聚乙烯醇水溶液反复冷冻过程中的溶剂化效应

采用示差扫描量热技术(DSC)对聚乙烯醇(PVA)水溶液反复冰冻过程中的溶剂化效应进行研究.引入水化数的概念来表征溶剂化效应的大小.结果表明不同浓度区间的PVA水溶液其在反复冰冻过程中溶剂化效应显著不同,主要归因于高分子链分子内和分子间缠结程度对溶剂分子"参与"溶剂化的程度和方式的不同.作者把极稀高分子溶液的研究结果拓展到高分子稀溶液或亚浓溶液区间,阐述了高分子溶液中高分子链的物理图像.冷冻次数的增加导致链间缠结增加,部分溶剂则被包裹在由链间缠结点所形成的网圈内成为分子链的一部分.溶液溶剂化程度的变化受到包裹溶剂与高分子链脱溶剂化的综合影响.     

两亲性嵌段共聚物在选择性溶液中吸附行为的理论研究

通过自洽场理论方法研究了在圆形孔道以及水平基板受限情况下两亲性嵌段共聚物在选择性稀溶液中的自组装形态,考察受限管壁、管壁极性以及基板间距对聚合物吸附行为的影响.中性圆形孔道中,随着溶剂对疏水链的排斥作用增强和对亲水段的亲水作用增大,聚合物以蘑菇形状吸附于管壁上.疏水链、亲水链与溶剂的相互作用差异性越大,越容易产生吸附现象.在亲水性孔道中,吸附现象有所缓解,随着管壁对亲水段吸引作用的增强,聚合物在管壁附近形成规则排列的球状胶束.当疏水链、亲水链与溶剂的相互作用相差非常大时,即使管壁对亲水嵌段的吸附作用增强,也不能消除聚合物吸附现象.在中性水平基板中,随着基板间距的增加,两亲性嵌段共聚物在基板附近依次出现球状胶束-蘑菇状胶束-单层球状胶束-高分子刷-双层球状胶束-对称高分子刷的自组装形态.     

“双亲性”嵌段共聚物胶束形貌调控的研究*

本文综述了“双亲性”嵌段共聚物在选择性溶剂中胶束行为和胶束形貌的主要影响因素,包括溶液温度、选择性溶剂种类、嵌段长度、链段结晶、链段与溶剂间氢键作用以及共聚物浓度对胶束最终形貌产生影响的因素;系统介绍了对嵌段共聚物胶束形貌进行调控的实验方法;在此同时介绍了对环境刺激如温度和pH变化等具有响应性能的“双亲性”嵌段共聚物在选择性溶剂中胶束行为研究的最新进展;最后提出了该研究领域目前存在的问题和今后的可能发展方向。     

CMC系列高分子表面活性剂的胶束形态

高分子表面活性剂分子量高 ,分子中兼具亲水和疏水链段 ,在选择性溶剂水中同小分子表面活性剂一样 ,可形成疏水链段为核心、亲水链段为外壳的胶束结构 ,但高分子量又使其表现出许多不同于低分子表面活性剂的形态特征 ,如胶束的多种形态、尺寸分布多分散性等等 ,而这些形态特征对高分子表面活性剂的界面活性、增粘、乳化等性能有决定性的影响．结构规整的嵌段或接枝共聚物在选择性溶剂中的分子聚集形态已有研究 ［１,２］,亲水亲油性的高分子表面活性剂在水溶液中由于结构复杂、水溶液中氢键作用及静电作用力等因素造成的困难 ,因而研究较少…     

嵌段共聚物自组装的研究进展

自组装是分子间通过非共价键相互作用自发组合形成的一类结构明确、稳定,同时具有某种特定功能或性能的分子聚集体或超分子结构的现象.嵌段共聚物不仅可以在本体中自组装,还能在溶液中自组装.本文综述了嵌段共聚物在溶液中自组装的规律及其主要影响因素,包括嵌段共聚物链段长度、选择性溶剂的性质、嵌段共聚物的浓度、溶液的pH值等;并介绍...     

