纳米SiO_2对PDMS/PIB不相容共混物在低剪切速率下凝聚行为的影响

借助在线剪切-显微装置研究了简单剪切流场下疏水纳米二氧化硅(SiO2)粒子对聚二甲基硅氧烷/聚异丁烯(PDMS/PIB=90 wt%∶10 wt%)不相容共混物实时结构演变过程的影响.研究表明,分散相尺寸的大小及其分布由粒子含量和剪切速率共同决定.少量纳米SiO2的加入能够抑制PIB分散相的凝聚,分散相的尺寸随着纳米SiO2含量的增大而减小,并且呈现出双峰分布.但随着SiO2粒子含量的进一步增加,分散相尺寸的双峰分布现象逐渐消失.SiO2的加入还导致PIB分散相对剪切速率的依赖性降低.当SiO2粒子含量低于2.5wt%时,较高的剪切速率凝聚得到的分散相的尺寸较大;当SiO2粒子含量超过2.5 wt%后,低速和高速剪切速率下凝聚得到的分散相尺寸基本相同.粒子的包覆、分散相的破碎和凝聚是出现以上现象的根本原因.     

振荡剪切流场下PS/PVME/SiO2复合物的相行为

利用光学显微镜-剪切台联用系统研究了振荡剪切流场下聚苯乙烯（PS）/聚甲基乙烯基醚（PVME）/二氧化硅（SiO₂）纳米粒子复合物的热力学稳定性. 结果表明,小振幅振荡剪切可导致PS/PVME共混物出现类似在稳态流场下的剪切诱导相容及剪切诱导相分离现象. 共混体系存在临界振荡频率ω_c,当振荡频率低于ω_c时,发生剪切诱导相分离（SID）行为,反之发生剪切诱导相容（SIM）行为. SiO₂纳米粒子的加入使复合体系的相容性提高. 存在一个临界SiO₂纳米粒子含量φ_c,当SiO₂纳米粒子含量高于φ_c时,复合体系中不存在临界振荡频率ω_c,低振荡频率下的剪切诱导相分离得到抑制. 此外,复合体系的上述行为与升温速率和共混物组成密切相关.     

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...     

二氧化硅胶体晶体及其为模板的多孔材料

用Stober法合成了粒径在35～750nm范围内的单分散的SiO₂粒子,考察了投料比对粒径的影响.研究了所制备的SiO₂胶体晶体的结构和反射光谱.利用两种不同粒径的SiO₂粒子作为模板和模板填充物,分别制备了SiO₂和重氮树脂的多孔材料.     

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.     

温度梯度引起的聚合物共混物梯度相形态的研究

研究了两相不相容聚合物共混物在静态退火时,由温度梯度引起的分散相尺寸的空间分布梯度相形态,讨论了分散相体积分数和两相之间界面张力对梯度形态形成的影响.应用接触凝聚模型计算了在温度梯度作用下,分散相粒子的粗化过程.计算结果表明,界面张力越大,或者分散相体积分数越大,形成的梯度相形态越明显;并且在温度梯度存在下,分散相粒子粗化的速度加快.     

茂金属聚乙烯和低密度聚乙烯共混物的流变行为

研究了茂金属催化乙烯丁烯1共聚物mPE和LDPE共混物的流变行为.测定了一系列共混物的稳态剪切粘度和动态粘弹性,用改进Cross模型拟合实验数据.mPE的零切粘度η₀较小,从牛顿型转变为非牛顿型所需的剪切速率较大,转变应力较高,在挤出加工剪切速率范围内熔体粘度高,对剪切敏感性差,这是由于它有较低的重均分子量、窄的分子量分布(M_w/M_n=21)所致.对于对数加和规律,共混物η₀在mPE/LDPE为50/50和25/75时有强烈的正偏差,这是由于共混物自由体积减小所致.共混物的转变应力τ^*和非牛顿指数n随LDPE加入量增大而降低,表明共混物对剪切的敏感性提高,加工性得到改善.G'和G”的一致性说明mPE和LDPE共混是相容的.     

具有不对称孔道结构的小介孔二氧化硅粒子的合成及其高分子杂化膜的构建

利用手性阴离子酸表面活性剂, 采用软模板法制备了具有不对称孔道结构的小介孔二氧化硅(SiO₂)粒子. 将小介孔SiO₂粒子引入聚偏四氟乙烯(PVDF)和聚酰亚胺(PI)中构建了两种有机/无机杂化膜. 利用傅里叶变换红外光谱(FTIR)、 透射电子显微镜(TEM)、 扫描电子显微镜(SEM)和比表面积分析等表征了小介孔SiO₂粒子和有机/无机杂化膜的微结构, 并通过超滤实验和气体渗透实验分别考察两种杂化膜的性能. 研究结果表明, 表面含有大量亲水基团的小介孔SiO₂粒子具有规则有序排列的孔道结构, 该孔道结构呈现螺旋扭曲和不对称性. 构建的两种有机/无机杂化膜的极性显著提升, 进而有效增强了PVDF杂化膜的膜通量和抗污染性能及PI杂化膜对CO₂气体的分离性能, 克服了高分子膜的博弈效应(Trade-off效应). 另外, SiO₂的小介孔孔道还可以在PI杂化膜中引入优先通过CO₂分子的限域传质通道, 加速了CO₂气体在杂化膜中扩散. 但过多小介孔SiO₂粒子的加入导致其在高分子基质中团聚, 削弱杂化膜的极性和亲水性, 从而降低了两种杂化膜的分离性能.     

