两相聚合物熔体中相区粗化过程的格子Boltzmann研究

在自由能格子Boltzmann方法的基础上, 采用附加的作用力项描述非理想流体作用, 得到了改进自由能形式的格子Boltzmann模型. 对于高分子共混体系, 采用了Flory-Huggins自由能函数形式, 对两相聚合物熔体中的相区粗化过程进行了模拟. 首先通过格子Boltzmann方法计算得到了聚合物共混物的相分离曲线, 该曲线与两相共存曲线的解析值吻合得较好. 应用此模型, 研究了聚合物共混体系不稳分相机理的相区粗化过程. 在此基础上, 探讨了分相后期相区尺寸随时间的增长指数与高分子链长和Flory-Huggins相互作用参数的关系. 模拟结果表明, 相区的后期增长机理与高分子链长和Flory-Huggins相互作用参数关系不大, 而流体的粘度决定了相区的后期增长机理, 是影响相区后期增长指数的重要因素.     

利用TDGL方法模拟嵌段共聚物链长和浓度对A/B/A-B三组分体系相形态演化的影响

从Flory-Huggins自由能出发,得到了适合TDGL模拟的自由能泛函.在自由能中保留了各序参量的耦合项,并且还保留了链长的信息.利用自由能中的链长的信息,模拟了不同嵌段共聚物链长以及不同浓度下体系的形态变化,在均聚物的链长和浓度确定的条件下,存在一个使体系的相区尺寸最小的最佳嵌段共聚物链长.同时,在嵌段共聚物和均聚物的链长都一定的情况下,研究了不同量的嵌段共聚物对体系相行为的影响,发现嵌段共聚物的浓度不同,体系的结构存在很大的区别.此外,如果均聚物A和B的浓度不同,其相区的结构也不同.     

对称柔性-半刚性-柔性三嵌段共聚物自组装行为

基于蠕虫状链模型和高斯链模型的自洽场理论研究了对称柔性-半刚性-柔性三嵌段共聚物在二维空间中的相行为. 在设定的计算参数下得到了多种该体系的热力学平衡态相结构, 包括各向同性Isotropic相、 各向异性Nematic相、 层状Smectic-C相、 四角柱状相、 斜交型冰球状相、 断层型冰球状相和稻粒状结构. 与刚-柔两嵌段共聚物相比, 对称柔性-半刚性-柔性三嵌段共聚物更容易形成Smectic-C相. 在柱状相结构中, 在柔性嵌段的牵伸作用下半刚性嵌段在液晶相区中相互穿插, 从而形成菱形和长方形液晶相区. 当取向相互作用较强时, 半刚性嵌段沿长方形液晶相区的短边方向出现2次折叠. 为进一步探索高分子折叠现象产生的原因以及液晶成核机理奠定了理论基础.     

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.     

单一分子量含氟嵌段共聚物的本体及薄膜自组装研究

嵌段共聚物导向自组装作为一种自下而上的图案化工艺,受到工业界和学术界的广泛关注.然而,导向自组装中缺陷率与分子参数之间的关系研究尚不清晰.本文工作基于模块化合成策略,利用迭代指数增长法并结合巯基-双键的点击反应成功制备了高χ低N的单一分子量含氟聚酯嵌段共聚物(oLA_n-FPOSS).单一分子量特征可以排除多分散性对自组装行为的影响.本体自组装研究表明聚酯嵌段和含氟嵌段具有强相分离驱动力,可以形成特征尺寸小于10 nm的六方柱状相结构(HEX).在薄膜自组装中,嵌段共聚物经过简单的热退火可以在硅片表面形成平行基底排布的柱状纳米图案.此外,通过对比研究不同链长单一分子量嵌段共聚物的薄膜组装行为,发现随着嵌段共聚物链长的增长薄膜组装图形缺陷率明显下降,初步揭示了薄膜自组装过程中缺陷形成对嵌段共聚物链长的依赖性.     