丙烯酰胺-苯乙烯双亲嵌段共聚物的微结构及水溶液行为

通过改变丙烯酰胺(AM)与苯乙烯(St)的投料比、苯乙烯与表面活性剂的加入量之比及引发剂加入量,在微乳液中制备了分子链微结构系列变化的丙烯酰胺-苯乙烯双亲嵌段共聚物(PAM-b-PSt),用荧光探针法与表面活性测定法详细地研究了共聚物中PSt嵌段长度、含量及分子量等微结构因素对共聚物在水溶液中的疏水缔合性与表面活性的影响.结果表明,当共聚物水溶液的浓度高于临界缔合浓度时,PAM-b-PSt的疏水缔合作用以分子间的缔合为主.若共聚物中PSt嵌段含量及分子链长一定时,随着PSt疏水嵌段长度增长,PAM-b-PSt的疏水缔合性增强,而对共聚物的表面活性影响很小.若共聚物中PSt疏水嵌段长度及分子链长一定时,PAM-b-PSt的疏水缔合性随着PSt嵌段含量的变化而变化,当PSt嵌段含量一定时,使大分子链之间产生最强的疏水缔合作用;而其表面活性则随着PSt嵌段含量的增大而增强.若共聚物中PSt疏水嵌段长度及含量一定时,分子量对其表面活性有较大的影响,分子量越高,表面活性越差;同时,在较稀的溶液浓度范围内,分子量对PAM-b-PSt的疏水缔合性的影响则很小.     

多嵌段共聚物(P4VP-b-PS-b-P4VP)_n的胶束化行为研究

研究了一系列具有不同链段长度和组成的聚4-乙烯基吡啶-聚苯乙烯-聚4-乙烯基吡啶多嵌段共聚物(P4VP-b-PS-b-P4VP)n在其选择性溶剂甲苯和pH<3的水中的胶束化过程,主要研究了多嵌段共聚物链段长度、溶液浓度和溶剂对其胶束形态的影响.透射电镜和原子力显微镜结果表明随着P4VP段链的相对增长,多嵌段共聚物在甲苯中的胶束形态由蠕虫链状向短棒状到球状胶束变化,而其在pH<3的水溶液中均形成球形胶束.由于特殊的链结构,聚合物的浓度对(P4VP-b-PS-b-P4VP)n多嵌段共聚物的胶束行为和胶束形态有着重要的影响.同时,(P4VP-b-PS-b-P4VP)n多嵌段共聚物分子量分布的多分散性对其在选择性溶剂中的胶束形态也有所影响.     

真空浇铸聚苯乙烯薄膜的拉伸力学行为

高分子溶液的浓度从极稀到极浓的转变过程是高分子链从单链体系转变成相互穿透的多链体系的分子凝聚过程 .在极稀溶液中高分子链以无规线团状态孤立地存在于溶剂介质中 ;在良溶剂中是溶涨的无规线团 ,可以设想溶液浓度逐渐增大时 ,有一高分子线团开始相互接触的所谓接触浓度 ;随着浓度进一步增加高分子线团之间就发生交叠而相互穿透 ,这时溶液就转变成物理交联结构的浓溶液 .分子链的互穿程度会随浓度的继续增加而增加 .如果能用一些特殊的实验方法将高分子在不同浓度的溶液中的凝聚状态尽量全部或部分的保留到高分子固体中 ,则所得到的具有…     

高分子体系的自洽场理论方法及其应用

高分子体系的自洽场理论(self-consistent field theory, SCFT)是基于平均场近似的粗粒化模型, 特别适合研究发生相分离的非均相高分子体系在平衡态的相结构及相图, 其突出的优点在于能够考虑链拓扑构型、链序列分布等链的细节特点. 本文将对高分子体系的SCFT方法作较为详尽的介绍. 重点根据多年来我们自己的研究工作并结合实例, 简要介绍SCFT方法在具有复杂拓扑结构的多嵌段共聚高分子本体及稀溶液中的微相分离形态的预测、表面接枝高分子的纳米颗粒间的相互作用、含液晶体系的界面问题以及表面锚泊高分子链的囊泡形状问题等诸多前沿领域的具体应用. 最后, 展望了SCFT方法的可能发展方向和应用前景.     

