氧化石墨烯增容尼龙6/聚苯乙烯共混体系的研究

氧化石墨烯(GO)亲水性的边缘和疏水性的中间片层使其具有两亲特性.利用GO的这种特性,将其加入尼龙6(PA6)/聚苯乙烯(PS)的共混体系,以提高PA6和PS的相容性.通过两步法制备了PA6/PS/GO共混物,研究了GO对PA6/PS共混材料结构形态与力学性能的影响,并对其增容机理进行了探讨.扫描电镜(SEM)结果表明,添加GO后,共混材料的分散相尺寸明显变小,分散更为均匀,少量的GO即可达到良好的增容效果.动态力学性能(DMA)测试进一步证明了GO对PA6/PS共混物具有一定的增容性.理论计算也表明PS/GO共混物和PA6具有更接近的表面自由能和较低的界面自由能.添加GO后共混物材料的拉伸性能和韧性明显提高.GO添加量为0.1 wt％时,共混材料的断裂伸长率较未添加GO的共混材料提高了170％,断裂能也提高了近240％.     

Three dimensional accurate morphology measurements of polystyrene standard particles on silicon substrate by electron tomography

Polystyrene latex (PSL) nanoparticle (NP) sample is one of the most widely used standard materials. It is used for calibration of particle counters and particle size measurement tools. It has been reported that the measured NP sizes by various methods, such as Differential Mobility Analysis, dynamic light scattering (DLS), optical microscopy (OM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM), differ from each other. Deformation of PSL NPs on mica substrate has been reported in AFM measurements: the lateral width of PSL NPs is smaller than their vertical height. To provide a reliable calibration standard, the deformation must be measured by a method that can reliably visualize the entire three dimensional (3D) shape of the PSL NPs. Here we present a method for detailed measurement of PSL NP 3D shape by means of electron tomography in a transmission electron microscope. The observed shape of the PSL NPs with 100 nm and 50 nm diameter were not spherical, but squished in direction perpendicular to the support substrate by about 7.4% and 12.1%, respectively. The high difference in surface energy of the PSL NPs and that of substrate together with their low Young modulus appear to explain the squishing of the NPs without presence of water film.     

A tool for rapid quenching of elongated polymer melts

In this article, we present a device for rapid quenching of elongated polymer melts. The tool is an accessory to the uniaxial elongational rheometer RME of Meissner and Hostettler. It is intended to be used for microscopic and other investigations of stretched polymers. The device allows us to solidify a polymer melt by pouring liquid nitrogen on it and to cut it at the nearly same instant of time. Then the sample can be easily removed from the stretching apparatus. Solving the heat diffusion equation for a polymer melt, which is cooled by liquid nitrogen, we theoretically estimate the quenching time of this method. To demonstrate that this quenching procedure indeed rapidly cools a polymer melt, the stress birefringence of elongated and subsequently quenched polystyrene melts is measured and the stress-optical coefficient C is determined. The experimental value of the stress-optical coefficient is |C|= 4.65×10⁻⁹ Pa⁻¹, which agrees well with the data in literature. Using this tool for elongation experiments with the RME, polymer melts can be solidified in between approximately 0.2 and 2.0 s, depending on the thickness of the sample.     

A Potential Alternative to Polystyrene: Ring-opening Terpolymerization of Different Epoxides with Phthalic Anhydride Using Metal-free Dual Catalysts

A series of semi-aromatic polyesters named as Poly(PO-CHO-PA) were facilely synthesized via ring-opening terpolymerization of biobased cyclohexane oxide(CHO)/propylene oxide(PO)/phthalic anhydride(PA) using economical U1/PPNCl as dual catalyst. The proportion of CHO-PA and PO-PA segments in polymer can be readily altered by changing the feed ratio of CHO/PO because the reactivity ratios of CHO and PO with PA calculated by Fineman-Ross method are comparable. All synthesized amorphous polyesters with various compositions show one Tg ranging from 62 ℃ to 133 ℃. Significantly, the mechanical, thermal and barrier properties of these amorphous semi-aromatic polyesters are also adjustable and investigated for the first time. The results indicate the semi-polyesters exhibit superior thermostability(T5% ranging from 306 ℃ to323 ℃) and high tensile strength(40.21-55.7 MPa) that is comparable with polystyrene(PS). Furthermore, Poly(PO-CHO-PA) films possess a promising prospect as packaging materials because of its colorless and highly transparent nature, along with low oxygen and water vapor transmission rate. All above performances may guarantee its potential alternative to commercial PS.     

Functionalised, photostable, fluorescent polystyrene nanoparticles of narrow size-distribution

Fluorescent nanoparticles continue to be of wide interest, as they have many advantages over single fluorescent molecules for biological imaging and sensing applications, such as increased fluorescence intensity and reduced photobleaching. In the following work, styrene was copolymerised with a newly synthesised, fluorescein-based, vinylic crosslinking monomer, by emulsion polymerisation, to create a series of different sized fluorescent nanoparticles (35-100 nm), each of narrow size-distribution. The particles were found to be highly fluorescent and with lower photobleaching compared to fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC), offering an attractive alternative. The fluorescence excitation and emission spectra were recorded, being similar to fluorescein, but with interesting variation in the excitation spectra. The particles also have a wide range of potential uses, such as examining particle uptake activity of a macrophage cell line, also demonstrated. The nanoparticles were coated with albumin to provide functionality for potential conjugation to biological targeting agents.     