用于大分子定向自组装的新型嵌段共聚物的合成与表征

设计了具有高Flory-Huggins相互作用参数的嵌段共聚物聚(对叔丁基苯乙烯)-b-聚(甲基丙烯酸羟乙酯)(PtBS-b-PHEMA),并分别采用阴离子聚合和原子转移自由基聚合(ATRP)方式制备了不同嵌段比例、不同分子量的窄分子量分布的该嵌段共聚物。利用核磁共振分析了嵌段共聚物的组分,利用小角X射线散射(SAXS)分析了嵌段共聚物相分离后的尺寸及结构,对比研究了两种聚合方式对嵌段共聚物性能的影响。结果表明,采用阴离子聚合方式得到的嵌段共聚物分子量分布更窄,相同分子量下发生微相分离的尺寸更小,其在150℃真空烘箱中加热18h后可以形成尺寸为9.96nm的柱状相及8.42nm的层状相。     

均聚物/两嵌段共聚物/均聚物三元聚合物共混体系界面性质的Monte Carlo模拟

利用格子Monte Carlo(MC)模拟方法研究了两嵌段共聚物增容剂AB的链长及浓度对不相容性均聚物A/B共混体系界面性质的影响.研究结果表明,当两嵌段共聚物的体积分数φC=0.05时,随着两嵌段共聚物分子链长NC从10增至20,界面厚度剧烈减小,而当两嵌段共聚物的分子链长NC进一步增加到60时,界面厚度轻微增加;两嵌段共聚物的取向参数q随着分子链长的增长而增加,即共聚物分子在垂直界面方向的拉伸程度增大.当两嵌段共聚物AB的分子链长NC固定为10时,随着链浓度增大,界面厚度增加,共聚物分子链取向参数q减小,共聚物分子在垂直界面方向的拉伸程度减小.     

受限于两平行板间的对称星形共聚物溶体相行为的格子自洽场理论研究

采用格子自洽场理论计算研究了受限于2个平行板间的对称星形共聚物2, 3, 4, 5)溶体形成的层状相结构.在给定的相互作用下不变,x为Flory-Huggins相互作用参数,NAB=(N-1)/m为单个聚合物分子中一对AB臂的总链节数目),针对平行板间距为体相周期的情况,系统考察了共聚物链长N和单个聚合物分子中A(或B...     

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.     

棒-棒二嵌段共聚物自组装行为的自洽场研究

利用格子自洽场模型, 模拟了棒-棒二嵌段共聚物熔体系统的自组装行为, 并与线-棒二嵌段共聚物系统性质进行了对比. 结果表明, 棒-棒二嵌段共聚物系统的有序无序转变临界点低于线-棒二嵌段共聚物系统的相变临界点. 通过模拟计算, 发现薄层交叠柱状相、柱状相、层状相和Z形层状相4种稳定的有序形貌. 薄层交叠柱状相和柱状相仅在有序无序转变曲线的边缘位置出现, 层状相也仅存在于有序无序转变临界点上面的一小块区域内, 而稳定的Z形层状结构则占据了相图中较强相互作用的大部分区域.     

BARRIER PROPERTIES OF VINYLIDENE CHLORIDE COPOLYMERS

The permeability coefficients of a series of copolymers of vinylidene chloride (VDC)with methyl acrylate (MA), butyl acrylate (BA) or vinyl chloride (VC) (as comonomer)to oxygen and carbon dioxide have been measured at 1.0 MPa and 30℃, while those towater vapor have been measured at 30℃ and 100% relative humidity All the copolymersare semicrystalline. VDC/MA copolymers have lower melting temperature compared withVDC/BA copolymers, while that melting temperature of VDC/VC copolymer is higherthan that of VDC/acrylate copolymers with the same VDC content. The barrier propertyof the copolymers is predominantly controlled by crystallite, free volume fraction, andcohesive energy The permeability coefficients of VDC/MA copolymers to oxygen, carbondioxide, and water vapor were successfully correlated with the ratio of free volume tocohesive energy.     

