嵌段共聚物苯乙烯-丁二烯-苯乙烯(SBS)/苯酰化聚苯醚共混分相动力学

<正> 对高分子-高分子共混体系相分离动力学过程的研究,人们一般局限于均聚物-均聚物,均聚物-无规共聚物共混体系,对于均聚物-嵌段共聚物共混体系的分相过程很少涉及。原因其一是很难找到具有临界相行为的嵌段共聚物-均聚物共混体系,其二是嵌段共聚物存在微相分离,使得宏观相分离动力学过程研究变得复杂。Paul的工作似乎为这方面的研究工作开辟了道路。     

环型嵌段高分子的强分凝理论方法

环型嵌段高分子没有自由端,分相结构会存在两种嵌段共混相区,使经典的线型嵌段高分子强分凝理论不能适用.在强分凝极限下,推导了两个共混相区之间的界面能,并结合两端固定在不同界面上的链的拉伸能,从而建立了环型嵌段高分子的强分凝理论研究方法.将此理论应用于环型两嵌段高分子体系,发现环型链比等链长的线型链更难相分离,且相结构周期远小于线型链.这与自洽场理论的结果一致.将此理论应用于环型三嵌段高分子,发现三元相图中心附近出现多种无共混相区的砖块堆积结构,而在靠近相图边缘部分,即组分比例较不对称时,含共混相区的层状和柱状结构占优势.     

嵌段序列对线型ABC三嵌段高分子微相分离动力学的影响

用动态密度泛函理论研究了嵌段序列对线型ABC三嵌段高分子微相分离动力学机理的影响. 针对一个典型的线型ABC三嵌段高分子, 通过系统地改变各嵌段的体积分数, 我们给出了嵌段序列为ABC 和BAC时, 关于微相分离机理的三元相图. 发现除各嵌段的平均组分、相互作用能外, 嵌段序列也影响其微相分离的机理和最终的相结构. 此外, 嵌段序列的变化还导致了三元相图对称性的破缺.     

聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯/聚醋酸乙烯酯共混分相过程结构函数的标度分析和相凝聚

高分子共混体系相分离动力学研究已取得了很大的进展。Cahn理论可很好地描述相分离初期过程,de Gennes的蛇行理论可较好地描述相分离初期大分子扩散。在相分离后期,人们已经发现动力学参量的标度行为,但实验结果不一,标度成因尚不十分清楚。本文研究了聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯(PMMA)/聚醋酸乙烯酯(PVAc)共混体系相分离后期过程。分析了结构函数的标度行为,初步讨论了相凝聚特征。     

星型高分子共混体系的相平衡、相分离和相界面的 统计力学理论

在平均场近似下求得了星型高分子共混体系的混合自由能及其相分离动力学方程。本文的理论结果表明,型高分子共混体系与线型高分子共混体系相比具有更快的相分离速度。而且,因其相界面张力较低,体系较易形成更多的相界面,浓度涨落的临界波矢也更大。除此之外,由于在相同分子量的条件下星型高分子的尺寸要小,因此其相界面更窄,当星型高分子的臂数为1或2时,所有结果均合理地还原到熟知的线型高分子共混体系的结果。因此,本文的结果具有更大的普遍性。     

嵌段共聚物增容剂对不相容均聚物共混体系相行为和界面性质的影响

聚合物共混体系(又称聚合物合金)兼具其相应组分的均聚物和共聚物的多种特征,甚至具有新的理想性能,从而成为了一种具有极高经济价值的新材料.该材料的研发极大地丰富了高分子物理学、高分子化学和材料学的研究内容,拓宽了聚合物材料在现代工业中的应用,同时把聚合物材料研究推向了交叉科学的前沿.均聚物/嵌段共聚物/均聚物体系作为经典的三元聚合物共混体系,对其进行深入地研究,不仅可以促进人们对高分子科学中重要问题的理解,而且可为新型嵌段共聚物增容剂的改良和设计提供理论依据.近年来,有关聚合物共混体系的实验、理论和计算机模拟工作很多,并且取得了较大的进展,但是相关综述较少.本文以均聚物/嵌段共聚物/均聚物体系为例,综述该领域的基本概念和发展历史,并着重介绍两嵌段共聚物增容剂对该三元共混体系相行为和界面性质的影响.此外,还介绍了这一领域的关键科学问题、发展前景和研究方向.     

