水溶性高分子弱凝胶体系凝胶化过程的Monte Carlo模拟

为研究弱凝胶的形成过程,并把高分子弱凝胶用于三次采油,采用三维Monte Carlo模拟了高分子溶液凝胶化过程. 模拟预测了凝胶化开始的时间,得到了凝胶化过程中分子量分布的演化规律和胶团生长的三维图像. 发现生成溶胶与凝胶团的歧化过程,初始聚合物的浓度对能否形成凝胶至关重要,低于临界浓度不能形成凝胶. 模拟了凝胶化速度和聚合物浓度以及交联剂浓度的关系,并与粘度随凝胶化时间变化的实验结果进行比较, 结果表明, 聚合物浓度较高时,浓度对交联反应的影响减弱,这一趋势与实验结果相一致.     

酶凝干酪素物理凝胶化过程的有限元模拟

以酶凝干酪素的凝胶化过程为对象,利用有限元方法数值分析了在凝胶化过程中温度场的空间分布和时间演变规律.在此基础上,基于一阶的凝胶化动力学方程,数值模拟了凝胶体系的复剪切模量场,进而分析了材料配方、体系尺寸与冷却方案对复剪切模量场的影响规律.模拟结果表明,由于热阻的差异,体系表面的冷却速率大于内部,表面首先发生凝胶化;而由于预凝胶化阶段的平均冷却速率决定了无穷复剪切模量的值,最终体系内部的复剪切模量超过表面的.     

自由基引发的凝胶化反应的Monte Carlo模拟

基于自由基凝胶化反应的基本原理,在一个具有周期性边界条件的二维网络上,利用动态ＭｏｎｔｅＣａｒｌｏ 方法模拟了聚合物凝胶的自由基凝胶化反应,得到了凝胶的具体结构,研究了总单体浓度（ 单体浓度和交联剂浓度之和） 对凝胶的分形结构和孔径分布的影响．模拟中首次考虑了聚合后单体的运动对凝胶结构的影响．结果表明：考虑聚合后单体的运动,可使所得凝胶网络的分形维数和凝胶化所需的最低浓度均显著小于动力学凝胶化模型和ＤＬＡ 模型的相应值．用移动气泡法得到了凝胶网络的孔径分布,发现凝胶网络中大孔所占百分率明显多于随机纤维网络模型．     

高温下淀粉的凝胶化作用

凝胶化作用是淀粉及改性产品生产过程中存在的一种现象。淀粉凝胶化作用的结果导致了在其产品中产生了只溶胀但不溶解的颗粒,从而影响了淀粉产品的整体性能。文章初步探讨了淀粉在高温成型过程中凝胶化作用的方式和起因。结果表明,淀粉浆料在高温成型过程中所产生的凝胶团粒是淀粉不完整的凝胶化作用的结果,足量的水分和高温是形成较多的凝胶化淀粉颗粒的原因。     

旋转模塑过程中PVC溶胶物理凝胶化转变的有限元分析

采用有限元法,数值模拟了成型过程中镍制模具和PVC材料的非稳态温度场,进而得到了PVC材料结构参数的时间演变和空间分布规律,再由结构-性能关系获得了PVC材料的溶胶黏度及其演变特点,在此基础上比较分析了不同增塑剂对PVC材料物理凝胶化转变过程的影响.结果表明,由于热阻不同,靠近模具壁的PVC溶胶升温速率较大,首先发生凝胶化转变;加热过程中,PVC材料的黏度首先降低至最小值,凝胶化转变开始后,PVC树脂和增塑剂之间的相互作用增强,材料黏度迅速升高;不同增塑剂对材料结构参数和溶胶黏度的演变规律有着不同影响.     

