新型光驱动形状记忆有序多孔膜的设计及构筑

长期以来,设计和制备微纳米尺寸的有序多孔结构是材料科学领域的重要研究课题。聚合物有序多孔膜因兼具高度规则的孔结构和聚合物的多功能性,在工程技术和科学研究领域受到广泛关注。有序多孔膜的孔隙大小、形状及可重复使用等性质对其功能化和潜在应用具有重要影响。形状记忆特性是一种独特的环境响应特性。形状记忆材料能够记忆初始形状,并且在形变后能够在外界刺激下回复其初始形状。将形状记忆特性引入到有序多孔膜中,可实现多孔膜孔形状、尺寸的有效调控,并提高薄膜的可重复使用性,但由于多孔膜孔结构难以实现均匀形变,形状记忆有序多孔膜鲜有报道。华东理工大学林绍梁课题组在光驱动形状记忆多孔膜的设计和制备方面取得了一些新进展。     

呼吸图法制备基于准聚轮烷的响应性薄膜

响应性薄膜能够响应外界的刺激来改变自身的结构或性能, 是智能材料的重要组成部分. 本工作以1,4-二乙氧基柱[5]芳烃(1,4-diethoxypillar[5]arene, DEP5A)和聚己内酯-b-聚乙二醇-b-聚己内酯(PCL-b-PEG-b-PCL)构建的准聚轮烷(polypseudorotaxane, PPR)为原料, 利用呼吸图法制备出了蜂窝状多孔及球状组装体的疏水薄膜. 研究发现溶剂、浓度、柱芳烃物质的量比和成膜气氛等因素对薄膜表面形貌均能产生较大的影响. 通过制膜条件的优化, 在水汽氛围中制备出了表面具有规则蜂窝状结构的多孔薄膜, 在乙醇氛围下制备出了表面为规整的褶皱球状组装体的薄膜. 研究表明, 上述两种具有规则表面形貌的PPR薄膜对竞争性客体1,4-二溴丁烷都具有响应性, 表现出薄膜表面形貌的变化及亲疏水性的变化. 此类响应性薄膜在微量液体无损转移、功能性涂层和智能薄膜等方面具有潜在的应用前景.     

呼吸图案法制备蜂窝状有序多孔薄膜及其功能化应用

呼吸图案(BF)法是一种制备微纳米级规整多孔结构的简单、廉价和高效的方法, 它以水滴为模板, 通过水滴有序排列得到蜂窝状有序多孔结构, 其孔的形貌可以通过选择不同的成膜材料和成膜环境等条件得到控制, 所以在分离膜、模板、响应性表面、催化剂、光电材料等研究领域有广阔的发展前景. 但是, 到目前为止, 人们发现由于成膜条件的不同, 多孔膜的孔形貌受多种因素影响, 规整多孔膜形貌的控制机理还不是很明确, 没有一个统一的结论. 本文结合本课题组所做工作及近五年来国内外呼吸图案法制备蜂窝状有序多孔薄膜的研究成果, 对多孔薄膜的形成过程及其影响因素、多孔膜的功能化及应用等方面进行了归纳总结, 试图揭示孔的形成及孔形貌的调控等相关规律, 希望对后续的进一步研究与应用奠定基础.     

基于聚N-异丙基丙烯酰胺的细胞智能分离材料

聚 N -异丙基丙烯酰胺(PNIPAm)在水中是具有温度响应性的智能高分子材料,可用于细胞培养和自动脱附。本文从材料的制备方法出发,介绍了电子束照射接枝、等离子体处理接枝、表面活性自由基聚合、水凝胶等方法制备的材料对细胞培养及脱附的影响;阐述了细胞的脱附机理;讨论了加快细胞脱附的方法,包括共聚改性PNIPAm、PNIPAm接枝多孔膜、聚乙二醇(PEG)共聚PNIPAm接枝多孔膜、聚偏氟乙烯(PVDF)膜辅助细胞转移。从PNIPAm温敏性材料表面智能分离得到的细胞片因结构完整并保留了细胞外基质成分,在组织修复中得到了应用。     

