偏氟乙烯/三氟氯乙烯交替共聚物在TATB表面吸附的分子动力学模拟

采用COMPASS力场和NVT正则系综的动力学模拟方法, 搭建了聚合度分别为10, 50和100的偏氟乙烯(VDF)/三氟氯乙烯(CTFE)交替共聚物, 对交替共聚物在1,3,5-三氨基-2,4,6-三硝基苯(TATB)的(0,0,1)晶面上的吸附和结构进行了分子动力学(MD)模拟. 结果表明, 在300～320 K温区, 聚合度为100的VDF/CTFE交替共聚物链对TATB晶体有理想的表面活性和吸附能力, 以train型构象平铺于TATB表面. 通过对聚合度为10的交替共聚物的多链体系在TATB表面吸附的MD模拟, 表明了VDF/CTFE交替共聚物具有非凝聚吸附的高表面活性特征. 对搭建的乙酸乙酯溶剂化的聚合度为50的VDF/CTFE交替共聚物在TATB晶体表面吸附的模拟, 实验证明了溶剂小分子能够降低共聚物链的吸附能力, 且链以tail型构象吸附于TATB表面.     

TATB基PBX结合能的分子动力学模拟

用分子动力学（MD）方法, 模拟计算了四种氟聚合物(聚偏二氟乙烯（PVDF）、聚三氟氯乙烯（PCTFE）、氟橡胶（F₂₃₁₁)、氟树脂(F₂₃₁₄))与TATB(1,3,5- 三氨基- 2,4,6- 三硝基苯)晶体的相互作用. 结果发现, 四种氟聚物与TATB的结合能大小排序为PVDF>F₂₃₁₁>F₂₃₁₄>PCTFE, 各氟聚物在TATB不同晶面上的结合能大小排序为(001)>(010)>(100), 结合能主要由分子间氢键决定.     

TATB/氟聚物PBX沿不同晶面力学性能的分子动力学模拟

用分子动力学(MD)方法, 模拟计算了著名钝感炸药TATB(1, 3, 5-三氨基-2, 4, 6-三硝基苯)与四种氟聚合物[聚偏二氟乙烯(PVDF)、聚三氟氯乙烯(PCTFE)、氟橡胶(F₂₃₁₁)、氟树脂(F₂₃₁₄)]构成的高聚物粘结炸药(PBX)的力学性能. 结果表明, 在TATB中添加少量氟聚物能有效改善其力学性能; 沿TATB不同晶面与氟聚物“粘结”, 构成PBX的力学性能有所不同, 改善力学性能的整体效应为(010)≈(100)>(001).     

核壳型含氟丙烯酸酯共聚物的合成及性能

采用饥饿态半连续种子乳液聚合方法, 在十二烷基硫酸钠(SDS)/辛基苯基聚氧乙烯醚(TX-10)复合乳化剂的作用下, 分别选用甲基丙烯酸三氟乙酯(TFEM)、甲基丙烯酸六氟正丁酯(HFBM)和甲基丙烯酸十二氟庚酯(DFHM)为含氟单体, 合成以丙烯酸正丁酯(BA)、甲基丙烯酸甲酯(MMA)和含氟单体为原料的核壳型结构含氟丙烯酸酯共聚物乳液. FTIR, 1H NMR, TEM和DSC分析结果显示, 获得了BA/MMA/含氟单体的共聚物乳液, 且乳液具有明显的核壳结构. DSC, TGA和SEM-EDX的分析显示, 核壳型结构的共聚物具有优异的热力学稳定性能和成膜性能; 长侧链或短侧链含氟单体对共聚物的热稳定性影响不明显, 但侧链较长的含氟单体所获得的聚合物在成膜过程中更易向表面迁移, 更能体现含氟聚合物的优点.     

两亲性树枝状嵌段共聚物刷的合成与构象研究

近期研究发现两亲性嵌段共聚物刷能引发“有序自发乳化”,一步法制备有序多孔光晶微球.上述研究主要基于侧链为线形聚合物的嵌段共聚物刷,而侧链拓扑结构变化对乳液受限自组装的影响尚不明确.本工作中设计合成了亲水和疏水的降冰片烯基楔形单体,并通过顺序开环易位聚合(ROMP)成功合成了一类两亲性树枝状嵌段共聚物刷.通过核磁氢谱(¹H-NMR)清晰表征了产物的化学结构,凝胶渗透色谱(GPC)表明共聚物的分子量呈较窄的单峰分布,聚合反应过程具有较好的可控性.通过改变单体和催化剂的比例获得不同分子量的共聚物刷,利用凝胶渗透色谱联用光散射(GPC-MALS)研究了侧链结构对聚合物溶液构象的影响,结果显示一代树枝状共聚物刷表现为无规线团构象,而二代产物则呈现棒状构象,单个聚合物链的原子力(AFM)表征证实了上述结果.     