微尺度水凝胶与组织工程

水凝胶已被广泛应用于组织工程、药物控释、生物传感器等生物医学领域。随着微制造技术的发展,在纳微米尺度范围内制备形状和尺寸与自然组织相匹配的工程化水凝胶为解决血管化困难、复杂组织结构模拟、多细胞接种等组织工程难题带来了曙光。本文将主要讨论微尺度水凝胶在组织工程领域的研究现状,重点介绍微尺度水凝胶的合成方法及其在血管化和复杂组织结构模拟方面的应用。     

反应型凝胶剂2,4-二烷脲基甲苯衍生物及有机溶剂的室温凝胶化研究

通常制备有机分子凝胶是在高温下溶解凝胶剂,凝胶剂分子在冷却过程中进行自组装并使有机溶剂凝胶化.该方法限制了某些低沸点溶剂的凝胶化.利用甲苯二异氰酸酯与烷基胺的高反应活性,制备了3种反应型凝胶剂.这种反应型凝胶剂能以较低的浓度在室温下使某些芳香族和卤代烃溶剂形成热可逆的有机分子凝胶.场发射扫描电镜表明这种反应型凝胶剂在有机溶剂中自组装形成纤维状三维网络结构.随着烷基胺中的烷基链长度不同,形成的纤维状聚集体的形态也不同.FT-IR和1H NMR研究表明分子间氢键作用是反应型凝胶剂自组装的驱动力.通过XRD和分子模拟推测了其聚集体的结构形态.     

高温下淀粉凝胶化颗粒的结构特征

凝胶化作用是淀粉改性过程中存在的一种现象。采用红外光谱和X-射线衍射方法探讨了淀粉凝胶化颗粒的结构和结晶变化过程。结果表明,在淀粉的高温成型过程中,凝胶化颗粒化学结构没有发生明显的变化,结晶状态则趋于完全无定型化。     

偏高岭土合成4A沸石机理的研究

用XRD、FT IR、ICP、SEM、化学分析等方法研究了偏高岭土合成4A沸石的晶化反应机理。偏高岭土在NaOH溶液中部分溶解 ,且结构迅速转变为偏高岭土 * ,并伴有硅铝酸钠凝胶形成。偏高岭土 *也不断在碱液的作用下凝胶化 ,生成的凝胶进一步再转变为4A沸石 ,这两个过程在大部分反应时间里是同时进行的 ,直到晶化结束。液相参与凝胶、4A沸石前驱及晶核等的形成和4A沸石的成长。偏高岭土 *的凝胶化速度是整个晶化过程的决定步骤 ,该晶化过程极易形成大量聚晶。     

聚氨基甲酸酯的凝胶化理论

<正> 高聚物的凝胶化理论已有不少报道,但对聚氨基甲酸酯系统需提出特定的模型.本文根据聚氨基甲酸酯形成过程中存在的各种反应,建立了新的凝胶化模型.经过统计处理,即假设中心官能团重现系数等于1作为凝胶化临界条件,导得了聚氨基甲酸酯体系的凝胶化数学关系式.其简化模型所得凝胶化条件与文献中导得结果完全相同.     

Gelation behavior of thermoplastic-modified epoxy systems during polymerization-induced phase separation

The rheological behavior and gelation characteristics of epoxy blends are of critical importance to property study and industrial application. In this work, we studied the rheological behavior and structural transition of different thermoplastics, including polyetherimide, polymethylmethacrylate, and polyethersulfone (PES), modified epoxy systems by using rheometry instrument, differential scanning calorimetry, time-resolved light scattering, and scanning electronic microscopes. At the same molecular weight level of thermoplastics, different epoxy blends show profound diversities on the rheological and gelation behavior due to the large differences in phase separation and curing process. For early phase-separation systems of PES-modified epoxy blends, two gel points are identified, which correspond to physical gelation and chemical gelation, respectively. With the variation of the PES molecular weight and curing rate, dramatic changes in gel time and critical exponent were observed. As the molecular weight of thermoplastics is increased, the gelation time becomes shorter and the gel strength gets lower, while the faster curing rate would increase the physical gel strength significantly.     

