范德华作用和静电作用下的二元粒子自组装

采用简单粗粒化粒子模型,通过郎之万动力学模拟研究了具有范德华作用和静电作用的二元粒子自组装．研究发现,通过改变粒子尺寸和粒子间作用强度,二元粒子能够自发形成各种聚集结构,如球 形、堆叠层状与管状结构．利用两亲性分子或两嵌段聚合物自组装理论,解释了二元粒子聚集结构的形成规律．当向溶液中加入反电荷离子时,模拟表明粒子聚集结构在相图中的分布出现了明显偏移．     

基于自洽场理论两亲高分子自组装的研究

运用扩展的自洽场和密度泛函理论(SCF/DFT),研究ABC蝌蚪形两亲高分子在稀溶剂中的自组装形态,其中蝌蚪形两亲高分子由线形嵌段共聚物链AB嫁接到球形纳米颗粒C上构成.与以往研究的线形ABC两亲高分子相比,蝌蚪形两亲高分子的自组装形态有着很大的不同.在粒子亲溶剂,嵌段共聚物疏溶剂时,各组分间弱分凝条件下,蝌蚪形两亲高分子自组装成胶球状形貌;在强分凝条件下,随着嵌段共聚物疏溶剂性的增强,两亲高分子的自组织态由胶球状转变成四角、三角状形貌,其中嵌段B主要分布在各角上.通过改变各组分间的相互作用,在嵌段A亲溶剂,嵌段B和粒子疏溶剂时,粒子呈平行棒状或小方块状分布在胶球中.     

C_(60)富勒烯二聚物的等离激元激发

基于含时密度泛函理论,研究了C60富勒烯二聚物的等离激元激发.当两个C60分子靠近,分子之间的间隙较大,通过电容性相互作用时,二聚物的低能等离激元共振模式随着间隙的减小发生红移.进一步减小间隙时,由于电子的隧穿,C60富勒烯二聚物的等离激元共振模式发生了改变,长程电荷转移激发模式形成.与金属纳米结构二聚物不同,当再继续减小间隙时,长程电荷转移激发模式没有发生蓝移,而是继续红移.在可见光范围内,C60富勒烯二聚物有很强的吸收光谱.     

密度泛函理论研究MN@H_2O (M=Ga,Ge, In,Sn, Sb; N=M,Al)团簇的特性

采用密度泛函理论的B3LYP, B3P86, B1B95, P3PW91和PBE1PBE方法结合SDD, LANL2DZ和CEP-121G基组计算了d~(10)组态二聚物MN(M=Ga, Ge, In, Sn和Sb; N=M和Al)的几何结构.采用B3P86/SDD进一步研究了MN@H_2O团簇的几何结构及吸附能.结果表明,水分子结合在二聚物M_2上时,对二聚物影响较大,对水分子自身影响较小.将M_2中Ga, Ge, In, Sn或Sb替换一个原子为Al时,水分子在GeAl和SnAl上的吸附能变化较大,而在GaAl, InAl和SbAl上吸附能变化较小.另外, H_2O吸附在Ga, Ge, In, Sn和Sb上时,与吸附在Al上时,吸附能的变化不大.     

广义相对论和Brans-Dicke引力理论下的行星进动与星光偏折

作为两种重要的候选引力理论,广义相对论以及Brans-Dicke引力理论对于理解天体及宇宙的形成与演化具有重要的意义.本文在广义相对论和Brans-Dicke引力理论下,考察恒星附近的行星进动以及星光偏折效应.首先推导出恒星周围的静态球对称背景时空下粒子轨道方程的普适形式;然后分别针对两种引力理论,进一步利用相应的真空场方程的静态球对称精确解推导出描述行星及星光轨道方程,其为非线性的二阶常微分方程;利用微扰法求解轨道方程,得到了含高阶修正的近似解,进而给出了对应的行星进动角和星光偏折角.本文对利用更高精度的实验观测来检验、甄别引力理论具有重要的意义.     

