振荡剪切场下PS/PVME共混物的相分离动力学研究——相分离的依时性及应力响应

利用自制的激光散射流变仪研究了聚苯乙烯/聚甲基乙烯基醚(PS/PVME)(重量比30/70)二元共混物在振荡剪切场下的相分离动力学过程.在特定的振荡频率和应变振幅条件下,共混物的相分离具有显著的周期特性和各向异性.在同一个振荡相位角条件下,相分离在早期符合经典的Cahn-Hilliard线性理论.在相分离过程中,流动方向上的特征波数qxm表现出明显的受迫振荡特征而涡流方向上的qzm却没有;同时,两个方向上的特征波数qm平均值都未随时间发生变化,说明特定振荡频率和应变振幅的振荡剪切对特定尺寸的浓度涨落具有选择作用.研究还发现,体系的应力响应可以反映出相分离的阶段性过程,例如当相分离早期结束时,表征弹性的第一法向应力差出现了峰值.     

剪切场下两亲性棒状粒子对聚异丁烯/聚二甲基硅氧烷共混物相形态的影响

合成了具有两亲表面性质的棒状SiO₂粒子,借助共聚焦激光扫描显微镜研究了两亲性棒状SiO₂粒子在共混物中的选择性分布,并通过在线剪切-显微技术和流变技术研究了其对聚异丁烯/聚二甲基硅氧烷（PIB/PDMS）不相容共混物形态结构的影响.研究表明,两亲性棒状SiO₂粒子倾向于分布在两相界面处及PIB相中.分散相的剪切诱导凝聚行为强烈依赖于粒子的含量和共混物的组成比.少量两亲性SiO₂粒子会促进分散相的凝聚,而加入足够量的粒子则能抑制分散相凝聚.     

纳米Fe2O3/端羟基聚丁二烯(HTPB)复合粒子的制备与表征

为改善纳米Fe₂O₃在固体推进剂中的分散性, 以端羟基聚丁二烯(HTPB)和异氟尔酮二异氰酸酯(IPDI)为包覆和固化材料, 分别采用直接共混法和分步共混法制得纳米Fe₂O₃/HTPB复合粒子. 采用HRTEM, TGA, FTIR和XRD等手段表征了复合粒子的结构, 对比了复合前后纳米Fe₂O₃的分散性, 测量了HTPB包覆量和包覆层厚度. 结果表明, 这两种方法均能实现HTPB对纳米Fe₂O₃物理包覆, 但分步共混法明显优于直接共混法|在分步共混法制得的纳米Fe₂O₃/ HTPB复合粒子中, 内层的纳米Fe₂O₃分散性好, 外层HTPB厚度均一. 复合粒子亲油性结果表明, 将纳米Fe₂O₃与HTPB进行复合, 可有效改善纳米Fe₂O₃在固体推进剂中的分散性.     

PS/SiO2纳米复合粒子的制备及反应机理研究

采用一步法合成出PS/SiO₂纳米复合粒子,得到产物的产率和接枝效率均在95以上.与传统的预处理方法相比,一步法在工艺上简单易行,重复性好;复合粒子粒径、形态及分散状况与预处理方法无明显差别.对一步法制备中硅烷偶联剂的作用机理进行了探讨,通过调节偶联剂添加量可以使偶联剂在复合粒子中起到偶联剂或交联剂或二者兼有的作用.动力学研究表明,在实验配方条件下,反应遵循与前人类似工作截然不同的机理模型.此外,对复合粒子的形态与结构进行计算表明,在实验条件下,产物中平均每个复合粒子内含有5～6个初始的SiO₂纳米粒子,这些粒子团聚在一起形成核,PS接枝并包覆于团聚体外形成壳.     

磁性二氧化硅复合纳米粒子的合成及其与青铜器的相互作用研究

采用反相微乳液法, 合成了以PVP分散的磁性Fe₃O₄纳米粒子为核、SiO₂为壳并复合有荧光标记物钌联吡啶的核壳型复合功能纳米粒子. 在对该功能型二氧化硅复合纳米粒子进行TEM、荧光特性和磁性等特性表征的基础上, 重点研究了水溶性高聚物PVP溶液对Fe₃O₄纳米粒子的分散性, 并将其均匀的包入SiO₂壳中, 基于此研究了该功能型二氧化硅复合纳米粒子与青铜器之间的相互作用、以功能型复合纳米粒子为材料对青铜器腐蚀机理进行了在线、无损、实时监测以及将复合纳米材料从被分析体系中无损去除的方法, 发展了适合于去除吸附于青铜器文物表面的功能型纳米粒子的新方法. 这一研究结果为以该纳米粒子为基质构建适合于青铜器表面成分分析的纳米传感器奠定了基础.     

