等规聚苯乙烯与聚(乙烯/丙烯)嵌段共聚物的研究(Ⅱ)──嵌段共聚物的分离与表征

将配位聚合法合成的等规聚苯乙烯与聚(乙烯/丙烯)嵌段共聚反应产物进行溶剂车取分离,得到嵌段共聚物[iPS-b-Poly(E-co-P)]的含量约为总重量的20％～30％,并用¹³CNMR、FTIR、WAXD、DSC和电子显微镜进行表征．该共聚物是具有等规聚苯乙烯(iPS)与乙丙无规共聚链段结构的三元两嵌段共聚物,且iPS链段有一定的结晶度．由透射电镜可以看出,嵌段共聚物存在微相分离结构,相区尺寸在100nm数量级．     

聚乙烯醇/聚乙烯基吡咯烷酮共混体系的结晶行为

用DSC、WAXD和SAXS研究了聚乙烯醇(PVAl)/聚乙烯基吡咯烷酮(PVP)共混体系的结晶行为.PVAl的结晶度随PVP含量增加而减少,并存在结晶度为零的组成(PVAl)的重量分数约为50％.与纯PVAl相比,共混物的温度区间T_m-T_g减小,表明PVP对PVAl的结晶起抑制作用.共混物中PVAl的结晶速度下降,具体表现为PVAl过冷区随PVP含量增加而扩大,动力学速度常数减小,球晶增长速度下降.纯PVAl和共混体系的等温结晶速率均遵循Avrami方程.退火样品的长周期、片晶厚度和过渡层厚度大于相同组成未退火样品.两者长周期随PVP含量增长加显著增大,片晶厚度增长次之,过渡层厚度变化不大.     

在高压CO_2中聚乙二醇-聚己内酯嵌段共聚物的结晶行为

通过广角X射线衍射(WAXD)和小角X射线散射(SAXS)方法研究了PEO-b-PCL在CO2中的结晶形貌和片晶厚度的变化,利用高压示差扫描量热仪(HP DSC)考察了压力对熔融和等温结晶过程的影响.结果表明,PEO-b-PCL的结晶度、片晶厚度、熔融温度均随压力的升高而减小,结晶结构变得不完善.在等温结晶过程中,结晶速率随压力的升高而下降,结晶过程处于成核控制区,Avrami指数n在3.7~4.7,表明晶体的生长方式为三维生长.     

冷冻升华制备的超高分子量聚乙烯寡链、多链晶体的凝聚态

在10^-3～10^-5g/mL浓度范围内,用冷冻升华法制备了超高分子量聚乙烯(UHPE)单链、寡链、多链的折叠链晶聚集体.长达几万纳米的UHPE分子链可以以不同的片晶参与结晶,或自身形成数个晶粒,即形成单链多晶.DSC研究结果表明,随着溶液浓度的降低,冷冻升华样品的熔点和结晶度均降低.由熔点估算了晶粒的体积和晶粒中包含的链数,它们亦随溶液浓度降低而降低.冷冻升华得到的小晶粒中链的缠结少,晶体具有较高的完善性.用WAXD测试晶粒的(110)和(200)面的法向尺寸,由此计算晶粒的平均体积,与熔点计算得到的数值一致.     

热处理对尼龙6及其与聚酰胺嵌段共聚物共混体系晶体熔融行为和结晶结构的影响

采用溶液共混-共沉淀的办法获得尼龙6及聚酰胺嵌段共聚物/尼龙6共混体系粉末,样品在260℃下熔融之后经程序降温的方法得到非淬火样品,然后分别在190℃下高温退火不同时间(0~48 h),采用示差扫描量热仪(DSC)、广角X射线衍射仪(WAXD)、偏光显微镜(POM)等表征手段研究热处理对体系晶体熔融行为和结晶结构的影响.结果表明,(1)在相同的热历史条件下,嵌段共聚物的存在影响了尼龙6的结晶行为及结晶结构;(2)退火处理对两种样品有着不同的影响,对于尼龙6体系,退火处理促进了非晶相向晶相的转变,大大提高样品的结晶完善程度和结晶度;对于共混体系,退火处理同样促进了非晶相向晶相的转变,同时形成新的α型和γ型结晶,体系的结晶完善程度明显提高,退火48 h后,结晶度比原始样品提高约84%.     

