Surface modification of polymers. II. Grafting with glycidyl acrylates and the reactions of the grafted surfaces with amines

The surface of low density polyethylene has been grafted with glycidyl acrylate and glycidyl methacrylate by photoinitiation. ESCA measurements on the grafted surface showed a 72% coverage for glycidyl acrylate and 52% for glycidyl methacrylate after 10 min of grafting with UV irradiation. ATR–IR showed a 10 times more extensive grafting for glycidyl acrylate than for glycidyl methacrylate after 10 min of grafting, indicating reaction to deeper layers. Acetone and ethanol were used as solvents: acetone yielded slightly more grafting at the surface. The grafted surfaces were reacted with 2M solutions of aniline and propylamine in ethanol. After 4 h reaction at 60°C, with aniline 52% of the epoxy groups while for propylamine 96% of the groups were consumed, as measured with ATR–IR.     

芴酮引发光接枝改性LDPE膜的研究

采用紫外光引发接枝表面改性的方法,以芴酮(FL)为引发剂,在低密度聚乙烯(LDPE)薄膜表面上接枝丙烯酸(AA)、甲基丙烯酸(MAA)、丙烯酸甲酯(MA)、甲基丙烯酸甲酯(MMA)、丙烯酰胺(AM)等单体,以赋予薄膜表面新的化学性质.考察了引发剂浓度、紫外光的辐照时间、辐照强度、单体种类对LDPE薄膜接枝程度的影响.结果表明,在一定范围内,增加芴酮浓度,可以提高单体的接枝率,但当芴酮浓度达到5%时,接枝率反而下降.延长辐照时间至4 min和提高紫外光的辐照强度达100 W/m2,均有利于接枝反应的进行.不同单体在LDPE膜上的接枝能力与单体的活性、单体与基材的相容性等因素有关.接枝后,LDPE与水的接触角下降程度不仅与单体在膜上的接枝量有关,还与接枝单体的亲水性能密切相关.     

Surface modification of polymers. IV. UV initiated degradation of polymers with stabilizers grafted onto the surface

Polypropylene (PP), Polyethylene (PE), and polystyrene (PS) films were grafted with glycidylmethacrylate in thin surface layers. To the oxiran groups thus grafted onto the surface three UV stabilizers were attached, 4-amino-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine (AP), 2,4-dihydroxybenzophenone (DHBP), and phenyl 4-aminosalicylate (PAS). The amount of stabilizer grafted onto the surface varied between 25 and 40 nmol/cm² depending on the polymer substrate. The samples were exposed to UV radiation in air, and the degradation and oxidation of the polymers were studied with IR, UV, and ESCA spectroscopy and by stress–strain measurements. PP grafted with AP exhibited a near 20-fold increase in lifetime compared with the unprotected PP, AP did not stabilize the PE or PS samples. DHBP was an efficient stabilizer of PE, the oxidation rate of the grafted sample being 1/2 to 1/3 of the ungrafted. A similar effect was observed when DHBP was grafted onto PP and PS. PAS underwent a rearrangement reaction when irradiated with UV light, and had only a slight stabilizing effect.     

Visible light‐induced living surface grafting polymerization for the potential biological applications

A novel visible light‐induced living surface grafting polymerization was developed by a strategy in which isopropyl thioxanthone (ITX) was first photoreduced under UV light and sequentially coupled onto the surface of polymeric substrates, and the produced isopropyl thioxanthone‐semipinacol (ITXSP) “dormant” groups were subsequently reactivated under visible light to initiate a surface grafting polymerization. By using glycidyl methacrylate (GMA) and low‐density polyethylene (LDPE) films as models, a “living” surface grafting polymerization initiated by ITXSP under visible light at room temperature was observed. Both the surface grafting chain length versus grafting conversion of monomer and the grafting polymerization rate versus monomer concentration demonstrated a linear dependence, which is in accord with the known characteristics of living polymerization. The livingness rendered it possible to accurately control the thickness of the grafted layer by simply altering the irradiation time. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Phys, 2009     

Tailoring of polymers by combination of ionic and radical controlled polymerizations

Poly(methyl methacrylate)s with terminal bromine atom, prepared by bromination of anionically polymerized MMA, were used as ATRP macroinitiators giving di- and triblock copolymers with MMA, styrene and butyl acrylate blocks. Multifunctional ATRP macroinitiators were synthesized by introducing bromomethyl or 2-bromoacyloxy groups onto the main chain of polystyrene or poly(4-methyl styrene) and used for ATRP grafting of tert-butyl acrylate leading to densely grafted copolymers with more or less uniform grafts.     