生物分子响应性高分子材料

在智能高分子材料中,生物分子响应性高分子能够在糖类、多肽和酶等生物分子的刺激下发生宏观性质(如:体积、表面浸润性和硬度等)的大幅转变。生物分子响应性聚合物材料包括水凝胶、共聚物膜等类型,一般通过与生物分子间的氢键、分子间作用力等弱相互作用实现响应过程,在组织工程、功能材料、生物传感、药物可控释放等领域有广泛应用前景,吸引了大量科研人员的关注。与传统外源性刺激(温度、pH、光等)相比,生物分子作为刺激源的智能高分子材料具有更好的靶向性和生物相容性,能满足生物医用材料在人体内的应用,可以作为开发新一代精准药物的靶向释放平台。本文分别对糖类、蛋白、酶和DNA四类生物分子响应性高分子材料的结构设计、响应机制及相关应用进行概述,并对生物分子响应性高分子的发展方向作了展望。     

光响应智能生物粘附材料的设计与应用

智能生物粘附材料是一类通过生物粘附作用粘附于组织表面,且对外界刺激具有特定响应的新型粘合剂.因其止血快、生物相容性好、生物粘附性强且具有智能响应效果而在外科临床应用领域受到了极大的关注.其中,光响应生物粘附材料因具有无接触、时空调节、严格剪裁和远程控制等独特优势,被广泛用于伤口止血及组织修复等领域.除了广泛应用的紫外光,可见光和近红外光因其优异的组织穿透深度、高稳定性和低能量特性而在这类光响应生物粘附材料中受到广泛关注.本文总结了智能响应粘附材料的响应类型,重点介绍了近年来光响应生物粘附材料的研究进展,包括分类、性能及其在生物医学领域的具体应用等.     

环境响应型微孔膜

对微孔膜材料进行表面改性后可得到具有环境响应性的"化学阀",其渗透、分离性能可随外界环境的变化而相应改变.本文较详细地介绍了这类功能膜的制备方法,重点描述了在pH、温度、光等的作用下膜的刺激响应功能以及对这种功能的模型解释.     

智能涂料制备方法探索与应用

智能涂料是近几年在新型特种功能涂料基础上发展起来的.本文主要对其制备方法、类别及应用进行了详细论述.智能涂料的制备可以从聚合物膜、颜料及制作工艺等方面入手,其中创造具有"开关"性质且依赖于外部环境的刺激/响应聚合物膜的设计最为重要,它关系到膜的形成和膜表面性质,是涂料智能化的关键所在.在合成方法上,活性/可控自由基聚合技术、表面接枝技术和层层自组装工艺等已经应用于智能聚合物膜的制备;另外,纳米技术应用于涂料,也是智能涂料另一制备方法,因其某些超强性能而被视为智能涂料的初级阶段.目前,整个智能涂料的发展还基本处于以纳米技术为基础的初级阶段,其中进展较大的品种有:自清洁、抗菌、防腐、隐身、发光、磁性等对光、电、磁、温、湿、压敏感的涂料,而以智能聚合物膜为基础的高层次智能涂料还基本处于研究开发阶段.     

环境刺激响应型表面活性剂*

表面活性剂在溶液中可通过自组装形成胶束、囊泡、液晶等多种有序结构。这些有序自组装结构在催化化学、材料制备、生物医药等领域有着重要而广泛的用途。控制和改变表面活性剂在溶液中的聚集方式对表面活性剂的应用具有重要的意义。近年来,通过对外界环境的调控来改变表面活性剂的物理化学性能如表面张力、聚集形式等研究已成为表面活性剂研究的一个新方向。本文以外界环境变化对表面活性剂在溶液中的聚集方式的影响为基础,介绍了可对环境刺激产生响应的表面活性剂的种类、结构、性能及研究进展,并总结了它们的结构与环境刺激响应性能之间的关系。     

基于气息图案法有序多孔薄膜的制备改性及应用进展

有序多孔薄膜在过滤分离、催化、生物医学等领域有重要的应用前景。在众多制膜方法中,气息图案法以其简便易行、制膜效果好、环保等特点得到了广泛关注。科学家们一直致力于采用不同的材料和手段来进一步提高气息图案法多孔薄膜的性能。本文结合了最新的研究状况,探讨了基于气息图案法有序多孔薄膜的制备、改性及应用进展,并对未来的发展方向作...     

