含胺基功能性单体的聚合研究 XIV.含二甲氨基丙烯酰类衍生物与过硫酸钾引发体系引发的丙烯酰胺聚合

N-(N′,N′-二甲氨基亚甲基)甲基丙烯酰胺、甲基丙烯酸N,N二甲氨基乙酯、可聚合叔胺、氧化还原引发体系、超高分子量聚丙烯酰胺     

软颗粒在液-液界面吸附及界面催化

正Pickering乳液是由吸附在水油两相界面上的颗粒稳定的乳状液,而这些颗粒的界面脱附往往需要很高的热力学脱附能,使得Pickering乳液具有良好的稳定性~1。相比于传统的表面活性剂稳定的乳液,颗粒在液液界面的存在不仅有效阻止了乳滴间的聚结合并,还赋予了乳液环境响应性,如pH、温度~2。因此,Pickering乳液被广泛应用于医药、催化、材料、能源、食品等领域~(3–5)。诸多颗粒被证明可以作为Pickering乳液的乳化剂,如二氧化硅纳米球、聚苯乙烯微球、碳酸钙颗粒等。除此以外,软颗粒稳定的Pickering乳液越来越引起了研究者的兴趣,而最具代表性的便是微凝胶粒子(microgel) ~6和蛋白质颗粒。     

聚(甲基丙烯酸N,N-二甲氨基乙酯)的温度和pH敏感性及其对乳液稳定性的影响

甲基丙烯酸N,N-二甲氨基乙酯的均聚物(PDMAEMA)在水中的溶解性具有温敏性,即低温溶解、高温不溶,而且其低临界溶液温度(LCST)与pH密切相关.本文重点考察了PDMAEMA水溶液在不同温度、pH值、溶液离子强度时的相转变特性,并研究了水溶液中乳化剂对PDMAEMA的疏水相互作用和增溶稳定作用.将PDMAEMA的温敏相转变行为同有关乳液的稳定性相关联,揭示了改善乳液稳定性的内在机制.     

CO_2诱导的五嵌段非离子共聚物与阴离子氟碳表面活性剂的相互作用

聚合物-表面活性剂复合物在诸多工业领域都具有重要的应用潜力,但利用CO_2气体调节复合物的相互作用及微观聚集体形貌鲜见报道。本文基于三嵌段共聚物普兰尼克F127制备了五嵌段共聚物聚甲基丙烯酸二乙氨基乙酯-block-聚氧化乙烯-block-聚氧化丙烯-block-聚氧化乙烯-block-聚甲基丙烯酸二乙氨基乙酯(PDEAEAM-b-F127-b-PDEAEMA)。通过聚合物溶液pH和电导率的变化研究了PDEAEAM-b-F127-b-PDEAEMA的CO_2刺激响应性,应用动态光散射和透射电子显微镜考察了PDEAEAM-b-F127-b-PDEAEMA与阴离子氟碳表面活性剂在CO_2刺激作用下的相互作用。结果表明,CO_2/N_2的交替通入可以使PDEAEAM-b-F127-b-PDEAEMA产生相应的质子化/去质子化过程,从而可逆地改变PDEAEAM-b-F127-b-PDEAEMA溶液的pH值和电导率;质子化/去质子化过程可以"开关"共聚物与阴离子氟碳表面活性剂之间的静电吸引作用,使体系中的聚集体在球形胶束与蠕虫状胶束之间发生可逆转变。CO_2可控的聚合物-表面活性剂复合物的形貌转变为构建气体响应的软材料提供了一种新的思路。     

Pickering乳液聚合制备核-壳结构PS-SiO2复合微球

用二氯二甲基硅烷对纳米SiO2粒子进行疏水改性,当其表面Zeta电位由-54.8 mV变成-25.8 mV时,SiO2粒子就能在苯乙烯-水界面自组装,形成稳定的Pickering乳液,即以胶体粒子为乳化剂的乳液.利用Pickering乳液聚合制备了以聚苯乙烯(PS)为核、纳米SiO2为壳的PS-SiO2复合微球.用FT-IR、XPS、SEM、偏光显微镜等对复合微球进行了表征.结果表明:复合微球由聚苯乙烯和纳米二氧化硅粒子组成,二氧化硅粒子以单层、六方密排的方式分布在聚苯乙烯微球表面.     

