Synthesis of thermoresponsive polystyrene-based comb-type grafted poly( N -isopropylacrylamide)

Narrowly distributed polystyrene-g-p(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PSt-g-PNIPAM) was prepared by atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) of N-isopropylacrylamide using the brominated polystyrene as macroinitiator and CuCl combined with hexamethyltriethylenetetramine as catalyst. Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy confirmed the structure of PSt-g-PNIPAM. The gel permeation chromatography (GPC) showed that the graft copolymer had a single distribution peak with molecular weight, M _n (g/mol) of 19815 g/mol (using polystyrene as the standard). Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) revealed that due to both effects of hydrophobic isopropyl groups and hydrogen bonds in the amide group, the glass transition temperature (T _g) of PSt-g-PNIPAM enhanced 16.0°C compared to the T _g of the polystyrene.     

聚苯乙烯分子链构象与其薄膜的玻璃化转变行为

本文利用椭偏仪研究了成膜方式对不同分子量聚苯乙烯(PS)超薄膜玻璃化转变行为的影响.发现PS超薄膜的玻璃化转变温度(Tg)随着厚度降低的幅度与其成膜方式、分子量有关.当PS膜低于一定厚度时,旋涂法制备的PS膜的Tg比相同厚度浇铸法制备的膜低,且二者Tg差值随着厚度的降低而增大.这二种膜Tg的差值和Tg发生偏离时膜的临界厚度随聚苯乙烯分子量的增加而增加.利用非辐射能量转移荧光光谱证实成膜方式主要是影响PS分子链在膜中的构象.旋涂法制备的PS膜相对于本体在近表面区域分子链的形变更大.分子量愈大,分子运动时内摩擦阻力愈大,近表面区域分子的残余应力愈大.由于强运动能力的活性层(空气/PS界面)对PS薄膜Tg的影响占主导,相同厚度下分子链愈伸展,残余应力越大,PS薄膜的Tg越低,导致成膜方式与分子量的影响也愈大.     

Brillouin散射研究聚苯乙烯的动态力学性质和弛豫过程

用Brillouin散射研究了聚苯乙烯的动态力学性质和弛豫过程及交联对它们的影响。除了观察到它们的高温(T>T_g)无定形弛豫外,还在交联的聚苯乙烯中发现了一种新的弛豫过程,研究了不同交联结构对这种弛豫过程的影响,求得其活化能为12kcal/mol左右。分析了它们所关联的分子运动机制。     

Hydrogel particles as a particulate stabilizer for dispersion polymerization

Hydrogel particles composed of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) were used as a particulate steric stabilizer for the dispersion polymerization of styrene for the first time. The effects of the size and concentration of the hydrogel particles on the resultant polystyrene particles were investigated. As expected, the hydrogel particles indeed play the role of steric stabilizer for dispersion polymerization. Moreover, some of the resultant polystyrene particles were covered with hydrogel particles, which was confirmed by electron microscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.     

Poly(urethane–urea) based on functionalized polystyrene with HMDI: Synthesis and characterization

The poly(urethane–urea) (PUU) based on α, Ω, hydroxy terminated polystyrene (OH-PSt-OH), 1,6-hexamethylene diisocyanate (HMDI) and three different diamines (1,2-ethylenediamine (EDA), 1,4-butanediamine (BDA), 1,6-hexamethylene diamine (HMDA)) is prepared by a melt polymerization method. The length of the soft segment is varying from 2000 to 8900 g/mol using HMDI as a chain extender. The inherent viscosity of the polymer is found to be in the range of 0.36–2.0 dL/g suggesting that the polymer is of high molecular weight. FT-IR results conclude that the urea groups form both monodendate and bidendate assemblies. Temperature dependent FT-IR and WAXS data confirm that the crystallinity of the copolymer is very high and depends on the spacer length. DSC data show the peaks for Tg of soft and Tm of hard segments. Depending on the concentration and the type of hard segments, melting temperature of the polymers was varied from 142 °C to 266 °C. The solubility of the polymer in chloroform is depending on the concentration of the hard segment. The TGA data reveal that the polymer shows single stage decomposition cantered around 413 °C.     

Polystyrene-poly(α-methylstyrene) blends: Influence of molecular weight on miscibility

Blends of polystyrene of molecular weights from 4000 to 80000 g/mol with poly(α-methylstyrene) of molecular weights from 55000 to 300000 g/mol were made by freeze-drying from benzene solutions. Glass transition temperature measurements by differential scanning calorimetry indicate that the miscibility behaviour of the polymers is very sensitive to change of molecular weights. A decrease of polystyrene chain length changes a two-phase system into a miscible or partially miscible blend. Broadening of the transition region and temperature shifts suggest that the polystyrene dissolves more in the poly(α-methylstyrene) phase than does the poly(α-methylstyrene) in the polystyrene phase.     