氟化嵌段共聚物组成、溶液性质与其固化后的表面结构

采用ATRP技术合成了不同含氟段长度的聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯一b．聚（甲基丙烯酸一2．全氟辛基乙酯）（PMMA144-b-PFMAn）嵌段共聚物．利用接触角、XPS、SFG、表面张力、DLS等技术研究了不同含氟段长度PMMA144-b-PFMAn溶液气／液界面性质、聚合物分子在溶液中的聚集行为与其固化后表面结构与性能．发现含少数几个氟化结构单元的嵌段共聚物就呈现出优异的疏水疏油性．含氟段的增长其表面性能反而下降．对其表面结构进行研究发现,含氟量的增加,使含氟组分在表面富集程度的增加有限,F／C比则随深度的增加而增加．同时全氟烷基在表面的排列有序性下降．当氟化结构单元的长度为10时,共聚物的表面层反而出现了PMMA的链段．原因主要是由于含氟段的长度影响嵌段共聚物分子在溶液中的聚集结构和气／液界面结构,从而影响固化过程中其表面结构的形成．结果表明,高含氟量的聚合物不一定具有优异的表面性能,合适的溶液性质对含氟聚合物表面结构的形成具有重要的影响．     

Adsorption of semiflexible block copolymers on homogeneous surfaces

We present the results of extensive numerical off-lattice Monte Carlo simulations of semiflexible block-copolymer chains adsorbed onto flat homogeneous surfaces. We have compared the behavior of several chain structures, such as homopolymers, diblocks, (A(alpha)B(alpha)) block copolymers, and random heteropolymers. In all the cases studied, we have found the adsorption process to be favored with an increase of the chain rigidity. Particularly, the adsorption of diblock structures becomes a two-step process characterized by two different adsorbing temperatures that depend on the chain stiffness kappa, the chain length N, and the adsorbing energies epsilon(A) and epsilon(B). This twofold adsorbing process changes to a single one for copolymers of reduced block size alpha. Each block of the stiff copolymer chain is found to satisfy the classical scaling laws for flexible chains, however, we found the scaling exponent phi to depend on the chain stiffness. The measurement of the radius of gyration exhibits a typical behavior of a polymer chain composed of Nl(p) blobs whose persistence length follows l(p) approximately (kappa/k(B)T)(0.5) for large stiff chains.     

Stoichiometric polyelectrolyte complexes as comb copolymers

The collapse behavior of a single comblike copolymer chain has been studied by Monte Carlo simulations. It has been supposed that the solvent is good for the side chains but the solvent quality for the backbone chain changes. It has been shown that depending on the structural parameters of the comb copolymer (the lengths of the backbone and side chains, grafting density of the side chains) various thermodynamically stable morphologies of the collapsed backbone chain can be realized. In addition to ordinary spherical globule we have observed elongated structures as well as necklace-like conformations. The proposed model can be used to describe conformational behavior of stoichiometric complexes between block copolymers with a polyelectrolyte short block and oppositely charged linear homopolymers.     

Crystallization under stress: A theory of fibrillar crystallization

A theory of crystallization in stretched polymer networks is developed. In it, four principal features are incorporated: (i) crosslinks are displaced by growing crystallites, (ii) network chains are constrained to positions compatible with fixed sample shape and volume, (iii) some network chains remain amorphous, and (iv) the relative direction of a chain through a crystallite may not be the same for all chains. The derived network force exhibits a V or U shape with changing temperature in the crystallization zone that is a close replica of the behavior of gutta percha networks. Postulates of fibrillar-lamellar transitions are not introduced into the calculations.     

