原子转移自由基聚合法合成聚丙烯腈的研究进展

聚丙烯腈纤维是一种具有优良的化学和物理性能的高分子材料,高分子量、高等规度的聚丙烯腈(PAN)是合成高性能聚丙烯腈纤维的必要要求,原子转移自由基聚合法(ATRP)可以预先确定相对分子量且分散系数低,操作简单、反应条件温和,被广泛应用于聚丙烯腈的合成。本文介绍了原子转移自由基聚合的基本原理及其合成聚丙烯腈的研究概况,探讨了不同溶剂对聚合速率的影响、不同种类过渡金属催化剂及相关配体在聚合反应中的应用、引发剂的选择及分类。     

高分子增强水凝胶的制备策略及机理

高分子水凝胶是一类在医学、制药、软骨组织工程、人工肌肉、仿生制动器和吸附剂等领域具有广泛应用前景的高分子材料,但是由于高分子水凝胶的机械强度较低,很大程度上限制了其应用。近年来,高分子增强水凝胶受到许多国内外科学家的广泛关注。研究证明,增强后的高分子水凝胶具有抗溶胀性、较强的韧性、超高机械强度的特点,具有显著的应用价值。本文介绍了高分子水凝胶的概念、高分子水凝胶增强的机理,并详细归纳了高分子增强水凝胶的制备策略,主要包括浸泡在电解质溶液中制备水凝胶、纳米复合水凝胶、多网络水凝胶,总结了最新的研究进展。最后,基于目前高分子水凝胶存在的一些问题(如部分水凝胶生物相容性差、水凝胶在人体内无法降解、导电性差等),对未来高分子增强水凝胶发展以及可用于扩大天然材料应用领域、生物领域、环境修复领域做出了展望。     

含氟高分子/SiO_2杂化疏水材料的制备及涂层表面性质

采用自由基溶液聚合与溶胶-凝胶法相结合的方法制备了含氟高分子/SiO2杂化疏水材料.通过甲基丙烯酸十二氟庚酯(FA)与乙烯基三乙氧基硅烷(VTES)共聚合成了含氟硅共聚物(PFAS),进一步通过原硅酸乙酯(TEOS)与PFAS共聚物溶液共水解缩聚制备了具有含氟侧基的碳碳主链高分子和硅氧网络的含氟高分子/SiO2杂化疏水材料.研究结果表明,SiO2组分含量提高可以显著增加杂化材料薄膜的涂敷厚度,改善其耐久性能,而对杂化材料疏水性能的影响不大.     

流变和光学法研究PAN/DMSO/H_2O体系的凝胶化和相分离行为

碳纤维是非常重要的增强材料,在军工以及高档民用产品中用途广泛。因为聚丙烯腈原丝的结构会"遗传"到最终的碳纤维结构中,因此原丝结构对碳纤维的性能影响很大。原丝的结构是纺丝液在凝固浴中的相分离和凝胶化两个过程决定的,因此研究这两个过程的规律并进一步控制它们的进程,达到调控原丝结构的目的是非常重要的。本文介绍了本课题组利用流变学及光学的方法研究PAN/DMSO/H2O体系凝胶化及相分离行为的最新研究成果,主要探索了PAN/DMSO/H2O浓溶液中凝胶化行为,发现了二次自相似结构的形成并对其机理进行了分析,并对PAN/DMSO/H2O亚浓溶液中凝胶化与相分离的耦合过程进行了研究,分析了最终凝胶的结构特性及Winter-Chambon模型在此过程中的适用性。最后,对PAN/DMSO/H2O体系凝胶化及相分离行为的下一步研究进行了展望。     

聚乙烯醇水溶液反复冷冻过程中的溶剂化效应

采用示差扫描量热技术(DSC)对聚乙烯醇(PVA)水溶液反复冰冻过程中的溶剂化效应进行研究.引入水化数的概念来表征溶剂化效应的大小.结果表明不同浓度区间的PVA水溶液其在反复冰冻过程中溶剂化效应显著不同,主要归因于高分子链分子内和分子间缠结程度对溶剂分子"参与"溶剂化的程度和方式的不同.作者把极稀高分子溶液的研究结果拓展到高分子稀溶液或亚浓溶液区间,阐述了高分子溶液中高分子链的物理图像.冷冻次数的增加导致链间缠结增加,部分溶剂则被包裹在由链间缠结点所形成的网圈内成为分子链的一部分.溶液溶剂化程度的变化受到包裹溶剂与高分子链脱溶剂化的综合影响.     