聚己内酯在聚己内酯/聚乙烯基甲基醚共混体系中的结晶研究

通过示差扫描量热(DSC)、广角X射线衍射(WAXD)、小角X射线散射(SAXS)研究了聚己内酯(PCL)/聚乙烯基甲基醚(PVME)共混体系中PCL的结晶行为.研究结果表明,共混聚合物中PCL的结晶度几乎不随体系的组成而发生变化.共混物中PVME的存在没有改变PCL的晶体结构,但是随着PVME含量的增加,片晶之间的距离则大,这主要是由于非晶层增厚引起的.     

不同单体对合成聚芳醚酮酮(PEKK)结构与性能的影响研究

以1,4-二(4-苯氧基苯甲酰基)苯(p-EKKE)、1,3-二(4-苯氧基苯甲酰基)苯(m-EKKE)、二苯醚(DPE)分别与对苯二甲酰氯(TPC)、间苯二甲酰氯(IPC)亲电共缩聚,合成全对位、全间位、对间位取代及交替聚芳醚酮酮(p-PEKK、i-PEKK、p/i-PEKK、a-PEKK),用FT-IR、DSC、WAXD、TG、SEM等技术对p-EKKE和m-EKKE以及PEKKs的结构与性能进行了分析表征.结果表明,随着1,3-苯基含量的增加,共聚物的熔融温度(Tm)和玻璃化转变温度逐渐降低,而热分解温度变化不大;p/i-PEKK交替共聚物较之于无规共聚物,有较好的链规整性和较高的结晶度;WAXD分析表明,共聚物p-PEKK的结晶衍射峰和小分子模型化合物p-EKKE基本相同,同属正交晶系,全间位取代的i-PEKK在熔融冷却过程中很难再次结晶,转变为非晶聚集态,其2θ角和m-EKKE针状结晶基本相同,属三斜晶系.     

FRS-XRSA与SAXS研究硬弹性聚丙烯的结晶度、取向与超结构——Ⅰ.退火时间的影响

硬弹性材料是近二十年发展起来的一种新型的、具有开发前景的高聚物材料,但目前只利用其多孔透气性而作人工肺等。为了开发这种硬弹性,人们对其加工-结构-物性之间的关系仍在进行着不懈的研究。本文利用FRS-XRSA与SAXS研究退火条件对HEPP结晶、取向与超结构的影响。FRS-XRSA是作者为研完择优取向聚合物结晶与取向而提出的一种理论分析。结果指出:当T_(an)取130℃,则获得稳定结构的t_(an)应大于40min。与前人工作不同之点是,HEPP纤维中的片晶不是伸展的,而是扭曲或双重取向的。当退火时间增加,扭曲的片晶逐渐伸展。从SAXS得到的长周期与从WAXD得到的结晶度与晶粒度指出,片晶是由两层晶粒砌成。     

尼龙1010骤冷退火样品的晶体结构

尼龙1010的晶体结构属三斜晶系.作者最近导出了X射线衍射法(WAXD)测定尼龙1010结晶度的公式,进而考查了等温结晶时结晶温度T_C对结晶度X_C、晶粒尺寸L_(100)和氢键面相对衍射强度R的影响.发现X_C和L_(100)均随T_C升高而增大,达196℃后又减小;而R与T_C的关系则相反,呈线性降低.结晶速率快有利于分子链在垂直于氢键面的(100)晶面生长,但R值却降低了.本文利用WAXD考查了尼龙1010不同骤冷退火条件样品的晶体结构.     

纳米SiO2改性超高分子量聚乙烯纤维的制备及其结构性能研究

采用萃取阶段加入纳米粒子的方式,制得纳米SiO2改性的超高分子量聚乙烯(UHMWPE)纤维.借助于扫描电镜、声速法、WAXD、DSC、TMA和强力测试等手段,研究了纳米SiO2对UHMWPE纤维结构和性能的影响.结果表明,纳米SiO2粒子在UHMWPE纤维中可达到均匀分散,分散尺寸约为50～100nm;改性后纤维取向度、结晶度基本不变,纤维横向晶粒尺寸大大降低,纤维力学强度稍有增加,力学模量大大增加(由1359.2cNdtex增加到1505.9cNdtex),同时,纤维热性能和热力学性能也得到大大改善.     

