激光光散射法研究全氟乙丙烯共聚物的形态结构——Ⅰ.形态结构的表征

小角激光光散射技术用于研究FEP共聚物的形态结构,其结果表明:影响共聚物结晶形态的主要因素是共聚组成比和结晶条件。试样在空气中自然冷却条件下结晶,若六氟丙烯含量从2％增加到14—19％,共聚物结晶形态从棒状结晶变为球晶结构。试样在极慢速率(0.2℃/分)冷却条件下易生成棒晶。除上述结构外,某些试样在特定条件下结晶,生成两维和三维球晶共存以及更精细的多重结构。     

The effect of spherulitic truncation on small-angle light scattering

The effects of spherulitic truncation on the H_v small-angle light-scattering (SALS) patterns are determined by computer simulation of spherulite nucleation and growth. The simulation is carried out for simultaneous and sporadic nucleation of two-dimensional spherulites and simultaneous nucleation of three-dimensional spherulites. The scattered intensity differences between truncated spherulites and round spherulites are determined as functions of the type of growth and the volume (or area) fraction of spherulites. Methods for the determination of certain geometrical characteristics of spherulites systems by SALS are developed. These characteristics include the volume (or area). fraction of spherulites, the average spherulite radius, and the average spherulite volume (or area). The results of this study are essential in the quantitative analysis of H_v SALS from spherulitic systems. The simulation process is readily extendable to the examination of other morphological phenomena by SALS.     

Quantitative small-angle light-scattering studies of the melting and crystallization of LLDPE/LDPE blends

Small-angle light-scattering (SALS) patterns were obtained during melting and crystallization of blends of linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) with conventional low-density polyethylene (LDPE). Quantitative measurements of these SALS patterns using a two-dimensional optical multichannel analyzer apparatus (OMA2) indicate that the LLDPE which is miscible with the LDPE component in the molten state crystallizes first, forming volume-filling spherulites. The LDPE then crystallizes within the preformed spherulites. These findings are supported by optical microscopy studies showing that the blend samples were volume filled with one kind of the spherulites having a radius comparable to that of the pure LLDPE. The SALS intensity curve changes with composition of the blends in a manner that may be interpreted by considering the orientation of crystals within spherulites. It has been observed that the spherulites in the blend have more diffuse boundaries as the LDPE content increases. The lattice spacing and long spacings in blends were obtained by wide-angle and small-angle x-ray scattering, respectively. The SALS technique along with differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) is shown to be useful for determining the crystallization behavior of a crystallizable polymer blend system.     

聚对苯二甲酸乙二酯结晶过程中的反常行为

聚合物的结晶是高分子链由无序转变为在三维空间中有规则排列的过程。实现转变的外界条件主要是温度和时间。近年来,人们借助偏光显微镜法(PLM)、小角激光光散射法(SALS)等研究聚对苯二甲酸乙二酯(PET)的结晶形态已有不少报导。     

Rheo‐optical studies of the effect of shear flow on the structure of elastomer blends

The effect of shear flow on the structure of a phase‐separated, near‐critical blend of 50/50 (w/w) poly(styrene‐ran‐butadiene) and polybutadiene was studied with two different custom‐built rheo‐optical instruments that combined polymer melt flow and small‐angle light scattering (SALS). The deformation of the phase domains during shear flow was nonaffine, and the SALS patterns evolved from a spinodal ring (SR) pattern to a squashed SR with two high‐intensity lobes, to an H‐pattern, to a butterfly pattern with a dark streak along the equator, and finally to a steady‐state, elliptical pattern. The SALS patterns were explained in terms of a network model, in which the strands of the network first orient in the flow direction, then extend in this direction, and finally break up into droplets aligned in the flow direction. According to this picture, the strands in the vorticity direction do not deform until relatively high strains, after which the periodicity of the network begins to disappear. Supporting this model was the observation that the transitions between the different SALS patterns corresponded to inflections and/or maxima in the shear stress or first normal stress difference. Increasing the shear rate changed the kinetics of the structure evolution and reduced the size of the phase‐separated droplets in the steady state. No evidence was obtained for flow‐induced miscibility. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 42: 1725–1738, 2004     

