Polymerisation of styrene in microemulsion with catanionic surfactant mixtures

The use of aqueous catanionic surfactant mixtures in the oil-in-water (o/w) microemulsion polymerisation of styrene is reported. Catanionic surfactant mixtures of dodecyltrimethylammonium bromide 1 and sodium dodecylsulfate 3, or decanediyl-1,10-bis(dimethyldodecylammonium bromide) 2, a gemini surfactant, and the anionic surfactant 3 were used. Phase behaviour and polymerisation properties of the microemulsions were studied as a function of the total surfactant concentration and the cationic/anionic surfactant ratio. Single-phase o/w microemulsions were only formed if either the cationic or anionic surfactant were present in large excess. Upon -irradiation, polymer nanoparticles were obtained. Using dynamic light scattering, the particle radii were determined to be 10 to 20 nm, the size depending on the total surfactant concentration, the cationic/anionic surfactant ratio and the surfactant/styrene ratio. Size exclusion chromatography indicated molecular weights of polystyrene of between 3×10⁵ and 1.4×10⁶ Daltons. Catanionic 1/3 and 2/3 mixtures differ in their styrene solubilizations. In a 1- or 3-rich system, the solubilization efficiency can be improved by increasing the concentration of the oppositely charged minor surfactant component, while in a 2-rich system the addition of 3 only diminishes the efficiency. Possible reasons for the different behaviours are discussed.     

Microemulsion polymerization of styrene using a polymerizable nonionic surfactant and a cationic surfactant

High polymer/surfactant weight ratios (up to about 15:1) of polystyrene microlatexes have been successfully produced by microemulsion polymerization using a small amount of polymerizable surfactant, ω-methoxypoly(ethylene oxide)₄₀ undecyl α-methacrylate macromonomer (PEO-R-MA-40), and cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB). After generating “seeding particles” in a ternary microemulsion containing only 0.2 wt% CTAB and 0.1 wt% styrene, the additional styrene containing less than 1 wt% PEO-R-MA-40 was added dropwise to the polymerized microemulsion for a period of about 4 h at room temperature. PEO-R-MA-40 copolymerized readily with styrene. The stable microlatexes were bluish-transparent at a lower polymer content and became bluish-opaque at a higher polymer content. Nearly monodisperse latex particles with diameters ranging from 50 to 80 nm and their molar masses ranging from 0.6 to 1.6 × 10⁶ g/mol could be obtained by varying the polymerization conditions. The dependence of the number of particles per milliliter of microlatex, the latex particle size and the copolymer molar mass on the polymerization time is discussed in conjunction with the effect of the macromonomer concentration. Received: 25 October/2000 Accepted: 2 February 2001     

Copolymerization of butadiene and styrene with neodymium naphthenate based catalyst

Copolymerization of butadiene (Bd) and styrene (St) was carried out in toluene at 50 °C by a conventional rare earth catalytic system, Nd(naph)₃-Al(i-Bu)₃-Al(i-Bu)₂Cl. It exhibited a high catalytic activity and high stereospecificity in the copolymerization. The influences of the conditions in polymerization on the yield, composition, microstructure and molecular weight of copolymer were thoroughly studied. According to the 13C-NMR spectrum, the resultant copolymer containing 18% St units, and the diad fraction of St-trans Bd or St-vinyl Bd can hardly be found in its 13C-NMR. The cis-1,4 content of Bd unit of the copolymer decreased little with the increase of St content. The GPC curves indicate the presence of two kinds of active sites in the polymerization.     

Copolymerization of methyl 2-acetamidoacrylate and styrene in the presence of stannic chloride

Continuous variation method in UV revealed that methyl N-acetylaminoacrylate (MNA) and SnCl₄ formed the 1:1 complex. The copolymerization of MNA with styrene in tetrahydrofuran was carried out at 50 °C in the presence of SnCl₄. The resulting monomer reactivity ratios decreased with an increasing concentration of SnCl₄ added. This finding suggests that SnCl₄ participates in the propagation step of the copolymerization. Therefore, the copolymerization was analyzed by assuming terpolymerization of free MNA (M₁), complexed MNA (M₂), and styrene (M₃). The absolute copolymerization parameters were obtained as follows: k₁₁/k₁₂=0.165, k₁₁/k₁₃=3.04, k₂₂/k₂₁=0.32, k₂₂/k₂₃=0.103, k₃₃/k₃₁=0.058, k₃₃/k₃₂=0.001, Q₁=6.03, e₁=0.52, Q₂=88.57, and e₂=2.23. The complexed MNA is more reactive to polymer radicals with free MNA and styrene as the terminal unit than the free MNA. Very small values of k₂₂/k₂₃ and k₃₃/k₃₂ suggests that the copolymerization of the complexed MNA and styrene proceeds alternatingly.     