紫外光引发LDPE膜接枝含氟丙烯酸酯的研究

通过紫外光引发表面接枝聚合反应的方法 ,把含氟丙烯酸酯单体R 5 6 1 0引到LDPE薄膜上 .对经丁酮抽提后的接枝膜进行FTIR、ESCA、SEM和DSC等表征 ,证实含氟聚合物以化学键的方式接枝在LDPE基体膜上 .在一定范围内 ,增加紫外光强、引发剂和单体浓度以及反应温度等均有利于提高接枝率 .经计算R 5 6 1 0的紫外光引发接枝聚合反应总活化能为 5 4 2kJ mol.接枝膜的接触角随着接枝率的提高逐步增大 ,直至趋于恒定 .作者提出接枝膜存在一个在接触角测定时影响基体膜与探测水滴相互作用过程的边界层 .当接枝率较低、接枝层厚度小于边界层临界厚度时 ,基体LDPE影响接触角的大小 ,但随着接枝率提高 ,接枝层逐渐变厚 ,氟聚合物层对接触角的贡献逐渐占优势 ,导致接触角随之增大 .当接枝率超过一定值以后 ,接枝层厚度超过边界层临界厚度 ,接枝层对接枝膜的接触角起全部贡献 ,接触角测定值随之稳定     

Hydrobromination of residual vinyl groups on divinylbenzene polymer particles followed by atom transfer radical surface graft polymerization

Rigid and monodisperse spherical polymer particles with 2.36 ± 0.18 μm diameter containing residual surface vinyl groups were prepared by photoinitiated precipitation polymerization of divinylbenzene. Anti‐Markovnikov addition of HBr to the surface vinyl groups yielded a 2‐bromoethyl functionality that was used as macroinitiator for atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP), providing the possibility for further functionalization by controlled “grafting from” processes. This was demonstrated by grafting of glycidyl methacrylate brushes from the particle surface, using an ATRP system based on CuBr and pentamethyl diethylenetriamine. Existence of a methacrylic overlayer was verified by FTIR and XPS measurements, and the grafted particles were easily dispersed in water, confirming conversion of the particle surface from hydrophobic to hydrophilic. Hydrobromination of residual vinyl groups yields a macroinitiator that can be used for grafting of glycidyl methacrylate by ATRP. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 47: 1259–1265, 2009     

Semi‐micro reversed‐phase liquid chromatography for the separation of alkyl benzenes and proteins exploiting methacrylate‐ and polystyrene‐based monolithic columns

Monolithic columns were synthesized inside 1.02 mm internal diameter fused‐silica lined stainless‐steel tubing. Styrene and butyl, hexyl, lauryl, and glycidyl methacrylates were the functional monomers. Ethylene glycol dimethacrylate and divinylbenzene were the crosslinkers. The glycidyl methacrylate polymer was modified with gold nanoparticles and dodecanethiol (C₁₂). The separation of alkylbenzenes was investigated by isocratic elution in 60:40 v/v acetonitrile/water. The columns based on polystyrene‐co‐divinylbenzene and poly(glycidyl methacrylate)‐co‐ethylene glycol dimethacrylate modified with dodecanethiol did not provide any separation of alkyl benzenes. The poly(hexyl methacrylate)‐co‐ethylene glycol dimethacrylate and poly(lauryl methacrylate)‐co‐ethylene glycol dimethacrylate columns separated the alkyl benzenes with plate heights between 30 and 60 μm (50 μL min^?1 and 60°C). Similar efficiency was achieved in the poly(butyl methacrylate)‐co‐ethylene glycol dimethacrylate column, but only at 10 μL min^?1 (0.22 mm s^?1). Backpressures varied from 0.38 MPa in the hexyl methacrylate to 13.4 MPa in lauryl methacrylate columns (50 μL min^?1 and 60°C). Separation of proteins was achieved in all columns with different efficiencies. At 100 μL min^?1 and 60°C, the lauryl methacrylate columns provided the best separation, but their low permeability prevented high flow rates. Flow rates up to 500 μL min^?1 were possible in the styrene, butyl and hexyl methacrylate columns.     