嵌段共聚物受限于软孔内的自组装

利用自洽场方法研究两嵌段共聚物受限于接枝均聚物链(聚合物刷)圆孔中的自组装相形貌.研究表明,当圆孔内径一定时,嵌段比f和聚合物刷C的体积分数φ_C是调控嵌段共聚物相形貌的主要因素,聚合物刷的弹性熵也起着重要作用.当f＝0.7时,在聚合物刷的浸润下,贴近刷表面处AB嵌段共聚物构成环层状结构,随着φ_C的减小这种结构会周而复始地出现.当f处于0. 关键词： 嵌段共聚物 圆孔受限 聚合物刷 自洽场     

界面耦合对共聚物能带及键结构的影响

建立了紧束缚近似下的二嵌段共聚物-(A)x-(B)y-的物理模型,研究了组成共聚物的均聚物间界面相互作用-界面耦合的强弱对共聚体系的能带结构、键结构性质等的影响.共聚物的带隙也可通过改变均聚物之间的界面相互作用来加以调制,进一步发现可用界面势阱或能垒(energy barrier)来表征界面耦合的强弱.     

非对称线棒线ABA三嵌段共聚物自组装的自洽场研究

利用自洽场方法在三维空间模拟计算非对称型线/棒/线ABA三嵌段共聚物的自组装.在线棒嵌段体积比例相等的条件下,改变两端的线嵌段体积比例,观察到层状、螺旋状、条状和柱状结构.相分离相互作用参数随着一侧线嵌段体积比例增加而逐渐增大,并且当一侧线体积分数为0.05时,相行为最为丰富.随着相互作用参数增大,层状、螺旋和层状结构依次出现,这与相应的线/棒二嵌段共聚物是不同的;层状、螺旋、条状和柱状结构的出现与相应的对称线/棒/线三嵌段共聚物的自组装行为也不同.     

二维模糊球上的量子霍尔流体

在回顾了Haldane对量子Hall效应在二维球面S2上的描述后,本文构造了二维模糊球S2上的非对易代数及其Hilbert空间的Moyal结构.通过构造模糊球上不可压缩量子霍尔流体的非对易Chern-Simons理论,求解具有准粒子源的Gaussian约束,找出模糊球上的Calogero矩阵及最低Landau能级Laughlin波函数的完全集,此Laughlin波函数由旋量坐标推广的Jack多项式表示.     

13C及29Si核磁共振研究苯乙烯-二甲基硅氧烷嵌段共聚物的弛豫及分子运动

用¹³C及²⁹Si核磁共振研究了苯乙烯(S)及二甲基硅氧烷(Si)嵌段共聚物中硅氧烷软段的固体及溶液谱的自旋-晶格弛豫时间T₁。固态嵌段共聚物主链²⁹Si及侧甲基¹³C的T₁都与均聚物的T₁相近,但在CdCl₃溶液中各种嵌段共聚物的T₁与均聚硅氧烷相差颇大。用偶极-偶极相互作用来解释高聚物的自旋-晶格弛豫。苯乙烯-二甲基硅氧烷嵌段共聚物具两相结构,所以嵌段共聚物中软段及硬段微区中链段的运动与在均聚物分子中链段的运动模式基本相同。而CdCl₃对聚苯乙烯或聚硅氧烷都是良溶剂,软段硬段之间有相互影响。所以其链段运动与均聚物不同,从而导致链段运动的相关时间τ_c变短和T₁的增长。     

Morphology of lamellae-forming block copolymer films between two orthogonal chemically nanopatterned striped surfaces

The structure of block copolymers results from the interplay between weak intermolecular forces, typically in the order of k(B)T per molecule. This is particularly true for block copolymer thin films in the presence of chemically patterned surfaces, where the different contributions to the total free energy, the interfacial and bulklike terms, have comparable magnitudes. Here, we report on the structures formed by block copolymers films equilibrated between two chemically patterned surfaces with orthogonal stripes. Our experiments and simulations reveal that the domains are continuous through the film and the interface between domains resembles the Scherk's first minimal surface. The impact of chemical patterns on block copolymer morphologies and the underlying physics gives insight into the nanofabrication of complex nanostructures with directed self-assembly using two engineered boundary conditions, as opposed to only one.     