叔胺铜离子络合物的表征及在铜离子缓释防污涂料中的应用

以五水合硫酸铜和甲基丙烯酸N,N-二甲基氨基乙酯为原料得到络合物,并利用傅里叶红外光谱及核磁共振谱对络合物进行表征.结果表明,铜离子与叔胺基发生配位,测定甲醇溶液中的电导率验证其最大配位数为4.形成的络合物对金属离子的释放具有缓释作用.合成了一系列甲基丙烯酸N,N-二甲基氨基乙酯无规共聚物涂料,结果表明,加入甲基丙烯酸N,N-二甲基氨基乙酯使涂料具有更好的抗菌性能且有助于延长其防污性能.     

颗粒乳化剂的研究及应用

近年来,颗粒乳化剂因其在食品、采油、化妆品、医药、催化以及功能纳米材料制备等领域具有潜在应用前景而备受关注。本文综述了近来颗粒乳化剂的研究进展,归纳了颗粒乳化剂的种类,包括:无机纳米粒子、表面改性或杂化的无机粒子、有机纳米粒子以及特殊的颗粒乳化剂Janus粒子;并对颗粒乳化剂能够在油水界面稳定吸附的热力学机理和动力学行为进行了阐述,颗粒乳化剂在油水界面接触角以及粒径大小是其在界面稳定吸附的关键参数,而颗粒在油水界面的排布方式则主要受粒子之间相互作用的影响。重点介绍了颗粒乳化剂的热点应用,包括:(1)利用颗粒乳化剂制备Pickering乳液,以及通过对颗粒乳化剂的功能化,使得Pickering乳液具备环境响应性(即pH、盐浓度、温度、紫外光、磁场敏感响应性);(2)以颗粒乳化剂为构筑基元、以Pickering乳液为模板制备Janus颗粒、Colloidosome、具有多级结构的粒子或膜,以及多孔结构材料;(3) Janus粒子在催化领域的应用。     

一种新型CO_2响应型肿瘤靶向药物传递载体

将透明质酸(HA)依次接枝1,12-二氨基十二烷和N,N-二甲基乙酰胺二甲缩醛(DADA),构建得到CO_2刺激响应的透明质酸-脒基(HA-ami)。为了考察其结构、CO_2刺激响应性、细胞水平作为药物载体的可行性和肿瘤靶向性,进行了结构表征、CO_2刺激响应性表征、细胞摄取、细胞毒性和体内的组织分布实验。结果表明:HA-ami成功构建,并具有一定的CO_2刺激响应性,可携带模型药物摄取进入人乳腺癌细胞(MCF-7),而且没有出现明显的细胞毒性,具有体内肿瘤靶向性。     

CO_2响应型乳液体系

乳液在许多工业生产和商品制造过程中扮演着极为重要的角色。如何实现乳液的长期稳定性与快速破乳之间的平衡已成为乳液研究的重中之重。环境刺激响应型乳液的出现为这一问题的解决提供了新的思路。在过去的十年中,CO_2作为一种传统pH调节剂的替代者,引起了科研工作者的普遍关注。虽然CO_2本质上就是一种pH调节剂,但其相对于传统的酸碱调节却具有无可比拟的优势。直到最近,以CO_2作为触发手段开关乳液才得以实现。CO_2响应型乳液体系是指在CO_2气体刺激下能够对乳液的"稳定"与"破乳"进行智能调控的分散体系,其在石油生产、乳液聚合、萃取分离、化妆品等领域具有巨大的应用潜力。本文从普通乳液、Pickering乳液和微乳液三个方面详细综述了CO_2气体刺激在分散体系的研究进展,介绍了CO_2响应型乳液体系的智能响应原理、性能及应用,并展望了其发展前景。     