基于纤维素的气凝胶材料

纤维素是自然界中储量最为丰富的一种天然高分子。作为继无机气凝胶和合成聚合物气凝胶之后的第三代气凝胶,纤维素基气凝胶材料兼具绿色可再生的纤维素材料和多孔气凝胶材料两者的优点,成为纤维素材料研究与应用中的一个热点。本文梳理了纤维素基气凝胶材料的发展脉络,综述了纤维素基气凝胶材料的研究进展。重点对纤维素基气凝胶的制备方法进行了总结,包括基于含水溶剂和无水溶剂的纤维素直接溶解法及源自植物纤维素和细菌纤维素的纤维素纳米纤维的水相分散法。介绍了纤维素基气凝胶力学性能的提高和功能性开发的最新研究结果。最后对纤维素基气凝胶材料的发展前景和研究方向进行了展望。     

天然高分子材料水凝胶的制备及其应用进展

水凝胶是一种由高分子聚合物构成的三维网络材料,用自然界中天然存在的高聚物及其衍生物材料构建水凝胶,具有生物相容性、环境敏感性高、生物可降解性和对环境无污染等优势。本文介绍了近几年天然高分子水凝胶材料在医药卫生、食品、农业和环保等领域的应用情况;并按材料来源的不同,分类综述了蛋白质、多肽类水凝胶,海藻多糖水凝胶,动物多糖水凝胶,植物多糖水凝胶,其改性和制备复合水凝胶的最新技术、功能特性以及应用领域;最后对天然高分子水凝胶制备的改进方向和重点应用领域进行了展望。     

以微凝胶为基质的杂化材料制备及应用研究进展

水凝胶微球即尺寸较小的球形水凝胶,除了凝胶特性外,其特点主要是具有较小的尺寸和球形形貌。由于其网络结构和快速的刺激响应性,使其作为模板制备具有独特性能的杂化材料而备受关注。本文主要从几个方面阐述了以微凝胶为基质制备杂化材料的方法及其应用。包括了磁性金属氧化物-凝胶杂化材料、金属单质-凝胶杂化材料、生物活性-凝胶杂化材料及功能化的球形和膜状杂化材料,最后介绍了本实验室以微凝胶为基质制备表面图案化杂化材料的方法。     

以纤维素/AmimCl溶液制备纤维素气凝胶

利用离子液体AmimCl溶解结合超临界CO2干燥的方法制备了纤维素气凝胶材料.研究了不同初始浓度的纤维素溶液及其在不同凝固浴中制备的纤维素凝胶的流变行为,进一步考察了纤维素溶液浓度和凝固浴种类对纤维素气凝胶材料结构的影响.结果表明,随着初始纤维素溶液浓度的增大,气凝胶的孔结构逐渐致密,比表面积随之减小;凝固浴的组成对纤维素气凝胶的结构也有较大影响.采用适当的制备条件,可以制备出高比表面积的纤维素气凝胶材料.对纤维素气凝胶的热性能进行了表征,结果表明所得到的气凝胶材料具有较好的热稳定性和较高的炭残余含量.     

高分子电解质溶胶－凝胶相转移与溶剂效应

以溶质、溶剂间的协同作用作为高分子电解质体系的凝胶化条件，以松软粒子结构（Ｂｌｏｂ）间的三维逾渗的凝胶化模型，将高分子电解质体系的凝胶化分为松软粒子的形成和逾渗过程。结合海藻酸溶液的Ｃｕ２＋、Ｃａ２＋、Ｍｎ２＋和Ｃｏ２＋离子添加体系的凝胶化，分析了高分子电解质溶胶－凝胶相转移的实质，得到了体系相对粘度的临界指数ｋ＝０．９０～１．１４，与逾渗模型的预测值相吻合，探讨了松软粒子的形成对相转移临界点ｆｃ的影响，明确了临界点附近相对粘度的幂次公式ηｒｅｌ∝（ｆｃ—ｆ）－ｋ）的适用范围。     

Investigation into the gelation and crystallization of polyacrylonitrile

Polyacrylonitrile (PAN) is soluble in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and the resulting solution can gel by various mechanisms. The effects of temperature and water on the thermoreversible gelation of PAN have attracted much attention because of their importance in the fiber formation and film casting. Rheological tests were employed in this study to examine the gelation behavior and determine the gel point temperature of PAN-DMSO solution. Calorimetric studies of PAN-DMSO gels were conducted through Differential Scanning Calorimetry and no crystallization was discovered in these gels prepared at low temperature. X-ray diffraction of different PAN gels indicated that in the absence of water, gels resulted from PAN-DMSO solution by decreasing temperature were not crystallizable. In contrast, water-induced gelation led to crystallization of PAN gel. The water content in the formed gel is responsible for its crystallinity and average crystallite size.     