含长氟链丙烯酸酯共聚物的合成及应用展望

采用传统自由基共聚合方法合成了新型的含氟大分子单体PFMA-MA,并将其与甲基丙烯酸甲酯(MMA)、丙烯酸异丁酯(IBA)和γ-甲基丙烯酰氧基丙基三甲氧基硅烷(MPTS)进行自由基共聚合成了长氟链丙烯酸酯共聚物(ACLC)。对该聚合物的表面性能以及本体性能进行了研究。结果表明,少量的PFMA-MA便可使得到的共聚物ACLC的憎水性大幅度提高。通过X射线光电子能谱(XPS)研究大幅提高憎水性的机理,结果表明ACLC中的长氟链段具有强烈的迁移特性,氟原子富集于表面,使得材料憎水性得到提高。ACLC具有优异的附着力、硬度和低吸水率。含长氟侧链梳形丙烯酸酯共聚物有望应用在疏水、防水涂层材料等领域。     

孔雀石绿分子印迹聚合物的制备及其吸附

采用本体聚合法制备了孔雀石绿分子印迹聚合物,对功能单体的种类及用量、交联剂用量、模板浓度和聚合时间等参数进行了优化,并通过等温吸附实验,考察聚合物的吸附性能。 结果表明,以α-甲基丙烯酸为功能单体,当孔雀石绿、α-甲基丙烯酸和乙二醇二甲基丙烯酸酯的摩尔比为1∶4∶20时,所合成的聚合物具有最大的吸附容量,印迹因子（α=QMIP/QNIP）可达到3.6,表明合成的印迹聚合物对孔雀石绿有良好的识别和富集能力。     

乙烯基二联苯单体的螺旋选择性自由基聚合

为了深入理解乙烯基二联苯单体自由基聚合过程中的手性传递,进行了手性单体(+)-2-[(S)-异丁氧羰基-5-(4′-己氧基苯基)苯乙烯、非手性单体2-丁氧羰基-5-(4′-己氧基苯基)苯乙烯的均聚反应及它们二者的共聚反应,探讨了聚合温度和溶剂性质对手性单体均聚物旋光活性、手性单体含量对共聚物旋光活性以及聚合反应溶剂的超分子手性对共聚物旋光活性的影响.研究发现,降低聚合温度、采用液晶性反应介质有利于得到旋光度大的聚合物;少量手性单体的引入即可诱导共聚物形成某一方向占优的螺旋构象,比旋光度随手性单体的含量增加呈线性增长;在胆甾相液晶中制备的非手性单体聚合物不具有光学活性.这些结果表明,该类乙烯基二联苯聚合物具有动态螺旋构象,其光学活性主要依赖于主链的立构规整度和侧基不对称原子的手性.     

接枝改性PVDF基含氟聚合物

聚偏氟乙烯(PVDF基)含氟聚合物由于其独特的性能受到了广泛的关注。将功能化链段引入PVDF基含氟聚合物可以进一步提升其性能并拓展其应用领域。相较于物理共混法和直接共聚改性法,通过接枝改性法将功能化单体引入含氟聚合物的侧链具有更显著的优势,可便捷、高效地得到组成精确,结构可控的接枝共聚物。本文综述了通过活性自由基聚合(包括ATRP、SET-LRP、有机催化原子转移自由基聚合(O-ATRP)、光诱导Cu(Ⅱ)介导RDRP)和高能射线辐射(γ射线,紫外,电子束)等对PVDF基含氟聚合物功能化接枝改性的方法,并对其发展趋势以及改性聚合物的应用前景进行了展望。     

Fe(acac)_3-Al(i-Bu)_3-α,α′-联吡啶催化丙烯腈与苯乙烯共聚合

研究了Fe(acac)3-A l(i-Bu)3-α,α′-联吡啶(acac=乙酰丙酮)催化体系催化丙烯腈(AN)与苯乙烯共聚合,用元素分析和核磁共振研究了共聚物的结构,在单体比为1∶1时共聚物中丙烯腈/苯乙烯含量分别为49.3%和50.7%.用凝胶渗透色谱研究了聚合物分子量和分子量分布,共聚物分子量分布较窄.动力学研究表明共聚合反应对单体浓度呈一级关系,表观活化能为57.8 kJ/mol.     