Block copolymer morphologies confined by square-shaped particle:Hard and soft confinement

The self-assembly of diblock copolymers confined around one square-shaped particle is studied systematically within two-dimensional self-consistent field theory(SCFT).In this model,we assume that the thin block copolymer film is confined in the vicinity of a square-shaped particle by a homopolymer melt,which is equivalent to the poor solvents.Multiple sequences of square-shaped particle-induced copolymer aggregates with different shapes and self-assembled internal morphologies are predicted as functions of the particle size,the structural portion of the copolymer,and the volume fraction of the copolymer.A rich variety of aggregates are found with complex internal self-assembled morphologies including complex structures of the vesicle,with one or several inverted micelle surrounded by the outer monolayer with the particle confined in the core.These results demonstrate that the assemblies of diblock copolymers formed around the square-shaped particle in poor solvents are of immediate interest to the assembly of copolymer and the morphology of biomembrane in the confined environment,as well as to the transitions of vesicles to micelles.     

受限壁的选择性对软受限下星形三嵌段共聚物形貌的影响

基于嵌段共聚物在软受限条件下能够自组装形成很多有序结构,在催化、电子器件、光学传感等领域有广泛的应用价值,目前只对线性三嵌段共聚物在软受限下的自组装形貌做了分析,对星形三嵌段共聚物在软受限下的自组装行为还未有一个统一的定论.在这项研究中,应用模拟退火来研究ABC星形三嵌段共聚物在软受限下的自组装行为,嵌段与溶剂没有选择性下(中性壁),通过调整三个嵌段(f_A、f_B和f_C)的体积分数来构建相图,我们的模拟预测了各种独特的自组装纳米结构,包括薄片+球形、圆柱状,穿孔层,薄片+圆柱体,核壳补丁.然后通过改变嵌段与溶剂的选择性预测了链长度比为1:x:1的共聚物粒子形貌.通过计算接触数、均方根末端距与平均链长的比值以及平均键长随x的变化,验证了形貌转变机制.     

Complex nanostructured materials from segmented copolymers prepared by ATRP

The development of new controlled/living radical polymerization processes, such as Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization (ATRP) and other techniques such as nitroxide mediated polymerization and degenerative transfer processes, including RAFT, opened the way to the use of radical polymerization for the synthesis of well-defined, complex functional nanostructures. The development of such nanostructures is primarily dependent on self-assembly of well-defined segmented copolymers. This article describes the fundamentals of ATRP, relevant to the synthesis of such systems. The self-assembly of block copolymers prepared by ATRP is illustrated by three examples. In the first, block copolymers of poly(butyl acrylate) with polyacrylonitrile phase separate, leading to spherical, cylindrical or lamellar morphologies, depending on the block copolymer composition. At a higher temperature, polyacrylonitrile block converts to nanostructured carbon clusters, whereas poly(butyl acrylate) block serves as a sacrificial block, aiding the development of designed nanostructures. In the second example, conductive nanoribbons of poly(n-hexylthiophene) surrounded by a matrix of organic polymers are formed from block copolymers prepared by ATRP. The third example describes an inorganic-organic hybrid system consisting of hard nanocolloidal silica particles (20 nm) grafted by ATRP with well-defined polystyrene-poly(benzyl acrylate) block copolymer chains (1000 chains per particle). Silica cores in this system are surrounded by a rigid polystyrene inner shell and softer polyacrylate outer shell. Received 9 July 2002 Published online: 11 March 2003     

Multiple patterns of diblock copolymer confined in irregular geometries with soft surface

The different confinement shapes can induce the formation of various interesting and novel morphologies, which might inspire potential applications of materials. In this paper, we study the directed self-assembly of diblock copolymer confined in irregular geometries with a soft surface by using self-consistent field theory. Two types of confinement geometries are considered, namely, one is the concave pore with one groove and the other is the concave pore with two grooves. We obtain more novel and different structures which could not be produced in other two-dimensional(2D) confinements. Comparing these new structures with those obtained in regular square confinement, we find that the range of ordered lamellae is enlarged and the range of disordered structure is narrowed down under the concave pore confinement.We also compare the different structures obtained under the two types of confinement geometries, the results show that the effect of confinement would increase, which might induce the diblock copolymer to form novel structures. We construct the phase diagram as a function of the fraction of B block and the ratio of h/L of the groove. The simulation reveals that the wetting effect of brushes and the shape of confinement geometries play important roles in determining the morphologies of the system. Our results improve the applications in the directed self-assembly of diblock copolymer for fabricating the irregular structures.     

