聚醚砜改性环氧树脂体系粘弹性相分离的研究

采用光学显微镜、光散射和扫描电镜等技术对聚醚砜(PES)/环氧树脂/二(2,6-二甲基苯胺基)甲烷体系的相分离过程进行了研究. 实验结果表明在该体系的相分离的演化过程中存在着明显的慢动态相的粘弹性效应, 同时对于PES含量较低的体系(PES-13.2 wt%和15.9 wt%), 在120和140 ℃固化时均观察到二次相分离现象, 而PES含量较高的体系(PES-18.5 wt%), 在同样温度下固化时仅观察到一次相分离过程.     

反应诱导相分离过程的超声波在线跟踪

利用高频超声波对多相体系的界面Rayleigh散射作用实现了反应诱导相分离过程的在线跟踪.新技术用来跟踪环氧树脂在聚乙二醇介质中的固化反应,研究体系在不同浓度、不同反应介质、不同固化剂用量以及不同反应温度下的相分离过程.在对旋节线相分离模式深入分析的基础上,提出了双函数模型来描述相分离过程.将超声波散射强度与相分离速率函数以及相离散速率函数相结合,所得到的数学模型合理解释了超声波跟踪数据.跟踪技术发现,反应体系的浓度对相分离的速率和相结构的离散程度有很大影响,高浓度下的固化反应抑制了相分离,使相结构保持高的连续性;在高浓度和PEG2000介质中发现了l(t)滞后现象,证明了旋节线相分离的分离机理;环氧树脂与固化剂重量比为4/1时,相分离达到最佳状态;升高反应温度,固化反应速率提高快于相分离速率的提高,相分离被固化反应所抑制.新的技术将散射强度与微相结构中的离散程度对应起来,从而能实时分析相分离过程中微相结构的变化过程,为相分离的控制提供实验依据.     

聚醚砜改性环氧体系的聚合诱导相分离行为: 固化机理的影响

对聚醚砜(PES)改性环氧体系在两种不同固化机理(逐步聚合和链增长聚合)的情况下的聚合诱导相分离行为进行了对比研究. 采用光学显微镜、时间分辨激光光散射、流变仪等手段对相分离的全过程进行了跟踪. 结果表明, 小分子的扩散行为是控制相分离的主要因素, 对于逐步聚合体系扩散主体为环氧低聚物, 而链增长聚合体系扩散主体为环氧单体. 在高含量PES(SPES-20%)体系中, 光散射结果显示了黏弹相分离的过程且相分离的特征松弛时间可以用WLF方程描述; 而在低含量PES(SPES-14%)体系中可以通过光学显微镜观测到二次相分离的现象, 并由流变学研究进一步证明.     

乙炔基封端聚酰亚胺增韧改性的相结构

以双酚A二醚二酐(BPADA)和3乙-炔苯胺(APA)为原料,通过两步法合成一种热固性可交联的聚酰亚胺预聚体.将此预聚体分别与不同结构的热塑性聚酰亚胺(PI)共混,对其进行增韧改性,通过调控热塑性聚酰亚胺的质量分数,引入结构相似且含有更多柔性基团的热塑性聚酰亚胺(如含有醚键和对称甲基结构的二酐),得到了热固/热塑性聚酰亚胺复合膜.利用差示扫描量热仪(DSC)及扫描电镜(SEM)对该体系的相分离结构和相容性进行研究,并讨论其机械性能和热性能.结果表明,相分离结构使体系的机械性能得到改善,同时也保持了原有的优异热性能.     

多相高分子体系中的粘弹相分离行为

相分离广泛存在于各种凝聚态物质中.根据局部浓度的变化形式,可将相分离分为固体模型(model B)和流体模型(model H),这两种模型适用于动力学对称的体系.近年来,Tanaka发现在一些动力学不对称的多组分高分子体系里存在一种新的相分离模式,其相分离过程分为动力学过程可用一个普适的粘弹模型来进行描述.动力学不对称可由体系中两组分间大的尺寸差异或玻璃化温度差异引起.本文介绍了多相高分子体系中产生粘弹相分离的原理及其基本特征,并讨论了模量、粘度、填料等因素对粘弹相分离动力学过程及多相体系微观结构的影响.     

