Shear-induced band texture of side group liquid crystalline polymers

The shear-induced band texture of conventional end-on fixed side group liquid crystalline polymers (LCPs) has been investigated by using polarizing optical microscopy (POM), small angle light scattering (SALS) and infra-red dichroism techniques. The band spacing is about 1 μm, which increases very slightly on increasing the temperature of shearing and is independent of shearing rate within the range studied. The band texture is not seen to exhibit an interchange of dark and bright bands on rotation of the sample with respect to the polarizer/analyser, but a typical periodical structure is reflected by the SALS patterns of the band texture. The relaxation behaviour of the bands indicates that the band texture formed here is the result of the orderly aligning of domains exhibiting the focal-conic texture, and this is totally different from the case of main chain LCPs where the band texture is substantially an optical effect of the periodic zigzag or sinusoidal structure of parallel aligned microfibrils. Infra-red dichroism and rotating parallel-plate shearing measurements show that the axes of the backbone of the polymer tend to orient in the shearing direction and the end-on fixed mesogenic side groups tend to align perpendicular to the shearing direction.     

Transition of polymers from rubbery elastic state to fluid state

On increasing the temperature of a polymer, the transition of the polymer from a rubbery elastic state to a fluid state could occur. The transition temperature is termed the fluid temperature of the polymer, T _f, which has a direct relationship with the polymer molecular weight. As one of polymer parameters, T _f is as important as the glass transition temperature of a polymer, T _g. Moreover, special attention to T _f should be paid for polymer processing. In research on the transition of a polymer from a rubbery elastic state to a fluid state, the concept of T _f would be more reasonable and more effective than the concept of T _l,l because it is neglected in the concept of T _l,l in that the molecular weight of a polymer may affect the transition of the polymer. In this paper the discussion on the fluid temperature involves the characters of polymers, such as the deformation—temperature curve, the temperature range of the rubbery state and the shear viscosity of polymer melt. From the viewpoint of the cohesional state of polymers, the transition of a polymer from a rubbery elastic state to a fluid state responds to destruction and construction of the cohesional entanglement network in the polymer. The relaxing network of polymer melt would be worthy to be considered as an object of study. __________ Translated from Huaxue Tongbao (Chemistry), 2008,71(3) (in Chinese)     

甲醇生产主精馏塔的模拟计算

对甲醇精馏主塔进行了模拟计算，并以一实际生产装置沿塔身的温度与浓度分布进行了验证。结果表明，水和甲醇的平均偏差为０．９％，微量杂质，不计丁基油，平均偏差为４９ｐｐｍ，温度平均偏差为２．９℃。说明本计算方法及采用的模型参数是可靠的，可用于工程计算。本文进一步指出，为降低废水中醇类含量，较理想的方法是选择合适的精甲醇与丁基油的采出量。     

双甘氨肽分子印迹聚合物微球的吸附性能研究

以双甘氨肽(Gly-Gly)为印迹分子,丙烯酰胺(AM)、二甲基丙烯酸乙二醇酯(EDMA)分别作为功能单体和交联剂,在低温条件下采用乳液聚合于水相中制备了双甘氨肽分子印迹聚合物微球(Gly-Gly-MIPMs)。通过静态、动态平衡吸附和薄层色谱(TLC)分离实验,研究了Gly-Gly-MIPMs的选择吸附性能,并进行了Scatchard模型分析。结果表明,Gly-Gly-MIPMs对Gly-Gly分子具有较好的特异性吸附,最大单位饱和吸附量0.428mmol/g,印迹因子2.19。     