调控氢键作用力在多组分嵌段共聚物共混体系中的自组装结构

调控嵌段共聚物共混体系的氢键作用力可应用在光学、电性及生物医用领域,因此吸引了高分子科学家广泛的研究兴趣,它提供了制备新型高分子材料(包含可调性及响应性的功能)的方法.在此篇综述中,我们整理了各种氢键作用力调控嵌段共聚物共混体系(如嵌段共聚物/低分子量化合物、嵌段共聚物/均聚物及嵌段共聚物/嵌段共聚物混合体系)在固态及液态的自组装行为.     

介观相分离对等规聚丙烯/烯烃嵌段共聚物共混体系相容性的影响

研究了2种烯烃嵌段共聚物(OBC1和OBC2)与等规聚丙烯(iPP)的相容性,其中2种烯烃嵌段共聚物具有相近的软硬段组成,软硬段中辛烯含量接近,但分子量不同.通过对OBC线性黏弹性的研究发现高分子量的OBC1会发生较强的介观相分离,而在所研究的温度范围内,低分子量的OBC2保持均相.利用了液滴回缩和流变学的方法测量了2种iPP/OBC共混体系的界面张力,同时采用动态力学分析研究了共混物中组分玻璃化转变温度的变化,并通过自浓度模型估算了2种OBC与iPP互溶的溶解度.结果发现虽然OBC1与iPP的界面张力较高,但二者之间的相容性却优于OBC2与iPP的相容性,这很可能是OBC1分子量大,嵌段共聚物的强介观相分离所导致其与iPP相容性更好.对iPP/OBC共混体系结晶行为的研究也证实了相容性差异对共混物中等规聚丙烯结晶行为的影响.     

嵌段共聚物和星型均聚物共混体系相行为的自洽场理论研究

用自洽场理论方法(Self-consistent field theory, SCFT)计算了嵌段共聚物AB和三等臂星型均聚物A共混体系的微相形态. 为了简化计算, 着重讨论了固定嵌段共聚物本体的相形态(如层状相)时, 所加入的均聚物的体积分数及均聚物与嵌段共聚物链长之比对体系相形态的影响; 并结合体系的熵和相互作用能的变化, 讨论了星型均聚物在体系微相结构中的分布.     

高分子共混相分离动力学

本文综述了相容高分子共混体系相分离动力学的研究进展.介绍了 Cahn 理论,标度律和分形(Fractal)概念,在研究相分离动力学中的应用。     

Applications of self-consistent field theory in polymer systems

1Introduction Owing to the specificity of the long chain,polymers present complexity and versatility.These molecules in the system can be various in their topological struc-tures,such as linear,star,comb or circle structures;meanwhile they can be polymeri…     

填料对聚合物共混物相分离行为的影响

近年来,由于粒子填充聚合物共混物的广泛运用,复合材料的结构研究具有重要意义.除了研究粒子在聚合物中的分散外,关于粒子对聚合物共混物的相分离影响也做了大量工作.研究结果表明粒子的尺寸,粒子的表面处理以及粒子含量对聚合物共混物相分离热力学以及动力学有重要影响.由于粒子对聚合物组分的选择吸附、聚合物分子对粒子的润湿作用、填料对聚合物相区生长的阻碍导致了聚合物共混物-填料体系相行为的复杂性.本文扼要地综述了聚合物共混物-填料体系相分离的理论基础以及实验结果,介绍了粒子对相分离的影响因素,并展望了该领域的研究趋势和前景.     