Molecular dynamics simulation of mechanical properties of TATB/fluorine-polymer PBXs along different surfaces

TATB (1,3,5-triamino-2,4,6-trinitrobenzene) is the well-known high insensitive explosive. With TATB as the main body (90% and above) the polymer bonded explosives ( PBXs) contain a small amount of poly-mers (5%―10%). The composite materials with good saf…     

Understanding interactions between poly(styrene-co-sodium styrene sulfonate) and single-walled carbon nanotubes

Understanding formation mechanisms of hybrids of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) wrapped by polymers and their interactions is critical in modifying solubility of CNTs in aqueous solution and developing new nanotube-based polymer materials. In the present work, we investigate the structural details of poly(styrene-co-sodium styrene sulfonate) (PSS) wrapping around the CNT and the interactions between the PSS chain and the CNT using molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. The fraction of sulfonated groups significantly influences the wrapping conformations of the PSS chain. Due to limited time scale in the MD simulations, two different initial conformations of the chains are introduced to explore the effect of the initial state on the wrapping behavior. When the chains initially wrap around the CNT in a perfect helix manner, more compact pseudo-helical conformations are obtained. For initial straight line arrangement of the chain monomers, the chains adopt looser wrapping conformations. The free-energy analysis and binding interaction of the PSS chain on the CNT surface take a glance on the relationship between the conformational transition of the chain and the energy evolution.     

Molecular dynamics simulations of trans-1,4,5,8-tetranitro-1,4,5,8-tetraazadecalin-based polymer-bonded explosives

Molecular dynamics has been applied to investigate the low-sensitivity explosive TNAD (trans-1,4,5,8-tetranitro-1,4,5,8-tetraazadecalin)-based polymer-bonded explosives (PBXs) with four typical fluorine polymers, PVDF (polyvinylidenedifluoride), PCTFE (polychlorotrifluoroethylene), F(2311) (fluorine rubber), and F(2314) (fluorine resin). The elastic constants, mechanical properties (tensile modulus, bulk modulus, shear modulus, and Poission ratio), binding energies, and detonation performances are first reported for the TNAD-based PBXs. The results show that the mechanical properties of TNAD can be effectively improved by the addition of small amounts of fluorine polymers, and the overall effect of fluorine polymers on the mechanical properties of the PBXs along three crystalline surfaces is (001) > (010) > (100). On each crystal surface, improvement in the ductibility made by the fluorine polymers changes approximately in the sequence of PVDF > F(2311) > F(2314) > PCTFE. The binding energies between different TNAD crystalline surfaces and different polymer binders with the same chain segment or mass fraction both decrease in the order of (010) > (100) > (001). The binding properties of the polymers with the same chain segment on each crystal surface of TNAD increase as PVDF < F(2311) < F(2314) < PCTFE, while those of different polymers in the same content decrease in the sequence of PVDF > F(2311) > F(2314) > PCTFE. The detonation performances of the PBXs decrease in comparison with the pure crystal, but they are superior to those of TNT.     

A Monte Carlo study of the effect of polymer rigidity on adsorption behaviour

The effect of copolymer sequence distribution and stiffness on the adsorption–desorption transition and configuration of an adsorbed polymer chain is examined by Monte Carlo methods. Trends in the adsorption–desorption transition temperatures show that the transition temperature of the block and alternating copolymers are determined by entropic factors while the copolymers with a random sequence distribution (block-ran, random, or alt-ran, defined below) are controlled by enthalpic considerations. Analysis of the conformation of adsorbed chains and monomer density profiles suggests that utilizing an adsorbed rigid copolymer may be useful at tuning the properties of an interface in a multiphase material. A block copolymer can be utilized to affect substantial surface coverage and extensive expansion away from the surface. Additionally, an increase in the rigidity of the diblock chain will improve the expansion of the chain in all three dimensions. Alternatively, random copolymer structures offer a chain that will adopt a flatter adsorbed configuration that offers more efficient surface coverage. In this case, the expansion of the copolymer along the surface can be enhanced by increasing the stiffness of the chain with little or no change in the expansion away from the interface.     