粒子填充HDPE复合体系动态流变行为研究

研究了炭黑(CB)和石墨(GP)填充高密度聚乙烯(HDPE)复合体系的动态流变行为.发现高填料含量时出现似固体行为,并认为它归因于无机粒子网络逾渗结构的形成.在相同聚合物基体条件下,粒子种类和粒子几何参数(粒子形状、大小、粒径分布)对低频区域流变行为、流变参数的逾渗行为和逾渗阈值(φ_c)有决定性影响,且种类的影响相比于粒子几何参数更为显著.此外,高表面活性及高比表面积(大径厚比、小尺寸)粒子填充体系具有较低的φ_c.     

简单剪切对聚合物溶液PS/DINP相分离行为的影响

通过剪切-光学显微装置在线研究了聚合物溶液聚苯乙烯(PS)/邻苯二甲酸二异壬酯(DINP)体系在静态和简单剪切场下的浊点变化及其相结构的实时演变过程,结果发现在单向剪切场下,当PS/DINP体系中PS含量在15%以下时该体系的剪切浊点基本不随剪切速率的变化而变化;当PS含量在15%以上时该体系的剪切浊点随剪切速率的增大而先增大后减小,并且不同配比下都出现一个最高相界移动,该最高相界移动随着PS含量的增加移向更高的剪切速率。此外,还发现PS/DINP近临界组成的静态相分离过程是典型的粘弹相分离。低剪切速率下的相分离过程与静态下有些相似,初期形成网络结构,并且该结构沿流动方向变形取向,但是网络结构直至实验结束也没有发生破裂,可见低剪切速率对网络结构具有一定的稳定作用。     

Fe3O4/聚苯乙烯纳米复合材料的结构与性能

采用油酸(OA)表面改性的粒径均一的Fe3O4纳米粒子(OA-Fe3O4)与工业化聚苯乙烯(PS)通过溶液共混挥发干燥方法得到了具有超顺磁性的OA-Fe3O4/PS纳米复合材料.透射电子显微镜表征结果表明,在OA-Fe3O4质量分数为1%~10%时,OA-Fe3O4纳米粒子均匀分散在PS聚合物基体中.示差扫描量热分析表明,随着纳米粒子加入量的增加,纳米复合材料的玻璃化转变温度逐渐降低.热失重分析表明,OA-Fe3O4的存在显著提高了PS在空气条件下的热稳定性.流变分析表明,随着纳米粒子加入量的增加(0~10%),复合材料黏度逐渐降低.进一步研究了分子量双峰分布的PS与OA-Fe3O4纳米复合体系的流变行为,结果表明,当PS基体的平均分子量大于临界缠结分子量,且填充的纳米粒子的半径小于双峰分布PS的均方旋转半径时,加入纳米粒子仍然导致体系的复合黏度降低.     

在无机SiO2纳米粒子存在下的苯丙乳液共聚合

研究了在无机SiO₂纳米粒子存在下的苯丙乳液共聚合.选择了能使苯丙乳液稳定存在的乳化剂体系,研究了温度和SiO₂的加入对聚合过程转化率的影响,结果表明,SiO₂的加入对聚合过程有阻聚作用,使单体的转化率降低.SEM照片证明SiO₂粒子已经进入苯丙乳液粒子中,而且SiO₂的加入对乳液制成的膜断面形态有一定影响.实验发现在无机SiO₂纳米粒子存在下,苯丙乳液共聚合时有较多残渣出现,对此通过改进乳液聚合进行了有效地改善.同时对制成的复合材料进行了力学性能和热学性能的测定.     

通过静电相互作用制备CdTe/SiO2纳米复合物

以四乙氧基硅烷(TEOS)为原料,在乙醇相中制备了尺寸为80nmSiO₂纳米粒子,用3-氨基丙基三乙氧基硅烷对SiO₂纳米粒子进行了氨基化.以巯基乙酸为配体,在水相中合成了CdTe纳米晶.通过静电相互作用,CdTe纳米晶被吸附到氨基化的二氧化硅球的表面上.研究了两种粒子复合后引起的CdTe纳米晶发光光谱的变化.     

Morphological hysteresis in immiscible PIB/PDMS blends filled with fumed silica nanoparticles

The morphological hysteresis behavior of immiscible polymer blend reflects the dependence of their steady-state morphology on the shear protocol applied. In this work, the influences of hydrophobic and hydrophilic fumed silica nanoparticles on the morphology hysteresis behavior of immiscible polyisobutylene (PIB)/polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) (10/90) blends under simple shear flow were investigated by using optical shear technique. Compared with particle-free blend, the morphology hysteresis zone of filled blends was found to be expanded by the addition of hydrophobic or hydrophilic fumed silica nanoparticles. It was found that the expansion of the morphology hysteresis zone in hydrophobic nanoparticle-filled blend stemmed from the suppression of droplet coalescence. However, the expansion in the morphological hysteresis zone for hydrophilic nanoparticle-filled blend, which was less noticeable, might originate from the more difficult breakup of PIB droplets upon the addition of nanoparticles.     