从溶胀平衡研究玻璃态高聚物的凝聚缠结网络

在13~15℃室温条件下对聚苯乙烯(PS)颗粒在二氧六环/水混合溶剂中的溶胀情况进行目视观察,可以看到,当减小混合溶剂二氧六环/水中的水含量时,PS颗粒从玻璃态到溶胀的玻璃态、溶胀的高弹态、流体态的转变,与PS颗粒升温时从玻璃态到高弹态、流体态的转变相对应.选定混合溶剂二氧六环/水(水6·8wt%)对一个单分散PS试样(Mw=1·68×105)在30℃进行分相平衡和溶胀平衡的测定.分相平衡是先将PS/二氧六环/水(混合溶剂水含量6·8wt%)体系加热到130℃使PS溶解成一均相溶液,然后在冷却过程中分相,在30℃达分相平衡(30天)时,浓相高分子体积浓度p″=0·304,稀相几乎为纯溶剂.从Flory-Huggins相平衡理论得出此体系的高分子-溶剂相互作用参数χ=0·63.本工作使用的单分散PS试样在选定的混合溶剂,即二氧六环/水(水6·8wt%)中,30℃时不能溶解只能溶胀,单分散PS颗粒淬冷试样(密度ρp=1·0451g/mL)到达溶胀平衡(80天)时浓相高分子体积浓度p″=0·308.而此淬冷试样经在80℃热处理100h后的老化试样(ρp=1·0470g/mL)达溶胀平衡(70天)时p″=0·312.从溶胀过程中浓相体积变化曲线可知试样经在80℃热处理过程中凝聚网络趋向于更均一,更接近热处理温度下的平衡态,试样密度增大,网络产生了新的链间凝聚,物理交联密度增大(凝聚点间分子量减小).从溶胀平衡理论并取χ=0·63(分相平衡)可得到淬冷试样的物理交联点间分子量Mc=11·6×104,老化试样的物理交联点间分子量Mc=6·9×104.实验结果说明溶胀过程及溶胀平衡的测定可以反映玻璃态高聚物中的凝聚网络结构的细节,而且非常敏感.     

BANDED TEXTURE FORMATION IN NEMATIC SOLUTION OF POLY (1,4-BENZAMIDE) IN SULFURIC ACID

The banded texture in films prepared from nematic poly (1,4-benzamide) (PBA)/H_2SO_4 solution by shearing and without shearing has been studied by using microscopy techniques. The kinetic parameters of banded texture formation γ_c and τ_b were measured for nematic solution of PBA by using parallel-plate shearing apparatus. The banded texture was also observed in randomly packed domains for nematic solution of PBA on standing without shearing. The properties of banded texture show no difference between the two samples with or without shearing.     

Effect of thermal history on crystallization and melting behaviour of lldpe

In this paper two LLDPE samples with their own structural parameters were studied by means of DSC. Experimental results show that DSC was good for revealing slight structural difference between these two samples. Furthermore, the effect of thermal history on crystallization and melting behaviour of LLDPE was observed clearly through varying conditions of thermal treatment.

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Zusammenfassung Mittels DSC werden zwei LLDPE-Proben mit ihren eigenen Strukturparametern untersucht. Die Versuchsergebnisse zeigen, da\ sich DSC gut eignet, um gering fügige Unterschiede dieser zwei Proben nachzuweisen. Weiterhin wurde unter verschiedenen Bedingungen der Einflu\ der thermischen Vorgeschichte auf das Kristallisations-und Schmelzverhalten von LLDPE untersucht.

     

拉伸热历史对取向聚对苯二甲酸乙二酯膜在热处理过程中收缩和伸长的影响

弄清取向非晶态聚合物在热处理过程中的收缩和伸长的变化规律,以及所对应的结构变化,有较大的实用意义和科学意义。 对于取向聚对苯二甲酸乙二酯的热收缩和热伸长已有很多研究,但对于拉伸热历史对取向PET在热处理过程中的尺寸变化的影响尚缺乏系统的研究。在热拉伸的过程中发生分子链的取向、热弛豫和结晶三个相互竞争的过程。因此,改变拉伸条件可以得到具有各种不同取向和结晶的PET试样。当非晶态PET膜片在80-105℃以较低     

RHEOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF PROCESSABILITY OF UNVULCANIZED POLYBUTADIENE

Rheological investigation on a series ot unvulcamzed polybutadiene elastomers of different processability has been carried out by means of a capillary extrusion rheometer. It is found that the processability of unvulcanized polybutadiene can be correlated with the occurrence of unsteady flow and the wall stress, dependence of the dimensionless number e characterizing the entrance elongational elasticity which has been found to be sensitive to the branching structure and the molecular weight distribution of the samples. Interpretations based on the structural data of unvulcanized polybutadiene were discussed.     

A novel memcapacitor and its application in a chaotic circuit

Nonlinear Dynamics - In this paper, a novel memcapacitor is designed by the SBT ( $$\hbox {Sr}_{0.95}\hbox {Ba}_{0.05}\hbox {TiO}_{{3}}$$ ) memristor and two capacitors. A fifth-order memcapacitor...