聚己内酯在聚己内酯/苯乙烯丙烯腈共聚物共混体系中的受限结晶

通过示差扫描量热 (DSC)、广角X 射线衍射 (WAXD)和小角X 射线散射 (SAXS)在不同尺度范围研究了聚己内酯 (PCL) 苯乙烯 丙烯腈共聚物 (SAN)共混体系中PCL的结晶行为 .由于该体系中SAN的玻璃化温度高于PCL的熔点 ,从而导致了PCL的结晶行为是一种受限结晶 .研究结果表明PCL的结晶行为从宏观 (DSC结果 )、介观 (SAXS结果 )到微观 (WAXD结果 )都受到了高玻璃化温度SAN的限制 .     

用于大分子定向自组装的新型嵌段共聚物的合成与表征

设计了具有高Flory-Huggins相互作用参数的嵌段共聚物聚(对叔丁基苯乙烯)-b-聚(甲基丙烯酸羟乙酯)(PtBS-b-PHEMA),并分别采用阴离子聚合和原子转移自由基聚合(ATRP)方式制备了不同嵌段比例、不同分子量的窄分子量分布的该嵌段共聚物。利用核磁共振分析了嵌段共聚物的组分,利用小角X射线散射(SAXS)分析了嵌段共聚物相分离后的尺寸及结构,对比研究了两种聚合方式对嵌段共聚物性能的影响。结果表明,采用阴离子聚合方式得到的嵌段共聚物分子量分布更窄,相同分子量下发生微相分离的尺寸更小,其在150℃真空烘箱中加热18h后可以形成尺寸为9.96nm的柱状相及8.42nm的层状相。     

聚醚氨酯的微区形态

<正> 聚醚氨酯热塑弹性体是属于(AB)n类型的线型多嵌段共聚物,包括交替的硬段和软段单元.自从1966年Cooper和Tobolsky首先提出聚氨酯具有微相分离的本体结构之假设以后,至今已有大量文献报道了这类材料结构形态与性能关系的研究结果. Wilkes和Koberstein等使用SAXS研究了聚氨酯体系的形态特征.一般认为,聚氨酯材料的微相结构包括一个叠层状或类似叠层状形态,由相分离的软段和硬段组成,平均尺寸为100A的数量级,在软硬段微区之间还存在一相混合的过渡区,其厚度可以从几个埃至几十个埃.然而,SAXS虽然能够高分辨地给出多相体系相分离情况的定     

稀溶液滴膜法制备聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯伸展链及其构象转变

采用聚苯乙烯-b-聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯嵌段共聚物(PS-b-PMMA)的甲苯稀溶液滴膜法制备PMMA伸展链,用原子力显微镜观察了PMMA分子链形貌及其在丙酮、水蒸气退火后的构象转变.结果表明,浓度(聚合物质量/溶液质量)为1×10~(-6)的PS-b-PMMA甲苯溶液可以在云母基底表面制备出高度为0.2 nm、长度为100~300 nm的PMMA伸展链;该方法可以适用于不同分子量的PS-b-PMMA共聚物,当PMMA嵌段分子链大于PS时,更容易制备高度伸展的PMMA分子链.丙酮蒸气退火可使胶束中的PMMA伸展链迅速收缩并与PS核融为一体变成球形结构.水蒸气退火作用下PMMA分子链的构象转变与制备胶束的起始浓度有关,浓度为1×10~(-6)的胶束只形成球状结构;浓度为5×10~(-6)的胶束含有较多的PMMA伸展链,在水蒸气退火后可形成花状胶束并可以组装成周围带有台阶状PMMA分子层的棒状胶束.     

含烷基柔性链的n型刚棒-线团分子的合成、表征与自组装

含多个对苯撑作为刚棒,齐聚烷基或烷氧基作为柔性链的刚棒-线团(rod-coil)分子,由于具有很强的微相分离和π-π堆积作用,可以在本体和溶液中产生有效的自组装。研究表明,刚棒嵌段的形状影响着分子排列的方式、自组装性能和微结构,因此本文设计了n型芳香嵌段、柔性链全部为烷基的n型刚棒-线团分子,通过红外光谱、NMR和MALDI-TOF-MS对其结构进行了表征,利用DSC、POM和SAXS对此化合物的自组装行为进行了研究。结果表明,含烷基柔性链的n型分子在固态时能形成双分子的层状结构。     