Phase behavior of a blend of polymer-tethered nanoparticles with diblock copolymers

Using the self-consistent field theory (SCFT), we investigate the phase behavior of a mixture of diblock copolymers and nanoparticles with monodisperse polymer chains tethered to their surfaces. We assume the size of the nanoparticles to be much smaller than that of the attached polymer chains and therefore model the particles with their grafted polymer "shell" as star polymers. The polymer chains attached to the particles are of the same species as one of the blocks of the symmetric diblock copolymer. Of primary interest is how to tune the shell of the particle by changing both the length and number of tethered polymers in order to achieve higher loading of nanoparticles within an ordered structure without macrophase separation occurring. We find that the phase behavior of the system is very sensitive to the size of the particle including its tethered shell. The region of microphase separation is increased upon decreasing the star polymer size, which may be achieved by shortening and/or removing tethered polymer chains. To explore the possible structures in these systems we employ SCFT simulations that provide insight into the arrangement of the different species in these complex composites.     

Comparative study of the phase behavior of liquid-crystalline components in closely related blends and copolyesters

Phase behavior of blends of a liquid-crystalline (LC) polymer with a non-LC polymer and of a series of copolymers containing mesogenic and nonmesogenic units was studied by thermal, optical, and dynamic mechanical methods. The polymers composing the blends and the copolymers had the same constituent monomers. The blends exhibited phase separation over the whole range of compositions studied as observed by DSC and dynamic mechanical analysis. Two glass transition temperatures (T_g) corresponding to the two components and independence of melting (T_m) and isotropization temperatures (T_i) to changes in composition were observed for the blends. The copolymers did not show phase separation over most of the composition range studied. Only one T_g corresponding to that of the major component could be detected for the copolymers, and the T_g was found to increase with an increase in the amount of nonmesogenic monomer in the copolymers. The difference in phase behavior was explained on the basis of the chemical environment of the constituent units in the blends and in copolymers. Phase inversion in the blends was observed by microscopy when the blends contained 60 mol% or more of the non-LC polymer.     

Crowding effect induced phase transition of amphiphilic diblock copolymer in solution

The crowding agent induced phase transition of amphiphilic block copolymers in solution was explicitly considered. The influence of the size and the volume fraction of the crowding agent on the phase separation of amphiphilic diblock copolymers is investigated by using self-consistent field theory (SCFT) method. The concentration of the disorder to order transition of the block copolymer decreases when the size of the crowding agent is larger than that of the solvent. The higher volume fraction of the crowding agent will induce the transition of the block copolymer from disorder to order state at a lower concentration. The relation between the size and the volume fraction of the crowding agent is elucidated. When the size of the crowding agent is larger, its volume fraction of the disorder to order transition of the block copolymer will be lower. The conformation of the crowding agent considered as a polymer chain is also studied and compared.     

DSC Studies of Thermally Induced Phase Separation of Hydrogen Bonded Polymer Blends

The thermally induced phase separation behavior of hydrogen bonded polymer blends, poly(n-hexyl methacrylate) (PHMA) blended with poly(styrene-co-vinyl phenol) (STVPh) random copolymers having various vinyl phenol contents, was studied by temperature modulated differential scanning calorimetry (TMDSC).The enthalpy of phase separation was determined to be about 0.5 cal g^–1 for one of the blends. A phase diagram was constructed from the TMDSC data for one of the blends. The kinetics of phase separation was studied by determining the phase compositions from the glass transition temperatures of quenched samples after phase separation. Subsequently, the phase separated samples were annealed at temperatures below the phase boundary to observe the return to the homogeneous state.This revised version was published online in November 2005 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

最有效的相容剂是两嵌段还是多嵌段聚合物?

Monte Carlo simulations were used to investigate the compatibilizing behaviors of multi-block copolymers with different architectures in A/B/(block copolymer) ternary blends. The volume fraction of homopolymer A, employed as the dispersed phase, was 19%. The simulations illustrate how a di- or multi-block copolymer aggregates at the interfaces and influences the phase behaviour of such incompatible polymer blends. The di-block copolymer chains tend to "stand" on the interface whereas the multi-block chains lie on the interface.In comparison with the dj-block copolymer, the block copolymers with 4, or 10 blocks can occupy more areas on the interface, and thus the multi-block copolymers have higher efficiency for the retardation of the phase separation.     