Synthesis and properties of new fluorinated polymers bearing pendant imidazole groups for fuel cell membranes operating over a broad relative humidity range

New alternating copolymers comprising a chlorotrifluorinated backbone and imidazole‐terminated pendant ethylene oxide groups have been prepared with a view to their use as a component of proton‐conducting membranes in polymer electrolyte fuel cells. A vinyl ether containing an imidazole (Imi) function protected by a benzyl group (BVI) was first synthesized in a three‐step reaction. It was then copolymerized in solution with chlorotrifluoroethylene (CTFE) by conventional radical copolymerization leading to alternating poly(BVI‐alt‐CTFE) copolymers in good yields. Deprotection of the benzyl group under hydrogen produced a chlorotrifluorinated poly(Imi‐alt‐CTFE) copolymer. The polymer was subsequently used to form blend membranes with sulfonated poly(ether ether ketone) (sPEEK). The conductivity of blend membranes of poly (Imi‐alt‐CTFE) with sPEEK lies in the range of 4–10 mS cm^?1 at 40–70 °C and, for blend membranes rich in poly(Imi‐alt‐CTFE), is little dependent on relative humidity between 30 and 100%. It is surmised that the polymer and membrane composition favor microstructural phase separation into chlorotrifluorinated polymer backbone domains and regions in which imidazole groups are clustered. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 48: 223–231, 2010     

Preparation and properties of alkylated poly(styrene-graft-ethylene oxide)

Poly(styrene-graft-ethylene oxide), having alkyl chains (C₁₂ or C₁₈) on the polystyrene main chain or on the poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) side chains, were synthesized. The main chain was alkylated by first ionizing amide groups in a styrene/acrylamide copolymer with tert-butoxide, and then using the amide anions as sites for reactions with 1-bromoalkanes. An excess of amide anions was used in the reaction, and the remaining anions were subsequently utilized as initiator sites for the anionic polymerization of ethylene oxide (EO). Synthesis of poly(styrene-graft-ethylene oxide) with alkylated side chains was accomplished by polymerization of EO onto the ionized styrene/acrylamide copolymer, followed by an alkylation of the terminal alkoxide anions with 1-bromoalkanes. The alkylated graft copolymers were structurally characterized by using elemental analysis, ¹H NMR, GPC, and IR spectroscopy. DSC analysis showed that only graft copolymers with PEO contents exceeding about 50 wt % and side chain crystallinities comparable to those of homo-PEO. Main chain alkylated graft copolymers generally had higher crystalinities, as compared to nonalkylated and side chain alkylated samples. The graft copolymers absorbed water corresponding to one water molecule per EO unit at low PEO contents. The water absorption increased progressively at PEO contents above 30 wt % for main chain alkylated samples and above 50 wt % for non-alkylated samples. © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Biofouling resistance of ultrafiltration membranes controlled by surface self-assembled coating with PEGylated copolymers

Block and random PEGylated copolymers of poly(ethylene glycol) methacrylate (PEGMA) and polystyrene (PS) were synthesized with a controlled polydispersity using an atom transfer radical polymerization method and varying molar mass ratios of PS/PEGMA. Two types of PEGylated copolymers were self-assembly coated onto the surface of poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) ultrafiltration membranes for enhancing biofouling resistance. It was found that the adsorption capacities of random copolymers on PVDF membranes were all higher than those of block copolymers. However, the specific and overall protein resistance of bovine serum albumin (BSA) on PVDF membranes coated with block copolymers was much higher than that with random copolymers. The increase in styrene content in copolymer increased the amount of polymer coating on the membrane, and the increase in PEGMA content enhanced the protein resistance of membranes. The optimum PS/PEGMA ratio was found to be close to 2 for the best resistance of protein adsorption and bacterial adhesion on the PEGylated diblock copolymer-coated membranes. The PVDF membrane coated with such a copolymer owned excellent biofouling resistance to BSA, humic acid, negatively surface charged bacteria E. coli, and positively surface charged bacteria S. maltophilia.     

Radical copolymerization of chlorotrifluoroethylene with 4‐bromo‐3,3,4,4‐tetrafluorobut‐1‐ene

The radical copolymerization of chlorotrifluoroethylene (CTFE) with 3,3,4,4‐tetrafluoro‐4‐bromobut‐1‐ene (BTFB) initiated by tert‐butylperoxypivalate is presented. The microstructures of the obtained copolymers are determined by means of NMR spectroscopies and elemental analysis and show that random copolymers were obtained. A wide range of poly(CTFE‐co‐BTFB) copolymers is synthesized, containing from 17 to 89 mol % of CTFE. In all the cases, CTFE is the less reactive of both comonomers. T_d^10% values, ranging from 163 up to 359 °C, are dependent on the BTFB content. These variations of thermal property are attributed to the increase in the number of C‐H and C‐Br bonds breakdown when the BTFB molar percentage in the copolymer is higher. T_g values range from 19 to 39 °C and a decreasing trend is observed when increasing the amount of BTFB in the copolymer. This observation arises from the higher flexibility of the copolymer when increasing the number of fluorobrominated lateral chains. These original fluoropolymers bearing reactive pendant bromo groups are suitable candidates for various applications. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2014 , 52, 1714–1720