氰乙基羟丙基壳聚糖的溶致和热致液晶性研究

从壳聚糖出发先羟丙基化再氰乙基化,合成了氰乙基羟丙基壳聚糖(羟丙基的摩尔取代度为3.2,氰乙基的取代度为1.0).氰乙基羟丙基壳聚糖(CNHPCS)和羟丙基壳聚糖(HPCS)两者都有胆甾型溶致液晶性,浓溶液呈现指纹状织构.在二氯乙酸中,前者的临界浓度(29%,质量分数,下同)高于后者(17%).这一结果可以用引入氰乙基增加了分子间作用力从而使得链刚性增加来解释.CNHPCS在熔点193℃和分解温度220℃之间很窄的温区内观察到有热致液晶胆甾相.CNHPCS固体膜的胆甾相螺距采用激光小角光散射法测定,结果与偏光显微镜测得的数值一致.     

Microfluidic light scattering as a tool to study the structure of aqueous polymer solutions

A small-angle light scattering (SALS) apparatus, coupled with a specially designed microfluidic device is shown to monitor the formation and subsequent size distribution of giant multilamellar vesicles of a diblock copolymer in aqueous solution. The closed-face design, fabricated between glass slides using a UV-curable optical adhesive, incorporates multiple inlets, a mixing system, and a viewing window to perform on-line SALS. The mixing of each component is tested using polystyrene latex microspheres. Vesicles of the block copolymer, EO6BO11 in aqueous solution are formed on the SALS chip and the pair distance distribution function determined using an inverse Fourier transformation of the scattered intensity to quantify the population and distribution for a range of vesicle sizes. These experiments provide demonstrations of how SALS on a microfluidic device can be used as a rapid screening tool to optimize processing conditions for a range of polymer solutions.     

Small-angle light scattering from optically anisotropic spheres and disks. Theory and experimental verification

The small-angle light scattering (SALS) theory for optically anisotropic spheres and disks is examined in depth. An error is found in the existing sphere equations. The correct form of the equations is identified and then experimentally verified for dilute starch suspensions. Increased concentrations and solid films of starch granules are used to identify the effect of concentration on the scattering envelope. Spherulitic films of isotactic polypropylene, isotactic polystyrene, nylon 610, PET, and nylon 66 are then used to examine different aspects of the SALS theory. Experimental observations are found to agree with the predictions of the correct SALS equations. Disk theory is interrogated and correlated with predictions for spheres. It is found that the predicted patterns from spheres and disks are very similar under identical optical conditions, in contradiction to earlier predictions. A method is developed for identifying the optical sign of spherulites too small to be seen in the optical microscope. This study constitutes a comprehensive examination of SALS theory and includes many other aspects of the phenomena. A catalogue of theoretical V_v SALS patterns from spheres and disks is also included.     

Long‐range orientation correlations and molecular alignment in sheared thermotropic copolyester. In situ light and X‐ray scattering

Orientation correlations induced by shear flow and their relaxation were investigated using in situ small‐angle light scattering (SALS) in the thermotropic random copolyester of 60 mol% hydroxybenzoic acid (B) and 40 mol% ethylene terephthalate (ET). B‐ET displays a nematic polydomain texture, the SALS and wide‐angle X‐ray scattering (WAXS) patterns are amorphous and isotropic. Shear flow produced optical defect multiplication with the consequent reduction of the micro–domains size. However, SALS detected long‐range spatial correlations within the optically chaotic texture, the SALS patterns showed bimodal orientation of defects. After cessation of shear the orientation correlation rapidly relaxed back to a polydomain and the SALS pattern became again isotropic. Above a threshold shear rate of about the SALS pattern showed unimodal orientation arising from line defects oriented nearly orthogonal to the velocity axis. Strikingly, the texture relaxation now showed the well known “banded texture”. The threshold shear rate coincided with a significant increase in the degree of molecular alignment as determined from in situ X‐ray scattering. This technique also showed that shear flow always oriented the molecular chains along the flow direction regardless of the shear rate. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

