Relaxation-reversed Phase Transition of Poly(butylene succinate)

Jia-Liang Qiao; Xin-Yu Liu; Ying-Zhuo Liu; Gui-Qiu Ma; Zhe Ma

doi:10.1007/s10118-025-3345-3

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Relaxation-reversed Phase Transition of Poly(butylene succinate)

RESEARCH ARTICLE | Updated：2025-08-25

- Relaxation-reversed Phase Transition of Poly(butylene succinate)
- Chinese Journal of Polymer Science Vol. 43, Issue 9, Pages: 1576-1583(2025)
- Affiliations：
  
  School of Materials Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of High Performance Roll Materials and Composite Forming, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Composite and Functional Materials, Key Laboratory of Organic Integrated Circuits, Ministry of Education, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
- Author bio：
  
  magq@tju.edu.cn (G.Q.M.)
  zhe.ma@tju.edu.cn (Z.M.)
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- DOI：10.1007/s10118-025-3345-3
  CLC：
- Received：24 February 2025，
  
  Revised：2025-03-22，
  
  Accepted：24 March 2025，
  
  Online First：08 May 2025，
  
  Published：05 September 2025
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Qiao, J. L.; Liu, X. Y.; Liu, Y. Z.; Ma, G. Q.; Ma, Z. Relaxation-reversed phase transition of poly(butylene succinate). Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2025, 43, 1576–1583

Jia-Liang Qiao, Xin-Yu Liu, Ying-Zhuo Liu, et al. Relaxation-reversed Phase Transition of Poly(butylene succinate)[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2025, 43(9): 1576-1583.
Qiao, J. L.; Liu, X. Y.; Liu, Y. Z.; Ma, G. Q.; Ma, Z. Relaxation-reversed phase transition of poly(butylene succinate). Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2025, 43, 1576–1583 DOI： 10.1007/s10118-025-3345-3.

Jia-Liang Qiao, Xin-Yu Liu, Ying-Zhuo Liu, et al. Relaxation-reversed Phase Transition of Poly(butylene succinate)[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2025, 43(9): 1576-1583. DOI： 10.1007/s10118-025-3345-3.

摘要

This study employed the in-situ wide angle X-ray diffraction to explore the stretching-induced and relaxation-reversed phase transition in poly(butylene succinate) (PBS). It was found that relaxation was able to trigger the reversed

phase transition of PBS

where

phase completely transformed into

phase by partially unloading the stress.

Abstract

The stretching-induced phase transition of biodegradable poly(butylene succinate) (PBS) was explored using a combination of mechanical testing and

in situ

wide angle X-ray diffraction characterization. The phase transition from

phase to

phase can be effectively triggered by severe stretching

in which the threshold strain is dependent on the PBS crystallites. Interestingly

this

phase transition can be reversed immediately once mechanical stretching begins to be released. It should be pointed out that the finish of

phase transition reversed

corresponding to the disappearance of the generated

phase

does not necessarily need the external stretching to completely release. Fo

r the relaxation-reversed phase transition

the evolution of the normalized

-phase fraction exhibited a similar correlation with the stress released. It was indicated that the decay kinetics followed a stretching-dominant mechanism

and the amount of

phase generated just prior to relaxation had a negligible influence on the reversed phase transition.

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