Effect of antiplasticization on gas sorption and transport. I. Polysulfone

The addition of tricresyl phosphate, N-phenyl-2-naphthylamine, and 4,4′-dichlorodiphenyl sulfone to polysulfone causes changes in thermal and mechanical properties of the glassy mixtures associated with antiplasticization, i.e., reduction in glass transition temperature and increase in stiffness. These changes are also found to be accompanied by reductions in sorption of carbon dioxide and the permeability coefficients for helium, carbon dioxide, and methane at low diluent concentrations with reversal of these trends at higher levels as also occurs for the mechanical properties. Detailed analyses of data for carbon dioxide are given in terms of the dual sorption and mobility models often used for glassy polymers. The mobility for gas transport was found to decrease with diluent addition. The major cause for the decreased sorption is the reduction in glass transition temperature accompanying addition of the diluents. The changes in transport behavior approximately parallel the changes in mechanical behavior. These trends are not even qualitatively correlated with estimates of the excess volume changes associated with addition of the diluents to polysulfone.     

Effect of antiplasticization on gas sorption and transport. III. Free volume interpretation

Previous papers have shown that antiplasticization of polysulfone and poly(phenylene oxide) by low molecular weight diluents is accompanied by substantial reductions in permeability to gases like helium, carbon dioxide, and methane because of reduced mobility in the glass. These effects are not explained even qualitatively by the extent of volume contraction on mixing for these mixtures. However, as shown here, a simple free volume treatment provides an excellent correlation of these effects. Free volume was computed from measured specific volume and an estimate of the volume at the absolute zero of temperature of the material from a group contribution method. Application of this approach to the mechanical stiffening associated with antiplasticization is suggested. The basis and limitations of this analysis are discussed.     

Poly(phenylene oxide) copolymer anion exchange membranes

Poly(phenylene oxide) block and random copolymers are synthesized by oxidative polymerization of 2,6-dimethylphenol and 2,6-diphenylphenol for potential alkaline exchange membrane application. The copolymers are functionalized on the methyl substituted repeat units through a two-step process to produce pendent quaternary ammonium cationic groups. The amount of quaternary ammonium cations and the ion exchange capacity are quantified through titration measurements. Ionic conductivity of the copolymer membranes is measured by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. Block copolymers show increased bromide conductivity at higher ion exchange capacities compared with the random copolymer analogs. The bromide conductivity for a block copolymer film with an ion exchange capacity of 1.27 mequiv/g reaches 26 mS/cm at 90 °C and 95% relative humidity. The hydroxide conductivity for the same film was measured to be 84 mS/cm at 80 °C and 95% relative humidity. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys. 2013, 51, 1770–1778, 2013     

Low Dielectric Thermoset from Redistributed Poly(phenylene oxide)

A curable low-molecular-weight poly(phenylene oxide) (PPO) was prepared by the redistribution of regular PPO with bisphenol-A (BPA) followed by etherification of the redistributed-PPO (BPA-PPO) with N,N-diallyl-2-chloroacetamide. The redistributed-PPO with allyl group (AL-PPO) was characterized by proton nuclear magnetic resonance, and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. The AL-PPO oligomers with reactive double bounds were cured with triallylisocyanurate (TAIC) and/or phosphorus-containing allyl-functionalized monomer (allyl-DOPO). The glass transition temperatures were measured by dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA). Electrical properties of cured resins were studied using dielectric analyzer (DEA). The flame retardancy was determined by a UL-94 vertical test. The effects of curing accelerator, amount of TAIC and allyl-DOPO incorporated into the network on the glass transition temperatures, dielectric properties, and flame retardancy of the resulting systems were investigated. The results indicated that AL-PPO cured with TAIC exhibited high glass-transition temperature (162–198°C), low dielectric constants (2.36–2.57 at 1 GHz) and dissipation factors (0.0039–0.0043 at 1 GHz). The AL-PPO/TAIC copolymerized with allyl-DOPO could achieve a flame retardancy rating of UL-94 V-0 at about 1.35% phosphorus content. The AL-PPO/TAIC resins have potential applications in the fabrication of printed circuit board.     

羧化聚苯醚／聚（苯乙烯—乙烯吡啶）共混相容性

用ＤＳＣ、ＤＭＡ研究了羧化聚苯醚（ＣＰＰＯ）／聚（苯乙烯－乙烯吡啶）（ＰＳＶＰ）共混体系的相容性，结果表明，与ＣＰＰＯ／ＰＳ体系相比，乙烯吡啶基的引入大大提高了共混相容性．这主要是由于ＣＰＰＯ中的羧基与ＰＳＶＰ中的吡啶基之间通过质子转移形成的正负离子间的相互作用，推动了两组分分子的均匀混合．     

Reactive Blends of Poly(phenylene sulfide)/Hyperbranched Poly(phenylene sulfide)

Summary: Polymer blends consisting of linear poly(phenylene sulfide) (PPS) and hyperbranched PPS (HPPS) were obtained in melt. The solid-state properties of PPS and their blends were investigated by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), thermogravimetric analyzer (TGA), extraction measurement, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and dynamical mechanical analysis (DMA). Blends prepared by melt mixing turned out to be reactive as shown by the TGA and extraction measurement. SEM indicated that no phase separation occurs in PPS/HPPS blends. The degree of crystallization of the blends decreased with increasing HPPS content. Both the storage modulus and loss modulus increased as HPPS content increasing.     