链段刚性对非溶剂致相分离成膜过程影响的耗散粒子动力学模拟

通过分子动力学(MD)模拟映射方法构建了符合聚醚砜(PES)刚性结构的耗散粒子动力学(DPD)简谐力场, 并研究了PES链段刚性对PES/N-甲基-2-吡咯烷酮(NMP)/水体系非溶剂致相分离(NIPS)过程的影响. 结果表明, 由于非溶剂和溶剂在两相界面上发生的质量交换, 导致在相界面处PES链段发生堆积, 形成了薄而致密的聚合物表层, 在PES溶液内部, 由于非溶剂的侵入导致体系发生了旋节相分离, 从而在整体上得到了明显的非对称结构; 同时, PES链段刚性的提升能够明显加快体系的相分离速度, 导致相界面处的PES薄层形成得更加快速, 薄层更加致密、 孔径更小, 而对内部的疏松结构影响较小; 此外, 结合不同力场下聚合物浓度对相分离过程的影响可以发现, 不同PES浓度下, 链段刚性的提升对相分离过程的特征和演变趋势没有造成根本性的影响, 与经典的弹簧力场的模拟结果在整体趋势上有相似性. 研究结果表明, 简谐力场能提升PES链段的刚性, 从而能更真实地模拟实际体系的非溶剂相分离法成膜过程.     

聚合物交联反应诱导相分离过程的光散射二维相关分析研究

采用二维相关分析技术对聚醚砜(PES)/环氧树脂/二(2,6-二甲基苯胺基)甲烷体系的相分离过程的光散射数据进行了分析研究. 分析结果表明二维光散射分析可以提供一维光散射较难得到的信息: 在该体系相分离的演化过程早期, 即扩散控制期内, 体系中较小尺寸相区的粗大化早于较大的相区. 在相分离的中后期, 较小尺寸的富集相因碰撞融合产生更大尺寸相区的变化优先于较大尺寸相区的粗大化过程. 其原因可能是: 一方面这种增长方式比较有利于体系的能量较快地降低, 另一方面是在相分离的中后期界面运动导致的流动作用影响不容忽视.     

一些热塑改性热固性树脂体系结构对反应诱导相分离时间/温度依赖性的影响

利用光学显微镜、DSC等手段研究了一些上临界共溶温度(UCST)类型的热塑性改性热固性树脂体系反应诱导相分离时间/温度依赖性随组分化学结构的变化规律.结果表明,分相活化能Ea(ps)受热塑性树脂的主链结构、热固性单体、交联剂结构、化学计量比等因素的影响.利用相互作用能密度解释了实验所研究的UCST体系的相分离活化能Ea(ps)随组分结构的变化规律.     

混合高聚物分相过程标度、分形与Monte Carlo模拟

基于光散射、Monte Carlo模拟标度理论和分形(Fractal)概念研究和分析了高分子混合体系不稳相分离过程结构函数的标度行为和成因, 结果表明相分离的形态是一种分形结构, 其分形维数不随时间变化. 结构函数的标度行为起源于相态的分形结构. 相态的分形结构是不稳相分离特征之一.     

流变和光学法研究PAN/DMSO/H_2O体系的凝胶化和相分离行为

碳纤维是非常重要的增强材料,在军工以及高档民用产品中用途广泛。因为聚丙烯腈原丝的结构会"遗传"到最终的碳纤维结构中,因此原丝结构对碳纤维的性能影响很大。原丝的结构是纺丝液在凝固浴中的相分离和凝胶化两个过程决定的,因此研究这两个过程的规律并进一步控制它们的进程,达到调控原丝结构的目的是非常重要的。本文介绍了本课题组利用流变学及光学的方法研究PAN/DMSO/H2O体系凝胶化及相分离行为的最新研究成果,主要探索了PAN/DMSO/H2O浓溶液中凝胶化行为,发现了二次自相似结构的形成并对其机理进行了分析,并对PAN/DMSO/H2O亚浓溶液中凝胶化与相分离的耦合过程进行了研究,分析了最终凝胶的结构特性及Winter-Chambon模型在此过程中的适用性。最后,对PAN/DMSO/H2O体系凝胶化及相分离行为的下一步研究进行了展望。     

