全共轭聚噻吩类和聚硒吩类嵌段共聚物的凝聚态结构调控

嵌段共聚物可发生微相分离形成丰富的介观尺度上的相结构,而共轭聚合物是一类具有特殊的力学、导电性能或光电功能的半刚性链高分子.全共轭嵌段共聚物因其兼具两者的特性而备受瞩目.本文着重介绍了近年来课题组在基于全共轭聚(3-烷基噻吩)和聚(3-烷基硒吩)嵌段共聚物体系的研究进展,通过改变体系的分子结构包括主侧链结构、侧链的烷基长度及取代基团等以及对体系在溶液状态及薄膜状态进行后处理包括改变溶剂、热处理、溶剂蒸气处理等来调控体系的微相分离行为和结晶行为,实现对材料凝聚态结构的调控.在此基础上,以有机场效应晶体管和聚合物太阳能电池器件作为最终体现聚噻吩或聚硒吩类体系凝聚态结构与性能关系的平台,将获得的调控体系凝聚态结构的有效策略用于实现其半导体材料物理性能的提升.     

嵌段共聚物苯乙烯-丁二烯-苯乙烯(SBS)/苯酰化聚苯醚共混分相动力学

<正> 对高分子-高分子共混体系相分离动力学过程的研究,人们一般局限于均聚物-均聚物,均聚物-无规共聚物共混体系,对于均聚物-嵌段共聚物共混体系的分相过程很少涉及。原因其一是很难找到具有临界相行为的嵌段共聚物-均聚物共混体系,其二是嵌段共聚物存在微相分离,使得宏观相分离动力学过程研究变得复杂。Paul的工作似乎为这方面的研究工作开辟了道路。     

结构可控的聚合物长短刷接枝纳米粒子

通过RAFT聚合制备了一系列窄分子量分布的聚(γ-甲基丙烯酰氧基丙基三乙氧基硅烷)(PTEPM)-b-聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯(PMMA)嵌段共聚物和PTEPM、PMMA低聚物.将具有不同PMMA分子量的2种PTEPM-b-PMMA共聚物与低聚物PMMA或PTEPM进行共组装(微相分离),形成片、柱、球等不同PTEPM相区结构.采用盐酸气氛处理,PTEPM相区水解交联形成倍半硅氧烷SiO1.5内核,分离纯化得到聚合物长短刷接枝纳米粒子.使用这种相分离-交联-分散制备方法,调节嵌段共聚物分子结构和三组分比例,可实现聚合物接枝纳米粒子内核形状和尺寸、接枝密度、长短刷比例、长刷长度的精确调控.这些纳米粒子是研究聚合物纳米复合材料结构-性能关系的理想模型体系.     

聚苯乙烯-b-聚右旋乳酸二嵌段共聚物的热性能和结晶行为研究

合成了系列聚右旋乳酸(PDLA)嵌段重量分率(fw=0～0.61)的窄分子量分布聚苯乙烯-b-聚右旋乳酸二嵌段共聚物(PS-b-PDLA).运用温度调制示差扫描热分析仪(TMDSC)和热台偏振光显微镜(POM)等研究手段,对制备所得的结晶性二嵌段共聚物的热性能、结晶速率与结晶形貌等进行了研究.研究结果表明,与聚右旋乳酸均聚物相比,随着PS-b-PDLA中结晶性PDLA嵌段重量分率fw减少,无定形聚苯乙烯嵌段(PS)对PDLA嵌段链段的结晶抑制作用增强,PS-b-PDLA的热结晶性能与结晶形貌发生显著变化;相对于PDLA均聚物,PS-b-PDLA的冷结晶温度(Tcc)和结晶平衡熔点(Tm0)分别下降14℃和38℃,球晶生长速率明显降低.在无定形PS嵌段链段的玻璃化温度(Tg)附近,二嵌段PS-b-PDLA的结晶行为出现拐点,揭示PS嵌段由于相分离所形成纳米微相空间对PS-b-PDLA中PDLA链段的结晶产生影响,并且该影响作用程度与PDLA嵌段的重量分率fw和结晶温度(Tc)相关。     