Poly(glycidyl methacrylate)‐grafted hydrophobic charge‐induction agarose resins with 5‐aminobenzimidazole as a functional ligand

Hydrophobic charge‐induction chromatography is a new technology for antibody purification. To improve antibody adsorption capacity of hydrophobic charge‐induction resins, new poly(glycidyl methacrylate)‐grafted hydrophobic charge‐induction resins with 5‐aminobenzimidazole as a functional ligand were prepared. Adsorption isotherms, kinetics, and dynamic binding behaviors of the poly(glycidyl methacrylate)‐grafted resins prepared were investigated using human immunoglobulin G as a model protein, and the effects of ligand density were discussed. At the moderate ligand density of 330 μmol/g, the saturated adsorption capacity and equilibrium constant reached the maximum of 140 mg/g and 25 mL/mg, respectively, which were both much higher than that of non‐grafted resin with same ligand. In addition, effective pore diffusivity and dynamic binding capacity of human immunoglobulin G onto the poly(glycidyl methacrylate)‐grafted resins also reached the maximum at the moderate ligand density of 330 μmol/g. Dynamic binding capacity at 10% breakthrough was as high as 76.3 mg/g when the linear velocity was 300 cm/h. The results indicated that the suitable polymer grafting combined with the control of ligand density would be a powerful tool to improve protein adsorption of resins, and new poly(glycidyl methacrylate)‐grafted hydrophobic charge‐induction resins have a promising potential for antibody purification applications.     

Surface modification of polymers. V. Biomaterial applications

Polyethylene films were surface grafted with glycidyl methacrylate (GMA) by UV irradiating the film for 5 min together with benzophenone. Poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) was attached to the grafted surface through reaction with the epoxy groups. This yielded a surface which consisted of 95% PEG as measured with ESCA. The adsorption of human transferrin onto this film was significantly reduced as compared with a pure polyethylene film. Heparin was also reacted with a GMA grafted PE surface. ESCA showed that heparin was grafted to the surface, and in vitro blood clotting tests on the heparinized PE surface showed a reduced thrombus formation. GMA grafted polystyrene wells were reacted with carbohydrazide, to the formed carbohydrazide surface a rabbit antibody raised against mouse urinary protein (RaMUP) was covalently coupled. The RaMUP coupled surfaces was used in the detection of mouse urinary protein (MUP) at low concentrations (ca. 1 ng/mL) with an ELISA technique.     

用原子力显微镜研究甲基丙烯酸缩水甘油酯在高密度聚乙烯表面的紫外接枝

利用AFM研究了紫外光引发甲基丙烯酸缩水甘油酯(GMA)在高密度聚乙烯(HDPE)表面接枝初期生成的接枝物的微结构, 对HDPE表面接枝反应的引发速率进行了初步研究. 紫外照射30 s后在HDPE表面形成一些接枝物微粒, 随着照射时间的增加, 微粒越来越多, 其体积也越来越大. 分析结果表明, 每一个接枝物微粒即为一个高度枝化甚至超级枝化的接枝聚合物链. 在30~45 s之间, 接枝密度随照射时间延长几乎呈线性增长; 在45 s后, 接枝密度的增长速度减慢. 在30~45 s之间的引发速度约为6.5 Unit/(μm2·s).     

Poly(meth)acrylate grafted EPDM via reverse atom transfer radical polymerization: A single pot process

This investigation reports a one pot preparation of poly(meth)acrylate grafted EPDM via reverse ATRP and evaluation of their physical and mechanical properties. The graft copolymerization of 2-ethylhexyl acrylate and methyl methacrylate was carried out from EPDM using reverse ATRP in toluene at 90 °C using CuBr₂ as catalyst in combination with PMDETA as ligand and AIBN as thermal initiator. The grafted EPDMs were separated from the reaction mixture, purified and then characterized by FT-IR, ¹H NMR, DMA and TGA analyses. Surface energies and tensile properties were evaluated by Goniometer and UTM respectively. Acrylate grafted EPDMs showed better thermal stability, better tensile property, whereas methacrylate grafted EPDMs showed higher surface energy and better oil resistance property than the pristine EPDM. Surface morphologies of grafted EPDMs were analyzed by AFM and SEM analyses. This one pot grafting approach led to very high grafting percentage without undesirable homopolymerization and gelation.     

