Temperature-pH Sensitive IPN Hydrogels Composed of Silk Sericin and Poly （N-isopropylacrylamide）

In recent years IPN hydrogels have been attracted attentions as biomedical materials1-3. Among which poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAAm) was frequently used to impart temperature responsive function4, 5. Many of the second components were introduced for…     

Microwave-assisted Preparation of Temperature Sensitive Poly（N-isopropylacrylamide） Hydrogel with Improved Responsive Properties

Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) hydrogel, which is insoluble but shrinkable or swellable in aqueous media when temperature rises or drops across 33oC1,2, has been extensively studied due to its potential applications in the fields of controlled drug …     

Studies on LCST of poly （N-isopropylacrylamide-co-acrylic acid-co-N-diacetone acrylamide）

Linear copolymers from N-isopropylacrylamide(NIPA),acrylic acid(AA)and diacetone acrylamide(DAA)have been prepared. The effect of composition,ionic strength and pH on their lower critical solution temperature(LCST)has been investigated.     

Effect of Nanoclay on the Phase Separation Behavior of Poly（methyl methacrylate）/Poly（vinyl acetate） Binary Polymer Blends

The effect of nanoclay on the phase-separation behavior of poly（methyl methacrylate）/poly（vinyl acetate）（PMMA/PVAc） blends has been mainly investigated by small-angle laser light scattering. It is found that the effect of clay on the thermodynamics and kinetics of phase-separation for PMMA/PVAc blends seems inconsistent. The kinetics phaseseparation rate decreases, while the thermodynamics parameters, cloud points Tc and delay time tD of isothermal phaseseparation also decrease, and the variation amplitude depends on the matrix composition. The affinity of clay to PMMA results in the composition difference between the border layer and the polymer matrix and further causes the concentration fluctuation at the early stage of phase separation to reduce Tc and tD. On the other hand, the decrease of phase-separation rate is caused by the mechanical barrier effect of clay on the macromolecular diffusion of blend matrix. Hence, such seemingly counterintuitive results on the thermodynamics and kinetics of phase-separation are attributed to different dominant factors.     

Solution Blowing of Poly（dimethylsiloxane）/Nylon 6 Nanofiber Mats for Protective Applications

A new strategy was developed to fabricate superhydrophobic nylon 6 nanofibers, in which the blend solutions of poly(dimethylsiloxane)(PDMS) prepolymer and nylon 6 was spun using an innovative solution blowing process, and then the PDMS prepolymer contianning nanofibers were cured to obtain PDMS/nylon 6 nanofiber mats. Morphology, surface composition, non-wetting property and protective performance were investigated. The results showed that the addition of PDMS prepolymer improved the spinnability of the spinning solutions, and the PDMS/nylon 6 nanofibers had smooth surfaces and diameters from 100 nm to 350 nm. The presence of PDMS effectively enhanced the hydrophobicity of the nanofiber mats, showing water contact angles of 132° to 161° for PDMS contents of 1 wt% to 3 wt%. The PDMS/nylon 6 mats also possessed excellent protective and transport properties. The results indicated the potential application of the novel nanofiber mats in protective clothing.     

海洋来源真菌Eutypella sp.F0219次级代谢产物研究（英文）

弯孢聚壳属真菌能产生结构丰富多样的活性化合物.对一株来自海洋沉积物的真菌Eutypellasp.F0219代谢产物研究中,分离得到一个新的异戊烯基取代二氢异香豆素和一个新的色烯酰胺衍生物,分别命名为eutypellarins A和B(1和2),以及两个已知的异戊二烯取代苯甲醛衍生物(3和4).通过高分辨质谱、核磁共振波谱以及量子化学计算对新化合物的结构进行确定.首次从弯孢聚壳属真菌中发现异戊二烯取代二氢异香豆素和色烯酰胺衍生物.采用2,2’-联氮-双-3-乙基苯并噻唑啉-6-磺酸(ABTS)自由基清除法和铁离子还原(FRAP)法对所有化合物进行总抗氧化能力的测定.结果显示化合物1和4具有中等的抗氧化效果,其Trolox等效抗氧化能力分别为(0.51±0.016)和(0.76±0.007).     