CO2 sorption and transport in miscible poly(phenylene oxide)/polystyrene blends

The sorption and permeation of carbon dioxide gas in miscible blends of poly(phenylene oxide) and polystyrene was measured as a function of pressure at 35°C over the entire range of blend compositions. The results are well described quantitatively by the dual sorption and dual mobility models developed for glassy polymers. The Henry's law sorption parameter was analyzed by the Flory—Huggins theory of ternary mixtures to obtain an interaction parameter which quantifies the exothermic heat of mixing for this blend system. The Langmuir capacity term was successfully related to the unrelaxed volume of the glassy blends. Transport properties of the blends were found to lie well below predictions based on simple additivity which is consistent with the strong interaction between the two polymers.     

聚苯醚磺酸锂与酯类增塑剂共混物的导电性

聚苯醚磺酸锂与酯类增塑剂共混物的导电性汪传清，黄玉惠，赵树录，丛广民（中国科学院广州化学研究所广州５１０６５０）关键词　聚苯醚磺酸锂，酯类增塑剂，共混，导电性能高分子固体电解质［１］可作为高能电池、电致变色等材料。聚环氧乙烷／碱金属盐复合物与无机盐构...     

Poly(phenylene oxide) modified cyanate resin for self‐healing

Self‐healing cyanate ester resins (CE) were developed by adding low molecular weight poly(phenylene oxide) (PPO) resin, yielding a high performance CE/PPO system via a low‐temperature process. The addition of PPO improved the flexural strength and fracture toughness of the CE matrix without sacrificing thermal properties. CE/PPO formulations with 5, 10, and 15 wt.% PPO showed 43%, 65%, and 105% increase in fracture toughness due to a combination of crack deflection, crack pinning, and matrix cavitation around second‐phase particles. When PPO was introduced into the CE, dielectric properties were either unchanged or declined. During thermal treatment to heal damaged CE, liquid PPO flowed into cracks, and during subsequent cooling, solidified to bond the crack surfaces. The self‐healing efficiency for CE with 15 wt.% PPO after heating to 220°C for 1 h exhibited a recovery of 73% in toughness and 81% in microtensile strength. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

环氧化聚丁二烯-聚苯乙烯嵌段共聚物对聚苯醚/环氧体系反应诱导 相分离行为的影响

采用扫描电镜、光学显微镜和光散射仪研究了环氧化聚丁二烯-聚苯乙烯嵌段共聚物(EBS)对聚苯醚(PPO)/双酚A型环氧树脂(DGEBA)/4,4’-二(2,6-二甲基苯胺基)甲烷(DIM-DDM)体系反应诱导相分离行为的影响. 实验结果表明, EBS的加入对PPO/DGEBA/DIM-DDM体系反应诱导相分离的演化过程有阻滞作用. 随着EBS加入量的增加, 体系形成双连续相结构所需的PPO含量范围变宽, 而对于相同PPO含量、形成双连续相的体系则相结构尺寸减小.     

环氧化聚丁二烯-聚苯乙烯嵌段共聚物对聚苯醚/环氧体系反应诱导相分离行为的影响

采用扫描电镜、光学显微镜和光散射仪研究了环氧化聚丁二烯一聚苯乙烯嵌段共聚物(EBs)对聚苯醚(PPO)/双酚A 型环氧树脂(DGEBA)/4,4二(2,6-二甲基苯胺基)甲烷(DIM-DDM)体系反应诱导相分离行为的影响.实验结果表明,EBS的加入对PPo/DGEBA/DIM-DDM体系反应诱导相分离的演化过程有阻滞作用.随着EBS加入量的增加,体系形成双连续相结构所需的PPO含量范围变宽,而对于相同PPO含量、形成双连续相的体系则相结构尺寸减小.     

Compatibility of Poly(vinyl chloride) with Polyalkyleneoxides. I. Poly(methylene oxide) and Poly(ethylene oxide)

The compatibility of poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) with linear polyethers is examined over the entire composition range. This study examines blends with poly(methylene oxide) (PMO) and poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) of medium (MMW) and high (HMW) molecular weight. The techniques used are dynamic mechanical analysis, DSC, and optical microscopy (phase contrast and polarizing). The results indicate that all polyethers show limited miscibility in the melt at high PVC contents. Proper analysis of the T_m data using the Kwei-Frisch and Hoffman-Weeks procedures allows the determination of the thermodynamic interaction parameter, which is found to be close to zero for all pairs of blends.     

