自缩合乙烯基聚合体系中的环化效应

基于超支化高分子的生长代数模型,利用Monte Carlo模拟方法研究了不同溶剂条件下自缩合乙烯基聚合(SCVP)体系的环化效应.根据SCVP体系的反应机理给出含环反应的微分动力学方程,并通过环化反应的内在特征确定了分子间反应和内环化反应的速率常数.在此基础上,利用Monte Carlo模拟方法得到了高分子的数量分布函数、重均分子量、环数以及含环分子的链段分数等相关物理量,分析了环化效应对于体系平均物理量的影响.进一步根据模拟结果对单体浓度和溶剂效应等对内环化反应的影响予以分析.结果表明,环化效应取决于单体浓度和溶剂效应之间的协同作用,其中单体浓度在环化反应中起着主导作用.     

Af+AB星型聚合体系的统计热力学

应用统计力学和热力学原理研究了 A_f+AB星型聚合体系的性质. 首先从两种不同的角度给出了与聚合反应相应的配分函数, 并据此得到反应体系的平衡自由能、质量作用定律及数量分布函数, 进而得到了体系的平衡状态方程和比热. 在此基础上, 以反应体系的回转半径为例研究了溶剂效应对星型高分子空间尺度的影响.     

非等速率自缩合乙烯基聚合反应产物的支化度

分析了一般的非等速率自缩合乙烯基聚合反应(SCVP)所生成的超支化聚合物体系的结构单元和支化度. 详细计算了支化度随反应进程(A基团转化率x)、活性的A*和B*基团反应速率比(r)和活化剂/单体物质的量比(α)的变化关系. 对任何指定的r和α组合, 随x的增加而单调增加, 对确定的x, 当α＜x/(1＋ )时, 随r的增加而单调减少, 当 α＞x/(1＋ )时, 随r的变化不再是单调的, 有极大值, 但无论怎样的r和α组合, 最大的支化度都只有0.5. 要想进一步提高产物的支化度, 可以在反应终了时, 在体系中再加入适当的其它单体, 使活化基团全部反应掉, 从而可使支化度达到2α/(1＋α).     

三元非等活性自缩合乙烯基聚合体系的Z均回转半径

利用Monte Carlo模拟方法研究了由单体、引发单体和引发核组成的三元自缩合乙烯基聚合反应体系. 重点考察了两类活性基团反应活性的差异、引发单体分数、引发核的配比及活性基团数等因素对体系中无核和有核两类超支化高分子Z均回转半径的影响. 结果表明, 这些因素对超支化高分子的结构和尺度影响显著, 因而通过调节有关参数可以实现对超支化高分子结构和尺度的调控.     

存在初始分布时自缩合乙烯基聚合体系的统计理论

本文利用生成函数方法对存在初始分布的自缩合乙烯基聚合反应体系进行研究．首先在任意初始分布情形下,构造并通过反应体系的微分动力学方程导出对应的生成函数．进一步分别考察了均一初始分布和混合初始分布两种情形,利用生成函数获得反应体系的数均、重均和Z-均聚合度以及多分散指数等物理量．研究结果表明,利用生成函数方法不仅可以给出超支化高分子的数量分布函数,而且可以使平均高分子物理量的计算大为简化．同时发现,反应体系的统计特征与初始分布密切相关,相应的结果可为进一步研究分批投料、多组分及非等活性等更加复杂的自缩合乙烯基反应体系提供可能的基础．     

非等活性加核自缩合乙烯基聚合体系回转半径的Monte Carlo模拟

利用Monte Carlo模拟方法研究了加核自缩合乙烯基聚合反应体系中超支化高分子的二次回转半径随双键转化率的变化情况. 在模拟中, 重点考察了两类活性基团的反应活性差异、 引发核的配比及基团数等因素对超支化高分子均方回转半径的影响. 结果表明, 上述因素对于超支化高分子的尺度有着显著影响, 从而可为调控体系中高分子的空间尺度提供有效途径.     

加核自缩合乙烯基聚合反应体系的热力学特征

从统计力学角度出发,对加核二元自缩合乙烯基聚合反应体系的热力学特征进行了研究.给出了引发核与引发单体间的配料比、反应物的体积分数及引发核的官能度等因素与反应体系热力学统计特征之间的定量关系,重点讨论了内能、比热、多分散性指数和均方回转半径等物理量随反应条件的变化规律.结果表明,通过调控反应温度、改变反应物的浓度(体积分数)和配料比以及选取合适的引发核等方法可制备出具有预期结构和性能的超支化高分子.     