Solution Structure and Behavior of Benzophenone-based Achiral Bisphosphine Ligands in Noyori-Type Ru（Ⅱ）-Catalysts

We herein report on solution structural studies of Ru^Ⅱ catalysts （3a, 9） composed of achiral bisphosphine ligands （4, 8） and the enantiopure 1,2-diphenylethylenediamine （DPEN）. Complete chiral induction from enantiopure （R,R）-DPEN to achiral bisphosphine ligand 3a was observed in solution, with the complex adopting a single, stable and non-fluxional （even at 70 ℃） configuration. The coordination of the C=O moiety in 4 to the cationic Run center is considered to be of key importance in providing the higher thermodynamic and kinetic rotation barrier for the flexible bisphosphine ligand in the complex. The obtained enantioselectivity （91% enantiomeric excess） and sense of chiral induction in the hydrogenation of acetophenone were found to be solely dependent on the chirality of the 1,2-diamine. Consistent with the hydrogenation product, the （R,R）-DPEN induces a M-conformation （fight-handed） chirality for flexible phosphine ligand 4 in the complex, resulting in a 2,2-configuration about the Ru^Ⅱ center.     

Effect of Solvent Annealing Temperature on Crystal Modifications and Phase Transition Behavior of Regioregular Poly（3-octylthiophene）

In present study, the effect of the solvent annealing temperature on the crystal modifications and the phase transition behavior of the subsequently dried poly（3-octylthiophene） （P3OT） film has been investigated by the combination of DSC, WAXD and FTIR techniques. When chloroform is employed as the solvent, it is unexpectedly found that form I and form II crystal modifications of P3OT could be respectively obtained by room temperature and low temperature annealing. Comparing to the mostly used solvent reported for preparing form II, i.e. carbon disulfide （CS2） which is toxic and corrosive, chloroform is less toxic and corrosive and more suitable for solution processing of P3OT. Therefore, this finding provides an alternative way to obtain form II. By temperature dependent IR spectroscopy, the structural evolution of P3OT during the form II to form I phase transition process has also been studied in detail.     

Photo-induced Synthesis and Characterization of Poly（methyl methacrylate） Grafted Sodium Salt of Partially Carboxymethylated Guar Gum

Photo-induced graft copolymerization of methyl methacrylate（MMA） onto sodium salt of partially carboxymethylated guar gum（Na-PCMGG, DS = 0.291） was carried out in an aqueous medium using ceric ammonium nitrate（CAN） as photoinitiator to synthesize a novel graft copolymer, Na-PCMGG-g-PMMA, which may find its potential application as a metal adsorbent. The influences of synthesis variables such as concentrations of photoinitiator（CAN）, nitric acid and monomer（MMA） as well as reaction time, temperature and amount of substrate on the grafting yields were studied and the reaction conditions for optimum photo-grafting were evaluated. At optimum concentration, the maximum values of the grafting yields achieved were G = 271.61% and GE = 63.89%. The experimental results were found to be in very good agreement with the proposed kinetic scheme. The photo-graft copolymerization of MMA onto Na-PCMGG（ DS = 0.291） was also carried out in the presence and absence of ultraviolet radiation for studying the efficiency of the photoinitiator. The influence of carboxymethyl groups introduced onto the guar gum molecules with regard to its behavior towards ultra-violet radiation induced grafting with MMA was also investigated. Photo-grafting process was confirmed and the products were characterized with the help of the spectroscopic（1H-NMR and FTIR） and SEM techniques.     

PNIPA和PDEA在水-甲醇混合溶剂中性质的研究

分别研究了聚N-异丙基丙烯酰胺（PNIPA）和聚N,N-二乙基丙烯酰胺（PDEA）在水-甲醇混合溶剂中的溶液性质.结果表明,在PDEA和PNIPA体系中均存在水和甲醇分子之间的复合.由于PDEA比PNIPA的亲脂性强,在水-甲醇混合溶剂中,水与甲醇分子形成的复合物对PDEA和PNIPA的溶剂化作用不同,导致随着体系中甲醇体积分数（φ）的增大,PNIPA体系的低临界溶解温度（TLCS）发生了再进入相转变,而PDEA体系的TLCS则逐渐升高.     

