介孔二氧化钛的制备及铜（Ⅱ）对其光催化氧化活性的影响

采用十六烷基三甲基溴化铵为模板剂,钛酸正四丁酯为原料,水热法合成出孔径为4.4 nm介孔二氧化钛.通过X射线粉末衍射仪、透射电子显微镜和氮气吸附技术对样品进行了表征.以甲基橙为模型化合物,考察了铜(Ⅱ)对介孔二氧化钛光催化活性的影响,研究表明:介孔二氧化钛的光催化活性与P25纳米二氧化钛相当,铜(Ⅱ)的加入提高了介孔二氧化钛的光催化活性,甲基橙的光催化降解速率与光强度成正比.     

三维有序大孔-介孔二氧化硅的可控制备及表征

以聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯(PMMA)胶晶为大孔模板、嵌段共聚物P123为介孔模板,利用双模板剂法进行了三维有序大孔-介孔二氧化硅材料的制备研究。采用SEM、TEM、低角XRD以及N₂吸脱附技术对样品进行了表征。结果表明,通过简单的调控PMMA胶晶模板的组装过程,就可以调变合成材料中的大孔结构,从而轻松地实现可控的制备出具有网状或者层状结构的三维有序大孔-介孔二氧化硅材料,并提出了其可能的形成机理。此外,所制备的三维有序大孔-介孔二氧化硅样品均具有较大的BET比表面积(>550m₂·g^-1),大孔孔径200nm左右,介孔孔径分布集中于3.5nm左右。     

溶胶-凝胶辅助水热双模板法制备球形介孔TiO_2

以聚乙二醇和共嵌段化合物F127为双模板剂,采用溶胶-凝胶辅助水热法制备了球形介孔TiO2(MS-TiO2).采用扫描电镜、透射电镜、X射线衍射、热重分析和低温N2吸附-脱附对样品进行了结构表征,并以苯酚为降解模型物在紫外光下对其活性进行了评价.结果表明,所得TiO2为球形介孔结构,孔径为6.5～12.6nm,比表面积最高可达106.9m2/g,孔体积0.21cm3/g,球形颗粒直径200～300nm,由粒径为15～20nm的小晶粒组成.随着焙烧温度的升高,TiO2的比表面积和孔体积减小,孔径增大.双模板剂的使用比单一模板剂更能形成稳定的立体网状球形胶束,并有效抑制TiO2前驱体的团聚,诱导其形成球形介孔结构.其中,在500oC下焙烧所制MS-TiO2样品表现最高的光催化活性,苯酚降解率达86.4%,为TiO2的1.3倍.     

双模板法合成介孔/大孔二级孔道碳材料

以酚醛树脂低聚物为前驱物, 利用双模板法制备了具有介孔/大孔双孔结构的碳材料. 其中以二氧化硅蛋白石为大孔模板, 以嵌段共聚物自组装结构为介孔模板. 对样品进行了扫描电子显微镜(SEM), 透射电子显微镜(TEM), X射线衍射(XRD)和氮气吸附-脱附实验表征. 结果表明所制备的双孔碳材料大孔直径约为230 nm, 介孔直径10 nm.     

具有介孔孔壁的三维有序大孔 Ce0.6Zr0.4O2固溶体的合成与表征

以有序密堆积的聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯(PMMA)单分散微球为大孔模板剂、以三嵌段共聚物EO20PO70EO20(P123)为介孔模板剂、以硝酸亚铈和硝酸氧锆为金属源,采用溶剂挥发自组织法首次合成了具有介孔孔壁的三维有序大孔结构的Ce0.6Zr0.4O2固溶体,并利用XRD,TEM/SAED,N2吸附-脱附等技术表征了所合成的铈锫固溶体的物理性质.结果表明,经500℃灼烧所制得的Ce0.6Zr0.4O2固溶体为多晶单相立方结构,具有三维有序大孔结构,其大孔直径为50～200mm.壁厚为10～40nm,大孔孔壁具有孔径为3～4 nm的蠕虫状介孔结构.     

