMW2D) analysis in the carbonyl stretching band region (1820-1720 cm-1). The perturbation region was divided into a few sub-regions by PCMW2D based on the spectral variations. Further 2DCOS analyses were implemented on these sub-regions. Four stages were identified for crystallization at 85 °C, in which the transformation of amorphous PLLA to α'-PLLA was found in the initial stage (0-30 min), while some of α'-PLLA was also changed to α-PLLA in the growth stage (30-150 min). For isothermal crystallization at 145 °C, the amorphous and the intermediate PLLAs were first changed to the crystalline forms in the initial period (0-30 min), then alternate changes between α-, α'- and intermediate phases occurred in the other periods with the extension of crystallization.
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