环氧树脂共混物相结构的调控方法研究

研究了环氧树脂(E51)/聚砜(PSF)共混物相结构的控制方法.通过抑制相分离、控制预固化的反应程度控制环氧树脂的分子量,固化后可获得不同的共混物相结构.依据红外测定的固化反应程度设定固化程序,可有效控制共混物的相结构.加入促进剂三氟化硼-乙基胺(BTF-EA)可提高固化反应速度,使相分离结构在早期被抑制,以获得小微区的相结构.     

Reaction-induced phase separation in rubber-modified epoxy resin

The phase separation mechanism,and structure development during curing of epoxy with a novel liquid rubber-ZR were investigated by time-resolved light scattering,optical microscope and differential scanning calonmetry (DSC) The mixture loaded with curing agent was a single-phase system in the early stage of curing.When the cure reaction proceeded,phase separation took place via the spinodal decomposition induced by polymerization of epoxy resin.This was supported by the characteristic change of light scattering profile with curing time.Cure reaction plays an important role in the progress of phase separation.The bigger the cure reaction rate is,the longer periodic distance will be.The overall two-phase structure was basically locked in when the conversion approached 80% estimated by DSC,and finally the co-continuous two-phase structure was successfully obtained.     

Cure process and reaction-induced phase separation in a diepoxy–diamine/PMMA blend. Monitoring by steady-state fluorescence and FT-IR (near and medium range)

Poly(methyl methacrylate), PMMA, was chosen as an additive for an epoxy system based on the cured product of (a) diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A labeled with 5-dimethylaminonaphthalene-1-(2-aminoethyl) sulfonamide and (b) 1,5-diamino-2-methylpentane. Fourier transformed infrared spectroscopy (near, FT-NIR, and medium, FT-MIR, ranges) and steady-state fluorescence spectroscopy were used to monitor the epoxy cure reaction and the induced phase separation. The PMMA seems to exert a change in the mechanism of the epoxy cure reaction by means of a slight enhancement of the secondary amino group reactivity. It has been demonstrated that following the fluorescence response of the dansyl chromophore chemically bonded to the epoxy component is a way to monitor the cure process in a general sense, not only accounting for the chemical changes but also being additionally possible to detect the reaction-induced phase separation at a molecular scale. The fluorescence results, in terms of the first moment of the emission band, point out that the dilution effect is affecting the physicochemical changes of the modified epoxy system quite more exclusively than the chemical changes. Finally, a semiempirical model to explain the behavior of the dansyl fluorescence during the curing of a PMMA/diepoxy–diamine blend showing a reaction-induced phase separation has been proposed. The proposed model allows estimating the composition of the phases after nearly complete cure.     

Epoxy – diamine thermoset/thermoplastic blends: thermoset reactions and rheological evolutions during curing

Isothermal rates of reaction during the cure of epoxy‐amine/thermoplastic blends were studied. Epoxy‐amine reaction induces a phase separation. Experimental results show that when TP concentration is higher than 30 wt% an increase of reaction rate is observed after phase separation. A modelling of the kinetics of each phase before and after phase separation, shows that in the epoxy‐amine rich phase, gelation occurs for a conversion close to 0.6. Rheological behaviour was studied during the cure. The viscosity was found greatly dependent of the morphology, the epoxy amine conversion and of the evolution of the phase composition. Modelling of the viscosity using simple relations gives a good fit of the experimental results during the cure.     

BSA denaturation in the absence and the presence of urea studied by the iso-conversional method and the master plots method

The effect of cure temperature and modifier proportion on the miscibility of an epoxy–amine system with a thermoplastic modifier was studied by analysis of phase diagrams, morphologies, and glass transitions. Phase diagrams for the system before and during reaction were obtained from a thermodynamic analysis of phase separation using a model based on Flory–Huggins theory. Different types of morphologies were observed and analyzed in function of cure temperature and modifier proportion. The validity of the thermodynamic model was checked by comparing with observed morphologies. Two glass transitions were observed for most of the modified systems indicating that a phase separation was occurred.     