介孔TiO2粉体的合成和表征及光催化性能研究

本文以甘油为结构导向剂,运用水热合成法制备了介孔二氧化钛粉体(MT),采用抽提和焙烧两种方法除去结构导向剂.分别对合成的样品、P25和商品TiO2粉末(PT)进行了XRD、TEM、TGA、N2等温吸附-脱附等实验表征,根据TGA计算了样品的表面羟基密度.研究了样品光催化降解甲基橙效率与其表面性质的关系.结果表明,经焙烧除去结构导向剂的样品的比表面最高,达285.3m2·g-1,孔径4nm～6nm,具有良好的光催化降解甲基橙性能.     

铽负载介孔二氧化钛的制备、表征和协同效应

以嵌段共聚物P123为模板剂,采用蒸发诱导自组装法制备了铽负载介孔TiO2光催化剂,并利用XRD、N2吸附解吸和UV-Vis吸收光谱等技术手段对样品进行了表征。 制备的样品为锐钛矿和金红石混合晶相,以罗丹明B为模拟有机降解物,样品显示了良好的可见光催化活性。 研究发现0.7%的铽负载和380 ℃的煅烧温度是较佳的制备条件。 介孔结构所具有的高的比表面积、小的晶粒尺寸、铽负载诱导的电荷分离和可见光吸收增强协同提高了光催化活性。 同时,提出了铽负载二氧化钛诱导增强光催化作用的机理。     

以天然植物为模板合成高度有序的多级复合孔材料

筛选出两种孔径较大且孔结构规则的植物为大孔模板, 以嵌段共聚物为介孔相模板成功合成了两种具有连续的骨架和贯通的大孔孔道(大孔孔径大于40 μm, 其孔壁为介孔相)的高度有序多级复合孔材料. 对该复合孔材料进行了水热稳定性研究. 用扫描电子显微镜(SEM)、粉末X射线衍射仪(XRD)、高分辨率透射电镜(HRTEM)以及N₂吸附-脱附等测试手段对合成的样品进行了表征. 结果表明, 合成的产物是孔道相互贯通的多级有序复合孔硅材料, 具有较好的水热稳定性. 采用此合成方法可精确地复制大孔植物模板.     

甲酰胺对介孔N-TiO2微结构及光催化性能的影响

以钛酸四丁酯为前躯体,甲酰胺为氮源,采用溶胶凝胶法制备了具有可见光活性氮掺杂二氧化钛(N-TiO2)光催化剂.通过XPS、XRD、低温N2吸附.脱附和UV-Vis等表征,考察甲酰胺加入量对样品微结构和可见光活性的影响.当甲酰胺与钛酸四丁酯的物质的量的比为2、4、8、13时,制备的样品晶粒粒径在8～12 nm范围内,孔径在9～16咖范围内,孔隙率在54%～63%之间.甲酰胺与钛酸四丁酯的物质的量的比为13时,所制备样品具有较强的可见光吸收性能,其最大吸收边扩展到570 nm左右,禁带宽度减小至2.18 eV,比纯二氧化钛禁带宽度3.20 eV降低了1.02 eV.结果表明:随着甲酰胺加入量的增加,样品的晶粒粒径、孔径、孔隙率明显变大,禁带宽度减小.对甲基橙的室内自然光降解实验证明.氮掺杂二氧化钛具有良好的光催化活性,当甲酰胺与钛酸四丁酯的物质的量的比为13时,催化剂对甲基橙的降解率最高,为98.3%.     