介孔结构增强的Fe3O4超粒子@介孔SiO2的光热性能

采用湿化学法制备了多功能Fe₃O₄超粒子@介孔SiO₂复合材料.该纳米复合材料具有超顺磁性,在商用磁铁下可实现快速富集、分离.SiO₂的包覆增强了Fe₃O₄超粒子在近红外光区的吸收,提高了其光热性能;介孔结构的构建提高了近红外光的利用率,进一步提升了纳米复合物的光热性能,且介孔SiO₂的壳层越厚,光热性能越优.细胞实验结果表明,Fe₃O₄超粒子@介孔SiO₂在近红外光照射下具有较高的癌细胞杀伤能力.     

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.     

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.     

Coalescence Suppression in Flowing Polymer Blends Using Silica Rods with Different Surface Chemistries

Silica rods with homogeneous(hydrophilic or hydrophobic) and amphiphilic surface properties were synthesized and their efficiencies in suppressing the flow-induced droplet coalescence of immiscible polyisobutylene(PIB)/polydimethylsiloxane(PDMS) blends were evaluated via in situ visualization technique. The flow-induced coalescence behavior of blends was found to strongly depend on the surface nature and concentration of silica rods added as well as the blend ratio. While a trace amount of rods promoted coalescence, all kinds of rods demonstrated a morphology refinement effect at high rod concentrations. Good compatibilization effects were obtained at high rod concentrations, especially for hydrophilic and amphiphilic rods. Based on confocal laser scanning microscopy results, these phenomena observed were interpreted reasonably in terms of the selective distribution and aggregation of silica rods, which were suggested to be decisive for the stabilization mechanism and efficiency of these rods.     

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.     

Nanoparticles of varying hydrophobicity at the emulsion droplet-water interface: adsorption and coalescence stability

The coalescence stability of poly(dimethylsiloxane) emulsion droplets in the presence of silica nanoparticles ( approximately 50 nm) of varying contact angles has been investigated. Nanoparticle adsorption isotherms were determined by depletion from solution. The coalescence kinetics (determined under coagulation conditions at high salt concentration) and the physical structure of coalesced droplets were determined from optical microscopy. Fully hydrated silica nanoparticles adsorb with low affinity, reaching a maximum surface coverage that corresponds to a close packed monolayer, based on the effective particle radius and controlled by the salt concentration. Adsorbed layers of hydrophilic nanoparticles introduce a barrier to coalescence of approximately 1 kT, only slightly reduce the coalescence kinetics, and form kinetically unstable networks at high salt concentrations. Chemically hydrophobized silica nanoparticles, over a wide range of contact angles (25 to >90 degrees ), adsorb at the droplet interface with high affinity and to coverages equivalent to close-packed multilayers. Adsorption isotherms are independent of the contact angle, suggesting that hydrophobic attraction overcomes electrostatic repulsion in all cases. The highly structured and rigid adsorbed layers significantly reduce coalescence kinetics: at or above monolayer surface coverage, stable flocculated networks of droplets form and, regardless of their wettability, particles are not detached from the interface during coalescence. At sub-monolayer nanoparticle coverages, limited coalescence is observed and interfacial saturation restricts the droplet size increase. When the nanoparticle interfacial coverage is >0.7 and <1.0, mesophase-like microstructures have been noted, the physical form and stability of which depends on the contact angle. Adsorbed nanoparticle layers at monolayer coverage and composed of a mixture of nanoparticles with different hydrophobisation levels form stable networks of droplets, whereas mixtures of hydrophobized and hydrophilic nanoparticles do not effectively stabilize emulsion droplets.     

SiO2纳米颗粒与聚氧乙烯对Pickering乳液的协同稳定作用简

研究了聚氧乙烯(PEO)与SiO2纳米颗粒对水/二甲苯体系Pickering乳液的协同稳定作用. 实验发现,PEO的存在减小了乳液液滴的平均直径,抑制了乳液的相反转,有效阻止了乳液的熟化,使乳液具有更好的稳定性. 进一步对纳米颗粒膜的流变性质进行研究,结果表明,PEO高分子促进了纳米颗粒形成更大尺寸的聚集结构,提高了其在界面上的吸附性,增强了颗粒膜的力学性能,在较小颗粒用量条件下使得Gibbs稳定性判据得到满足.     