碱式碳酸铜微球的表面改性和组装

报道了通过分散聚合反应在碱式碳酸铜微球表面锚接聚苯乙烯纳米粒子, 以调节其亲水/亲油性的方法. 结果表明, 锚接的聚苯乙烯纳米粒子尺寸愈大, 所得的改性碱式碳酸铜微球疏水性愈强. 用对油和水润湿性适中的改性碱式碳酸铜微球为乳化剂, 能够制备出稳定的油包水型Pickering乳液. 改性碱式碳酸铜微球组装在Pickering乳液的分散相液滴表面, 形成一个固体壳层. 将Pickering 乳液的分散相水核凝胶化, 合成出分级结构琼脂糖凝胶微球.     

High catalytic activity of platinum nanoparticles immobilized on spherical polyelectrolyte brushes

We present a study on the catalytic activity of platinum nanoparticles immobilized on spherical polyelectrolyte brushes that act as carriers. The spherical polyelectrolyte brushes consist of a solid core of poly(styrene) onto which long chains of poly(2-methylpropenoyloxyethyl) trimethylammonium chloride are grafted. These positively charged chains form a dense layer of polyelectrolytes on the surface of the core particles ("spherical polyelectrolyte brush") that tightly binds divalent PtCl6-(2) ions. The reduction of these ions within the brush layer leads to nearly monodisperse nanoparticles of metallic platinum. The average size of the particles is approximately 2 nm. The composite particles exhibit excellent colloidal stability. The catalytic activity is investigated by photometrically monitoring the reduction of p-nitrophenol by an excess of NaBH4 in the presence of the nanoparticles. The kinetic data could be explained by the assumption of a pseudo-first-order reaction with regard to p-nitrophenol. In all cases, a delay time t0 has been observed, after which the reactions start. This time is shorter when the catalyst has already been used. All data demonstrate that spherical polyelectrolyte brushes present an ideal carrier system for metallic nanoparticles.     

Catalytic activity of nanoalloys from gold and palladium

We present a quantitative study of the catalytic activity of well-defined faceted gold-palladium nanoalloys which are immobilized on cationic spherical polyelectrolyte brushes. The spherical polyelectrolyte brush particles used as carriers for the nanoalloys consist of a solid polystyrene core onto which cationic polyelectrolyte chains of 2-aminoethyl methacrylate are attached. Au/Pd nanoalloy particles with sizes in the range from 1 to 3 nm have been generated which are homogeneously distributed on the surface of the spherical polyelectrolyte brushes. The reduction of 4-nitrophenol has been chosen as a well-controlled model reaction allowing us to determine the catalytic activity of the nanoalloys as a function of the Au/Pd composition. The adsorption behavior was studied by Langmuir-Hinshelwood kinetics. We find a pronounced maximum of the catalytic activity at 75 molar % Au. A comparison of gold, platinum, palladium and gold-palladium alloy nanoparticles is made in terms of Langmuir-Hinshelwood kinetics. Density functional calculations for Au/Pd clusters with up to 38 atoms show that the density of states at the Fermi level increases with increasing Pd content, and that the highest occupied orbitals are associated with Pd atoms. The calculations confirm that small changes in the atomic arrangement can lead to pronounced changes in the particles' electronic properties, indicating that the known importance of surface effects is further enhanced in nanoalloys.     

Molecular dynamics simulations of polyelectrolyte brushes: from single chains to bundles of chains

Using molecular dynamics simulations in combination with scaling analysis, we have studied the effects of the solvent quality and the strength of the electrostatic interactions on the conformations of spherical polyelectrolyte brushes in salt-free solutions. The spherical polyelectrolyte brush could be in one of four conformations: (1) a star-like conformation, (2) a "star of bundles" conformation in which the polyelectrolyte chains self-assemble into pinned cylindrical micelles, (3) a micelle-like conformation with a dense core and charged corona, or (4) a conformation in which there is a thin polymeric layer uniformly covering the particle surface. These different brush conformations appear as a result of the fine interplay between electrostatic and monomer-monomer interactions. The brush thickness depends nonmonotonically on the value of the Bjerrum length. This dependence of the brush thickness is due to counterion condensation inside the brush volume. We have also established that bundle formation in poor solvent conditions for the polymer backbone can also occur in a planar polyelectrolyte brush. In this case, the grafted polyelectrolyte chains form hemispherical aggregates at low polymer grafting densities, cylindrical aggregates at an intermediate range of the grafting densities, and vertically oriented ribbon-like aggregates at high grafting densities.     

