Facile and Large-scale Fabrication of Biodegradable Thermochromic Fibers Based on Poly(lactic acid)

Xiao-Xiong Chen; Jin-Chao Yu; Kang Chen; Peng Ji; Xiang-Ling Chen; Zhi-Juan Pan

doi:10.1007/s10118-022-2781-6

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Facile and Large-scale Fabrication of Biodegradable Thermochromic Fibers Based on Poly(lactic acid)

RESEARCH ARTICLE | Updated：2022-09-23

- Facile and Large-scale Fabrication of Biodegradable Thermochromic Fibers Based on Poly(lactic acid)
- Chinese Journal of Polymer Science Vol. 40, Issue 10, Pages: 1242-1251(2022)
- Affiliations：
  
  a.College of Textile and Clothing Engineering, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
  b.Engineering Research Center of Technical Textiles, Ministry of Education, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China
  c.College of Materials and Textiles and National Engineering Laboratory for Textile Fiber Materials and Processing Technology, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China
  d.Co-Innovation Center for Textile Industry, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China
- Author bio：
  
  jcyu@suda.edu.cn (J.C.Y.)
  zhjpan@suda.edu.cn (Z.J.P.)
- Funds：
- DOI：10.1007/s10118-022-2781-6
  CLC：
- Received：14 January 2022，
  
  Revised：2022-4-17，
  
  Accepted：25 April 2022，
  
  Online First：12 July 2022，
  
  Published：01 October 2022
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Chen, X. X.; Yu, J. C.; Chen, K.; Ji, P.; Chen, X. L.; Pan, Z. J. Facile and large-scale fabrication of biodegradable thermochromic fibers based on poly(lactic acid). Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2022, 40, 1242–1251

Xiao-Xiong Chen, Jin-Chao Yu, Kang Chen, et al. Facile and Large-scale Fabrication of Biodegradable Thermochromic Fibers Based on Poly(lactic acid)[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2022, 40(10): 1242-1251.
Chen, X. X.; Yu, J. C.; Chen, K.; Ji, P.; Chen, X. L.; Pan, Z. J. Facile and large-scale fabrication of biodegradable thermochromic fibers based on poly(lactic acid). Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2022, 40, 1242–1251 DOI： 10.1007/s10118-022-2781-6.

Xiao-Xiong Chen, Jin-Chao Yu, Kang Chen, et al. Facile and Large-scale Fabrication of Biodegradable Thermochromic Fibers Based on Poly(lactic acid)[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2022, 40(10): 1242-1251. DOI： 10.1007/s10118-022-2781-6.

摘要

The novel biodegradable thermochromic PLA fibers were created using a cost-effective melt-spinning technique. The TPLA fibers exhibit excellent mechanical performances with a tenacity high up to 3.7~4.7 cN/dtex. Moreover

the TPLA fibers present sensitive

reversible and stable thermochromic behavior

converting from green (<31 °C) to colorless (≥31 °C).

Abstract

To investigate the feasibility of developing biobased and biodegradable thermochromic fibers

poly(lactic acid) (PLA) fibers with visual temperature indicator functionality were fabricated using a scalable melt spinning technique (spinning speed 800 m/min)

where PLA and thermochromic microcapsules were used as fiber-forming polymers and color indicators

respectively. The effect of thermochromic microcapsules on the mechanical properties and reversible color-changing function of PLA fibers was systematically investigated to achieve high tenacity and sensitive color-changing function. The difference in the fiber performance was connected to changes in the multilayer structure. The results show that PLA fibers exhibit excellent tenacity of 3.7−4.7 cN/dtex and reversible and stable thermochromic behavior over 31 °C. The high fraction of mesophase within TPLA-1 fiber plays an important role in its tenacity. Meanwhile

the low-concentration of microcapsules (~1 wt%) with good dispersion could act as a nucleating agent inside the PLA matrix and contribute to the formation of microcrystals in the amorphous between primary lamellae

which is also beneficial to maintain the tenacity of the fibers. The agglomeration of high-concentration microcapsules within PLA fibers hampered the formation of mesophase

resulting in a decrease in fiber tenacity. Aside from the content of microcapsules

the agglomeration of high-concentration microcapsules (>5 wt%) is the main reason that limits the substantial increase in fiber color depth. This study opens up new possibilities for degradable thermochromic fibers produced using standard industrial spinning technology.

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