Modification of silica nanoparticles by grafting of copolymers containing organosilane and fluorine moities

The free‐radical cotelomerization of 3‐(trimethoxysilyl)propyl methacrylate (TMSPMA) with 1,1,2,2‐tetrahydroperfluorodecyl acrylate (PFDA) in the presence of 2‐mercaptoethanol was performed at 80 °C in acetonitrile. Hydroxy end‐groups of the cotelomers were reacted with 2‐isocyanatoethyl methacrylate to give macromonomers. The P(TMSPMA‐stat‐PFDA) cotelomers, containing fluoro and silane groups, were then grafted onto silica nanoparticles. Optimal grafting conditions were found with TMSPMA monomer alone in toluene at 110 °C. The structure of the modified silica was analyzed by FTIR and ²⁹Si solid‐state NMR. The amount of grafted TMSPMA or P(TMSPMA‐stat‐PFDA) was calculated by thermogravimetric and elemental analyzes. The grafting yield increased with the copolymer/silica weight ratio until a maximum value of 2.26 μmol/m². © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 47: 4617–4628, 2009     

NARROW-DISPERSED CROSSLINKED CORE-SHELL POLYMER MICROSPHERES PREPARED BY SURFACE-INITIATED ATOM TRANSFER RADICAL POLYMERIZATION＊

Grafting of polystyrene with narrowly dispersed polymer microspheres through surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) was investigated. Polydivinylbenzene (PDVB) microspheres were prepared by dispersion polymerization with poly(N-vinyl pyrrolidone) (PVP) as stabilizer. The surfaces of PDVB microspheres were chloromethylated by chloromethyl methyl ether in the presence of zinc chloride as catalyst to form chloromethylbenzene initiating core sites for subsequent ATRP grafting of styrene using CuCl/bpy as catalytic system. Polystyrene was found to be grafted not only from the particle surfaces but also from within a thin shell layer, resulting in the formation of particles size increased from 2.38-2.58μm, which can further grow to 2.93μm during secondary grafting polymerization of styrene. This demonstrates that grafting polymerization proceeds through a typical ATRP procedure with living nature. All of the prepared microspheres have narrow particle size distribution with coefficient of variation around 10%.     

Studies on reactive blending of LDPE and cenosphere

The present work aims to modify conventional low density polyethylene (LDPE) by preparing its particulate composite with cenosphere. Cenosphere is a potential waste produced in bulk from the coal fired thermal power plant. In this context, surface modification of cenosphere was done by γ- aminopropyl triethoxy silane (ATS) coupling agent. Furthermore, LDPE was grafted by glycidyl methacrylate (GMA) to be used as compatibilizer. The resulting surface modified and unmodified cenosphere as well as glycidyl methacrylate grafted LDPE (LDPE-g-GMA) were functionally characterized by Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy. LDPE-cenosphere particulate composites were processed in their different formulations and evaluated with various properties such as thermal stability, mechanical properties, chemical resistance and flow behaviour. Dispersibility of cenosphere in LDPE matrix was studied by Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). Series of analysis was performed in order to understand the effect of cenosphere content and its modification on the final properties of particulate composites. Mechanical properties were found to be statistically significant as per ANOVA and Post hoc Tukey HSD test. Particulate composites prepared with modified interphase were observed to possess good combination of properties.     