Synthesis of Spherical Polyelectrolyte Brushes by Thermo‐controlled Emulsion Polymerization

A novel method of thermo‐controlled emulsion polymerization has been employed to synthesize spherical polyelectrolyte brushes that consist of a solid polystyrene core and a poly (acrylic acid) (PAA) shell covalently attached on the core surface densely by one end. The growth of brushes from the core surface was monitored by dynamic light scattering (DLS). The particle size of PS core latex showed a narrow size distribution when observed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The brush size changed significantly upon changing pH value and ionic strength, and displayed similar behavior to brushes prepared by photo‐emulsion polymerization. The grafting density of the PAA brush, which was determined by cutting off the PAA chains using alkali hydrolysis, confirmed the formation of PAA brushes.

     

CO2-triggered switchable Pickering emulsion stabilized by guanidine-functionalized silica particles

The guanidine group-modified silica particles were used as emulsifier to obtain a CO₂-responsive Pickering emulsion. To compare the wettability effect of the particles on the stability of the emulsion, both guanidine and alkyl chain were attached on the surface of silica particles. The influences of tension, particles concentration, oil-water fraction, NaCl concentration, and CO₂ on Pickering emulsion properties were investigated. Although the particles did not decrease the surface and interfacial tensions of the air/oil-water interfaces, they attached on the oil–water interfaces and stabilized the emulsions at room temperature for at least 4 weeks. Addition of salt increased the emulsion stability and induced phase inversion at high salt concentration. The stabilization–destabilization cycles of the emulsion could be successively controlled by alternative CO₂/heating triggers due to the protonation-deprotonation of guanidine groups on the particle surfaces.     

Spherical Polyelectrolyte Brushes as Carriers for Catalytically Active Metal Nanoparticles

Summary: We present a study on the catalytic activity of metal nanoparticles immobilized on spherical polyelectrolyte brushes that act as carriers. The spherical polyelectrolyte brushes consist of a solid core of poly(styrene) onto which long chains of poly(2-methylpropenoyloxyethyl) trimethylammonium chloride are grafted. These positively charged chains form a dense layer of polyelectrolytes on the surface of the core particles (“spherical polyelectrolyte brush”) that tightly binds divalent metal ions, such as AuCl, PdCl or PtCl. The reduction of these ions within the brush layer leads to nearly monodisperse metal nanoparticles. Gold, platinum and palladium nanoparticles with diameters of around 1.25 nm, 2.1 nm and 2.4 nm have been embedded into polyelectrolyte brushes, respectively. The composite particles exhibit excellent colloidal stability. The catalytic activity is investigated by photometrically monitoring the reduction of p-nitrophenol by an excess of NaBH₄ in the presence of the nanoparticles. The kinetic data could be explained by the assumption of a pseudo-first-order reaction with regard to p-nitrophenol. All data demonstrate that spherical polyelectrolyte brushes present an ideal carrier system for metallic nanoparticles.     

Structure and Surface Properties of High-density Polyelectrolyte Brushes at the Interface of Aqueous Solution

