title: Small-angle X-ray scattering on the ChemMatCARS beamline at the Advanced Photon Source: a study of shear-induced crystallization in polypropylene.
abstract: The first ever time-resolved small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) data from the undulator 15-ID-D beamline (ChemMatCARS) are presented. A 1.3 A (9.54 keV) X-ray beam was selected to study the structure development in a polypropylene sample during shear-induced crystallization. A Linkam CSS450 shear cell provided the temperature and shear control. The polypropylene was first melted and then quenched to the crystallization temperature, where a step shear was applied. The SAXS data were collected using a Bruker 6000 CCD detector, which provided images of excellent resolution. The SAXS images (with 180 degrees rotational symmetry) indicated that the polypropylene crystallizes with a high degree of anisotropy, and the lamellae are oriented perpendicular to the flow direction.
authors.affiliation: Bragg Institute, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Australia. dsu@ansto.gov.au
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sutton
authors.forename: Tracey
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hanley
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Knott
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cookson
mesh_terms: D003460:Crystallization / Q000379:methods*; D008422:Materials Testing / Q000379:methods*; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D017785:Photons; D011126:Polypropylenes / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D033081:Shear Strength; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D011126:Polypropylenes