Fabrication of Ordered Arrays of Biodegradable Polymer Pincushions Using Self-Organized Honeycomb-Patterned Films

Nano- and micropatterned structures of tissue engineering scaffolds made of biodegradable and biocompatible polymers profoundly influence cell behavior. The present study describes a technically simple and inexpensive method to rapidly fabricate hexagonal arrays of biodegradable polymer pillars (pincushions). As precursors to these polymer pincushion arrays, highly regular porous biodegradable polymer films (self-organized honeycomb-patterned films, called honeycomb films) were prepared on a glass substrate using a simple casting technique. Scanning electron microscope observations revealed that the honeycomb film was composed of a top and bottom layer. This double-layered structure is attributable to the self-organization of hexagonally packed arrays of water droplets that form the template. When we peeled off the top layer of the honeycomb film under ambient conditions using adhesive tape, we obtained arrays of polymer pincushions on both side of the glass substrate and on the adhesive tape. Each air hole is surrounded by six pincushions, each with a diameter of 0.1-1 µm. We also studied factors that determine the morphology of the pincushions, such as the thermal and mechanical properties of the polymers used. It was shown that the heights, widths, and distances of separation between the pincushions could be controlled by the choice of polymer and the pore structure of the original honeycomb film. Such well-ordered, biologically inspired pincushion structures could find application in biomedical, photonic, and electronic materials.     

Recent advances in honeycomb-structured porous polymer films prepared via breath figures

Since its introduction in 1994, the preparation of ordered porous polymer films by the breath figure (BF) method has received a considerable interest. The so-called “honeycomb” (HC) films exhibit a hexagonal array of micrometric pores obtained by water droplet condensation during the fast solvent evaporation performed under a humid flow. The main focus of this feature article is to describe the recent advances in the design of honeycomb polymer films by the BF process. We first review the recent studies related to the honeycomb film formation through the exploration of different parameters such as the relative humidity, the polymer concentration, the drying rate, the substrate or the role of interfacial tension. The influence of the architecture and microstructure of the polymer is examined through examples. In this contribution, a special attention is given to the recent articles focused on the preparation of elaborate functional honeycomb-structured polymer films obtained via the simple BF method. In this context, we review the preparation of hierarchical HC films showing either sub- or super-structure, the formation of hybrid HC films by self-assembly of nanoparticles or in situ generation of the inorganic matter, the fluorescence in HC films introduced either by a fluorescent polymer or by fluorescent chemical groups, the elaboration of biomaterials from HC films decorated by glycopolymer and/or showing sensing ability and finally the design of functional polymeric surfaces with either stimuli-responsive or superhydrophobic properties.     

Influence of vacuum on the formation of porous polymer films via water droplets templating

We report on the formation of ordered arrays of micron-sized holes on the surface of polymer films cast from volatile solvents in the presence of humidity in vacuum. A lower pressure in a vacuum chamber can accelerate the evaporation of solvent in the same way as the accelerating action of the air flowing across the solvent surface and results in the formation of porous films via the “breath figure” templating method. This vacuum technique has a good reproductiveness for the fabrication of the well-ordered porous films in a large area. It is very controllable to prepare the porous films in a vacuum chamber via controlling the vacuum level. The pore sizes can be easily tuned from 5.6 to 17.1 μm by changing the vacuum level. The mechanism for the formation of the porous films in vacuum was also discussed. The polymer films with ordered porous structure and tunable pore sizes have potential applications in many areas such as microarrays and as scaffolds for tissue engineering. Electronic supplementary material  The online version of this article (doi:) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.     

聚乳酸蜂窝状多孔膜的形成与控制

以单一组分聚L-乳酸(PLLA)为成膜材料,利用水辅助法制备了聚乳酸(PLLA)蜂窝状多孔膜.利用扫描电镜(SEM)和原子力显微镜(AFM)观察多孔膜形貌.研究溶剂、溶液浓度、环境温度和湿度等因素对所成多孔膜结构的影响.实验结果表明,高湿度环境和具有一定浓度的聚合物溶液是制备蜂窝状多孔膜的必要条件.溶剂的挥发性是形成规整蜂窝状孔结构的关键因素.环境相对湿度由43%增加到91%,PLLA多孔膜的孔径由(1.75±0.24)μm增加到(11.50±1.43)μm,且孔呈现六边形的蜂窝状结构.扫描电镜断面和AFM表明:膜表面形成了深度约为1.8μm的单层孔结构.通过控制溶液浓度、环境温度和湿度等因素来控制膜的表面形貌及其所成蜂窝状孔的大小.最佳的成膜条件为溶剂CH2Cl2,湿度75%RH,温度34℃,浓度3 wt%.讨论了蜂窝状多孔膜的形成机理.     