材料介观有序结构小角光散射图案的FFT算法

用快速傅里叶变换计算方法(FastFourierTransformation,FFT)直接获得高分子材料中介观有序结构小角激光光散射(SALS)图案,从而对实验获得的球晶和液晶液滴的SALS图案进行结构预测.作为实例,计算了几种典型液晶液滴构型的SALS图案.     

小角光散射在线系统研究多相聚合物双螺杆挤出过程中的相尺寸--非相容PE/PA1010体系

利用可视化双螺杆挤出机———光散射在线采集与分析系统对不相容聚合物体系聚乙烯 尼龙 10 10(PE PA10 10 )双螺杆挤出过程进行了在线分析 .相尺寸由Debye理论中的相关距离ac,平均弦长L ,以及分散相平均直径D描述 ,给出了几种参数表征适用的范围 .由在线光散射计算出的平均弦长Lscatt、分散相平均粒径Dscatt与电镜照片计算出的平均弦长LSEM 、分散相平均粒径DSEM 作了比较 ,两者比较符合 .结果表明 ,分散相颗粒尺寸沿螺杆挤出方向逐渐变小 ;随着低组分含量 (PA10 10≤ 5 0 % )的增加 ,分散相颗粒尺寸变大 ,在组成比为 70 30和 6 0 4 0时出现双连续相     

Cholesteric hydroxypropylcellulose solutions: Microscopy and small-angle light scattering

Polarized optical microscopy and small-angle light scattering (SALS) are used to investigate the cholesteric phase of aqueous hydroxypropylcellulose (HPC) solutions. The results suggest a polygonal focal conic rather than the recently proposed parabolic focal conic morphology. Measurements of the polygonal domain size show it to decrease with increasing HPC concentration. Depolarized SALS gives clover-leaf patterns, whose maximum of intensity at 45° is related to the domain size.     

Quantitative characterization of deformation in drawn polypropylene films

The submicroscopic morphology of uniaxially deformed isotactic polypropylene films has been examined by small-angle light scattering (SALS), electron microscopy, optical microscopy, small-angle x-ray scattering (SAXS), wide-angle x-ray diffraction, birefringence, sonic modulus, and density methods. Several new interpretations and extensions of existing theories are developed and verified experimentally as follows. (1) The V_v SALS pattern is shown to be a new tool for the identification of the sign of the birefringence of spherulites too small to be seen in the optical microscope. The theoretical dependence of the V_v SALS pattern is developed and verified experimentally with patterns from isotactic polypropylene, polyethylene, Penton, nylon 6,6, poly(ethylene terephthalate), and nylon 6,10. (2) Intraspherulitic lamellar behavior during deformation can be identified from the SAXS pattern. This includes quantitative evaluation of the long spacing between lamellae and their average orientation. (3) The two-phase sonic modulus theory is valid over the wide range of deformations, crystallinities, processing temperatures, and molecular weights used in this study. The deformation of isotactic polypropylene films drawn at 110 and 135°C. has been characterized quantitatively in terms of an integrated picture of mass movement on all morphological levels: the molecular, the interlamellar, and the spherulitic. At both temperatures, the spherulites deform affinely with extension, whereas the deformation mechanisms within the spherulite depend on the location of the radii with respect to the applied load. During spherulite deformation, lamellar orientation and separation processes predominate, whereas at high extensions, fibrillation occurs and crystal cleavage processes predominate. The noncrystalline region orients throughout the draw region. At 135°C. non-orienting relaxation processes appear in the noncrystalline region which retard the rate of molecular orientation with extension.     

