Initial stage of fiber structure development in the continuous drawing of poly(ethylene terephthalate)

The initial stage of fiber structure development in the continuous neck-drawing of amorphous poly(ethylene terephthalate) fibers was analyzed by in situ wide-angle X-ray diffraction, small-angle X-ray scattering, and fiber temperature measurements. The time error of the measurements (<600 μs) was obtained by synchrotron X-ray source and laser irradiation heating. A highly ordered fibrillar-shaped two-dimensional (smectic-like) structure was found to be formed less than 1 ms after necking. By analyzing its (001′) and (002′) diffractions, the length of the structure 60–70 nm were obtained. A three-dimensionally ordered triclinic crystal began to form with the vanishing of the structure around 1 ms after necking. The amount and size of the crystal were almost saturated within several milliseconds of necking, during which time a mainly exothermic heat of crystallization was also observed. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 46: 2126–2142, 2008

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