表面场诱导线性三嵌段共聚物薄膜的微结构及其转变规律

采用实空间自洽场理论研究了ABC对称线性三嵌段共聚物薄膜的自组装结构及其转变规律.选取具有特定聚合物参数的对称线性三嵌段共聚物,对无修饰条纹和有修饰条纹的两类薄膜受限表面情况,通过调节其薄膜表面场强度和薄膜厚度,获得了一系列新颖的聚合物薄膜微结构.研究结果表明,在无修饰条纹的单一薄膜受限情况下,共聚物趋向于形成规整有序的层状或穿孔层状结构;而在有条纹修饰情况下,共聚物在相应的条纹修饰区域下发生微相分离并趋于形成水平柱状结构.     

用于毛细管电泳分离DNA的聚合物介质的研究进展

综述了用于毛细管电泳分离DNA及测序的聚合物介质的研究进展。这类聚合物主要有均聚物、无规共聚物、嵌段共聚物、接枝共聚物、共混聚合物、准互穿聚合物网络和微交联纳米凝胶聚合物,并对各种结构的聚合物的筛分性能进行了比较。     

聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯－聚四氢呋喃两嵌段共聚物／聚四氢呋喃共混体系的相容性和结晶行为

报道了对嵌段共聚物结晶型共混体系结晶行为的研究．通过对聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯－聚四氢呋喃两嵌段共聚物／聚四氢呋喃共混体系的研究，我们发现１．微相分离结构的存在，可使相容的这类体系形成多种特殊的结晶形态；２．共混体系的相容性可以方便地由其结晶行为来判断；３．共混体系中共聚物的结晶能力显著提高．这些特点都明显不同于一般的聚合物共混体系．     

共聚物在聚合物共混体系中的增容作用I.嵌段共聚物

随着高分子合金领域的研究发展，以共聚物作为增容剂对不相容的聚合物共混体系进行改性已得到了广泛的研究和应用。本文分为两篇，分别介绍利用嵌段共聚物、接枝共聚物和无规共聚物所做的增容改性研究。本篇着重讨论嵌段共聚物(包括两嵌段和三嵌段以及多嵌段共聚物)在聚合物共混体系中的增容作用和增容机理。     

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.     

PMMA—b—PTHF／PTHF共混体系中共聚物结晶能力的增强

结晶嵌段共聚物具有一般均聚物所没有的许多特殊结晶行为。虽然,人们很早就已开始对聚氧化乙烯/聚苯乙烯诸类嵌段共聚物的结晶行为进行研究,但对这类体系相分离规律及结晶行为的认识仍很不够。这主要是因为已研究的体系非常有限,此外,大都为对体系非平衡态结构的研究。所以,尽管Whitmore和Noolandi最近提出了结晶嵌段共聚物及其共混物的平衡形态理论,但缺乏实验数据与之比较。     

Crystallization kinetics of poly(ethylene oxide) confined in semicrystalline poly(vinylidene) fluoride

Polymer blends based on poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) and poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) have been prepared to analyze the crystallization kinetics of poly(ethylene oxide) confined in semicrystalline PVDF with different ratios of both polymers. Both blend components were dissolved in a common solvent, dimethyl formamide. Blend films were obtained by casting from the solution at 70 °C. Thus, PVDF crystals are formed by crystallization from the solution while PEO (which is in the liquid state during the whole process) is confined between PVDF crystallites. The kinetics of crystallization of the confined PEO phase was studied by isothermal and nonisothermal experiments. Fitting of Avrami model to the experimental DSC traces allows a quantitative comparison of the influence of the PVDF/PEO ratio in the blend on the crystallization behavior. The effect of melting and further recrystallization of the PVDF matrix on PEO confinement is also studied. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys. 2018 , 56, 588–597     