MORPHOLOGICAL STUDIES OF PET FILMS WITH DIFFERENT CRYSTALLIZATION RATE IN DRAWING PROCESSES

Morphological changes during stretching of two PET samples (S and T) with different crystallization rate have been studied by means of SALS, solvent etching and polarizing microscope techniques. Results show that under the same drawing conditions larger and more perfect rod-like and spherulitic superstructures were formed more easily in the sample with higher crystallization rate (sample S). The amount of less compact regions which may be easily attacked by the vapor of allyl amine decreases more rapidly in sample S than in sample T during stretching, and these regions are more randomly distributed in sample T especially at low elongations. The difference of the two samples in morphological changes is coincident with their difference in tensile behavior.     

Phase behavior actuating morphology and rheological response of polybutadiene/polyisoprene blends under small amplitude oscillatory shear

The morphology evolution and the corresponding linear viscoelastic behavior of the phase-separating polybutadiene （PB）/low vinyl content polyisoprene （LPI） blend have been investigated by phase contrast optical microscopy （PCOM）, small-angle light scattering （SALS） and rheometxy. Two kinds of structure evolutions and rheological responses have been observed. It is found that the co-continuous structure generally gives a power law behavior of the dynamic storage modulus versus frequency and the coarsening of co-continuous structure leads to a decrease of the storage modulus. For the droplet-matrix structure, a platform modulus is observed at the mediate frequencies, followed by the typical terminal relaxation behavior of storage modulus at the extremely low frequencies. The decreasing platform modulus and increasing terminal modulus with the growth of droplets are observed and can be well interpreted by the simplified Palieme model. The platform modulus and terminal modulus at a given frequency are found to be scalable with the phase separation time. Besides, the characteristic relaxation time and domain size of the droplets have been obtained by theology. And it seems that the theologically determined droplet dimensions are consistent with the ones determined by PCOM and SALS.     

Flow-Induced Anisotropy in Mixtures of Associative Polymers and Latex Particles

The effect of associative polymers on the structure and rheological behavior of colloidal suspensions is discussed. Adding associative polymer is known to increase the viscosity of the suspensions. At high shear rates the increase is close to what could be expected on the basis of the hydrodynamic effects of the added polymer. At low shear rates the viscosity increases much more. Small-angle light scattering (SALS) during flow is used here to investigate the underlying structural mechanisms. The SALS patterns indicate that the associative polymer changes the particulate structure: characteristic butterfly patterns appear even at relatively low particle volume fractions. They are not present in the suspensions without associative polymer. The patterns indicate that fluctuations in particle concentration are more pronounced in the flow direction than in the vorticity direction and that anisotropic particulate structures with an orientation along the vorticity direction develop. The evolution of their characteristic length scale during flow has been followed over time. Changing the hydrophilic part of the polymer from polyacrylamide to polyacrylic acid induces stronger associative interactions. In the suspensions this results in a reduction of the relative viscosity rather than an increase. The difference in degree of associativity between the polymers also has an effect on the SALS patterns in the suspensions both at rest and during flow. The rheology as well as the SALS suggest the presence of a strong polymer network in the second system. The competition between adsorption of the associative polymer on the particles with the intermolecular associations between the polymer chains seems to be responsible for the observed differences. Copyright 2000 Academic Press.     

Structural studies of single spherulites and partially spherulitic films of poly(methyl-D-glutamate)

Isolated spherulites of poly(methyl D -glutamate) (PMDG) were nucleated in bromoform. The morphology of these spherulites was investigated by SEM and photographic small-angle light scattering (SALS). From the SALS patterns, the development and growth of the spherulites could be noted. Films of PMDG cast from bromoform solution were found to be partially spherulitic. The mechanical properties of these films, prepared by different procedures, were compared with the general behavior of PMDG films cast from chloroform, the latter of which does not contain spherulitic texture.     