介孔二氧化钛的合成及其对甲基橙降解的光催化活性

以十六烷基三甲基溴化铵为模板剂,通过水解钛酸正丁酯合成了介孔二氧化钛分子筛,探讨了合成条件的影响。采用X射线粉末衍射(XRD)、红外光谱(FT-IR)、透射电子显微镜(TEM)和N2吸附-脱附等技术对介孔二氧化钛的晶相、结构、形貌、比表面积和孔径分布进行了表征。实验结果表明:得到的介孔二氧化钛分子筛的孔径为4-4.3nm,用抽提的方法去除模板剂得到的介孔二氧化钛的比表面积比焙烧的要高。以甲基橙为模型污染物,检验了所合成介孔二氧化钛的光催化性质。     

Chain-growth polycondensation for well-defined aramide. Synthesis of unprecedented block copolymer containing aramide with low polydispersity

Poly(p-benzamide) with a defined molecular weight and a low polydispersity and a block copolymer containing this well-defined aramide was synthesized. Phenyl 4-aminobenzoate, which would yield poly(p-benzamide), did not polymerize under the conditions of chain-growth polycondensation. However, phenyl 4-(4-octyloxybenzylamino)benzoate (1b) polymerized at room temperature in the presence of base and phenyl 4-nitrobenzoate (2) as an initiator in a chain-growth polycondensation manner to give well-defined aromatic polyamides having the 4-octyloxybenzyl groups as a protecting group on nitrogen in an amide. It was confirmed by a model reaction that deprotection of this protecting group proceeded completely with trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) without breaking the amide linkage. The utility of this approach to poly(p-benzamide) with a low polydispersity was demonstrated by the synthesis of block copolymers. Thus, phenyl 4-(octylamino)benzoate (1a) polymerized in the presence of 2 and base, followed by addition of 1b and base to the reaction mixture of the prepolymer to yield the block copolymer of 1a and 1b with a controlled molecular weight and a low polydispersity. The block copolymer was treated with TFA, resulting in a soluble block copolymer of poly(N-octyl-p-benzamide) and poly(p-benzamide). The SEM images of the supramolecular assemblies of the block copolymer showed mum-sized bundles and aggregates of flake structures.     

ABA triblock copolymer containing two crystallizable components

A triblock copolymer of the ABA type in which both components were crystallizable was synthesized. The A block was poly(ethylene oxide), PEO, and the B block, poly(dimethyl siloxane), PDMS. Upon cooling from the melt to liquid nitrogen temperature, the PEO block crystallized at around 40°C. When the copolymer was heated from ?170°C after quenching, glass transition, crystallization and melting of the PDMS middle block were identified in the thermogram at ?117°C, ?74°C and ?42°C, respectively. The degree of crystallinity of the PDMS block was estimated from the heat of fusion to be about 27%. The growth rates of the PEO spherulites were reduced by the presence of the middle block.     

New block copolymers V. Synthesis,characterization and morphological studies of poly(pentamethylene terephthalate)-b-(acrylonitrile butadiene rubber)

A block copolymer was prepared by low temperature polycondensation between (acid chloride)-terminated poly(pentamethylene terephthalate) as the hard block, and amine-terminated acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber, as the soft block. The polymer was characterized by nitrogen analysis, IR and NMR spectroscopy. The polymer showed two glass transition temperatures (T _g ) and exhibited two-phase morphology.     

Ordered mesoporous ceramics stable up to 1500 degrees C from diblock copolymer mesophases

In the present study, a poly(isoprene-block-dimethylamino ethyl methacrylate) diblock copolymer (PI-b-PDMAEMA) is used to structure-direct a polysilazane pre-ceramic polymer, commercially known as Ceraset. To the polymer was added a 2-fold excess in weight of the silazane oligomer (Ceraset). The resulting composite was cast into films, and after cooperative self-assembly of block copolymer and Ceraset, the structure was permanently set in the hexagonal columnar morphology, as evidenced by small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Cross-linking of the silazane oligomer was achieved with a radical initiator at 120 degrees C. Upon heating of the composite to 1500 degrees C under nitrogen, the structure is preserved and a mesoporous ceramic material is obtained, as demonstrated by SAXS and TEM. The pores are open and accessible, as evidenced by nitrogen sorption/desorption measurements indicating a surface area of about 51 m2 g-1 and a pore diameter of 13 nm, consistent with TEM analysis. These results suggest that the use of block copolymer mesophases may provide a simple, easily controlled pathway for the preparation of various high-temperature ceramic mesostructures.     