Studies on droplet size distributions during coalescence in immiscible polymer blends filled with silica nanoparticles

The effect of silica nanoparticles on the morphology of （10/90 wt%） PDMS/PBD blends during the shear induced coalescence of droplets of the minor phase at low shear rate was investigated systematically in situ by using an optical shear technique. Two blending procedures were used： silica nanoparticles were introduced to the blends by pre-blending silica particles first in PDMS dispersed phase （procedure 1） or in PBD matrix phase （procedure 2）. Bimodal or unimodal droplet size distributions were observed for the filled blends during coalescence, which depend not so much on the surface characteristics of silica but mainly on blending procedure. For pure （10/90 wt%） PDMS/PBD blend, the droplet size distribution exhibits bimodality during the early coalescence. When silica nanoparticles （hydrophobic and hydrophilic） were added to the blends with procedure l, bimodal droplet size distributions disappear and unimodal droplet size distributions can be maintained during coalescence; the shape of the different peaks is invariably Gaussian. Simultaneously, coalescence of the PDMS droplets was suppressed efficiently by the silica nanoparticles. It was proposed that with this blending procedure the nanoparticles should be mainly kinetically trapped at the interface or in the PDMS dispersed phase, which provides an efficient steric barrier against coalescence of the PDMS dispersed phase. However, bimodal droplet size distributions in the early stage of coalescence still occur when incorporating silica nanoparticles into the blends with procedure 2, and then coalescence of the PDMS droplets cannot be suppressed efficiently by the silica nanoparticles. It was proposed that with this blending protocol the nanoparticles should be mainly located in the PBD matrix phase, which leads to an inefficient steric barrier against coalescence of the PDMS dispersed phase; thus the morphology evolution in these filled blends is similar to that in pure blend and bimodal droplet size distributions can be observed during the early coalescence. These results imply that exploiting non-equilibrium processes by varying preparation protocol may provide an elegant route to regulate the temporal morphology of the filled blends during coalescence.     

PBD/PDMS共混物分散相的聚并捕获行为

借助显微-剪切装置在线研究了低速剪切场下SiO2纳米粒子含量、分散相聚丁二烯(PBD)浓度和剪切速率对PBD/聚二甲基硅氧烷(PDMS)不相容体系中聚并捕获行为的影响.结果表明,聚并捕获所形成的液滴尺寸与形状规整度由粒子含量、分散相浓度和剪切速率等因素共同决定.在较低的SiO2纳米粒子含量或较高的分散相浓度下,PBD液滴在低剪切场下发生聚并捕获,形成尺寸较大、形状不规则的液滴.增加SiO2纳米粒子含量或减小分散相浓度,能够减小分散相的尺寸并提高分散相的规整度.增加剪切速率能有效地减小分散相的尺寸并提高分散相的规整度.     

Towerlike SBA-15: base and (10)-specific coalescence of a silicate-encased hexagonal mesophase tailored by nonionic triblock copolymers

Hydrothermal templating of mesoporous molecular sieves by nonionic triblock copolymers [poly(oxyethylene)-poly(oxypropylene)-poly(oxyethylene) (PEO-PPO-PEO)] at specific block lengths of EO(20)PO(70)EO(20) and selected 2 M HCl dosage (pH -0.3) caused the formation of micrometer-sized SBA-15 hexagons with well-ordered hexagonal pore channels (pore size and wall thickness of approximately 6 nm and pore-to-pore distance of approximately 12 nm) after template removal. For a beneficial lower surface energy, these {10} laterally coalesced hexagons tend to stack imperfectly over the base into towerlike entities, leaving dislocations and faults within the single domain thus formed. Evidence for the mechanism of Brownian motion/coalescence of the hexagonal-mesophase particulates, previously suggested for MCM-41 accretion in the presence of cationic surfactant, is more clearly identifiable in the present low-pH case of amphiphilic block copolymer templates and linear silica oligomers.     

Water-in-carbon dioxide emulsions stabilized with hydrophobic silica particles

W/C emulsions were stabilized using hydrophobic silica particles adsorbed at the interface, resulting in average droplet diameters as low as 7.5 microm. A porous cross-linked shell was formed about a hydrophilic (colloidal and fumed) silica core with a trifunctional silylating agent, (heptadecafluoro-1,1,2,2-tetrahydrodecyl)triethyoxysilane, to render the particles CO(2)-philic. The stability of emulsions comprising equal weights of CO(2) and water was assessed with visual observations of settling fronts and the degree of emulsion coalescence, and the average drop size was measured by optical microscopy. The effect of CO(2) density on both emulsion stability and droplet size was determined quantitatively. The major destabilizing mechanism of the emulsions was settling, whereas Ostwald ripening and coalescence were not visible at any density, even over 7 days. Flocculation of the settling droplets did not occur, although gelation of the emulsions through particle interactions resulted after longer periods of time. CO(2)-philic particles offer a new route to highly stable W/C emulsions, with particle energies of attachment on the order of 10(6)kT, even at CO(2) densities as low as 0.78 g ml(-1). At these low densities, surfactants rarely stabilize emulsions as the result of poor surfactant tail solvation.