Crystal orientation and melting behavior of poly(ɛ-Caprolactone) under one-dimensionally “hard” confined microenvironment

Crystal orientation and melting behavior of poly(ε-caprolactone) in a diblock copolymer of poly(ε-caprolactone)-block-poly(2,5-bis[4-methoxyphenyl]oxycarbonyl)styrene) (PCL-b-PMPCS) was investigated. The degrees of polymerization of the PCL and PMPCS block are 200 and 98, respectively. With the PMPCS in a columnar liquid crystalline phase, the diblock is rod-coil one, which exhibits a lamellar phase morphology with the PCL layer thickness of 15.2 nm. Since the glass transition temperature of PMPCS block is much higher than the melting temperature of PCL, the crystallization of PCL is in a one-dimensionally "hard" confinement environment. Mainly on the basis of two-dimensional wide-angle X-ray diffraction experiments, we identified the orientation of PCL isothermally crystallized at various crystallization temperatures (Tcs). At high Tcs (Tc≥10℃), the c-axis of the PCL crystal is along the layer normal of the microphase-separated sturcture. Decreasing Tc can result in the tilting of PCL c-axis with respect to the layer normal. The lower the Tc is, the more the c-axis inclines. Meanwhile, the b-axis of PCL remains perpendicular to the layer normal. At a very low Tc of -78℃, the orientation of the PCL crystals is completely random. For the samples isothermally crystallized at Tc≤10℃, double melting behavior can be observed. While the low temperature endotherm reflects the melting of the crystals originally formed at the Tc applied, the high temperature one is associated with the crystals subjected to the process of recrystallization/reorganization upon heating due to the annealing effect.     

聚己内酯-聚铵盐抗菌材料的制备

通过开环聚合(ROP)和原子转移自由基聚合(ATRP)制备了一类聚己内酯-聚阳离子酯嵌段共聚物(LPCL-b-PJDMA).聚合物的制备通过四步反应合成:(1)月桂醇引发开环引发ε-己内酯合成LPCL;(2)以2-溴异丁酰溴(BIBB)封端LPCL制备大分子引发剂;(3)用氯乙酸甲酯对甲基丙烯酸二甲氨基乙酯(DMA)进行季铵化反应制备阳离子小分子(命名为JDMA);(4)用五甲基二乙基三胺(PMDETA)/溴化亚铜为催化剂,催化不同链段数的LPCL与JDMA发生ATRP反应制得LPCL-b-PJDMA.通过核磁氢谱(1H-NMR)对聚合物的化学结构进行表征,确认合成目标产物.利用示差扫描量热仪(DSC)对其热性进行研究,并用水接触角的方法测量聚合物膜亲水性,最后通过测试细菌在聚合物膜上的存活率的方法测定其抗菌性能.结果表明,LPCL与PJDMA共聚后,随着PCL重复单元数增加,共聚物结晶温度相对于纯PCL出现明显的先降低后升高趋势.LPCL-b-PJDMA的亲水性都比纯PCL好,且与LPCL/PJDMA的比例有关.所有的LPCL-b-PJDMA膜对革兰氏阴性菌和革兰氏阳性菌都具有抗菌能力.     

聚己内酯在聚己内酯/聚乙烯基甲基醚共混体系中的结晶研究

通过示差扫描量热(DSC)、广角X射线衍射(WAXD)、小角X射线散射(SAXS)研究了聚己内酯(PCL)/聚乙烯基甲基醚(PVME)共混体系中PCL的结晶行为.研究结果表明,共混聚合物中PCL的结晶度几乎不随体系的组成而发生变化.共混物中PVME的存在没有改变PCL的晶体结构,但是随着PVME含量的增加,片晶之间的距离则大,这主要是由于非晶层增厚引起的.     