甲醇气氛静态呼吸图法制备蜂窝状有序多孔膜

以原子转移自由基聚合方法合成的聚二甲基硅氧烷-b-聚苯乙烯(PDMS-b-PS)为铸膜材料,在静态呼吸图的基础上,首次在甲醇氛围下利用PDMS-b-PS的二硫化碳溶液铸膜得到了高度规整的蜂窝状有序多孔结构.研究了聚合物溶液浓度对孔径的影响,并与水蒸汽氛围制备的孔结构进行了比较.结果表明,甲醇气氛下制备的多孔膜的孔径比水蒸汽氛围下的大,且孔的断面形貌呈“U”形;孔径随着溶液浓度的增大而减小.该研究有利于呼吸图法制备有序结构材料技术的进一步发展,有助于人们更加准确与全面地认识呼吸图机理.     

界面上蜂窝状多孔薄膜的构建、性质和应用

综述了以Breath Figure(呼吸图案)法制备聚合物及纳米颗粒蜂窝状多孔结构的研究现状.当潮湿的气流吹到聚合物或纳米颗粒的有机溶液表面时,溶剂蒸发导致水微滴在液体表面冷凝重排成六角阵列结构.溶剂和水微滴蒸发完毕后,聚合物或纳米颗粒在基底上形成具有六角阵列的蜂窝状多孔结构.该技术是自组装领域的一大进展,在生物技术、组织工程、微图像技术、高端分离技术、光催化及医药等领域有望获得重要应用.本文系统阐述了规整蜂窝状孔结构材料的构建方法、构建材料、形成机理以及影响因素(包括湿度、浓度、气流方向和速度、溶剂、基底曲率等),评述了蜂窝状多孔薄膜的性质和应用,并对其在化学和材料科学领域的应用前景作了展望.     

Porous thin films based on photo-cross-linked star-shaped poly(D,L-lactide)s

Self-assembly processes and subsequent photo-cross-linking were used to generate cross-linked, ordered microporous structures on the surfaces of well defined four-arm star-shaped poly(D,L-lactide) (PDLLA) thin films. The four-arm star-shaped PDLLAs were synthesized using an ethoxylated pentaerythritol initiator. Solutions of the PDLLAs were cast in a humid environment, and upon solvent evaporation, ordered honeycomb structures (or breath figures) were obtained. Correlations between molar mass, polymer solution viscosity, and pore dimensions were established. The average pore dimension decreased with increasing polymer solution concentration, and a linear relationship was observed between relative humidity and average pore dimensions. Highly ordered microporous structures were also developed on four-arm star-shaped methacrylate-modified PDLLA (PDLLA-UM) thin films. Subsequent photo-cross-linking resulted in more stable PDLLA porous films. The photo-cross-linked films were insoluble, and the honeycomb structures were retained despite solvent exposure. Free-standing, structured PDLLA-UM thin films were obtained upon drying for 24 h. Ordered microporous films based on biocompatible and biodegradable polymers, such as PDLLA, offer potential applications in biosensing and biomedical applications.     

Ordered porous films of biomass-based polymers by breath figure: a review

Ordered porous films of polymers with uniform pore size and ordered porous structure are extensively applied in many fields such as separation, biology, photoelectric devices, templates, and other fields, which is the current research frontier in the field of porous films. Among different methods of preparing ordered porous films, the method of breath figure (BF) has attracted much attention due to its simplicity and adjustability. Many factors have been proved to influence the structure of the porous films by the BF method and the used polymer is the most important one. Recently, under the background of energy crisis and environmental pollution, polymers from biomass have received a lot of attention because of their advantages of low carbon, green, good biocompatibility, and easy modification. Up to now, a large number of porous films of biomass-based polymers including cellulose, polylactic acid, and urushiol-based polymers have been prepared by the BF method. Therefore, this article is to make a detailed review of the physicochemical modification of biomass-based polymers, the preparation of ordered porous films via BF and their applications. The method of BF is firstly introduced. The research progress of porous films of biomass-based polymers including cellulose, polylactic acid, and urushiol-based polymers prepared by the BF method is then reviewed. Finally, this review highlights the use of honeycomb films as cell culture substrates, drug delivery, wound dressings, optoelectronic devices and mimicking woody cell walls. The prospects for the development of porous films of biomass-based polymers are proposed. Future research could focus on the preparation of ordered, functional, and biocompatible porous films with smaller pore sizes for more applications in different fields, such as separation, tissue engineering, and controlled release of drugs.

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Ordered porous films of biomass-based polymers via physical and chemical modification would be prepared by the breath figure method for different applications.