Plasma Treatment of Polymers

Abstract

Plasma treatment of polymers encompasses a variety of plasma technologies and polymeric materials for a wide range of applications and dates back to at least the 1960s. In this article we provide a brief review of the United States patent literature on plasma surface modification technologies and a brief review of the scientific literature on investigations of the effects of plasma treatment, the nature of the plasma environment, and the mechanisms that drive the plasma–surface interaction. We then discuss low‐radio‐frequency capacitively coupled nitrogen plasmas and their characteristics, suggesting that they provide significant plasma densities and populations of reactive species for effective plasma treatments on a variety of materials, particularly when placing the sample surface in the cathode sheath region. We further discuss surface chemical characterization of treated polymers, including some results on polyesters treated in capacitively coupled nitrogen plasmas driven at 40 kHz. Finally, we connect plasma characterization with surface chemical analysis by applying a surface sites model to nitrogen uptake of poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) and poly(ethylene naphthalate) (PEN) treated in a 40 kHz nitrogen plasma. This example serves to suggest an interesting practical approach to comparisons of plasma treatments. In addition, it suggests an approach to defining the investigations required to conclusively identify the underlying treatment mechanisms.     

侧链含8-羟基喹啉铝配合物的聚苯乙烯的合成与发光性能研究

通过高分子反应法研究制备了高分子化的8-羟基喹啉铝发光材料.首先使用自制的氯甲基化试剂1,4-二氯甲氧基丁烷(BCMB),制备了5-氯甲基-8-羟基喹啉(CHQ);通过聚苯乙烯(PS)与CHQ之间的Friedel-Crafts烷基化反应,制得侧链键合有8-羟基喹啉(HQ)的改性聚苯乙烯HQ-PS;再使HQ-PS与二配体...     

Morphology optimization of solution blow spun polystyrene to obtain superhydrophobic materials with high ability of oil absorption

In this study, Polystyrene based materials, PS, with tailored morphologies are prepared by solution blow spinning, SBS. It is demonstrated that this tailored morphology of PS can be designed through the choice of particular SBS processing conditions. Several SBS processing conditions, including solution concentration, gas pressure and solution feeding rate are changed to consider their individual and combined effects on the final polymer morphology. The morphology of the PS samples is inspected by scanning electron microscopy, SEM. This morphology is analyzed in terms of fiber diameter and relative amount of fibers respect to other morphological features such as lumps or fibers aggregates. Coupling the experimental analysis with the use of Box-Behnken method and the desirability function, particular values of parameters controlling the SBS processing conditions are able to be obtained in order to achieve certain morphologies of PS, in particular, maximum amount of fibers with the minimum diameter. Influence of PS morphology on hydrophobicity and the ability of oil absorption is studied by contact angle measurements. The use of Box-Behnken design together with the desirability function is revealed as a reliable and accurate method for designing polystyrene materials through the optimal election of SBS processing conditions for the production of the polymer with particular morphologies and therefore, with especial performance regarding adsorption and absorption of liquid wastes. SBS PS constituted by the maximum amount of fibers with the shortest diameters lead to superhydrophobic materials with the highest ability of oil absorption for the PS.     

磷钼酸/聚苯乙烯/聚乙烯醇电纺纤维膜的制备及性能

采用静电纺丝法制备了磷钼酸/聚苯乙烯(PS)/聚乙烯醇(PVA)复合纤维,并将其模压成膜.利用红外光谱(IR)、扫描电子显微镜(SEM)及X射线能谱(EDX)等对复合纤维及其膜的结构与形貌进行表征,并对复合纤维膜的光催化性能、力学性能及在水中稳定性进行测试.结果表明,在复合纤维中磷钼酸的Keggin结构得到保持.PS与PVA质量比为1∶1时,复合纤维形貌最佳,表面光滑,直径较小且分布均匀,复合纤维的直径随着磷钼酸含量的增加而减小.将磷钼酸固载于复合纤维膜上比直接使用具有更高的光催化活性,光照25 min后接近98%的甲基橙降解;复合纤维膜易于回收再利用,5次重复使用后,复合纤维膜没有破损,磷钼酸损失较少,光催化性能无明显下降.复合纤维膜的强度随磷钼酸含量的增加先增大后减小,韧性随PVA含量的增加而增大,随磷钼酸含量的增加而减小.     

磺酰化修饰聚苯乙烯的合成及芳香烃萃取性能简

利用自由基聚合反应合成了低分子量聚苯乙烯,经过端基氧化和磺酰化反应,制备出一系列极性砜基修饰的低分子量聚苯乙烯. 通过红外光谱(FTIR)、核磁共振谱(NMR)、差示扫描量热分析(DSC)以及热重分析(TGA)等手段对聚合物的结构和性能进行了表征,并通过混合烃萃取分离实验对其芳香烃选择性进行了测试. 结果表明,随着磺化比例的增加,甲苯的选择系数和分布系数均显著提高,表明极性修饰聚苯乙烯对多种芳香烃/链烷烃混合物均具有明显的芳香烃选择性.