环形嵌段共聚物的胶束化行为模拟简

利用Monte Carlo模拟,对比了相同组成下环形二嵌段共聚物AB和线形三嵌段共聚物ABA在选择性溶剂中的胶束化行为. 结果发现,相同链组成的环形和线形嵌段共聚物的临界胶束浓度(cmc)的差别与A嵌段的比例(fA)及B嵌段间的吸引强度(ε)密切相关. 在fA较小、ε较大的情况下,相应环形嵌段共聚物的cmc值更小;而在fA较大、ε较小的情况下,线形嵌段共聚物的cmc值更小. 为了进一步理解胶束化行为同fA及ε的关系,计算了胶束化过程中熵和势能部分对自由能的贡献. 结果表明,在所研究的fA和ε范围内,环形嵌段共聚物形成胶束时的熵损失更小,因而从熵贡献角度来看,环形嵌段共聚物更易发生胶束化. 而从势能贡献角度来看,当fA较小、ε较大时,环形嵌段共聚物形成胶束时势能有较大程度的降低,对自由能的贡献更大,因而此时环形嵌段共聚物更易发生胶束化. 而当fA较大、ε较小时,线形嵌段共聚物形成胶束时势能有较大程度的降低,对自由能的贡献更大,因而此时线形嵌段共聚物更易发生胶束化. 由此可见,对体系的胶束化自由能进行系统分析,有助于更好地理解环形和线形嵌段共聚物的胶束化行为.     

环形嵌段共聚物的胶束化行为模拟

利用Monte Carlo模拟, 对比了相同组成下环形二嵌段共聚物AB和线形三嵌段共聚物ABA在选择性溶剂中的胶束化行为. 结果发现, 相同链组成的环形和线形嵌段共聚物的临界胶束浓度(cmc)的差别与A嵌段的比例(f_A)及B嵌段间的吸引强度(ε)密切相关. 在f_A较小、 ε较大的情况下, 相应环形嵌段共聚物的cmc值更小; 而在f_A较大、 ε较小的情况下, 线形嵌段共聚物的cmc值更小. 为了进一步理解胶束化行为同f_A及ε的关系, 计算了胶束化过程中熵和势能部分对自由能的贡献. 结果表明, 在所研究的f_A和ε范围内, 环形嵌段共聚物形成胶束时的熵损失更小, 因而从熵贡献角度来看, 环形嵌段共聚物更易发生胶束化. 而从势能贡献角度来看, 当f_A较小、 ε较大时, 环形嵌段共聚物形成胶束时势能有较大程度的降低, 对自由能的贡献更大, 因而此时环形嵌段共聚物更易发生胶束化. 而当f_A较大、 ε较小时, 线形嵌段共聚物形成胶束时势能有较大程度的降低, 对自由能的贡献更大, 因而此时线形嵌段共聚物更易发生胶束化. 由此可见, 对体系的胶束化自由能进行系统分析, 有助于更好地理解环形和线形嵌段共聚物的胶束化行为.     

PREPARATION AND SURFACE PROPERTIES OF ACRYLIC COPOLYMERS CONTAINING FLUORINATED MONOMERS

A series of copolymers comprising butylmethacrylate, styrene, butylacrylate, hydroxypropyl acrylate and perfluoroalkyl methacrylate were synthesized by the free radical polymerization using BPO as an initiator. The surface property of the copolymer films was subsequently characterized. The contact angle measurements and energy dispersive analysis of X-ray （EDAX） show that the length and content of perfluoroalkyl side chains in the copolymers are crucial for the preparation of the film with low surface energy. At a given content of fluorinated monomers in the copolymers, the longer the perfluoroalkyl side chain, the larger the water contact angle of the copolymer films will be. On the other hand, the higher the content of fluorinated monomers, the lower the surface energy is. The water contact angle increases with the increase of the fluorinated monomer content and reaches a plateau at 3 wt% of fluorinated monomer content.     

Soft particle model for block copolymers

A soft particle model for diblock (AB) copolymer melts is proposed. Each molecule is mapped onto two soft spheres built by Gaussian A- and B-monomer distributions. An approximate analytical expression for the joint distribution function for the distance between both spheres and their radii of gyration is derived, which determines the entropic contribution to the intramolecular free energy. Adding a mean-field expression for the intermolecular interactions, we obtain the total free energy of the system. Based on this free energy, Monte Carlo simulations are carried out to study the kinetics of microphase ordering in the bulk and its effect on molecular diffusion. This is followed by an analysis of thin films, with emphasis on pattern transfer from walls with a periodic structure. It is shown that the level of coarse graining in the soft particle model is suitable to describe structural and kinetic properties of copolymers on mesoscopic scales.     