Multivariable structural characterization of semicrystalline polymer blends by small‐angle light scattering

A new multi‐variable‐measurement approach for characterizing and correlating the nanoscale and microscale morphology of crystal‐amorphous polymer blends with melt‐phase behavior is described. A vertical small‐angle light scattering (SALS) instrument optimized for examining the scattering and light transmitted from structures ranging from 0.5 to 50 μm, thereby spanning the size range characteristic of the initial‐to‐late stages of thermal‐phase transitions (e.g., melt‐phase separation and crystallization) in crystal‐amorphous polymer blends, was constructed. The SALS instrument was interfaced with differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and simultaneous SALS/DSC/transmission measurements were performed. We show that the measurement of transmitted light and SALS under H_V (cross‐polarized) optical alignments during melting can be used to reliably measure the thermodynamic (e.g., crystal melting and melt‐phase separation temperatures) and structural variables (e.g., crystalline fraction within the superstructures and volume fraction of superstructures) necessary for describing the multiphase behavior of crystal‐amorphous blends in one combined measurement. We also evaluate the orientation correlations of crystalline volume elements within the superstructures. Our results indicate that simultaneous measurement of transmitted light can provide a reliable estimate of the total scattering from density and orientation fluctuations and the melt‐phase separation temperature of polymer blends. For solution‐cast poly(?‐caprolactone)/poly(D,L‐lactic acid) blends, our multivariable measurements during melting provide the parameters necessary to generate a crystal–liquid and liquid–liquid phase diagram and characterize the solid‐state morphology. This opens up the challenge to explore use of our vertical SALS instrument as a rapid and convenient method for developing structure–property relationships for crystal‐amorphous polymer blends. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 40: 2714–2727, 2002     

Morphology development and crystallization behavior of poly(ethylene terephthalate)/poly(trimethylene terephthalate) blends

The spherulite morphology and crystallization behavior of poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET)/poly(trimethylene terephthalate) (PTT) blends were investigated with optical microscopy (OM), small-angle light scattering (SALS), and small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS). The thermal analysis showed that PET and PTT were miscible in the melt over the entire composition range. The rejected distance of non-crystallizable species, which was represented in terms of the parameter δ, played an important role in determining the morphological patterns of the blends at a specific crystallization temperature regime. The parameter δ could be controlled by variation of the composition, the crystallization temperature, and the level of transesterification. In the case of two-step crystallization, the crystallization of PTT commenced in the interspherulitic region between the grown PET crystals and proceeded until the interspherulitic space was filled with PTT crystals. The spherulitic surface of the PET crystals acted as nucleation sites where PTT preferentially crystallized, leading to the formation of non-spherulitic crystalline texture. The SALS results suggested that the growth pattern of the PET crystals was significantly changed by the presence of the PTT molecules. The lamellar morphology parameters were evaluated by a one-dimensional correlation function analysis. The blends that crystallized above the melting point of PTT showed a larger amorphous layer thickness than the pure PET, indicating that the non-crystallizable PTT component might be incorporated into the interlamellar region of the PET crystals. With an increased level of transesterification, the exclusion of non-crystallizable species from the lamellar stacks was favorable due to the lower crystal growth rates. As a result, the amorphous layer thickness of the PET crystals decreased as the annealing time in the melt state was increased.     

PP/PS共混体系相结构形成与演变

以连续共混过程中间歇出料法研究了聚丙烯(PP)/聚苯乙烯(PS)体系共混过程中的扫描电镜图样演化过程,利用小角激光散射(SALS)证明了PP/苯乙烯-乙烯-丙烯嵌段共聚物(SEP)/PS体系的部分相容性,同时说明SALS研究聚合物熔体动态过程的有效性.针对扫描电镜图样,用重心粒径dg这一结构参数研究了PP/PS体系共混过程,利用分布函数求取了分散相PP分形维数,对共混过程中相分散进行了研究.