热处理对聚乙烯／炭黑导电复合体系形态结构及PTC特性的影响

借助ＷＡＸＤ、ＳＡＸＤ和ＤＳＣ等手段研究了炭黑与聚乙烯复合体系在不同热处理条件下的结晶行为及聚集态结构的大尺寸效应对ＰＴＣ特性的影响。由此提出，不仅结晶度大小，而且聚集大尺寸效应性能对ＰＴＣ行性有重要影响的新观点。     

聚甲基乙烯基醚的局部构象

采用低能构象方法和构象扫描方法,在Dreiding力场下,对含有3种不同侧基取向的PVME的全同二单元体和间同二单元体进行全松弛优化.通过统计平均得到PVME各种构象状态的几何参数和构象能.由统计平均的结果确立了包含侧基所有可能取向信息的PVME链的RIS模型,并利用MontCarlo方法计算了PVME链的特征比,结合实验数据讨论了侧基取向行为的影响.     

热历史对尼龙1212熔融行为的影响

利用DSC方法研究了不同热历史条件对尼龙1212熔融行为的影响.不同的热历史条件下,在DSC曲线上,观察到尼龙1212产生2个或3个熔融峰,依据聚合物结晶理论,对各峰的来源进行了分析.在160℃下不同温度退火120 min的尼龙1212样品DSC曲线上,低温结晶熔融峰主要由低温结晶形成的一些微晶体或者片晶熔融产生,其晶体完善程度较差,熔融峰值较低,峰面积较小;主熔融峰是由样品在淬火过程中形成的晶体和升温过程中低温结晶形成的晶体的熔融重结晶形成较为完善的晶体熔融所产生,熔融峰值较高,峰面积较大.在不同的升温速率条件下,熔融峰温度有所移动,表明不同升温速率条件下产生的熔融峰的结晶晶型是相同的.在不同结晶时间下结晶,延长结晶时间对较高完善程度晶体的生长有利.在不同温度下依次退火处理的样品,熔融产生两个附加峰,这两个附加峰的峰温都比它们相应的退火温度高,而峰高和峰面积随退火温度降低而减小.根据等温结晶结果,由Hoffman方法确定了尼龙1212的平衡熔融温度为202.8℃.     

Solution annealing of poly(TMPS) crystal mats

Poly(tetramethyl-p-silphenylene siloxane) crystal mats initially prepared from benzene/methanol (2:1 v/v), when annealed in small amounts of solvent undergo considerable thickening in the chain direction. When the crystals are annealed above their formation temperature, their physical properties change rapidly at first before reaching an asymptotic limit commensurate with annealing time and type of solvent. Changes in melting temperature, heat of fusion, small-angle x-ray spacing, and wide-angle x-ray scattering patterns have been monitored for three solvents of varying solvent power, ranging from very good to extremely poor. Upon solution annealing, the original crystals mats equilibrate to more stable dimensions compatible with their environment. The activation energy of crystal thickening in contact with a liquid is estimated to be about an order of magnitude lower than that deduced from dry annealing data. It appears that the crystal surface and the crystalline core of the crystals comprising the mats must participate in the measured severalfold increase in long period noted after annealing. The lower surface (or interfacial) energy of the liquid annealed mats compared to isothermally melt-crystallized polymer of similar molecular weight has a direct bearing on the polymer morphology and crystallinity.     

Effects of divinylbenzene‐maleic anhydride copolymer hollow microspheres on crystallization behaviors,mechanical properties and heat resistance of poly(l‐lactide acid)

Divinylbenzene‐maleic anhydride copolymer hollow microspheres (DMs) were used as novel organic nucleating agents to promote crystallization of poly(l‐lactide acid) (PLLA). The effects of these DMs on crystal behaviors of the PLLA were investigated by differential scanning calorimeter (DSC), polarizing optical microscopy (POM), and wide angle X‐ray diffraction (WAXD). Both isothermal and non‐isothermal processes in DSC demonstrated that the DMs significantly altered the crystal behaviors of PLLA as both crystallization velocity and degree of crystallinity increased with increasing DM loadings from 0 to 3%. Our POM results also indicated that as nucleating agents, the DMs promoted nucleating densities and decreased spherulitic sizes. In addition, WAXD suggeted that the addition of DMs did not induce new types of crystals. Finally, our results showed that the ductility of the PLLA was enhanced by a small amount of DMs during the PLLA crystallization process since 0.5% DMs added to the PLLA resulted in 1.4‐fold increase in the elongation at break in comparision with the neat PLLA.     