Fabrication of well‐defined shape memory graft polymers derived from biomass: An insight into the effect of side chain architecture on shape memory properties

Fully sustainable shape memory polymers (SMPs) derived from ethyl cellulose (EC, derived from cellulose), tetrahydrofurfuryl methacrylate (THFMA, derived from furfural), and lauryl methacrylate (LMA, derived from fatty acids) were prepared via “grafting from” atom transfer radical polymer (ATRP). The “grafting from” ATRP strategy allows to fabricate SMPs with EC as a backbone, and LMA and THFMA copolymer as a side chain. By utilizing the one‐pot and sequential monomer addition approach, two types of SMPs with random/semi‐block side chain architectures were obtained, respectively. Random/semi‐block side chain architecture of SMPs was confirmed by DSC, DMA, SAXS, and TEM. The presence of microphase separation in the SMPs with semi‐block side chain architecture provided two distinct thermal transitions, which was needed for triple‐shape memory behavior. Shape memory study showed that SMPs with semi‐block side chain architecture exhibited excellent triple‐shape memory property, and also had higher shape recovery speed and shape recovery ratio than those with random side chain architecture. © 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2018 , 56, 1711–1720     

Micellar structure in gemini nonionic surfactants from small-angle neutron scattering

The size and shape of micelles formed by dimeric polyoxyethylene (nonionic gemini) surfactants having the structure (Cn-2H2n-3CHCH2(OCH2CH2)mOH)2(CH2)6 with alkyl and ethoxy chain lengths ranging from n = 12-20 and m = 5-30 have been determined using small angle neutron scattering (SANS). The surfactants are polydisperse in the hydrophilic groups but otherwise analogous to the widely studied monomeric poly(oxyethylene) alkanols. We find that longer ethoxylated chains are needed to confer solubility on the gemini surfactants and that these chains in the hydrophilic corona around the alkyl core of the micelles are reasonably well described as a homogeneous random coil in a good solvent. Spherical micelles are formed by the surfactants with the longest ethoxylated chains. Shorter chains lead first to rods and ultimately a vesicle dispersion. These solutions exhibit conventional cloud point behavior, and on warming, a sphere to rod transition can be observed. For the n = 20 and m = 15 surfactant, this shape transition is accompanied by a striking increase in viscosity at low concentration and gelation at higher concentrations.     

Rigid rod polymers with flexible side chains. X. Thermotropic mesophases from aromatic stiff-chain polyamides bearing n-alkoxy side chains

The synthesis of stiff-chain poly(1,4-phenylene terephthalamide)s substituted by two as well as by four flexible side chains per repeating unit is described. The solubility of the materials bearing only two side chains is still very low. Appending of four side chains leads to polyamides which dissolve in common organic solvents. All polyamides reported herein form layered structures in the solid state as well as in the mesophase. Polyamides with two side chains have a very weak tendency for crystallization and do not exhibit a transition to the isotropic state even for the longest side chains. Polyamides with four side chains show three reversible thermal transitions: a disordering transition of the side chains, a transition to a layered, smectic-like mesophase, and finally the transition to an isotropic melt. It is shown that the phase behavior of these materials is mainly governed by the strong segregation of main- and side-chains which can be compared best to the microphase separation in block copolymers. © 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Effect and Mechanism of Solvent Properties on Solution Behavior and Films Condensed State Structure for the Semi-rigid Conjugated Polymers