PMMA colloid particles stabilized by layered silicate with PMMA-b-PDMAEMA block copolymer brushes

The amphiphilic poly(methyl methacrylate-block-2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate) (PMMA-b-PDMAEMA) block copolymer brushes on the surface of clay layers were synthesized by in situ atom transfer radical polymerization. X-ray diffraction results indicate that both exfoliated and intercalated structure can be found in the nanocomposites. The block copolymer brushes can make different nanopatterns on the surface of clay layers after treatment in different solvents. After treatment in tetrahydrofuran block copolymer brushes form lamella structure on the surface, and after treatment in water surface micelles and wormlike structure can be observed. PMMA colloid particles armored by clay nanocomposites were prepared by suspension polymerization. Transmission electron microscopy and scanning electron microscopy were used to characterize the structure and morphology of the colloid particles. Colloid particles with clay layers around the surface can be observed. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) was used to analyze the surface of the colloid particles. N1s binding energy of PDMAEMA blocks on the surface of clay layers was detected by XPS. The two peaks of the N1s binding energy indicate two different nitrogen environments on the surface of clay layers. The peak with a lower binding energy is characteristic of neutral nitrogen on PDMAEMA blocks, and the peak with a higher binding energy is attributed to protonated nitrogen on PDMAEMA blocks.     

Enzyme-assisted Photoinitiated Polymerization-induced Self-assembly in Continuous Flow Reactors with Oxygen Tolerance

Polymerization-induced self-assembly(PISA) is an emerging method for the preparation of block copolymer nano-objects at high concentrations. However, most PISA formulations have oxygen inhibition problems and inert atmospheres(e.g. argon, nitrogen) are usually required. Moreover, the large-scale preparation of block copolymer nano-objects at room temperature is challenging. Herein, we report an enzyme-assisted photoinitiated polymerization-induced self-assembly(photo-PISA) in continuous flow reactors with oxygen tolerance. The addition of glucose oxidase(GOx) and glucose into the reaction mixture can consume oxygen efficiently and constantly, allow the flow photoPISA to be performed under open-air conditions. Polymerization kinetics indicated that only a small amount of GOx(0.5 μmol/L) was needed to achieve the oxygen tolerance. Block copolymer nano-objects with different morphologies can be prepared by varying reaction conditions including the degree of polymerization(DP) of core-forming block, monomer concentration, reaction temperature, and solvent composition. We expect this study will provide a facile platform for the large-scale production of block copolymer nano-objects with different morphologies at room temperature.     

Application of solid phase peptide synthesis to engineering PEO–peptide block copolymers for drug delivery

This work describes a simple, versatile solid-phase peptide-synthesis (SPPS) method for preparing micelle-forming poly(ethylene oxide)-block-peptide block copolymers for drug delivery. To demonstrate its utility, this SPPS method was used to construct two series of micelle-forming block copolymers (one of constant core-composition and variable length; the other of constant core length and variable composition). The block copolymers were then used to study in detail the effect of size and composition on micellization. The various block copolymers were prepared by a combination of SPPS for the peptide block, followed by solution–phase conjugation of the peptide block with a proprionic acid derivative of poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) to form the PEO-b-peptide block copolymer. The composition of each block component was characterized by mass spectrometry (MALDI and ES-MS). Block copolymer compositions were characterized by ¹H NMR. All the block copolymers were found to form micelles as judged by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and light scattering analysis. To demonstrate their potential as drug delivery systems, micelles prepared from one member of the PEO-b-peptide block copolymer series were physically loaded with the anticancer drug doxorubicin (DOX). Micelle static and dynamic stability were found to correlate strongly with micelle core length. In contrast, these same micellization properties appear to be a complex function of core composition, and no clear trends could be identified from among the set of compositionally varying, fixed length block copolymer micelles. We conclude that SPPS can be used to construct biocompatible block copolymers with well-defined core lengths and compositions, which in turn can be used to study and to tailor the behavior of block copolymer micelles.     