等规聚苯乙烯与聚(乙烯/丙烯)嵌段共聚物的研究(Ⅱ)──嵌段共聚物的分离与表征

将配位聚合法合成的等规聚苯乙烯与聚(乙烯/丙烯)嵌段共聚反应产物进行溶剂车取分离,得到嵌段共聚物[iPS-b-Poly(E-co-P)]的含量约为总重量的20％～30％,并用¹³CNMR、FTIR、WAXD、DSC和电子显微镜进行表征．该共聚物是具有等规聚苯乙烯(iPS)与乙丙无规共聚链段结构的三元两嵌段共聚物,且iPS链段有一定的结晶度．由透射电镜可以看出,嵌段共聚物存在微相分离结构,相区尺寸在100nm数量级．     

pPDA/ODA-PMDA嵌段共聚酰亚胺薄膜的聚集态结构

通过控制2个组分的序列长度, 制备了pPDA(对苯二胺)/ODA(4,4′-二氨基二苯醚)-PMDA(均苯四羧酸二酐)嵌段共聚酰亚胺(b-PI). 采用偏光显微镜(PLM)、广角X射线衍射(WAXD)、透射电子显微镜(TEM)和力学性能测试研究了b-PI薄膜的聚集态结构. 结果表明, 所有b-PI薄膜均可结晶, 生成微晶或不完善的小球晶. 刚性棒状的pPDA-PMDA分子链段发生相分离, 形成晶核, 半刚性的ODA-PMDA分子链以pPDA-PMDA为晶核进行晶粒生长. 在结晶过程中, 晶核数目取决于pPDA/ODA比值及pPDA-PMDA(PP)链段长度, 而晶粒尺寸依赖于ODA-PMDA链段(PO)的运动能力. 通过调节二元胺的比例及2个嵌段组分的序列长度, 可以对薄膜的聚集态结构实现可控制备, 从而达到对性能的控制.     

SELF-ASSEMBLY OF ROD-COIL DIBLOCK COPOLYMERS——INFLUENCE OF THE ROD LENGTH

The self-assembly of five narrowly distributed novel rod-coil diblock copolymers, poly(styrene-block-(2, 5-bis[4-methoxy-phenyl]oxycarbonyl) styrene) (PS-b-PMPCS), in p-xylene, a selective solvent at room temperature, was studied. Therod-coil copolymers, which have the same PS length but different PMPCS length, were synthesized by 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-I-piperidinyloxy (TEMPO) mediated living free radical polymerization. The influence of the rod length on the self-assemblymorphology was studied by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). At a concentration of 2.0 mg/mL, those copolymerswith relatively shorter PMPCS length (copolymers 1 and 2) form individual spherical micelles; those with relatively longerPMPCS length (copolymer 3 and 4) form "pearl chains" coexisting with individual spherical micelles; the ones with longestPMPCS length form "pearl chains" coexisting with occasionally formed nanofibers. The diameter of all the morphologieswas controlled by the rod length. This gives us a way to govern the self-assembly morphology by altering the length of oneblock in the block copolymer.     

Perforated layer structures in liquid crystalline rod-coil block copolymers

We report a novel observation of the tetragonal perforated layer structures in a series of rod-coil liquid crystalline block copolymers (BCPs), poly(styrene-block-(2,5-bis[4-methoxyphenyl]oxycarbonyl)styrene) (PS-b-PMPCS). PMPCS forms rigid rods while PS forms the coil block. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), polarized light microscopy (PLM), small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), wide-angle X-ray diffraction (WAXD), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) techniques were used to investigate these rod-coil molecules, and a perforated layer structure was observed at f(PMPCS) approximately 0.37 in relatively low molecular weight (M(w)) samples and approximately 0.5 in high M(w) PS-b-PMPCS. This substantial phase boundary shift was attributed to the rod-coil nature of the BCP. The perforation obeys a tetragonal instead of hexagonal symmetry. The "onset" of perforation was also observed in real space in sample PS(272)-b-PMPCS(93) (f(PMPCS) approximately 0.52), in which few PS chains punctuate PMPCS layers. A slight increase in f(PS), by blending with PS homopolymer, led to a dramatic change in the BCP morphology, and uniform tetragonal perforations were observed at f(PMPCS) approximately 0.48.     