On the copolymerization of acrylates in the modified microemulsion process

Copolymerization of methyl methacrylate, methyl acrylate, butyl methacrylate, and butyl acrylate in turn was performed in the modified microemulsion polymerization process, i.e., continuous addition of monomer to a preemulsified system. It was found that the particle size of the copolymer microlatex did not change distinctly with the monomer composition. The estimation of emulsifier coverage on the microlatex particles indicated that the process switched from a traditional microemulsion to a normal seeded emulsion polymerization very soon after monomer dropping began. Therefore, a longer dropping time is needed to produce a microlatex with narrow dispersed particle size. Besides, in the modified microemulsion polymerization less emulsifier is needed to produce a stable microlatex. This behavior is related to the mechanism of normal seeded emulsion polymerization during monomer dropping.     

Study on osmotic pressure of non-ionic and ionic surfactant solutions in the micellar and microemulsion regions

To investigate the osmotic pressure of non-ionic and ionic surfactant solutions in the micellar and microemulsion regions, a potential of mean force including hard-core repulsion, van der Waals attraction and electric double layer repulsion is proposed to describe the interactions between micelles and between microemulsions. Both van der Waals attraction and electric double layer repulsion are represented using Yukawa tails. The explicit analytical expression of osmotic pressure derived from the first-order mean spherical approximation is implemented by accounting for the Donnan membrane effect. The proposed theory has been applied to micelle solutions of the non-ionic surfactant, n-dodecyl hexaoxyethylene monoether, the cationic surfactant, cetylpyridinium chloride, the anionic surfactant, sodium dodecyl sulfate, and spherical oil-in-water microemulsion system. Successful comparison is made between the proposed theory and the experimental osmotic pressure data for the studied surfactant solutions. Theoretical results show that the long-range electric double layer repulsion dramatically influences the osmotic pressure of both cationic and anionic surfactant solutions in the micellar region. The regressed model parameters such as effective micelle diameter, the mean aggregation number and effective micellar charge are in good agreement with those from static light scattering studies in the literature.     

直接共聚法制备功能化聚烯烃研究进展

从催化剂研究发展的角度概述了直接配位共聚法制备功能化聚烯烃的研究现状 ,重点讨论了催化剂的结构 ,主催化剂和助催化剂以及催化剂和极性基团之间的相互作用对直接功能化聚合反应的影响。     

Comparison of oil-soluble and water-soluble initiation of styrene polymerization in a three-component microemulsion

The polymerization of styrene in three-component oil-in-water microemulsions made with the cationic surfactant dodecyltrimethylammonium bromide is studied by dilatometry and quasielastic light scattering as a function of type and concentration of initiator. Fast polymerization rates, high conversions, and high molecular weight polymers are achieved with both oil-soluble (AIBN) and water-soluble (potassium persulfate) initiators. The rate of polymerization shows initiation and termination intervals, but no constant-rate interval is observed. Stable monodisperse microlatexes are obtained with both types of initiators. For both AIBN and potassium persulfate, polystyrene molecular weight is proportional to initiator concentration [I]^–0.4 and particle radii decrease as [I]^–0.2. Polymerization initiation occurs in or at the microemulsion droplets, and polymer particles grow by recruiting monomer and surfactant from uninitiated swollen micelles.     

Synthesis and characterization of copolymers of limonene with styrene initiated by azobisisobutyronitrile

The radical copolymerization of limonene with styrene by azobisisobutyronitrile in xylene at 80 ± 0.1 °C for 2 h, under inert atmosphere of N₂, yields alternating copolymers. The kinetic expression is R_p∝[I]^0.5[Sty]^1.0[Lim]^−1.0. The overall activation energy is calculated as 41 kJ/mol. The FTIR and ¹H-NMR spectra of copolymers show bands at 3000 and 1715 cm⁻¹ and peaks at 6.8 δ and 5.3 δ due to phenyl protons of styrene and trisubstituted olefinic protons of limonene, respectively. The values of reactivity ratios r₁(Sty)=0.0625 and r₂(Lim)=0.014, calculated by Kelen-Tüdos method. The Alfrey-Price Q-e parameters for limonene are 0.438 and −0.748, respectively. The penultimate unit effect is favoured in the present system and the value of φ is 38.49.     