Thermoreversible gels of polyacrylonitrile

Polyacrylonitrile (PAN) is soluble at room temperature in some ionic aqueous media and in many polar organic liquids such as dimethyl sulfoxide, but the polymer will not crystallize from these solvents. It is known, however, that PAN will from single crystals from dilute propylene carbonate (PC) solutions. It was found that on cooling concentrated PAN-PC solutions, thermoreversible gels were formed. The gels showed x-ray diffraction peaks and calorimetry indicated first-order dissolution endotherms and crystallization exotherms. Thus, on cooling, crystallization of the polymer from this solvent was identified as the cause for gelation of concentrated solutions. © 1992 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Thermoreversible gelation of blend of poly(vinylidene fluoride) and poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene) in γ-butyrolactone solution

Thermoreversible gelation behavior of blend of poly(vinylidene fluoride) and poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene) in γ-butyrolactone solution was studied. Sol-gel transition temperature increased with the increase of polymer concentration, but was independent of the blend ratio of two polymers. An equation for gelation rate was derived, assuming that the gelation is a first-order reaction and that the gelation rate obeys an Arrhenius type. According to the equation, the growth index of gelation and supercooling temperature had a dominant effect on gelation rate. The growth index of gelation, which was calculated from the dependence of activation energy on the supercooling temperature in the isothermal gelation, varied with the blend ratio of two polymers. Growth index of gelation larger than 2 was obtained for the blend gels studied in this experiment. It may suggest that the multidimensional growth of gels occurs in such polymer blend solutions. X-ray diffraction and differential scanning calorimetry measurements showed existence of separate crystals due to each component of polymer in the blend gels. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Unusual rheological effects observed in polyacrylonitrile solutions

Unusual rheological effects have been revealed during the deformation of polyacrylonitrile (PAN) solutions in DMSO. The effects are observed during the study of rheological properties in a wide range of PAN concentrations and are explained by the structuring occurring at low polymer concentrations. At concentrations of at most 0.1%, the solutions exhibit the behavior of soft gels, which are characterized by yield stresses and frequency-independent storage moduli. As concentration is increased, both effects gradually vanish and the solutions are almost transformed into Newtonian liquids. The results have been explained by the formation of a supramolecular spatial structure at low polymer concentrations. As concentration is increased, the role of structuring is suppressed by the formation of a network of intermacromolecular entanglements. The ability of dilute PAN solutions to exist in two states, i.e., with destroyed structuring and in the form of a physical polymer gel, leads to stress self-oscillations and thixotropic effects. The addition of a precipitant (water) to the PAN-DMSO solutions leads to the formation of a gel throughout the concentration range.     

聚偏氟乙烯凝胶电解质组成间相互作用及其凝胶化研究

通过冷却聚偏氟乙烯 (PVDF) 丙烯碳酸酯 (PC)或PVDF PC LiClO4的溶液 ,制备了数个聚合物凝胶 .实验表明 ,聚合物凝胶的凝胶化时间 (tgel)与凝胶温度、聚合物浓度有关 ,且强烈地依赖于体系中盐的浓度 ,因为盐会缩短体系的tgel.凝胶体系中LiClO4的存在提高了其凝胶熔融温度 (Tgm) ,LiClO4的含量越大 ,相应凝胶的Tgm 越高 .用DSC和落球法所测凝胶的Tgm 有较大的差别 .这说明凝胶中可能存在热稳定性好和热稳定性相对较差的两种不同结构部分 .FT IR的研究结果表明 ,凝胶电解质的各组成 (LiClO4,PC和PVDF)间存在较强的相互作用 .对含盐和不含盐的两类凝胶体系的对比研究表明 ,两者不同的凝胶化现象和Tgm 归因于盐与聚合物或溶剂间的络合作用     

Effect of mixed solvent on solution properties and gelation behavior of poly(vinyl alcohol)

In this work, the static and dynamic light scattering measurements were used to investigate the solution properties and the aging effects on PVA/DMSO/water ternary system in dilute region at 25 °C. It was found that the phase separation and aggregate behavior occurs rapidly and obviously when DMSO mole fraction (X₁) in the solvent mixture is between 0.2 and 0.33, especially at 0.25. In this solvent composition range, a broad peak which indicates phase separation and chain aggregation can be observed from static light scattering measurement. However, when DMSO mole fraction is increased to 0.37, no such peak is present. For this ternary system, the gelation mechanism and the relationship between the phase separation behavior and the gelation of the formed physical gels were also investigated through the gelation kinetic analyses in the dilute and semi-dilute region. It is concluded that the cononsolvency effect in the dilute solution is not the sole origin that affects the phase separation, aggregation, and gelation behavior for the ternary system in a higher polymer concentration range. The hydrodynamic factors such as the higher viscosity and slower polymer chain diffusion that are resulted from higher polymer concentration should be also considered.     