Morphology and grafting of oxazoline-functional polymer particles with various carboxylic acids

Oxazoline-functionalized, crosslinked PMMA-particles, prepared by free radical nonaqueous dispersion polymerization, were grafted with n-decanoic acid and carboxylic acid-terminated polystyrene. Oxazoline groups, separated by an alkylspacer from the PMMA backbone, showed enhanced mobility with respect to the backbone, as evaluated by solid-state NMR spectroscopy using a dipolar filter. As a function of molecular mass of the carboxylic acid, the oxazoline conversion varied from 70 mol % for n-decanoic acid to 1% for monocarboxylate-terminated polystyrene CT-PS with M_n: 15,900 g/mol. Morphological studies, performed by TEM, showed that reaction with acid terminated polystyrene results exclusively in interfacial grafting at the particle surface. At low grafting levels a raspberry-like morphology was obtained, whereas grafting levels exceeding 14 wt % CT-PS resulted in core-shell morphology. Core-shell morphology was also verified by static light scattering using toluene solvent, which is isorefractive to the PMMA core. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci A: Polym Chem 36: 1821–1827, 1998     

Dynamic mechanical properties of ionomer/ionomeric microbead composites

Composites of sulfonated polystyrene (PS-SSA) (0-8 mol % sulfonation) mixed with submicronic styrene-4 vinylpyridine (PS-4VP) (31 mol % 4VP content) microspheres were investigated by differential scanning calorimetry, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and dynamic mechanical spectroscopy at 1 Hz in the glass transition region. The resulting proton transfer reaction from the SSA to the 4VP units was confirmed by IR spectroscopy, and led to a significant increase in the post-T_g Young's modulus as well as a lengthening of the rubbery plateau. Surprisingly, the addition of sulfonated polystyrene microspheres to styrene-vinyl pyridine copolymers had no such effects, possibly because of steric factors. © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Temperature-triggered capture of dispersed particles using deposited Laponite with grafted poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) chains

A method has been developed that enables a conductive surface to be modified so as to capture dispersed particles when the temperature is increased; poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) was grafted from electrodeposited Laponite particles using surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerisation and used to capture dispersed polystyrene particles.     

弹性散射法研究间规聚苯乙烯的冷结晶行为

用弹性光散射方法研究了间规聚苯乙烯(s-PS)的非等温冷结晶行为和等温结晶动力学.结果表明,弹性散射信号对s-PS的冷结晶过程中的构象变化非常敏感.弹性散射法所得的大分子链玻璃化转变温度Tg以及冷结晶温度Tc与DSC的测量结果一致.此外,通过散射强度随温度的变化可以更为清晰地分辨出冷结晶过程中各个阶段,包括晶体成核期,晶核生长期以及二次结晶期.通过等温弹性散射测试,同时结合Arrhenius方程,计算得到s-PS冷结晶表观活化能Ea为309 kJ/mol.     

Molecular basis of healing and fracture at polymer interfaces

The interdiffusion of polymer chains across a polymer–polymer interface, and subsequent fracture to re-create the interface is reviewed. In particular, films formed via latex coalescence provide a very large surface area. Of course, latex film formation is a very important practical problem. Healing of the interface by interdiffusion is treated using the de Gennes reptation theory and the Wool minor chain reptation model. The self-diffusion coefficients of polystyrene and the polymethacrylates obtained by small-angle neutron scattering, SANS, direct non-radiative energy transfer, DET, and other techniques are compared. Reduced to 150,000 g/mol and 135°C, both polystyrene and poly(methyl methacrylate) have diffusion coefficients of the order of 10^?16?10^?17 cm²/sec. Variations in the diffusion coefficient values are attributed to the experimental approaches, theoretical treatments and molecular weight distribution differences. An activation energy of 55 kcal/mol was calculated from an Arrhenius plot of all polystyrene data reduced to a number-average molecular weight of 150,000 g/mol, using an inverse square molecular weight conversion method. Interestingly, this is in between the activation energies for the α and β relaxation processes in polystyrene, 84 and 35 kcal/mol, respectively. Fracture of polystyrene was considered in terms of chain scission and chain pull-out. A dental burr apparatus was used to fracture the films. For low molecular weights, chain pull-out dominates, but for high molecular weights, chain scission dominates. At 150,000 g/mol, the energy to fracture is divided approximately equally between the two mechanisms. Above a certain number average molecular weight (about 400,000 g/mol), the number of chain scissions remains constant at about 10²⁴ scissions/m³. Energy balance calculations for film formation and film fracture processes indicate that the two processes are partly reversible, but have important components of irreversibility. From the interdiffusion SANS data, the diffusion rate is calculated to be about 1 Å/min, which is nine orders of magnitude slower than the dental burr pull-out velocity of about 0.8 cm/sec.     