聚甲基丙烯酸酯改性聚氨酯光固化水性体系研究

水性涂料;聚甲基丙烯酸酯改性聚氨酯光固化水性体系研究;接枝共聚物;聚氨酯丙烯酸酯;丙烯酸酯共聚物     

纳米TiO2表面接枝聚苯乙烯及其抗紫外老化研究

利用偶联剂γ-甲基丙烯酰氧基丙基三甲氧基硅烷(KH570)对纳米TiO₂进行表面预处理, 在此基础上通过分散聚合工艺制备聚苯乙烯(PSt)接枝包覆纳米TiO₂. 运用红外光谱、热重分析及透射电镜对处理前后纳米TiO₂进行了表征, 并通过紫外人工加速老化试验比较了表面处理前后纳米TiO₂对聚丙烯/聚苯乙烯(PP/PSt)体系的抗紫外老化性能. 结果显示: KH570与纳米TiO₂表面羟基进行了缩合, PSt在粒子表面实现了接枝聚合, 接枝率约为60% (w); PSt接枝包覆纳米TiO₂呈均匀的微球形, 纳米TiO₂被包覆于微球内部; PSt接枝包覆后纳米TiO₂在PP/PSt中的分散效果较改性前有显著的改进, 其抗紫外老化性能明显优于改性前体系.     

Self‐Initiated Photopolymerization and Photografting of Acrylic Monomers

Summary: This work demonstrates that acrylic acid (AA), glycidyl acrylate (GA) and several other acrylic monomers can be photopolymerized and photografted onto high‐density polyethylene (HDPE) by self‐initiation. The self‐initiation mechanism of these acrylic monomers is possibly by an excitation of the monomer to a triplet state (T₃) with enough energy to abstract hydrogen from the polymer substrate and initiate the grafting.

Grafting conversion of acrylic acid (AA), methacrylic acid (MAA), 2‐hydroxyethyl acrylate (HEA), glycidyl acrylate (GA), 2‐hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) and poly(ethylene glycol) methacrylate (PEGMA) as a function of irradiation time.     

Cellulose Functionalization via ATRP Grafting of Glycidyl Methacrylate for Cr（VI） Adsorption

Cellulose was first grafted with glycidyl methacrylate （GMA） in an ionic liquid via atom transfer radical polymerization （ATRP） and then the introduced epoxy groups were reacted with ethanediamine （EDA） to obtain an amino adsorbent. The grafting copolymer and the obtained adsorbent were characterized by FTIR, aH NMR, TEM and SEM. The results showed that the grafted copolymers had grafted polymer chains with well-controlled molecu- lar weight and polydispersity, the polymerization was a controlled system. The cellulose adsorbent had numerous micropores on the surface and showed high performance for Cr（VI） adsorption. The adsorption behavior was pH dependent and the sorption equilibrium was achieved within 2 h on the adsorbent.     

Study of photopolymers. XXX. Syntheses of new di(meth) acrylate oligomers by addition reactions of epoxy compounds with active esters

Some dimethacrylate oligomers were synthesized by new addition reactions of 2,2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane diglycidyl ether (BPGE) or glycidyl methacrylate (GMA) with phenyl methacrylates such as phenyl methacrylate (PMA), 4-nitrophenyl methacrylate (NPMA), 2,4-dichlorophenyl methacrylate (DCPMA), 4-methoxyphenyl methacrylate (MPMA), and (4-cinnamoyloxy)phenyl methacrylate (CIPMA) using tetrabutylammonium bromide as a catalyst at 120°C. The other new dimethacrylate or diacrylate oligomers were also prepared by the addition reactions of GMA or glycidyl acrylate with active esters such as di(S-phenyl)thioisophthalate (PTIP), di(4-nitrophenyl)isophthalate (NPIP), di(4-nitrophenyl)adipate (NPAD), and di(4-nitrophenyl)sebacate (NPSB) under similar reaction conditions. Furthermore, the rates of photochemical reaction of the obtained dimethacrylate oligomers were measured with 3 mol % of various photosensitizers such as benzoin iso-propyl ether (BIPE), 2-ethylanthraquinone (EAQ), and benzophenone (BP). The rate of photochemical reaction of BPGE-DCPMA oligomer was higher than those of BPGE-PMA, BPGE-NPMA, and BPGE-MPMA oligomers using BIPE as a photosensitizer. However, the photochemical reactivity of the unsensitized BPGE-CIPMA was almost the same as that of the sensitized BPGE-DCPMA. On the other hand, when EAQ was used as a photosensitizer, GMA-PTIP oligomer showed much higher reactivity than GMA-NPAD, GMA-NPSB, and GMA-NPIP oligomers. Also it was shown that the activity of EAQ as a sensitizer was higher than BIPE and BP in the photochemical reaction of BPGE-DCPMA oligomer.