Solvents have an essential association with polymer solution behavior. However, few researches have been deeply done on this respect. In recent years, our research group focus on the study on effect of solvent properties on solution behavior and film condensed state structure for semi-rigid conjugated polymer up till to apply for optoelectronic device. Herein, influence of solvent properties including solubility of solvent, aromaticity, polarity and hydrogen bonds on semi-rigid polymer chain solution behavior, i.e., single chain conformation, chain shape,size and chains aggregated density were studied by means of static/dynamic laser light scattering(DLS/SLS) and exponential law etc. Effect of solvent properties on condensed state structure of the semi-rigid conjugated polymer film was studied by UV absorption spectroscopy, PL spectroscopy and electron microscopy etc. The essential reasons for the influence were discovered and the mechanism was revealed. It was found that solution behavior with different solvent properties had an essential physical relationship with chains condensed state structure of the semi-rigid conjugated polymers. More importantly, there was a quantitative structure-activity relationship between solution and film. The key to this relationship depended on the interaction between solvent molecules and the semi-rigid conjugated polymer chains. This interaction could also affect optoelectronic devices performance. This study is of great significance to effectively control the condensed state structure of the semirigid conjugated polymers in the process of dynamic evolution from solutions to films. It not only enriches the knowledge and understanding of both semi-rigid conjugated polymer solution behaviors and film condensed state physics based on polymer physics, but also is meaningful to practical application for conjugated polymer and other traditional polymer systems.     

Solid-fluid and solid-solid phase equilibrium in a model of n-alkane mixtures

Solid-fluid and solid-solid phase equilibrium for binary mixtures of hard sphere chains modeling n-hexane, n-heptane, and n-octane has been calculated using Monte Carlo computer simulations. Thermodynamic integration was used to calculate the Gibbs free energy and chemical potentials in the solid and fluid phases from pure component reference values. A multiple stage free energy perturbation method was used to calculate the composition derivative of the Gibbs free energy. Equation of state and free energy data for the fluid phase indicate ideal solution behavior. Nonideality is much more significant in the solid phase with only partial solubility of shorter chains in the longer chains and essentially no solubility at the other end of the composition range. The miscibility decreases with increasing chain length difference between the components. For the model of n-hexane/n-octane mixtures solid--solid phase separation has been observed directly in some of the simulations, with the components segregating between the layers of the solid structure. The behavior is similar to that seen in some binary n-alkane mixtures with longer chain lengths but comparable chain length ratios between the components. Such phase separation, although indicated thermodynamically, is not seen directly in the simulations of the n-heptane/n-octane mixture due to the difference in the pure component crystal structures.     

Self‐Assembly of Photochromic Diarylethenes with Amphiphilic Side Chains: Core‐Chain Ratio Dependence on Supramolecular Structures

Photochromic diarylethene derivatives having different lengths and numbers of poly(ethylene glycol) side chains were synthesized and their photochromic property and self‐assembling behavior were investigated. The self‐assembling behavior of the derivatives strongly depends upon the ratio between the hydrophobic core and the amphiphilic side chain. According to UV/Vis absorption spectroscopy, CD spectroscopy, and dynamic light scattering experiments, these derivatives showed different size distribution of the assembled structures and different solubility in water. The intensity of the induced CD signal, which was observed in the closed‐ring isomer, was the largest for the molecule having two hexaethylene glycol side chains. The relationship between the core‐chain ratio and regularity of the self‐assembled structure has been investigated.     

Synthesis and characterization of semifluorinated polymers and block copolymers

The goal of the investigation presented here was to evaluate the influence of semifluorinated side chains on the bulk structure and the surface properties of polysulfones with different chain structure. Thus, segmented block copolymers consisting of polysulfone and semifluorinated aromatic polyester segments as well as polysulfones having semifluorinated side chains randomly distributed over the polymer backbone were synthesized and characterized. Oxydecylperfluorodecyl side chains were used because of their strong tendency for self-organization. The influence of the chain architecture on the self-organization as well as on the surface properties, particularly the wetting behavior, was examined. It could be shown that despite of the higher self-organizing tendency of block copolymers the surface properties of both polymer types are comparable and depend only on the concentration of side chains.