Poly(3-alkylthiophene) diblock copolymers with ordered microstructures and continuous semiconducting pathways

Conjugated rod-coil diblock copolymers self-assemble due to a balance of liquid crystalline (rod-rod) and enthalpic (rod-coil) interactions. Previous work has shown that while classical block copolymers self-assemble into a wide variety of nanostructures, when rod-rod interactions dominate self-assembly in rod-coil block copolymers, lamellar structures are preferred. Here, it is demonstrated that other, potentially more useful, nanostructures can be formed when these two interactions are more closely balanced. In particular, hexagonally packed polylactide (PLA) cylinders embedded in a semiconducting poly(3-alkylthiophene) (P3AT) matrix can be formed. This microstructure has been long-sought as it provides an opportunity to incorporate additional functionalities into a majority phase nanostructured conjugated polymer, for example in organic photovoltaic applications. Previous efforts to generate this phase in polythiophene-based block copolymers have failed due to the high driving force for P3AT crystallization. Here, we demonstrate that careful design of the P3AT moiety allows for a balance between crystallization and microphase separation due to chemical dissimilarity between copolymer blocks. In addition to hexagonally packed cylinders, P3AT-PLA block copolymers form nanostructures with long-range order at all block copolymer compositions. Importantly, the conjugated moiety of the P3AT-PLA block copolymers retains the crystalline packing structure and characteristic high time-of-flight charge transport of the homopolymer polythiophene (μ(h) ~10(-4) cm(2) V(-1) s(-1)) in the confined geometry of the block copolymer domains.     

In situ study of the breakout crystallization in the poly(butadiene)-block-poly(ε-caprolactone) thin film

Despite its wide occurrence in soft confined block co-polymers, breakout crystallization remains poorly understood and is difficult to control. In this work, thin films of cylinder-forming poly(butadiene)-block-poly(ε-caprolactone) (PB-b-PCL) diblock co-polymers, with PCL being the minority block, have been chosen as the study subject. We demonstrate a new route to study the breakout crystallization by obtaining the microphase separation structure within terraced lamellae first and then in situ tracking down the lamellar coalescence, resulting from the development of the crystal growth front. We find that the crystal growth front has sucked materials from the surrounding amorphous lamellae, which lead to the decrease of the lamellar zones and coalescence of the microphase separation structure. Dividing the breakout crystallization into parallel breakout and vertical breakout, we illustrate that it is the crystallization-driven molecular diffusion that make the molecules overcome the topography constraint and grow into large-scale spherulite. Moreover, the results show that the polymer microphase separation structure has a significant influence on the crystal nucleation and greatly retarded the crystal growth rate. With a well-designed microphase separation structure within terraces and an easily tunable atomic force microscopy in situ imaging technique, an intensive study of the breakout crystallization and concomitant microdomain coalescence has been offered.     

A novel self-consistent-field lattice model for block copolymers

We develop a self-consistent-field lattice model for block copolymers and propose a novel and general method to solve the self-consistent-field equations. The approach involves describing the polymer chains in a lattice and employing a two-stage relaxation procedure to evolve a system as rapidly as possible to a free-energy minimum. In order to test the validity of this approach, we use the method to study the microphases of rod-coil diblock copolymers. In addition to the lamellar and cylindrical morphologies, micellar, perforated lamellar, gyroid, and zigzag structures have been identified without any prior assumption of the microphase symmetry. Furthermore, this approach can also give the possible orientation of the rods in different structures.     

"LIVING" FREE RADICAL SYNTHESIS OF NOVEL RODCOIL DIBLOCK COPOLYMERS WITH POLYSTYRENE AND MESOGEN-JACKETED LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMER SEGMENTS*

The synthesis of rod-coil diblock copolymers was achieved for the firsttime by TEMPO-mediated "living" free radical polymerization of styrene and 2,5-bis[(4-methoxyphenyl)oxycarbonyl]styrene(MPCS). The block architecture of the two diblockcopolymers thus prepared, MPCS-b-St(5400/2400) and MPCS-b-St(10800/8700), was con-firmed by GPC, DSC studies and the formation of multimolecular micelles.     

Microphase separation in block‐random copolymers of styrene, 4‐acetoxystyrene,and 4‐hydroxystyrene

“Block‐random” copolymers—where one or more blocks are themselves random copolymers—offer a flexible modification to the usual block copolymer architecture. For example, in a poly(A)‐poly(A‐ran‐B) diblock consisting of monomer units A and B, the interblock segregation strength can be continuously tuned through the B content of the random block, allowing the design of block copolymers with accessible order‐disorder transitions at arbitrarily high molecular weights. Moreover, the development of controlled radical polymerizations has greatly expanded the palette of accessible monomer units A and B, including units with strongly interacting functional groups. We synthesize a range of copolymers consisting of styrene (S) and acetoxystyrene (AS) units, including copolymers where one block is P(S‐ran‐AS), through nitroxide‐mediated radical polymerization. At sufficiently high molecular weights, near‐symmetric PS‐PAS diblocks show well‐ordered lamellar morphologies, while dilution of the repulsive S‐AS interactions in PS‐P(S‐ran‐AS) diblocks yields a phase‐mixed morphology. Cleavage of a sufficient fraction of the AS units in a phase‐mixed PS‐P(S‐ran‐AS) diblock to hydrogen‐bonding hydroxystyrene (HS) units yields, in turn, a microphase‐separated melt. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 47:2106–2113, 2009.     