烷基化程度对N-十八烷基化聚乙烯亚胺梳状高分子结构的影响

利用烷基化方法制备了烷基化取代程度(DS)介于47%～17.6%的N-十八烷基聚乙烯亚胺(PEI18C)梳状高分子.通过红外光谱、差示扫描量热法(DSC)、X-射线衍射和热失重分析等方法研究了PEI18C梳状高分子的结构、结晶行为和热稳定性,探讨了侧链烷基DS对C18侧链结晶及临界结晶行为的影响.结果发现,随DS的降低,PEI18C梳状高分子的结晶度由54.0%降至20.3%,可结晶碳原子数目由11.4个降到4.3个.受限于PEI骨架上C18烷基侧链的堆积排列模式并没有发生根本变化,仍以六方晶胞的形式进行排列.结果表明,侧链烷基DS或沿主链的侧链烷基分布密度对梳状高分子的结晶行为和临界结晶能力有明显的影响.从侧链结晶的角度,分析了侧链烷基取代度对梳状高分子结晶及热稳定性的影响.     

Nanoconfinement as a tool to study early stages of polymer crystallization

This article promotes the idea that crystallization experiments under confinement can be an interesting tool to learn more about the early stages of polymer crystallization in bulk systems. Based on various results from the recent literature, it is demonstrated that crystalline forms that are metastable, transient, or inaccessible in bulk samples can be easily obtained and studied in nanoscopic compartments. This is interesting in the light of the recent discussion about thermodynamic reasons for the temporary occurrence of a mesophase at the growth front of crystals in bulk polymers, in particular, about a hexagonally packed mesophase in polyethylene. The experimental findings for nanoconfined methylene sequences seem to support indirectly thermodynamic approaches explaining the occurrence of a mesophase based on the small thickness of the crystal at the growth front. A first estimate for the critical crystal thickness d_mc defining the transition from hexagonal to orthorhombic packing in case of confined methylene sequences is provided based on results for side chain polymers. Further perspectives of crystallization experiments on confined systems are discussed. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 46: 1556–1561, 2008     

本体柱状的线形嵌段共聚物在受限状态下的自组装结构

综述了使用计算机模拟方法研究在本体状态下形成柱状结构的线形二嵌段和三嵌段共聚物在平行板间和纳米圆孔内的自组装结构.研究发现,嵌段共聚物体系在受限状态下自组装可以得到与本体状态下不同的纳米结构,调整受限状态的物理化学性质可以调控受限体系的相行为,从而诱导体系形成特定的结构.模拟研究还发现不同相分离强度和链结构的体系,在相同的受限状态下表现出不同的相行为.因此在制备纳米结构材料的研究中,人们要根据嵌段共聚物体系的特定性质,选择相应的受限环境,才能够实现有效的控制.     

Polyethylene-polystyrene gradient polymers. II. The swelling-induced crystallization in the PE-PS gradient polymers and modified by styrene LDPE samples

In this paper, the swelling-induced crystallization effect observed in gradient polymers and in low density polyethylene modified by styrene is discussed. The polymerization-induced crystallization in the PE-PS gradient polymers is demonstrated and its influence on the crystalline phase stability in the LDPE matrix exhibited. Some new information about the specific, internal structure of the gradient polymers is presented, which confirms the differences between formation of these substances and other gradient polymers previously investigated.     

INFLUENCE OF SAMPLE THICKNESS ON ISOTHERMAL CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS OF POLYMERS IN A CONFINED VOLUME

Isothermal crystallization process of polymers in a confined volume was simulated in the case of instantaneous nucleation by use of the Monte Carlo method. The influence of sample thickness on some kinetic parameters of crystallization was quantitatively evaluated. It was found that there was a critical thickness value. Influence of thickness on the crystallization behavior was only found for samples of thickness near and less than the critical value. For thick samples the Avrami plot showed straight lines with a turning point at the late stage of crystallization due to the secondary crystallization. When the thickness was near or less than the critical value a primary turning point appeared in the Avrami plot at the very beginning of the crystallization process. A model was proposed to explain the mechanism of this phenomenon. According to this model the critical thickness value is related to the nucleation density or the average distance between adjacent nuclei, and the primary turning point is an indication of a transformation of crystal growth geometry from a three-dimensional mode to a two-dimensional one. Analysis of experimental results of PEO isothermally crystallized at 53.5℃ was consistent with the proposed model.     