激光光散射表征聚N－异丙基丙烯酰胺的分子量分布

采用自由基聚合法合成了聚N-异丙基丙烯酰胺(PNIPAAM)样品,由激光光散射法(LLS),包括绝对累积散射光强的角度依赖性(静态LLS)和线宽分布的角度依赖性(动态LLS)表征了合成的PNIPAAM样品的分子量分布。通过对动态光散射测得的电场-电场时间相关函数的拉普拉斯变换,求得平动扩散系数分布G(D);结合静态和动态光散射测量的结果,即M_w和G(D),确定了PNIPAAM样品的平动扩散系数D对分子量M的标定关系式D=2.84×10^-4M^-0.55,并将G(D)转换成分子量分布F_w(M).     

聚-N-异丙基丙烯酰胺的制备及应用进展

聚(N-异丙基丙烯酰胺)(PNIPAM)是一种温敏性高分子聚合物,在最低临界溶解温度(LCST)处会发生构象转变。对PNIPAM加以改性,可拓宽温敏性聚合物材料的研究领域,使其在药物负载运输、基因传递、化学分析和表面浸润性等领域发挥更大的应用价值。本文对PNIPAM的活性自由基聚合方法及其应用进展进行了综述,并展望了其发展前景。     

Concentration of Whey Proteins by Using Temperature-Sensitive Polymer Gel Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)

Summary: In this work, the use of a temperature-sensitive polymer gel, poly(N-isopropylacrylamide), for the concentration of whey proteins was studied. The studied variables were: gel mass/solution volume ratio and concentration temperature. The concentration percentage and the selectivity were determined. The gel 20 × 5 (20% w/w total monomer/solution and 5% w/w crosslinking agent/total monomer), contacted with whey proteins solutions, at 5 °C and at 20 °C, was capable of concentrating the solution, in protein, from 10 to 33%, depending on the gel mass/solution volume ratio. The separation efficiencies, for the different studied systems, varied from around 40 to 80%. The results were discussed in the context of gels thermodynamics and through correlations between synthesis parameters and structure of the obtained gels. The obtained results for the concentration of whey proteins solutions, by using temperature-sensitive polymer gel, poly(N-isopropylacrylamide), showed that the Gel Process can indeed be used as an advantageous alternative for such separation, either from an economic or from an environmental view point.     

Small-angle neutron scattering study on microstructure of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-block-poly(ethylene glycol) in water

By employing small-angle neutron scattering (SANS), we investigated the microstructures of, poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPA)-block-poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) (NE) in deuterated water D₂O, as related to macroscopic behaviors of fluidity, turbidity and synerisis. SANS revealed following results: (i) microphase separation occurs at around above 17 °C in a temperature range of transparent sol below 30 °C. In the microdomain appeared in the transparent sol state, both block chains of PNIPA and PEG are swollen by water; (ii) for the NE solution of polymer concentration W_p > 3.5% (w/v), corresponding to opaque gel above 30 °C, a percolated structure, i.e., network-like domain is formed by NE as a result of macrophase separation due to dehydration of the PNIPA chains. As the temperature increases toward 40 °C, the network domain is squeezed along a direction parallel to the NE interface, which leads to increase of the interfacial thickness given by swollen PEG chains and to the macroscopic synerisis behavior.     

聚N-异丙基丙烯酰胺水溶液在线团-球体转变过程中的溶剂化-去溶剂化效应

聚 N-异丙基丙烯酰胺 (PNIPAM)由于每一重复结构单元上同时存在亲水和疏水基团 ,它的水溶液性质具有异常的特性 ,当溶液的温度从常温逐渐升高到 32℃左右时 ,高分子链的形态尺寸发生突变 ,即所谓线团 -球体转变 .由于 PNIPAM的这种转变过程在理论和实际上的重要性 ,它已成为近年来高分子科学研究中的一个热点[1～ 8] .前人对线团 -球体转变的理论研究都局限在高分子链的形态尺寸变化的描述上 [9～ 18] .新近的实验研究结果证明 ,从线团转变过来的球体里还含有数量不少的溶剂[19,2 0 ] .溶剂的存在与高分子链在溶液中的溶剂化作用有关 …     

Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) grafted into nanopores: Thermo-responsive behaviour in the presence of different salts

Surface initiated polymerization of N(isopropylacrylamide) (NIPAM) was performed by controlled radical polymerization on PET track-etched membranes presenting two different pore diameters (narrow pores: ∼80 nm and large pores: ∼330 nm). The opening and closing characteristics of the resulting PNIPAM-g-PET membranes were investigated by conductometric measurements carried out at different temperatures below and above the LCST of PNIPAM and in the presence of different salts. Depending on the membrane pore size, two types of permeation control mechanisms are observed. In large pore membranes, expanded PNIPAM chains conformations result in reduced effective pore size and therefore lower permeabilities relative to collapsed macromolecules chain conformations. In contrast, in narrow pore membranes, the expanded PNIPAM brush presents greater degrees of hydration in the surface layer and therefore gives rise to higher permeabilities than the collapsed conformation. In this situation, the overall permeability is thus comparable to that of a hydrogel membrane.     

Effects of crystallization temperature and blend ratio on the crystal structure of poly(butylene adipate) in the poly(butylene adipate)/poly(butylene succinate) blends

The effects of crystallization temperature and blend ratio on the polymorphic crystal structures of poly(butylene adipate)(PBA) in poly(butylene succinate)(PBS)/poly(butylene adipate)(PBS/PBA) blends were studied by means of differential scanning calorimetry(DSC), wide-angle X-ray diffraction(XRD) and atomic force microscopy(AFM). It was revealed that the polymorphism of PBA can be regulated by the blend ratio even in a non-isothermal crystallization process. The results demonstrate that high temperature favors flat-on α crystals, while low temperature contributes to edge-on β crystals. It was also found that the effect of blend ratio on the crystallization mechanism of PBA is well coincident with that of the crystallization temperature. The increment of PBS content in the PBS/PBA blend gives rise to more β-form crystals of PBA. For those PBS/PBA blends with low PBA content, the interlamellar phase segregation of PBA makes its molecular chains so difficult to diffuse from one isolated microdomain to another that high crystallization temperature and sufficiently long crystallization time will be required if the PBA α-type crystals are targeted.     

The role of water in structural changes of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) and poly(N-isopropylmethacrylamide) studied by FTIR, Raman spectroscopy and quantum chemical calculations

Temperature-induced phase transition in water solutions of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) and poly(N-isopropylmethacrylamide) (PNIPMAM) have been studied by ATR FTIR and Raman spectroscopy in combination with quantum chemical calculations. The presence or absence of the α-methyl group has a strong effect on the physical structure of water solutions. Although the hydrophobic interactions for PNIPMAM and PNIPAM are very similar, PNIPMAM with additional methyl group exhibits significantly weaker intermolecular interactions between the amide groups. That effect is the cause of the higher transition temperature T_t by about 8 °C for PNIPMAM compared to PNIPAM due to the formation of larger compact structures. The presence of the methyl group is significant for the reversibility of the temperature transition during the backward cooling as the dissolution of more stable compact PNIPMAM requires overcoming of a higher energy barrier and shows a strong hysteresis.     

端炔基对水溶液中聚(N-异丙基丙烯酰胺)相转变的影响

通过原子转移自由基聚合,制备出低分子量、窄分布、端炔基的线形聚(N-异丙基丙烯酰胺)(alkynylPNIPAM),利用高灵敏示差扫描微量热技术,在升—降温循环过程中确定端炔基对alkynyl-PNIPAM相转变行为的影响.结果显示,随循环次数增加,升温热容曲线明显变宽,降温热容曲线由双峰逐渐变为单峰;升温和降温的相转变温度有逐渐降低的趋势,但焓变的变化很小.聚合物的低的分子量使端基效应不可忽视,alkynylPNIPAM的端炔基可诱导分子链聚集,形成小的端基聚集体,由于这些聚集体中链内和链间氢键作用,链构象调整变得困难,导致PNIPAM链在升温时更易塌缩、降温时更难解离.