A master equation investigation of coagulation reactions: Sol-gel transition

The kinetics of irreversible coagulation phenomena in spatially homogeneous systems is formulated in terms of a multivariate stochastic process. The latter is governed by a master equation for the joint probability distribution of the numbers of reacting species. An efficient numerical algorithm is used to simulate the complete time evolution of the stochastic process. The method is illustrated by simulating the coagulation reaction with configuration-dependent reaction kernels, K_ij = (ij)^ω, for clusters of mass i and j with 1/2 < ω ⩽ 1, which are designed to model gelation phenomena. It is demonstrated that the stochastic simulation allows the determination of critical exponents and the gel point directly from the master equation. The results are compared to predictions of the rate equation approach to the sol-gel transition.     

阳离子诱导海藻酸水溶液凝胶化的临界行为与自相似性

以作者对阳离子诱导海藻酸水溶液凝胶化的研究结果为中心,介绍了海藻酸钠水溶液随浓度增大和二价金属阳离子(Ca2 、Cu2 )的加入而发生的溶液-凝胶转变的临界点和相关临界指数,探讨了临界凝胶的自相似性和分形结构,以及动态标度理论对物理交联体系的适用性.基于对阳离子诱导海藻酸水溶液凝胶化及其临界行为的研究结果,提出了从凝胶化的出发点--溶液来对凝胶化进行分类的设想,根据起始组分分子链的长短将凝胶化过程分为生长型和交联型两类.     

Crystallization-induced gelation of ethylene/1-butene copolymers over a wide crystallinity range

The crystallization-induced gelation from decalin solutions of a series of ethylene-butene random copolymers covering the range of crystal weight fraction 0.32–0.74 and having nearly equal molar weights has been investigated as a function of concentration. Swollen as well as dried gels have been characterized by means of differential scanning calorimetry, mechanical tests and scanning electron microscopy. The critical concentration for gelation is shown to be strongly dependent on the crystallinity of the polymers. On the contrary, the critical concentration for chain entanglement is quite invariant. A liquid-liquid phase separation phenomenon prior to the crystallization upon cooling is disclosed for the more crystalline materials. The better solubility of the co-unit rich copolymers is ascribed to a more favorable interaction parameter towards decalin with increasing co-unit content. Common aspects of the gelation process of the copolymers with that of atactic amorphous and isotactic semicrystalline polystyrene are discussed.     

部分水解聚丙烯酰胺弱凝胶交联动力学的流变学分析

用流变学方法对部分水解聚丙烯酰胺(HPAM)苯酚甲醛间苯二酚交联体系的弱凝胶化过程进行了研究,通过对基团转化率和高分子交联转化率的分析,发现凝胶化过程在接近凝胶点时,处于反应动力学的初期,这使得交联点增加的动力学是比较简单的.通过在不同聚合物浓度和交联剂浓度并在地层温度和矿化度条件下线性粘弹性行为的研究,得到了交联体系凝胶化动力学过程的完整数据,发现聚合物浓度与交联剂浓度对凝胶点与凝胶强度的影响比较类似,反映出交联点增加的共同动力学特征.复数粘度在一个诱导期后,是以指数上升的,类似一个一级反应的特征.产生交联的临界聚合物浓度约为250mg L左右.并提出了剪切粘度数学模型,可以描述凝胶化过程中流变性质的变化.     

Viscoelastic properties of polyacrylonitrile gels: dependence of sol-gel transition on concentration and aging time

Dynamic viscoelasticity was observed for polyacrylonitrile solution in dimethylacetamide in the process of sol-gel transition. The gel was prepared by the freezing and thawing method, i.e., the solution was frozen at −50°C and then kept at 25°C so as to undergo gelation. The longer the freezing time, the shorter was the gelation time. Also the higher the concentration, the shorter the gelation time. The strength of the network, S and critical exponent n at the transition point were evaluated. The S value increased with increasing concentration and was constant in value in spite of the variation of freezing time when the concentration of the solution was constant.     