The morphology of immiscible PDMS/PIB blends filled with silica nanoparticles under shear flow

The influence of surface nature (hydrophobic and hydrophilic) and concentration of silica nanoparticles on the coalescence behavior of immiscible polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)/polyisobutylene (PIB) (90/10) blends under simple low-rate shear flow were investigated via optical shear technique. It was found that the coalescence of PIB droplets in PDMS matrix was suppressed efficiently by incorporating hydrophobic silica nanoparticles, and a constant droplet size was obtained at high particle contents. The addition of a small amount (<0.4 wt.%) of hydrophilic silica nanoparticles also decreased the size of PIB droplets. Clusters of small PIB droplets were formed at low filler concentration. When the filler concentration exceeded 0.8 wt.%, the clusters of PIB drops disappeared and elongated PIB threads with large size were formed, which suggest that the coalescence of PIB droplets was promoted. The results indicate that the discrepancy in the morphology evolution of PDMS/PIB blends upon the addition of silica nanoparticles is controlled not only by the surface chemistry of nanoparticles but also by their concentration in the blends.     

Shear flow effect on phase behavior and morphology in polymer blends

The effect of simple shear flow on the phase behavior and morphology was investigated for both polystyrene/poly(vinyl methyl ether) (PS/PVME) and poly(methyl methacrylate)/poly(styrene‐co‐acrylonitrile) (PMMA /SAN‐29.5) blends, which have LCST (lower critical solution temperature)‐type phase diagram. The measurements were carried out using a special shear apparatus of two parallel glass plates type. The PS/PVME blends showed shear‐induced demixing and shear‐induced mixing at low and high shear rate values, respectively. In addition, the rotation speed and the sample thickness were found to have a pronounced effect on the phase behavior under shear flow. On the‐other hand, PMMA/SAN blend showed only shear‐induced mixing and the magnitudes of the elevation of the cloud points were found to be composition and molecular weight dependent. The morphology of the PMMA/SAN=75/25 blend indicated that shear‐induced mixing occurred at a critical shear rate value, below which the two phases were highly oriented and elongated in the flow direction.     

Structure of fumed silica gels in dodecane: enhanced network by oscillatory shear

The structure and viscoelastic properties of fumed silica gels in dodecane were studied by means of dynamic rheology. With increasing the specific surface area of fumed silica nanoparticles, the plateau elastic modulus (G′), which is frequency-independent and shows the characteristic of a network of the fumed silica gels, decreases. Such networks of fumed silica gels show a significant temperature-dependent behavior and a transition temperature (T _c) related with the restructuring of nanoparticle chain aggregates of fumed silica in gels. Under oscillatory shear, the fumed silica gels experience disorganization and reorganization and present strong structural recovery ability after adjusting oscillatory shear (AOS) at small strain amplitudes (1–10%), and a more perfect network structure than that in origin gels can be induced. Elevated temperature (above T _c) improves the network structure to be more compact and stronger than that at a lower temperature, as a result, the deformation resistance during the AOS period and the structural recovery after AOS are enhanced. These results indicate that the network structure and viscoelastic properties of fumed silica gels can be tailored and optimized by performing small-amplitude oscillatory shear at a properly selected temperature.     

Coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulation on the placement of nanoparticles within symmetric diblock copolymers under shear flow

We present molecular dynamics simulations coupled with a dissipative particle dynamics thermostat to model and simulate the behavior of symmetric diblock copolymer/nanoparticle systems under simple shear flow. We consider two categories of nanoparticles, one with selective interactions toward one of the blocks of a model diblock copolymer and the other with nonselective interactions with both blocks. For the selective nanoparticles, we consider additional variants by changing the particle diameter and the particle-polymer interaction potential. The aim of our present study is to understand how the nanoparticles disperse in a block copolymer system under shear flow and how the presence of nanoparticles affects the rheology, structure, and flow behavior of block copolymer systems. We keep the volume fraction of nanoparticles low (0.1) to preserve lamellar morphology in the nanocomposite. Our results show that shear can have a pronounced effect on the location of nanoparticles in block copolymers and can therefore be used as another parameter to control nanocomposite self-assembly. In addition, we investigate the effect of nanoparticles on shear-induced lamellar transition from parallel to perpendicular orientation to further elucidate nanocomposite behavior under shear, which is an important tool to induce long-range order in self-assembling materials such as block copolymers.     