Melting behavior of a poly(ether‐block‐amide) copolymer melt‐crystallized under quiescent,isothermal conditions

Segmented poly(ether‐block‐amide) copolymers are typically known as polyamide‐based thermoplastic elastomers consisting of hard, crystallizable polyamide block and flexible, amorphous polyether block. The melting characteristics of a poly(ether‐block‐amide) copolymer melt‐crystallized under various quiescent, isothermal conditions were calorimetrically investigated using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). For such crystallized copolymer samples, their crystalline structures under ambient condition and the structural evolutions upon heating from ambient to complete melting were characterized using ambient and variable‐temperature wide‐angle X‐ray diffractometry (WAXD), respectively. It was observed that dependent of specific crystallization conditions, the copolymer samples exhibited one, two, or three melting endotherms. The ambient WAXD results indicated that all melt‐crystallized copolymer samples only exhibited γ‐form crystals associated with the hexagonal habits of the polyamide homopolymer, whereas variable‐temperature WAXD data suggested that upon heating from ambient, a melt‐crystallized copolymer might exhibit so‐called Brill transition before complete melting. Based on various DSC and variable‐temperature WAXD experimental results obtained in this study, the applicability of different melting mechanisms that might be responsible for multiple melting characteristics of various crystallized PEBA copolymer samples were discussed. It was postulated that the low (T _m1) endotherm was primarily because of the disruption of less thermally stable, short‐range ordered structure of amorphous polyamide segments of the copolymer, which was only formed after the completion of primary crystallization via so‐called annealing effects. The intermediate (T_m2) and high (T_m3) endotherms were attributed to the melting of primary crystals within polyamide crystalline microdomains of the copolymer. The appearance of these two melting endotherms might be somehow complicated by thermally induced Brill transition. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 46: 2035–2046, 2008     

Crystallization‐induced aging in poly(trimethylene terephthalate)/ poly(ethylene oxide terephthalate) segmented block copolymers

A new type poly(ether–ester) based on poly(trimethylene terephthalate) as rigid segments and poly(ethylene oxide terephthalate) as soft segments was synthesized and its aging behavior were investigated. Different from other polymer, the segmented block copolymers exhibited a unique aging mechanism. That is, the degradation of mechanical property within short term annealing was due to the overgrown crystals and dramatically increased crystallinity, which was proved by field emission scanning electron microscope (FE‐SEM) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), respectively. The deterioration in mechanical property after long term annealing was the results of both the increase in crystallinity and the decrease in molecular weight. Moreover, FE‐SEM showed many interesting flower‐like crystals presented on the surface of annealed sample. The flower‐like crystals consist of several radialized petal‐like arms and a more densely packed center, which has been seldom found in polymer bulk. Wide‐angle x‐ray diffraction results showed that the copolymer has the same crystal structure as PTT. Such poly(ether–ester) or its blends with other polymer could be suitable for rapid degradable products, such as package and vessel. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 48: 411–416, 2010     

Enhancing chain segments mobility to improve the fracture toughness of polypropylene

As a part of a serial work about the annealing inducing improvement of fracture toughness of polypropylene (PP) articles, in this work, a highly efficient mobilizer was introduced into PP and the injection-molded samples were annealed at different temperatures. The mobility of chain segments of PP was investigated by measuring the glass transition temperature. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and wide angle X-ray diffraction (WAXD) were used to characterize the variation of crystalline structure of PP during the annealing process. The fracture behaviors including notched Izod impact fracture and universal tensile fracture were investigated to detect the mechanical properties in response to the variations of both chain segments mobility and crystalline structures. It was found that the mobilizer greatly improved the chain segments mobility. Further results showed that the mobilizer also induced apparent changes of the glass transition temperature and the degree of crystallinity of PP during the annealing process. Consequently, the annealed PP samples containing a few amount of mobilizer exhibited largely increased fracture toughness.