Two kinds of nanoscale dynamic heterogeneity in single‐phase polymer blends and their common origin

Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and laser‐interferometric creep rate spectroscopy (CRS) were used for kinetic and discrete analysis of segmental motion within (and close to) glass transition range in polystyrene ‐ poly(α‐methyl styrene) (PS/PMS) and polystyrene ‐ poly(vinyl methyl ether) (PS/PVME) miscible blends. Two kinds of segmental dynamics heterogeneity were found. Separate ‘unfreezing’ of PS and PMS segmental motions was observed that manifested itself in two T_gs and simultaneous large drop in the Tg s, as well as glass transition activation energy, motional event scale and cooperativity degree values, down to the β‐relaxation parameters. The wide activation energy dispersion within a single broad glass transition in PS/PVME blends was found, and this relaxation region was subdivided, by CRS, into several predicted kinds of segmental motion. Both results are treated in the framework of the concept of common segmental nature of α‐ and β‐relaxations in flexible chain polymers.     

Organized monolayer of thermosensitive microgel beads prepared by double-template polymerization

A 2D close-packed array of thermosensitive microgel beads was prepared by the double-template polymerization method. First, a 2D colloidal crystal of silica beads with 10 microm diameter was obtained by the solvent evaporation method. This monolayer of colloidal crystals can serve as the first template for the preparation of macroporous polystyrene. The macroporous polystyrene trapping the crystalline order can be used as a negative template for fabricating gel beads arrays. A functional surface using thermosensitive poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) gel beads array was fabricated by the double-template polymerization method.     

Salt softening of polyelectrolyte multilayer microcapsules

By using a combination of atomic force and confocal microscopy, we explore the effect of 1:1 electrolyte (NaCl) on the stiffness of polyelectrolyte microcapsules. We study the "hollow" and "filled" (with polystyrene sulfonate) capsules. In both cases the shells are composed of layers of alternating polystyrene sulfonate (PSS) and polyallylamine hydrochloride (PAH). The stiffness of both "hollow" and "filled" capsules was found to be largest in water. It decreases with salt concentration up to approximately 3 mol/L and gets quasi-constant in more concentrated solutions. The "filled" capsules are always stiffer than "hollow." The observed softening correlates with the salt-induced changes in morphology of the multilayer shells detected with the scanning electron microscopy. It is likely that at concentrations below approximately 3 mol/L the multilayer shell is in a "tethered" state, so that the increase in salt concentration leads to a decrease in number of ionic cross-links and, as a result, in the stiffness. In contrast, above the critical concentration of approximately 3 mol/L multilayer shells might be in a new, "melted," state. Here the multilayer structure is still retained, but sufficient amount of ionic cross-links is broken, so that further increase in salt concentration does not change the capsule mechanics. These ideas are consistent with a moderate swelling of multilayers at concentrations below approximately 3 mol/L and significant decrease in their thickness in more concentrated solutions measured with surface plasmon spectroscopy.     

Microporous polystyrene particles for selective carbon dioxide capture

This study presents the synthesis of microporous polystyrene particles and the potential use of these materials in CO(2) capture for biogas purification. Highly cross-linked polystyrene particles are synthesized by the emulsion copolymerization of styrene (St) and divinylbenzene (DVB) in water. The cross-link density of the polymer is varied by altering the St/DVB molar ratio. The size and the morphology of the particles are characterized by scanning and transmission electron microscopy. Following supercritical point drying with carbon dioxide or lyophilization from benzene, the polystyrene nanoparticles exhibit a significant surface area and permanent microporosity. The dried particles comprising 35 mol % St and 65 mol % DVB possess the largest surface area, ～205 m(2)/g measured by Brunauer-Emmett-Teller and ～185 m(2)/g measured by the Dubinin-Radushkevich method, and a total pore volume of 1.10 cm(3)/g. Low pressure measurements suggest that the microporous polystyrene particles exhibit a good separation performance of CO(2) over CH(4), with separation factors in the range of ～7-13 (268 K, CO(2)/CH(4) = 5/95 gas mixture), which renders them attractive candidates for use in gas separation processes.     