AB/CD嵌段共聚物共混体系多尺度结构的自洽场模拟

本文采用自洽场理论模拟了AB/CD嵌段共聚物共混体系的自组装. 改变组分B与D间的相互作用, 得到了不同空间尺度上的两种层状结构和只能在非对称组成情况才能得到的核壳结构. 结果表明, 这种多尺度结构的形成是因为BD间排斥作用的减弱或者吸引 作用的增强导致二者间相互融合程度的增加. 当BD间的相互融合程度与AB和CD间的相互融合程度相当时, 体系会发生宏观层状与微观层状结构间的转变. 此外, 本文还从能量角度揭示了体系发生这种结构转变的深层次原因. 关键词： 嵌段共聚物 共混 多尺度结构 自洽场     

CORRELATION BETWEEN MORPHOLOGY AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF DIFFERENT STYRENE/BUTADIENE TRIBLOCK COPOLYMERS: A SCANNING FORCE MICROSCOPY STUDY*

The morphology of different styrene/butadiene (SB) block copolymers with triblock architectures was investigated using tapping mode scanning force microscopy (SFM). Comparative analysis of the morphology of the samples at the polymer/substrate interface of solution-cast films and in bulk was performed. It was found that, besides the total phase volume ratio, the interfacial structure between the incompatible chains determines the phase morphology and mechanical properties of the investigated block copolymers. The asymmetric SBS triblock copolymer (φ_ps( 74 vol%) forms, as expected, a cylindrical morphology with hexagonally packed polybutadiene (PB) cylinders in the polystyrene (PS) matrix. Depending on the interfacial structure, block configuration, and the hard/soft phase ratio, other triblock copolymers (φ_ps( 74 vol% and 65 vol%) show lamellae and randomly distributed PS cylinders in a random styrene/butadiene copolymer S/B matrix, respectively.

     

Binary-component micelle and vesicle: Free energy and asymmetric distributions of amphiphiles between monolayers of vesicle

The real-space two-dimensional self-consistent field theory (SCFT) is employed to study the free energies of micelles and vesicles constituted by binary amphiphilic diblock copolymer AB in homopolymer A. With increasing volume fraction of copolymer AB, there are morphological transitions from the circle micelles to oblate circle-like micelles, to compound structure with inverted micelles in the inner center and micelles outer layer, and to vesicles. Special attentions are paid to the role of the copolymer AB in controlling free energies of the micelles and vesicles, by examining the effect of length ratio of A/B with the fixed whole chain length of AB copolymer, the length effect of A or B block with the corresponding fixed length of B or A block, for one component of copolymer, and the effect of different amphiphile compositions for binary-component copolymer system. The quantity η is provided to describe the asymmetric density distribution of amphiphiles between the inner and outer monolayers of vesicles, and to quantify the relative asymmetric extent of the density distribution between two species of copolymers in binary component vesicles.     

Exploring Microstructures and Interphase Properties of Surface- Grafted Diblock Copolymers in a Homopolymer Melt by Self-Consistent Field Theory Simulations

Polymeric self-consistent field theory is used to investigate microstructures and interphase properties of diblock copolymers grafted onto solid surfaces in a homopolymer melt. The calculations show that the grafted diblock copolymers can self-assemble into hemispherical microstructures at low grafting densities of the diblock copolymers. The morphology transforms into hemicylinder-like and sandwich-like lamellar microstructures with an increase in the chain-grafting density. The effective thickness of the grafted block layer and the interphase width between the homopolymer melt and the grafted copolymers strongly depend on the physicochemical parameters of the system, such as the composition of the grafted copolymer, the chemical incompatibility between the different components, the length ratio of grafted copolymer to homopolymer, and the grafting density of the diblock copolymers. In addition, the above computational results of microphase-separated structures and interphase properties are qualitatively compared with our previous experimental observations. The comparison indicates that our theoretical results not only reproduce the general feature of the experimental observations, but also elucidate the internal structural information and complement the findings in the region of high grafting densities of diblock copolymers.