Radical copolymerization of citraconic acid with styrene in dioxane solution

Styrene and citraconic acid (CA) were copolymerized in the dioxane solution ranging mole fraction of CA in feed from 0.1 to 0.9 at 70 °C. The terminal and penultimate models were used to fit the copolymer composition equation. Curve fitting, Mayo-Lewis, Joshi-Joshi, Fineman-Ross, Ezrielev-Brokhina-Roskin, Kellen-Tüd?s methods were used to solve the copolymer equation in terminal model. Besides these methods Solver in Excel 97 was used to solve copolymer equation in terminal and penultimate models of copolymerization. Experimental mole fractions of CA and those predicted from both models are agreed within the precision of the method used for the copolymer analysis, so the copolymer composition does not permit a definite choice of the adequate copolymerization model.     

Copolymerization of ethylene and styrene to a nearly-alternating crystalline copolymer

An almost alternating stereoregular copolymer can be obtained by copolymerizing ethylene and styrene with the catalyst ethylenebis(1-indenyl)zirconium dichloride activated by methylaluminoxane at −25°C. The regular microstructure pointed out by the NMR spectrum allows the copolymer to crystallize as shown by calorimetric and X-ray diffraction measurements.     

Terminal and Penultimate Reactivity Ratios in the Styrene-Acrylonitrile Free-Radical Copolymerization System in Bulk

ABSTRACT

The terminal and penultimate model reactivity ratios for the styrene-acrylonitrile monomer system in bulk have been investigated by the simplex and scanning method. It has been shown that Mayo-Lewis equation has an unique solution when determining the reactivity ratios according to the terminal model while for the penultimate model the non-uniqueness in determination of the reactivity ratios has been found. The numerical values of the penultimate r-parameters calculated with the simplex method depend on the initial guess for r-parameters.

Several sets of penultimate reactivity ratios for the styrene-acrylonitrile system in bulk have been found to be equal from mathematical point of view. The reactivity ratios with comparable standard deviation have an equivalent graphical representation on the copolymerization diagragm. It has been also confirmed that the penultimate model is a more appropriate of the models considered to describe the variation of the copolymer composition with the monomer feed. Taking into account previous results for the styrene-methyl methacrylate system in bulk it is thereby assumed that the occurrence non-uniqueness in determination of the penultimate model reactivity ratios does not depend on the monomer system.     

Microemulsion polymerization of styrene stabilized by sodium dodecyl sulfate and diethylene glycol monoalkyl ether

The effects of the cosurfactants diethylene glycol monoalkyl ether [C _i H_{2 i +1}O(CH₂CH₂O) _j OH (C _i E _j ; i=4, 6 and j=1, 2)] on the formation of an oil-in-water styrene (ST) microemulsion and the subsequent free radical polymerization were studied. For comparison, the data for the C _i H_{2 i +1}OH (C _i OH; i=4, 6) systems obtained from the literature were also included in this work. Sodium dodecyl sulfate was used as the surfactant. The pseudo three-component phase diagram (macroemulsion, microemulsion and lamellar gel phases) was constructed for each cosurfactant. The primary parameters selected for the polymerization study are the concentrations of cosurfactant and styrene. The number of latex particles nucleated is much smaller than that of the microemulsion droplets initially present in the reaction system. Limited flocculation of the latex particles occurs to some extent during polymerization. Among the cosurfactants investigated, the C₄OH-containing polymerization system is the least stable. By contrast, the diethylene glycol monoalkyl ether group of C _i E _j tends to enhance the latex stability. C _i E _j is more effective in stabilizing the ST microemulsion and the subsequent polymerization in comparison with the C _i OH counterpart. Received: 24 December 1999 Accepted: 9 February 2000     

超临界二氧化碳中丙烯酸与苯乙烯共聚

以超临界二氧化碳为介质, 进行丙烯酸与苯乙烯共聚反应, 合成出具有疏水链段结构的改性丙烯酸聚合物. 研究了压力和投料比对聚合反应的影响. 用红外光谱、紫外光谱和核磁共振谱分析其结构及组成. 采用粘度计测定其水溶液粘度随pH值的变化. 研究结果表明, 该聚合物水溶液具有明显的疏水缔合作用.     