分批投料模式下加核自缩合乙烯基体系的Monte Carlo模拟

通过Monte Carlo 模拟方法对加核自缩合乙烯基体系在分批投料模式下的聚合行为进行研究, 考察了引发核的加入时间及分批投料方式对超支化高分子的重均分子量及多分散指数的影响. 研究结果表明, 不同的分批投料方式对超支化高分子的重均分子量和多分散性具有显著的调控作用. 通过调整投料方式、 投料次数、 引发核官能度和转化率等因素, 可以得到分子量较高且多分散性较好的超支化高分子.     

在四官能团引发剂存在下的自缩合乙烯基聚合反应制备丙烯酸酯类超支化共聚物

超支化聚合物具有特殊的结构和性能 ,可通过一步法聚合直接制得 ,具有大规模工业应用前景 .近年来 ,超支化聚合物的研究已成为高分子科学的热门课题之一[1～ 3 ] .超支化聚合物的一个主要缺点是它的分子量分布比较宽 .Ｍ櫣ｌｌｅｒ[4] 等通过理论计算指出 ,在聚合体系中加入ｆ个功能基团的分子Ｂｆ[对自缩合乙烯基聚合反应 (ＳＣＶＰ) ,Ｂｆ为ｆ个引发基的引发剂 ;对ＡＢｘ 型单体的缩聚反应 ,为有ｆ个Ｂ官能团的分子 ],可以降低超支化聚合物的分子量分布 ,这一结果已被实验证实[5～ 7] .我们用ＭｏｎｔｅＣａｒｌｏ方法模拟了在多官能团引…     

酶促开环聚合与自缩合乙烯基共聚合相结合制取超支化聚合物

在Novozyme 435脂肪酶催化下, 甲基丙烯酸羟乙酯(HEMA)引发己内酯(ε-CL)开环聚合反应, 得到一端为双键, 另一端为羟基的直链聚己内酯(PCL)产物; 将其端羟基官能化得到大分子AB*型单体, 与苯乙烯以原子转移自由基聚合(ATRP)反应形式进行自缩合乙烯基共聚合, 得到超支化结构聚苯乙烯-b-聚己内酯产物.     

Statistical and thermodynamic properties of binary self-condensing vinyl polymerization

The thermodynamic properties of a binary self-condensing vinyl polymerization system consisting of monomers and inimers are investigated by the principle of statistical mechanics.In detail,in terms of two types of canonical partition functions constructed from different viewpoints,the equilibrium free energy,the law of mass action and the size distribution of hyperbranched polymers are obtained.As an application,the specific heat,equation of state and isothermal compressibility concerning the polymerization...     

Importance of active-site reactivity and reaction conditions in the preparation of hyperbranched polymers by self-condensing vinyl polymerization: Highly branched vs. linear poly[4-(chloromethyl)styrene] by metal-catalyzed “living” radical polymerization

The self-condensing vinyl polymerization of 4-(chloromethyl)styrene using metal-catalyzed living radical polymerization catalyzed by the complex CuCl/2,2′-bipyridyl has been attempted. Given the unequal reactivity of the two potential propagating species in this system, a variety of polymerization conditions were tested to optimize the extent of branching in the products. Typical reaction conditions included polymerization in the bulk, or preferably in chlorobenzene solution, with catalyst to monomer ratios in the range 0.01–0.30, temperatures of 100–130°C, and reaction times from 0.1 to 32 h. Polymers with weight average molecular weights between 3 × 10³ and 1.6 × 10⁵ and different extents of branching are formed as evidenced by size-exclusion chromatography, light scattering, and NMR analysis of the reaction products. The influence of reaction conditions on the molecular weight and branching of the resulting polymers is discussed in detail. In sharp contrast to an earlier report, the weight of evidence suggests that, at a catalyst to monomer ratio of 0.01, an almost linear polymer is obtained, while a high catalyst to monomer ratio favors the formation of a branched structure. As a result of the unequal reactivity of the primary and secondary benzylic halide reactive sites, growth occurs by a modified self-condensing vinyl polymerization mechanism that involves incorporation of the largely linear vinyl-terminated fragments formed early on in the polymerization into the vinyl polymer, to afford an irregularly branched structure. Chemical transformations involving the numerous benzylic halide functionalities of the highly branched polymer have been investigated. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci A: Polym Chem 36: 955–970, 1998     