Rheology of polymer brush under oscillatory shear flow studied by nonequilibrium Monte Carlo simulation

The rheological behaviors of polymer brush under oscillatory shear flow were investigated by nonequilibrium Monte Carlo simulation. The grafted chain under oscillatory shear flow exhibited a waggling behavior like a flower, and the segments were found to have different oscillatory phases along the chain contour. Stress tensor was further obtained based on the statistics of sampled configuration distribution functions. The simulation reproduced the abrupt increase of the first normal stress difference N(1) with the flow velocity over a critical value, as observed in the experiment of Klein et al. [Nature (London) 352, 143 (1991)]. However, our simulation did not reproduce the brush thickening with shear velocity increased, which was suggested to be responsible for the abrupt increase of N(1) in the above-mentioned paper. This simulation demonstrates that the increase of normal stress might be an inherent behavior of polymer brush due to chain deformation under flow.     

Shear-thickening flow of nanoparticle suspensions flocculated by polymer bridging

The steady-shear viscosity, dynamic viscoelasticity, and stress relaxation behavior were measured for suspensions of silica nanoparticles dispersed in aqueous solutions of poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO). The suspensions of silica with diameters of 8-25 nm show striking shear-thickening profiles in steady shear and highly elastic responses under large strains in oscillatory shear. Since the silica particles are much smaller than the polymer coils, one molecule can extend through several particles by intrachain bridging. Each polymer coil may remain isolated as a floc unit and the silica particles hardly connect two flocs. Therefore, the flow of suspensions is Newtonian with low viscosity at low shear rates. When the polymer coils containing several nanoparticles are subjected to high shear fields, three-dimensional network is developed over the system. The shear-thickening flow may arise from the elastic forces of extended bridges. But, the polymer chain is easily detached from particle surface by thermal energy because of large curvature of particles. As a result, the network structures are reversibly broken down in a quiescent state and the suspensions behaves as viscoelastic fluids with the zero-shear viscosity.     

聚苯乙烯/蒙脱土纳米复合材料的自组装行为

聚合物／层状硅酸盐（PLS）纳米复合材料由于具有常规复合材料所没有的结构、形态以有较常规聚合物基复合材料更优异的物理力学性能等而引起人们的关注^[1],但以往文献^[1-3]主要报道PLS纳米复合材料的制备与性能表征,对于熔融加工过程中粘土粒子吸高分子的取向和结构研究很少。作者等^[4-6]发现了剥离型聚苯乙烯（PS）／蒙脱土纳米复合材料中的剪切诱导有序结构,并采用广角X射线衍射法（WAXD）、透射电镜法（TEM）和红外二向色性法对其形成机理进行了研究。结果表明,该有序结构的主要来源是分散在PS基体中的蒙脱土初级粒子（Primary particles）内部片层的规整排列以及沿平行于样品表面方面的平面取向,PS的苯环平面平行剪切流动方向取向,而烷项链未见明显取向。本文报道该纳米复合材料的剪切诱导有序结构在升温过程中出现的自组装行为,并用原位升温X射线衍射法和红外二向色性法对蒙脱土初级粒子的规整度以及PS的苯环和烷基链在升温过程中的取向行为进行了研究,在此基础上提出了可能的形成机理。     

SiO2纳米粒子对受限流场下聚异丁烯/聚二甲基硅氧烷共混物相形态的影响

利用显微-光学剪切联用系统构造受限剪切环境,探讨了少量不同表面性质的SiO2纳米粒子的加入对聚异丁烯(PIB)/聚二甲基硅氧烷(PDMS)不相容共混体系分散相形态演变过程的影响.研究结果表明,少量疏水性SiO2纳米粒子的加入可抑制分散相液滴的凝聚,从而抑制珍珠链状及纤维状等超级相形态的形成,使共混物表现为近似本体流体的...     

Viscoelasticity of Shear Thickening Fluid Based on Silica Nanoparticles Dispersing in 1-butyl-3-methylimidizolium Tetrafluoroborate

The viscoelasticity of shear thickening fluid (STF), a crucial property in the protective composite applications, with different silica nanoparticle concentrations in ionic liquid, 1-butyl-3-methylimidizolium tetrafluoroborate ([C₄min]BF₄), was studied at different temperatures and with shear frequencies through oscillatory shear, respectively. All STFs present strain thickening behavior. With increasing silica nanoparticle concentration, the critical shear strain for the onset of strain thickening decreased, while the complex viscosity, storage modulus, and loss modulus increased significantly. The critical shear strain increased with an increase of temperature, while the complex viscosity, storage modulus, and loss modulus decreased notably. The critical shear strain was constant with increasing the frequency of strain, while the complex viscosity decreases slightly. The storage modulus and loss modulus were independent with frequency in the strain thickening region. Nanoparticle clusters leading to strain thickening were demonstrated. The viscoelastic response of STFs to varying silica nanoparticle content, temperature, and frequency investigated here will help to design the specific application of STFs in soft protective composites and damping devices.