Separation Mechanism of Copolymers from Styrene and Methyl Methacrylate According to Composition by Liquid Adsorption Chromatography

Abstract

Silica gel and a mixture of chloroform and ethanol were used as the stationary and the mobile phases, respectively. At the isocratic elution mode, the copolymers tended to adsorb on the column with increasing MMA content in the copolymers, with increasing column temperature, and with decreasing ethanol content in the mobile phase. The copolymers appeared always at the position proportional to the interstitial volume in the column, otherwise they adsorbed on the column. The equilibrium distribution of the copolymers between the mobile phase and the stationary phase cannot be considered in this system. Hydrogen bonding of carbonyl groups in MMA units of the copolymers to silanol groups on the surface of silica gel was considered to be the main interaction between the copolymers and the adsorbent. The hydrogen bonding increases with increasing the number of carbonyl groups per unit surface of copolymer coil in solution and with increasing free silanol groups on the silica surface. Ethanol in the stationary phase controls the content of the free silanol groups on the surface and is controlled by the content of ethanol in the mobile phase in addition to column temperature. This phenomena can be explained by introducing the term of the adsorption energy of a copolymer segment with the silica surface. The adsorption energy is proportional to the strength of the hydrogen bonding. Above the critical adsorption energy which is defined to be equal to the dissolution energy of the copolymer to the mobile pahse, the copolymers adsorb on the surface of silica gel and the desorption of the copolymers advances when the adsorption energy approaches to the critical adsorption energy. No adsorption of the copolymers is possible when the adsorption energy is equal or below the critical adsorption energy.     

BARRIER PROPERTY AND STRUCTURE OF ACRYLONITRILE/ACRYLIC COPOLYMERS

A series of acrylonitrile (AN) copolymers with methyl acrylate (MA) or ethyl acrylate(EA) as comonomer (5--23 wt%) was prepared by free-radical copolymerization. The per-meability coefficients of the copolymers to oxygen and carbon dioxide were measured at1.0 MPa and at 30℃, and those to water vapor also measured at 100% relative humidityand at 30℃. All the AN/acrylic copolymers are semicrystalline. As the acrylate contentincrease, the permeability coefficients of the copolymers to oxygen and carbon dioxide areincreased progressively but those to water vapor are decreased progressively The gas per-meability coefficients of the polymers were correlated with free-volume fractions or the ratioof free volume to cohesive energy.     

Comparison of surface properties of random, block, and graft copolymers having perfluoroalkyl and silicone-containing side chains

Fluorosilicone copolymers of random, block, and graft with both perfluoroalkyl and silicone-containing side chains were synthesized, and their surface properties and surface modification effects on PVC film were compared. It can be confirmed that the fluorosilicone copolymers of random, block, and graft exhibit very low surface free energies of 9-13 dyn/cm, depending on the perfluoroalkyl group content and their molecular structure. The inherent surface free energies of the fluorosilicone copolymers are significantly influenced by their molecular structure and perfluoroalkyl group content. It can also be found that the fluorosilicone copolymers are very effective for lowering surface free energy. The surface free energy of a copolymer/PVC blend strongly varies with perfluoroalkyl group content as well as molecular structure. The molecular structure of a fluorosilicone copolymer is as important as the perfluoroalkyl group content for their inherent surface free energies and surface modification of other polymers.     

Aggregates of rod-coil diblock copolymers adsorbed at a surface

The behavior of rod-coil diblock copolymers close to a surface is discussed by using extended scaling methods. The copolymers are immersed in selective solvent such that the rods are likely to aggregate to gain energy. The rods are assumed to align only parallel to each other, such that they gain a maximum energy by forming liquid crystalline structures. If an aggregate of these copolymers adsorbs with the rods parallel to the surface the rods shift with respect to each other to allow for the chains to gain entropy. It is shown that this shift decays with increasing distance from the surface. The profile of this decay away from the surface is calculated by minimization of the total free energy of the system. The stability of such an adsorbed aggregate and other possible configurations are discussed as well.     

简单共聚模型的分布函数与组成方程推导

针对自由基共聚合反应歧化终止和偶合终止两类机理生成的线型共聚物,应用统计物理的基本原理,对处于最可几分布状态下的线型共聚物分子量分布函数进行了理论推导,并以此分布函数,结合自由基共聚合机理动力学处理和概率计算,从另一种途径得到Mayo-Lowis和Alfrey-Goldfinger简单共聚物组成方程,研究结果有助于进一步理解简单共聚模型组成方程的物理学基础,同时也将为线型自由基共聚合反应机理的研究提供一个新方法.