Miscibility of polysulfone blends with poly(1‐vinylpyrrolidone‐co‐styrene) copolymers and their interaction energies

The miscibility of polysulfone (PSf) with various hydrophilic copolymers was explored. Among these blends, PSf gave homogeneous mixtures with poly(1‐vinylpyrrolidone‐co‐styrene) [P(VP–S)] copolymers when these copolymers contained 68–88 wt % 1‐vinylpyrrolidone (VP). Miscible PSf blends with P(VP–S) copolymers underwent phase separation on heating caused by lower critical solution temperature (LCST)‐type phase behavior. The phase behavior depended on the copolymer composition. Changes in the VP content of P(VP–S) copolymers from 65 to 68 wt % shifted the phase behavior from immiscibility to miscibility and the LCST behavior. The phase‐separation temperatures of the miscible blends first increased gradually with the VP content, then went through a broad maximum centered at about 80 wt % VP, and finally decreased just before the limiting content of VP for miscibility with PSf. The interaction energies of binary pairs involved in PSf/P(VP–S) blends were evaluated from the phase‐separation temperatures of PSf/P(VP–S) blends with lattice‐fluid theory combined with a binary interaction model. The decrease in the contact angle between water and the membrane surface with increasing VP content in P(VP–S) copolymers indicated that the hydrophobic properties of PSf could be improved via blending with hydrophilic P(VP–S) copolymers. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 41: 1401–1411, 2003     

Liquid-Crystalline copolymers and polymer blends containing electron donor and acceptor groups: Effects of mesogenic structures on the smectic phase and the miscibility

Side-chain liquid-crystalline copolymers and polymer blends containing an electron-donating (carbazolylmethylene)aniline group and electron-accepting nitrophenyl groups with various central linking groups between aromatic groups in the mesogenic units, i.e., N?CH, CH?CH, N?N, and COO, were prepared to examine effects of the mesogenic structure on thermal behaviours. The most remarkable effects of the central linking group on the thermal properties and the miscibility were observed for the polymer blends. The 1:1 miscible polymer blends were prepared from the electron-donating polymer containing (carbazolylmethylene)aniline group (PM6C_z) and the electron-accepting polymers with similar central linking groups, i.e., N?CH, CH?CH, and N?N. For example, the 1: 1 polymer blend of PM6C_z and the electron-accepting polymer containing the nitrostilbene group induced a smectic phase from 73 to 207°C. This isotropic temperature was 46°C higher than the calculated value (161°C) based on the composition without the electron donor-acceptor interaction. On the other hand, the 1: 1 polymer blend of PM6C_z and the electron-accepting polymer containing the nitrophenylbenzoate group showed phase separation. Thus, the remarkable thermal stability and the miscibility of the polymer blends containing the electron donor and acceptor groups might be caused by planar structures between the mesogenic side groups which have similar central linking groups through the electron donor-acceptor interaction. A similar tendency was seen for copolymers and binary mixtures of both low-molecular-weight compounds containing the same mesogenic groups. © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Effect of molecular architecture on phase behavior of graft copolymers

Influence of molecular architecture on phase behavior of graft copolymer melts was studied by using a reciprocal-space self-consistent filed theory (SCFT). The phase diagrams were examined as functions of the architectural parameters describing the graft copolymers (i.e., the number of grafts and the position of first junction). In comparison with the well-known phase diagram of diblock copolymers, the phase diagrams of the graft copolymers are asymmetric. When the number of grafts or the position of first junction varies, the boundaries of order-order transitions have shifts due to the variation in the chain stretching energy. The change in molecular architecture also significantly alters the domain spacing of ordered structures but has weak impact on the density distributions of graft copolymers. For comparison of the theoretical predictions with the existing experimental results, the phase diagrams of graft copolymers were also calculated at strong segregation. The SCFT calculations can accurately capture the characteristics of the phase behavior of graft copolymer melts.