Drawing of microshear deformation zones in glassy polymers: Poly(phenylene oxide) (PPO)

The topography of the microscopic shear deformation zones (SDZ) in the glassy polymer PPO was studied by using atomic force microscopy (AFM) and was used to analyze the growth and breakdown of the SDZ. It was found that the local stress and strain are almost constant within the deformation zones but higher than those in the elastic regions. The maximum strain rate during stretching was found to always locate near the SDZ boundaries, indicating that most drawing took place there. With both the local stress and strain obtained for every point within the SDZ, it is possible to construct a full stress-strain curve for the drawing of the tiny local deformation zones. The stress-strain curve clearly demonstrates a yield point in the beginning of microyielding where the tensile modulus was found to be much lower than that in the elastic regime. Some strain hardening, however, took place at larger deformation. Moreover, we found that for each microscopic region participated in the microdrawing the local strain rate increased with local strain until a critical strain around 0.65 was reached, after which the strain rate decreased with strain. This critical strain may be related to the chain entanglement network structure because it shifted to 0.75 when PS diluents were blended into PPO, indicating that strain hardening was delayed by the increase of chain entanglement mesh size. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Effect of antiplasticization on selectivity and productivity of gas separation membranes

Addition of certain low molecular diluents cause glassy polymers to become stiffer owing to reduced rates of segmental motions. This antiplasticization response is accompanied by a decrease in permeability to gases and may be accompanied by either an increase or a decrease in the selectivity of transport for any two gases. When compared to the trade-off between selectivity and productivity of gas separation membranes made from a variety of polymer structures, antiplasticization does not offer any advantageous combination of these traits for either polysulfone or poly(phenylene oxide). However, this approach may have value when increased selectivity at the expense of productivity is justified but developing membranes from another polymer is not desirable.     

Compatibility of poly(vinyl chloride) with polyalkyleneoxides. II. Poly(propylene oxide) and poly(tetramethylene oxide)

This study [Part II of a series dealing with the compatibility of polyalkyleneoxides with poly(vinyl chloride)] examines blends of PVC with poly(propylene oxide) (PPrO) and poly(tetra-methylene oxide) (PTMO), covering the entire composition range. Morphological, dynamic mechanical and thermal properties investigated indicate that PVC/PPrO blends are incompatible, whereas the PVC/PTMO system shows miscibility in the melt. For this polyblend and at high polyether compositions where the Hoffman–Weeks analysis can be applied, T_m equilibrium data allow the determination of the thermodynamic interaction parameter, χ₁₂ = ?0.15. Experimental compatibility data of all polyether-PVC pairs investigated in Parts I and II are also used to test various blend miscibility prediction schemes, using solubility parameter theory and recent theory on copolymer-copolymer miscibility.     

Inorganic coordination polymers. XVI. Zinc(II) phosphinate polymers containing polyphenylene and poly(phenylene oxide) side groups

The synthesis and characterization of a series of new phosphinic acids and the zinc polymers prepared from them are reported. These compositions are characterized by the presence of short polyphenylene and poly(phenylene oxide) chains as side groups. Some of the zinc derivatives were found to be tractable polymers with good thermal stability.     

Poly(phenylene oxide) films modified with allylamine plasma as a support for invertase immobilization

The paper describes a method for preparation of polymer support suitable for covalent invertase immobilization. Modification of poly(phenylene oxide) films by plasma polymerization of allylamine has been applied to introduce amine functionality on the polymer surface. It has been observed that the polymer surface became covered in plasma by a loosely fixed, moderately hydrophilic layer that should be removed before the immobilization process. The chemical character of the stable sub-layer has been related to several modification parameters: geometry of reactor, mode of plasma action and composition of gaseous mixture. Methods for determination of surface concentration of amine groups have also been presented and discussed from the immobilization point of view.     

Poly(phenylene ethynylene)s with alkoxyphenyl substituents

Two new poly(phenylene ethynylene)s with alkoxyphenyl substituents were synthesized and characterized. The polymers were amorphous, dissolved readily in common organic solvents, and showed glass‐transition temperatures at 162–175 °C. They showed blue photoluminescence both in solution and in the solid state due to the steric interaction between the substituents and the main chain that caused an interruption of the conjugation length. The quantum yields in a tetrahydrofuran solution were up to 0.63. Excimer emission was the dominant product of the photoexcitation of thin films of the polymers. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 40: 1449–1455, 2002     

聚苯醚离聚体水基微乳液粒径及稳定性的研究

以乙酰磺酸为磺为磺化剂制备了磺化度为３～１７ｍｏｌ％的磺化聚苯醚（ＳＰＰＯ）,并中和成盐,在一定的温度和搅拌速度下,加水将ＳＰＰＯ离聚体溶液乳化成水包同的稳定水基微乳液。用光散射法及航向电镜法（ＴＥＭ）测定了ＳＰＰＯ离聚体水基微乳液的粒径及粒径分布,研究了磺化度、溶剂的极性、因含量等因素对微乳液粒径及稳定性的影响。