Zwitterionic and cationic polyelectrolyte brushes were prepared by surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization of 2-methacryloyloxy- ethyl phosphorylcholine (MPC) and 2-(N,N-dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate (DMAEMA), respectively. The poly(DMAEMA) brush was treated with methyl iodide to form poly[2-(methacryloyloxy) ethyltrimethylammonium iodide] [poly(METAI)]. The effects of ionic strength on brush structure and surface properties of densely grafted polyelectrolyte brushes were analyzed by contact angle measurements, neutron reflectivity (NR) and macroscopic friction tests. Both polyelectrolyte brushes exhibited hydrophilic properties. The contact angle of the poly(MPC) brush surface against water was ca. 0° in air and the contact angle of the air bubble in water was ca. 170°. The air bubble in water hardly attached to the poly(MPC) brush surface, indicating super hydrophilic characteristics. NR measurements of poly(MPC) and poly(METAI) brushes showed that the grafted polymer chains were extended from the substrate surface in a good solvent such as water. Interestingly, NR study did not reveal the shrinkage of the brush chain in salt solution. The polyelectrolyte brushes immersed in both water and NaCl solution at various concentrations showed a low friction coefficient and low adhesion force.     

Novel Janus Cu2(OH)2CO3/CuS microspheres prepared via a Pickering emulsion route

Janus Cu2(OH)2CO3/CuS microspheres were prepared via a Pickering emulsion route for the first time. By treating the Janus Cu2(OH)2CO3/CuS microspheres with dilute hydrochloric acid, ringent Cu2(OH)2CO3/CuS core/shell microspheres and ringent CuS shells were obtained. The hatch size of the ringent CuS shells increased with the increase of the hydrophobicity of the precursor Cu2(OH)2CO3 microspheres. Scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, energy dispersion spectra, and particle size analysis were used to characterize the products thus formed.     

Novel Pickering Emulsifiers based on pH-Responsive Poly(tert-butylaminoethyl methacrylate) Latexes

Emulsion copolymerization of 2-(tert-butylamino)ethyl methacrylate in the presence of divinylbenzene (DVB) cross-linker and monomethoxy-capped poly(ethylene glycol) methacrylate (PEGMA) macromonomer at 70 °C afforded sterically-stabilized latexes at approximately 10% solids at pH 9. Dynamic light scattering and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) confirmed that relatively narrow size distributions were obtained. SEM confirmed the formation of spherical particles in the absence of any DVB cross-linker using a simple batch protocol, but in the presence of DVB it was necessary to use seeded emulsion polymerization under monomer-starved conditions to prevent the formation of latexes with ill-defined non-spherical morphologies. Lightly cross-linked latexes acquired cationic microgel character upon lowering the solution pH due to protonation of the secondary amine groups. Increasing the degree of cross-linking led to a progressively lower effective pK(a) of the copolymer chains from 8.0 to 7.3, which implies a gradual reduction in their basicity. Poly(tert-butylamino)ethyl methacrylate latex proved to be an effective Pickering emulsifier at pH 10, forming stable oil-in-water emulsions when homogenized with either n-dodecane or sunflower oil at 12?000 rpm for 2 min. These Pickering emulsions exhibited pH-responsive behavior: lowering the solution pH to 3 resulted in immediate demulsification due to the spontaneous desorption of the cationic microgels from the oil/water interface. Following rehomogenization at high pH, four successive demulsification/emulsification pH cycles could be achieved without a discernible loss in performance. However, no demulsification occurred on acidification of the fifth cycle, due to the progressive build-up of background salt.     

Cationic Spherical Polyelectrolyte Brushes as Nanoreactors for the Generation of Gold Particles

Summary: If long polyelectrolyte chains are attached densely to colloidal latex particles, a spherical polyelectrolyte brush results. These spherical polyelectrolytes are dispersed in water and carry a high charge. We demonstrate that these systems can be used to immobilize ions of heavy metals, such as gold, as counter‐ions. Reduction of these ions leads to metallic nanoparticles. In this way the brush layer attached to the surface of the particles becomes a “nanoreactor” that may be used for chemical conversions of the metal ions. We show that the reduction of AuClequation/tex2gif-stack-1.gif ions within these nanoreactors leads to well‐defined and rather monodisperse gold nanoparticles that are attached to the surface of the core. A stable dispersion of polymeric core particles with attached nanoparticles results. All results reported here suggest that chemical reactions of ions immobilized in spherical polyelectrolyte brushes provide a new route to composite particles of inorganic and organic materials.

Transmission electron micrograph of gold particles on a core‐shell system.