Size-exclusion capillary electrochromatographic separation of polysaccharides using polymeric stationary phases

We report the successful size-based separations of large, neutral polysaccharides using capillary electrochromatography (CEC). As the polysaccharides possessed little chromophore for photometric detection, two separate approaches were taken. In the first approach, indirect detection was combined with size-exclusion chromatography using a sulfonated polystyrene/divinylbenzene stationary phase. The separations were performed using a 300 A pore size stationary phase under aqueous conditions. Non-size based interactions were minimal using this material, resulting in an effective calibration range of molecular masses 180 to 112 000 g.mol(-1) for pullulans. In the second approach, the polysaccharides were derivatized with phenylisocyanate and were subsequently separated on columns made using a combination of high capacity ion-exchanger and a neutral polystyrene/divinylbenzene material of various pore sizes. The sulfonated ion-exchange phase provided the electroosmotic flow, while the mixed pore size material provided the extended calibration range. The linear range for this primarily nonaqueous system using tetrahydrofuran was determined to be from molecular masses 738 to 404 000 g.mol(-1) of the original, untagged pullulan. This approach overcame the limited solubility issue associated with analysis of some polysaccharides. Analysis of pullulan and amylose samples by CEC correlated well with results obtained by conventional high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). The size-exclusion electrochromatographic separations provide an alternative mode for determining the relative molecular weights of polysaccharides with reduced sample and solvent consumption, as well as analysis times.     

含有偶氮苯和1,3,4-噁二唑结构聚合物的合成及性能

合成了同时含有偶氮苯和1,3,4-噁二唑结构的新型共轭聚合物(LPOXD),采用FT-IR、UV-Vis、1H NMR、GPC、TGA和DSC测试技术对其结构进行了表征。 结果表明,所得共轭聚合物的特性粘数为0.02960 L/g,Mw和分子量分布指数PDI分别为8500 g/mol和1.55。 质量损失5%的温度为290 ℃,Tg为92.8 ℃。 长烷氧基侧链的引入极大地提高了LPOXD在氯仿和四氢呋喃等有机溶剂中的溶解性。 采用紫外-可见吸收光谱、荧光光谱及循环伏安对LPOXD的光电性能进行了研究。 结果表明,在365 nm紫外光照射下,LPOXD中偶氮苯发生反-顺异构化;350 nm光激发下,LPOXD在蓝紫光波长范围内发射荧光;循环伏安测试得出LPOXD最高占有轨道(HOMO)能量和最低空轨道(LUMO)能量分别为-5.96和-3.17 eV。     

Anionic dispersion polymerization of styrene. I. Investigation of parameters for preparation of uniform micron-size polystyrene particles with narrow molecular weight distribution

Anionic dispersion polymerization in a hexane medium has been applied to the synthesis of monodisperse polystyrene particles in the size range of 1.41–6.16 μm, and having narrow molecular weight distributions M_w/M_n of 1.02–1.28. sec-Butyllithium was used as the initiator. Polystyrene-block-polybutadiene diblock copolymer containing 23% polystyrene block, (i.e., Stereon 730A) with a molecular weight of 147,000 g/mol and a polydispersity of 1.05, was found to be a suitable steric stabilizer for the preparation of micron-size polystyrene particles with narrow size distribution. Tetrahydrofuran (THF) was used as a promoter for obtaining narrow molecular weight distributions. However, this study revealed that the addition of small amounts of THF as promoter broadened the particle size distribution. High solids content polystyrene dispersions were also prepared without using any promoter by both batch and/or multi-addition monomer processes. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Nanostructured thermosensitive polymers with radical scavenging ability

The thermosensitive [60]fullerene end-capped poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) was successfully synthesized by the reaction of C(60) with dithiobenzoate-terminated poly(N-isopropylacrylamide), which was prepared by reversible addition-fragmentation chain-transfer (RAFT) polymerization in the presence of azobisisobutyronitrile (AIBN). Its structure was determined by FTIR, UV/Vis, and carbon and proton NMR spectroscopy as well as by size exclusion chromatography (SEC). The novel fullerenated polymer retained the thermosensitivity of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide). Moreover, it is soluble in water and most of the common organic solvents. Interestingly, it was able to form nanoparticle clusters in methanol and exhibited significant radical scavenging ability in cell viability and metabolic activity tests with fibroblasts and NOR-3 radicals.     

Exploring BH_2CN-based hydrophobic hypergolic fuels and effective fuel“additives”: Imidazolylidene cyanoborane complexes

Hydrophobic BH₂CN-based imidazolylidene cyanoborane complexes showed good fuel potential applications, such as water immiscibility, wide liquid range, short ignition delay time (13 ms), high density and good density impulse.