Mussel-inspired 3D networks with stiff-irreversible or soft-reversible characteristics - It's all a matter of solvent

Mostly, catechol groups are used as cross-linkers either based on oxidation to make irreversible networks in presence of oxidizing agent or coordination with metal ions to form reversible networks. However, a systematic study of gelation of catecholic polymer by adding oxidizing agent in non-aqueous solvents are scarce. Here, we report a study of gelation of catecholic polymer by adding oxidizing agent in different media to show the effect of media on behavior of catechol groups. When the gelation performed in an aprotic solvent, the copolymer containing catechol units gelates supramolecularly by H-bonding, yielding reversible and self-healing behavior, while in aqueous solvents irreversibly crosslinked not self-healing gels are obtained. As polymer-bound catechol groups are often studied in water, knowledge of the behavior of catecholic polymer in organic solvents is important to create supramolecular structures with more precisely controlled properties.     

Synthesis and self-assembling properties of diacetylene-containing glycolipids

Diacetylene-containing glycolipids are interesting molecules that have many potential applications. The polydiacetylenes formed by the cross-linking of the diacetylene lipids are new stimuli-responsive materials. In particular, diacetylene lipids that can form gels in aqueous solution are of great interest in designing functional biocompatible materials. We have synthesized a series of diacetylene-containing sugar lipids with different chain lengths, substituents, and positions of diyne and studied their self-assembling properties in several solvents including hexane, ethanol, and ethanol/water mixture. Among the 24 diacetylene-containing glycolipids synthesized, many of them exhibited excellent gelation properties in ethanol or ethanol/water mixture. Typically very long chain diacetylene lipids formed gels in ethanol and hexane. Shorter chain diacetylene lipids and compounds with one free hydroxyl group can form gels in aqueous solution. The position of the diyne and chain length affect the self-assembling properties significantly. The systematic study of the gelation properties for diacetylene lipids with different lipid chains can help us to understand the structure requirement for the desired physical properties. Optical microscopy studies showed that the molecules form interesting architectures such as tubules, rods, sheets, and belts. The resulting organogels can also be cross-linked and give different colored polymerized gels depending on their structures.     

Influences of nonsolvent and temperature on critical viscoelastic behaviors of ternary polyacrylonitrile solutions around the sol-gel threshold

Viscoelastic experiments were performed to study the influence of nonsolvent and temperature on critical viscoelastic behaviors of ternary polyacrylonitrile (PAN) solutions around the sol-gel threshold. The dynamic critical parameters around the sol-gel threshold were determined using dynamic rheometer. The sol-gel transition takes place at a critical gel temperature at which the scaling law of G′(ω) ∼ G″(ω) ∝ ωⁿ holds, allowing an accurate determination of the critical gel temperature by means of the frequency independence of the loss tangent. Although the gel points of PAN solutions increase with increasing H₂O content, the results show that the scaling exponent n at the gel point is found to be universal for all ternary PAN solutions, which is independent of temperature and H₂O content, indicating the similarity of the fractal structure in the critical PAN gels. The gelation of ternary PAN solutions induced by adding a nonsolvent and by decreasing the temperature is demonstrated to be a thermoreversible process, which implies that the PAN gels are physical gels. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 46: 2637–2643, 2008     

Swelling kinetics of cross-linked polymer gels based on polystyrene and poly(vinyl alcohol) in aqueous solutions of electrolytes and sucrose

The swelling kinetics of polymer gels has been studied in water and aqueous solutions by optical micrometry. Cross-linked hydrophilic polymers based on polystyrene and poly(vinyl alcohol) have been used as gel-forming materials. The effects of the natures of the matrices and polar groups of the polymers and their cross-linking densities and granule sizes, as well as the properties of external phase, on the swelling kinetics of the polymer gels have been investigated. The experimental results have been processed in terms of a heterophase kinetic model. The applicability of the model to describing the behavior of all studied systems has been shown.