Topology evolution and gelation mechanism of agarose gel

Kinetics as well as the evolution of the agarose gel topology is discussed, and the agarose gelation mechanism is identified. Aqueous high melting (HM) agarose solution (0.5% w/v) is used as the model system. It is found that the gelation process can be clearly divided into three stages: induction stage, gelation stage, and pseudoequilibrium stage. The induction stage of the gelation mechanism is identified using an advanced rheological expansion system (ARES, Rheometric Scientific). When a quench rate as large as 30 deg C/min is applied, gelation seems to occur through a nucleation and growth mechanism with a well-defined induction time (time required for the formation of the critical nuclei which enable further growth). The relationship between the induction time and the driving force which is determined by the final setting temperature follows the 3D nucleation model. A schematic representation of the three stages of the gelation mechanism is given based on turbidity and rheological measurements. Aggregation of agarose chains is promoted in the polymer-rich phase and this effect is evident from the increasing mass/length ratio of the fiber bundles upon gelation. Continuously increasing pore size during gelation may be attributed to the coagulation of the local polymer-rich phase in order to achieve the global minimum of the free energy of the gelling system. The gel pore size determined using turbidity measurements has been verified by electrophoretic mobility measurements.     

Particle-stabilized emulsions comprised of solid droplets

We kinetically stabilize oil-in-water emulsions comprising paraffin crystals by adsorbing solid particles (silica) of colloidal size at the oil/water interface. We obtain a set of emulsions that are quiescently stable for a long period of time (months), while the same emulsions are destabilized after only a few hours in the presence of surfactant molecules alone. The emulsions are submitted to a shear stress in order to probe their stability under flow conditions. Partial coalescence and gelation occur when the shear is applied for a sufficiently long period of time. The experiments reveal the existence of a critical droplet mass fraction, phi*, that defines a sharp transition between slow and fast gelation. The process of gelation is rather slow for phi < phi*, occurring at the scale of hours, and becomes almost instantaneous above phi*.     

Role of solvation forces in the gelation of fumed silica-alcohol suspensions

Aggregation and gelation kinetics of fumed silica were investigated by altering the solvent-surface interactions. Native and surface-modified (hydrophobic) fumed silica particles were dispersed in short-chain linear alcohols. Based on the kinetics of aggregation and gelation, we show that the solvent-surface interactions have a tremendous impact on the bulk suspension properties. The gelation kinetics were qualitatively similar in all of the fumed silica-alcohol samples, and the gel times for all the alcohols were captured on a master curve requiring two parameters. The two parameters, the stability ratio and critical volume fraction, describe the two regimes of gelation. At low concentrations, gelation occurs due to aggregation of the particles diffusing over a potential barrier (15-25 kT). The rate of aggregation and time to gelation then scales with the stability ratio. At high particle loadings, gelation occurs at a critical volume fraction due to localization in a secondary minimum with a depth of 3-4 kT. These observations are supported by evidence of hydrogen bonding between the solvent and the particle, creating oscillatory solvation forces that govern the magnitude of these two parameters.     

The study of esterifying reaction between epoxy resins and carboxyl acrylic polymers in the presence of tertiary amine

In this article, the fixed gel/nongel point and critical gel point experiments are designed for formulating the regulation of esterification reaction between epoxy resin and carboxyl acrylic polymer in the presence of tertiary amine in organic solvent. Ternary diagrams are employed to illustrate experimental results. It is disclosed that some factors, such as mole ratio of the ternary reactants, molecular weight of epoxy resin, even the hydrophilic solvent content of system, play important roles in the gelling effect of esterification reaction. In order to explain these experimental results, a suggested reaction process is put forward and, subsequently, a critical gel equation is derived from Carothers gelation theory. The equation provides an explicit connection between the critical gel composition and the relevant parameters of the reaction system such as average carboxyl functionality of acrylic resin, average molecular weight of epoxy resin, the base intensity of tertiary amine, and the solid content of system. The regressive critical gel curve based on the equation is well consistent with the experiment data. It expresses that the suggested reaction process is reasonable. Finally, based on the critical gel equation, the important factors that influence the esterification result are discussed qualitatively. All the achievements are beneficial to understanding the reaction process and avoiding useless gelation in preparing the water-reducible compositions.