载体化Et(Ind)2ZrCl2催化乙烯-苯乙烯共聚

用均相亚乙基二(1-茚基)二氯化锆(Et(Ind)₂ZrCl₂)催化乙烯和苯乙烯共聚时,所得共聚物中苯乙烯链节含量和聚合活性不能同时满足聚乙烯功能化的要求^[1,2].因此我们用SiO₂对Et(Ind)₂ZrCl₂进行载体化.     

Miniemulsion polymerization of styrene with a block copolymer surfactant

A series of miniemulsion systems based on styrene/azobisisobutyronitrile in the presence of poly(methyl methacrylate‐b‐2‐(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate) as a surfactant and hexadecane (HD) as a cosurfactant were developed. For comparison, a series of pseudoconventional emulsions also were carried out with the same procedure used for the aforementioned series but without the cosurfactant (HD). Both the droplet size and shelf life were also measured. Experimental results indicate that it is possible to slow the effect of Ostwald ripening and thereby produce a stable miniemulsion with the block copolymer as the surfactant and HD as the cosurfactant. In addition, the extent to which varying the surfactant concentration and copolymer composition could affect both the polymer particle size during the polymerization and the polymerization rate was examined. Variation in the polymer particle sizes during polymerization indicates that droplet and aqueous (micellar or both homogeneous) nucleation occurs in the miniemulsion polymerization. With the same concentration of the surfactant used in the miniemulsion polymerization, the polymerization rates of systems with M₁₂B₃₆ are faster than those of systems with M₁₂B₁₂. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci A: Polym Chem 38: 1818–1827, 2000     

Separation and sweeping of flavonoids by microemulsion electrokinetic chromatography using mixed anionic and cationic surfactants

In this report, a novel means for the separation and sweeping of flavonoids (quercetin, rutin, calycosin, ononin and calycosin-7-O-β-d-glucoside) by microemulsion electrokinetic chromatography using mixed anionic and cationic surfactants as modified pseudostationary phase was presented. The optimized background electrolyte consisted of 0.5% (w/v) ethyl acetate, 2.0% (w/v) SDS, 9 mM DTAC, 4.0% (w/v) 1-butanol and 10 mM sodium borate or 25 mM phosphoric acid. We systematically investigated the separation and preconcentration conditions, including the concentrations of surfactant, types of sweeping, sample matrix, the effect of high salt or acetonitrile, and sample injection volume. It was found that the use of mixed surfactants significantly enhanced the separation efficiency through the change of the efficient electrophoretic mobility of analytes. Compared with normal sample injection, 185-508-fold sensitivity enhancement in terms of limit of detection was achieved through effective sweeping of large sample volume at 50 mbar pressure (up to 45% capillary length). At last, the proposed method was suitable for the determination of Radix Astragali sample.     

A novel catalytic system—NdCl3 · HMPA/AI(i‐6u)3 for copolymerization of isoprene and styrene

Co polymerization of styrene (St) and isoprene (IP) was carried out with a catalyst system composed of anhydrous lanthanide chloride hexamethyl phosphor amide complex (LnC1₃‐HMPA) and aluminum organic compound (AOC). Among the catalysts examined, catalyst NdC1₃*HMPA/Al(i‐Bu)₃ showed a high activity in the copolymerization under certain conditions giving copolymers (5%‐158 St content) with high cis‐1, 4 microstructure in IP Units (>95%). The effects of HMPA/Nd molar ratio, Al/Nd molar ratio, monomer/Nd molar ratio, St feed ratio, and the reaction time on copolymerization were examined with this catalytic system. The obtained copolymers were characterized by ¹H and ¹³C NMR spectroscopies and gel‐permeation chromatography (GPC).     

N-丁基马来酰亚胺/苯乙烯微乳液共聚合研究

研究了氘代氯仿中Ｎ－丁基马来酰亚胺（ＮＢＭＩ）和苯乙烯（Ｓｔ）的络合性能。以十二烷基硫酸钠（ＳＤＳ）和正戊醇（ＰＴＬ）为复合乳化剂,配制了含有ＮＢＭＩ（Ｍ１）和Ｓｔ（Ｍ２）的Ｏ／Ｗ微乳液。用过硫酸钾引发该体系进行微乳液共聚合。固定乳化剂的浓度为〔ＳＤＳ〕＝０．２１ｍｏｌ／Ｌ,〔ＰＴＬ〕＝０．２８ｍｏｌ／Ｌ,详细研究了聚合温度、单体配比和引发剂用量对共聚合动力学的影响。用元素分析法确定共聚物的组成,