A differential scanning calorimetry study on poly(ethylene terephthalate) isothermally crystallized at stepwise temperatures: multiple melting behavior re-investigated

The multiple melting behavior of poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) was investigated with differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) by examining PET samples having been subjected to special schemes of crystallization and annealing treatment at multiple descending temperatures. Upon such step-wise annealing in decreasing temperatures, the existence of doublet melting peaks in addition to a series of multiple minor peaks in the PET has been demonstrated using carefully designed thermal schemes. Using the Hoffman theory, multiple lamellae populations, might be suggested to be simultaneously present in the PET subjected to such thermal treatments. However, direct experimental evidence has yet to be provided. The low-temperature minor crystals simply melt during normal scanning without having time enough to reorganize into higher-melt crystals. Nevertheless, the effect of scanning on non-isothermal crystallization does exist but is primarily confined to the temperature range much below the main melting region where the crystallization of polymer chains can progress at a reasonable rate. At higher temperatures near the main melting region, annealing for extended times is required in order to result in relative changes of the melting endotherms of the upper and lower peaks in the main melting doublet. In all we have shown that interpretations of the multiple melting phenomenon in semicrystalline polymers can be better refined.     

Confined crystallization of polymers within anodic aluminum oxide templates

In this article, a review of recent literature on confined crystallization within nanoporous anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) templates is presented. For almost all infiltrated polymeric materials, crystal orientation within the nanopores is a function of pore diameter. T_c and T_m usually decrease and are a function of pore size. When no pore interconnection remains, the crystallization occur at large supercoolings in heterogeneity free environments. Hence, the nucleation mechanism changes from heterogeneous to surface or homogeneous nucleation. The crystallization kinetics of infiltrated polymers should be close to first order, since in confined environments nucleation is the determining step of the overall crystallization and Avrami indexes (n) of ～1 (or lower in some cases) should be obtained. Examples are provided where these conditions have been met and first order kinetics (n = 1) were measured as opposed to higher orders (n = 3?4) for the same polymer in the bulk. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys. 2014 , 52, 1179–1194     

Crystallization and orientation of isotactic poly(propylene) in cylindrical nanopores

The crystallization of polymers in cylindrical geometries is important as interest in polymer nanowires and nanostructures grows. Here, semicrystalline isotactic poly(propylene) (iPP) is shown to crystallize in a homogeneous, low‐dimensional fashion when confined in cylindrical pores as small as 15 nm. A strong dependence on pore diameter is demonstrated. Isothermal crystallization studies suggest a reduced Avrami exponent as pore diameter decreases and as crystallization time increases. Complementary X‐ray diffraction with tilt (texture analysis) reveals one‐dimensional ordering of iPP crystals within pores of 40 nm diameter or less in which crystals preferentially orient, perpendicular to the pore wall. These findings demonstrate that the origin of this orientation is related to the impingement of crystals against the pore wall, thus “freezing out” polymer crystallizing in nonpreferred directions. These results show that curvature‐directed crystallization is one potential means to control a polymer's crystallization rate and orientation. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys. 2014 , 52, 1412–1419     

PVCH-PE-PVCH三嵌段共聚物在超临界CO2中的熔融再结晶行为

本研究组在前期研究中发现, 改变溶剂的挥发速率可以调节体系中PE结晶和PVCH玻璃化之间的竞争, 进而调节PE结晶的受限程度. 超临界二氧化碳(scCO2)是一种非极性溶剂, 其对无定形聚合物(如PS)有很强的溶胀作用, 可显著降低聚合物的玻璃化转变温度, 提高原来被冻结的高分子链的活动能力. PVCH的分子结构与PS相似, 研究结果表明, scCO2对PVCH组分也有很强的溶胀能力, 导致PVCH的玻璃化转变温度降低, 从而可以改变PE嵌段的受限状态. 本文研究了PVCH-PE-PVCH在scCO2中的熔融再结晶行为.