Influence of a liquid crystalline block on the microdomain structure of block copolymers

We report on the phase behavior and microdomain structure of two types of diblock copolymers containing a liquid crystal (LC) block joined to a flexible coil block. Consideration of the symmetry groups of the liquid crystalline phases and of the block copolymer microdomain structures provides a rationale for predicting the possible types of liquid crystalline block copolymer morphologies. Both previously reported and newly discovered structural types are identified. Possible organizational schemes are developed for the mesogens and periodic disclination defects with respect to the intermaterial dividing surfaces separating the liquid crystalline and flexible coil domains. The first type of copolymer investigated has a rod-like LC block whereas the second type copolymer has a side chain LC block. Five different rod-coil diblocks based on poly(hexyl isocyanate-b-styrene) P(HIC-b-S) were synthesized by anionic polymerization. Wavy lamellae, zig-zag and arrowhead microdomain morphologies corresponding to smectic-C and smectic-O structures were observed depending on the composition. These layered phases have the director (PHIC chain axis) tilted at various orientations with respect to the layer normal. Side-chain LC diblocks based on functionalized poly(isoprene-b-styrene) P(I-b-S) were also investigated. These polymers were synthesized using polymer analogous chemistry from P(I-b-S) precursors. Three different mesogenic groups were attached to the PI blocks: one based on biphenyl benzoate and two based on azobenzene. The microdomain structures found for the functionalized poly(isoprene side-chain LC-b-styrene) P(ILC-b-S) diblocks are typical of traditional coil-coil diblocks (lamellae and cylinders). However, these morphologies possess an additional smectic layering of the mesogens within the microdomains of the LC block. In the case of the rod-coil diblocks, the transformation from an initially isotropic state to the final microphase separated solid state occurs via nematic and then smectic liquid crystalline states, whereas for the side-chain LC-coil cases, the microphase separation transition occurs prior to development of orientational order. The long-range microdomain order of LC block-coil block copolymers can extend over very large distances due to the influence of the orientational ordering of the LC block.     

Preparation of methoxy poly(ethylene glycol)/polyester diblock copolymers and examination of the gel‐to‐sol transition

Diblock copolymers consisting of methoxy poly(ethylene glycol) (MPEG) and poly(?‐caprolactone) (PCL), poly(δ‐valerolactone) (PVL), poly(L ‐lactic acid) (PLLA), or poly(lactic‐co‐glycolic acid) (PLGA) as biodegradable polyesters were prepared to examine the phase transition of diblock copolymer solutions. MPEG–PCL and MPEG–PVL diblock copolymers and MPEG–PLLA and MPEG–PLGA diblock copolymers were synthesized by the ring‐opening polymerization of ?‐caprolactone or δ‐valerolactone in the presence of HCl · Et₂O as a monomer activator at room temperature and by the ring‐opening polymerization of L ‐lactide or a mixture of L ‐lactide and glycolide in the presence of stannous octoate at 130 °C, respectively. The synthesized diblock copolymers were characterized with ¹H NMR, IR, and gel permeation chromatography. The phase transitions for diblock copolymer aqueous solutions of various concentrations were explored according to the temperature variation. The diblock copolymer solutions exhibited the phase transition from gel to sol with increasing temperature. As the polyester block length of the diblock copolymers increased, the gel‐to‐sol transition moved to a lower concentration region. The gel‐to‐sol transition showed a dependence on the length of the polyester block segment. According to X‐ray diffraction and differential scanning calorimetry thermal studies, the gel‐to‐sol transition of the diblock copolymer solutions depended on their degrees of crystallinity because water could easily diffuse into amorphous polymers in comparison with polymers with a crystalline structure. The crystallinity markedly depended on both the distinct character and composition of the block segment. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 42: 5784–5793, 2004