不同热塑性树脂改性热固性树脂体系反应诱导相分离过程的时间/温度依赖性

对几种不同热塑性树脂改性热固性树脂体系反应诱导相分离过程,包括UCST(最高互溶温度)、LCST(最低互溶温度)体系和含有复杂多步反应体系,在耐高温高分辨热台显微镜、流变仪和小角激光光散射仪上进行了研究.发现体系的反应诱导相分离时间/温度关系遵循Arrhenius方程.其相分离活化能对体系反应速率、粘弹性变化、体系中热塑性树脂的含量和分子量不敏感,也不受相分离检测手段的影响,而依赖于树脂化学环境相容性和交联反应的温度依赖性.对这一共性的物理本质进行了讨论.     

Reaction-induced phase separation in polyethersulfone-modified epoxy-amine systems studied by temperature modulated differential scanning calorimetry

In epoxy-amine systems with a thermoplastic additive, the initially homogeneous reaction mixture can change into a multi-phase morphology as a result of the increase in molecular weight or network formation of the curing matrix. Temperature modulated DSC (TMDSC) allows the real-time monitoring of this reaction-induced phase separation. A linear polymerizing epoxy-amine (DGEBA–aniline) and a network-forming epoxy-amine (DGEBA–methylene dianiline), both with an amorphous engineering thermoplastic additive (polyethersulfone, PES), are used to illustrate the effects of phase separation on the signals of the TMDSC experiment. The non-reversing heat flow gives information about the reaction kinetics. The heat capacity signal also contains information about the reaction mechanism in combination with effects induced by the changing morphology and rheology such as phase separation and vitrification. In quasi-isothermal (partial cure) TMDSC experiments, the compositional changes resulting from the proceeding phase separation are shown by distinct stepwise heat capacity decreases. The heat flow phase signal is a sensitive indication of relaxation phenomena accompanying the effects of phase separation and vitrification. Non-isothermal (post-cure) TMDSC experiments provide additional real-time information on further reaction and phase separation, and on the effect of temperature on phase separation, giving support to an LCST phase diagram. They also allow measurement of the thermal properties of the in situ formed multi-phase materials.     

In situ monitoring of reaction-induced phase separation with modulated temperature DSC

A linearly polymerizing and network forming epoxy-amine system, DGEBA-aniline and DGEBA-MDA, respectively, will be modified with 20 wt% and 50 wt% of a high-T_g thermoplastic poly(ether sulphone) (T_g=223°C), respectively, both showing LCST-type demixing behavior. Reaction-induced phase separation (RIPS) in these modified systems is studied using Modulated Temperature DSC (MTDSC) as an in situ tool. Phase separation in the linear system can be probed by vitrification of the PES-rich phase, occurring at a higher conversion than the actual cloud point from light scattering measurements. The negative slope of the cloud point curve in a temperature-conversion-transformation diagram unambiguously shows the LCST-type demixing behavior of this system, while the relation between the composition/glass transition of the PES-rich phase and the cure temperature is responsible for the positive slope of its vitrification line. Phase separation in the network forming system appears as reactivity increases at the cloud point due to the concentration of reactive groups. Different mixture compositions alter the ratio between the rate of phase separation and the rate of reaction, greatly affecting the morphology. Information about this in situ developed structure can be obtained from the heat capacity evolutions in non-isothermal post-cures.     

Phase separation time/temperature dependence of some thermoplastics-modified thermosetting systems

The phase separation processes of various thermoplastics-modified thermosetting systems which show upper critical solution temperature (UCST) or lower critical solution temperature (LCST) were studied with emphasis on the temperature dependency of the phase separation times. It was found that the phase separation time-temperature relationship follows the Arrhenius equation. The cure-induced phase separation activation energy E _a (ps) generated from the equation is independent of the method used to measure phase separation time. In our experimental ranges it is found that E _a (ps) is independent of the thermoplastic (TP) content, TP molecular weight and curing rate but it varies with the cure reaction kinetics and the chemical environments of the systems. __________ Translated from Acta Polymerica Sinica, 2007, 8: 725–730 [译自: 高分子学报]