Branched structure formation in free radical polymerization of vinyl acetate

The branched structure formation during free radical polymerization of vinyl acetate is investigated in detail by application of the computer simulations on the basis of the Monte Carlo sampling technique. Simulations are made for the whole molecular weight distribution (MWD), the MWDs for polymer molecules containing 0, 1, 2, 3, etc., branch points, the branching density as functions of both size and the number of branch points, the spatial distribution of the branched chains, etc. It was found that the effect of polyradicals on the formed MWD could be neglected for batch polymerizations of the present reaction system. A large number of relatively small branch chains are formed due to both chain transfer to polymer (CTP) and the terminal double-bond polymerization (TDBP). The radius of gyration at a Θ state is found to agree satisfactorily with the Zimm-Stockmayer equation for random branching in spite of the heterogeneous branched structure formed in the polymerization. The present investigation reveals important characteristics of the complex molecular structure formation during free radical polymerization that involves both CTP and TDBP. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Dynamic Response Studies on Aggregation and Breakage Dynamics of Colloidal Dispersions in Stirred Tanks

Aggregation and breakage of aggregates of fully destabilized polystyrene latex particles in turbulent flow was studied experimentally in both batch and continuous stirred tanks using small‐angle static light scattering. It was found that the steady‐state values of the root‐mean‐square radius of gyration are fully reversible upon changes of stirring speed as well as solid volume fraction. Steady‐state values of the root‐mean‐square radius of gyration were decreasing with decreasing solid volume fraction as well as with increasing stirring speed. Moreover, it was found that the steady‐state structure and shape of the aggregates is not influenced by the applied stirring speed.     

Conformation of nonideal hyperbranched polymer in ABn (n = 2, 4) type polymerization

The conformation of hyperbranched polymers from one pot polymerization with AB_n (n = 2, 4) type monomers, applying the reactive 3D bond fluctuation lattice model, are systematically studied using scaling relation R ～ N^λ, where R is the radius of gyration or the hydrodynamic radius of a hyperbranched polymer with the degree of polymerization N. The exponent λ was calculated at various monomer concentrations and group conversions. When the concentration of monomers with the equal reactivity of B groups increases from 0.1 to 0.9, the exponents λ_g and λ_h (corresponding to the radius of gyration and hydrodynamic radius, respectively) are in the ranges of 0.51–0.37 and 0.41–0.34 at the full conversion of A groups. Especially, we find that λ_g decreases linearly with the reaction conversion increasing. The ratio of z‐average radius, R_gz/R_hz, ranges from 1.08 to 1.32 and indicates that hyperbranched polymer is soft macromolecule with penetrable structure. In the case of AB₂ type monomer with unequal reactivities, λ displays complicated dependence on the reaction conversion and the reactivity ratio. The results of our simulation are consistent with those of experiments and theories, and valuable in better understanding the fundamental properties of hyperbranched polymers. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 48: 610–616, 2010     

Solvent effects on the polymerization of multi-armed vinyl biphenyl derivatives containing pendant oligo(oxyethylene)cyclotriphosphazenes

Polymerization of vinyl biphenyl derivatives containing a pendant oligo(oxyethylene)cyclotriphosphazene (VBMEP, ? (OCH₂CH₂)nOCH₃, n = 1; VBDEP, n = 2; VBTEP, n = 3) was carried out in various solvents. The conversions of these monomers increased with increasing β values, solvent hydrogen bond acceptor abilities, indicating that the hydrogen bond formation is the most important factor in the polymerization. ¹³CNMR study showed that the reactivity of the monomer is influenced by the hydrogen bond interaction. In ethanol, the kinetic orders of monomer and initiator concentrations for the polymerization of VBDEP were different from those in 1,2-dichloroethane (DCE), which suggest the predominant occurrence of primary radical termination. The intrinsic viscosity of poly(VBDEP) with M?_n = 22 000 in DCE was two times higher than that in ethanol, and plots of intrinsic viscosity versus conversion of VBDEP gave a straight line. The results suggest that the polymer chains in ethanol are in a coiled conformation, whereas in DCE they are in a relatively extended structure, and that the propagation is affected by the conformational change. These behaviors originated from the hydrogen bond formation between polymers and solvents are discussed. The copolymerization of styrene with multiarmed monomers and the properties of polycascade polymers obtained are also described. © 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Solvent effects in the polymerization of propylene catalyzed by octahedral complexes

The effect of solvents (toluene, dichloromethane, and hexane) was studied on the polymerization of propylene with the octahedral complexes bis(trimethylsilyl)benzamidinate titanium dichloride(a), bis(acetylacetonate) titanium dichloride(b), and bis(diethylamino) titanium di‐2‐(diphenylphosphanylamino)pyridine as catalytic precursors and methylalumoxane as the cocatalyst. For comparison, the polymerization was also performed in plain liquid propylene without the addition of any solvent. The obtained polymers were fractionated by refluxing hexane. The activity of the complexes and the molecular weights and tacticities of the whole polymers and their different fractions were the studied parameters. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 43: 4505–4516, 2005