Block copolymer compatibilizers for polystyrene/poly(dimethylsiloxane) blends

Symmetric polystyrene (PS)–poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) diblock copolymers were mixed into a 20% dispersion of PDMS in PS. The effect of adding the block copolymer on the blend morphology was examined as a function of the block copolymer molecular weight (M_n,bcp), concentration, and viscosity ratio (η_r). When blended together with the PS and PDMS homopolymers, most of the block copolymer appeared as micelles in the PS matrix. Even when the copolymer was preblended into the PDMS dispersed phase, block copolymer micelles in the PS matrix phase were observed with transmission electron microscopy after mixing. Adding 16 kg/mol PS–PDMS block copolymer dramatically reduced the PDMS particle size, but the morphology, as examined by scanning electron microscopy, was unstable upon thermal annealing. Adding 156 kg/mol block copolymer yielded particle sizes similar to those of blends with 40 or 83 kg/mol block copolymers, but only blends with 83 kg/mol block copolymer were stable after annealing. For a given value of M_n,bcp, a minimum PDMS particle size was observed when η_r ～ 1. When η_r = 2.6, thermally stable, submicrometer particles as small as 0.6 μm were observed after the addition of only 3% PS–PDMS diblock (number‐average molecular weight = 83 kg/mol) to the blend. As little as 1% 83 kg/mol block copolymer was sufficient to stabilize a 20% dispersion of 1.1‐μm PDMS particles in PS. Droplet size reduction was attributed to the prevention of coalescence caused by small amounts of block copolymer at the interface. The conditions under which block copolymer interfacial adsorption and interpenetration were facilitated were explained with Leibler's brush theory. © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 40: 346–357, 2002; DOI 10.1002/polb.10098     

Mechanism of gold metal ion reduction, nanoparticle growth and size control in aqueous amphiphilic block copolymer solutions at ambient conditions

Spontaneous formation and efficient stabilization of gold nanoparticles with an average diameter of 7 approximately 20 nm from hydrogen tetrachloroaureate(III) hydrate (HAuCl4.3H2O) were achieved in air-saturated aqueous poly(ethylene oxide)-poly(propylene oxide)-poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO-PPO-PEO) block copolymer solutions at ambient temperature in the absence of any other reducing agent. The particle formation mechanism is considered here on the basis of the block copolymer concentration dependence of absorption spectra, the time dependence (kinetics) of AuCl4- reduction, and the block copolymer concentration dependence of particle size. The effects of block copolymer characteristics such as molecular weight (MW), PEO block length, PPO block length, and critical micelle concentration (cmc) are explored by examining several PEO-PPO-PEO block copolymers. Our observations suggest that the formation of gold nanoparticles from AuCl4- comprises three main steps: (1) reduction of metal ions by block copolymer in solution, (2) absorption of block copolymer on gold clusters and reduction of metal ions on the surface of these gold clusters, and (3) growth of metal particles stabilized by block copolymers. While both PEO and PPO blocks contribute to the AuCl4- reduction (step 1), the PEO contribution appears to be dominant. In step 2, the adsorption of block copolymers on the surface of gold clusters takes place because of the amphiphilic character of the block copolymer (hydrophobicity of PPO). The much higher efficiency of particle formation attained in the PEO-PPO-PEO block copolymer systems as compared to PEO homopolymer systems can be attributed to the adsorption and growth processes (steps 2 and 3) facilitated by the block copolymers. The size of the gold nanoparticles produced is dictated by the above mechanism; the size increases with increasing reaction activity induced by the block copolymer overall molecular weight and is limited by adsorption due to the amphiphilic character of the block copolymers.