丙烯酸酯/液晶体系的光聚合反应动力学对PDLC电光性质的影响

采用光-示差扫描量热法(P-DSC)和光-流变学(P-Rheology)技术,测定了丙烯酸酯/液晶体系的光聚合反应动力学和凝胶化时间.基于自催化模型和凝胶时间-温度关系,计算了体系的光聚合反应速率常数和活化能,探讨了单体结构与组成、反应温度对体系光聚合动力学的影响,并研究了聚合物分散液晶(PDLC)的电光响应行为与相分离结构对光聚合动力学的依赖性.结果表明,升高反应温度、增加体系的单体反应活性和平均官能度,均提高了体系的光聚合速率常数,缩短了光聚合凝胶时间.随着单体反应活性和平均官能度的提高,体系的光聚合反应活化能明显降低,且凝胶化前的光聚合反应活化能低于光聚合全过程的平均反应活化能.当液晶含量为50%时,形成的PDLC呈亚微米尺度的双连续相结构.随着光聚合反应温度的升高,光聚合速率加快,导致凝胶时间缩短、相分离程度降低,使PDLC中液晶相尺寸变小、聚合物网络致密化,PDLC的弛豫时间延长、饱和电压降低,而开启时间和阈值电压变化不大.     

丙烯酸酯/液晶/POSS复合体系光聚合过程中的体积收缩

采用光-流变学方法研究了丙烯酸酯/液晶复合体系的光聚合凝胶时间及体积收缩率,并与密度法测量的体积收缩率进行了对比.结果表明,该复合体系的凝胶时间小于10 s,光-流变学方法可以在线测量丙烯酸酯单体/液晶复合体系的光聚合体积收缩.以2种不同结构的多面体齐聚倍半硅氧烷(POSS)掺杂丙烯酸酯/液晶复合体系,八甲基丙烯酰氧基倍半硅氧烷(MA-POSS)使丙烯酸酯/液晶复合体系的双键转化率略有降低,掺杂10 wt%MA-POSS使体系的光聚合体积收缩率仅降低了12%;而甲基丙烯酰氧基七异丁基倍半硅氧烷(MI-POSS)对体系双键转化率的影响较小,显著降低了体系的光聚合体积收缩,掺杂10 wt%MI-POSS使体系的光聚合体积收缩率降低29%.     

不同醇对聚合物分散液晶光聚合动力学及其电光特性的影响

以丙烯酸-2-乙基己酯(EHA)、二甲基丙烯酸乙二酯(EDMA)/季戊四醇四丙烯酸酯(PETTA)为混合单体、液晶P0616A为液晶相、Irgacure 184为光引发剂,通过UV光引发制备了聚合物分散液晶(PDLCs),研究了不同烷基链长醇,即乙醇(EtOH)、正丁醇(nBA)、正己醇(nHA)、正辛醇(nOA)和正十四醇(nTA)对体系光聚合动力学及其PDLCs液晶相变温度及电光特性的影响.结果表明引入醇分子显著加快了丙烯酸酯/液晶复合体系的光聚合反应速率,提高了单体的最终转化率,其中以正丁醇体系最为明显.随着醇分子烷基链的增长,体系的转化率趋于降低,但依然明显高于不含醇的体系.醇分子的加入降低了PDLCs中液晶相的TNI,且随着醇分子烷基链长的增长,PDLCs液晶相的TNI总体上呈降低的趋势.醇分子的加入增加了PDLCs液晶微区中向列相液晶的含量,而含正丁醇和正十四醇的体系液晶微区中向列相液晶低于其它3个含醇体系.醇分子的加入明显降低了PDLCs的阈值电压和饱和电压以及对比度.结合体系的光聚合速率和单体转化率,正丁醇是改善PDLCs性能的最佳选择.     

乙烯基单体光聚合动力学与光固化流变行为

概述了光引发体系、光照强度、单体平均官能度、液晶含量、反应温度、助剂等对乙烯基单体/液晶混合物光聚合动力学及光固化流变行为的影响.在染料和胺组成的二元Ⅱ型(夺氢型)光引发体系中,引入适当的第三组分能显著提高反应速率和转化率;增加光照强度和升高温度也能显著提高反应速率和转化率.随着单体平均官能度的增加,体系的反应速率和转化率呈现先增加后降低的趋势.对于I型(裂解型)光引发剂,液晶含量增加,单体反应速率降低,但转化率基本不变;但对于Ⅱ型光引发剂,液晶含量增加能大幅提高单体反应速率和转化率.加入使体系黏度降低的助剂也能提高体系的反应速率和转化率.在体系相同、温度固定的条件下,反应速率越高,凝胶化时间越短;相同体系,温度升高,凝胶化时间提前;相同温度下,单体官能度愈高,体系凝胶时间亦愈短.     

聚合物分散液晶(PDLC)材料的光聚合反应

以Ar+激光器为光源, 采用虎红、 N-苯基甘氨酸、二季戊四醇羟基五丙烯酸酯和乙烯基吡咯烷酮分别作为光引发剂、共引发剂、预聚物和稀释剂, 与液晶材料TEB30A结合, 通过光聚合反应, 制备了聚合物分散液晶(PDLC), 用紫外光谱和荧光光谱对其反应机理进行了分析. 实验结果表明, PDLC是通过光引发剂吸收光子能量后与共引发剂相互作用, 形成自由基中间体并引发聚合反应, 使预聚物与液晶产生相分离形成的.     

苯氧铜/正丁基锂体系引发MMA负离子聚合及其活性特征的研究

采用苯氧铜/正丁基锂(PhOCu/n-BuLi)体系引发MMA聚合, 通过GPC, ¹H NMR对聚合物进行了表征. 实验结果表明, 该体系聚合反应速度较快, 温度、引发体系组成是影响聚合物分子量及其分布、单体转化率、引发剂引发效率、聚合物的立构规整性的主要因素; －40 ℃时分子量分布比较窄, 但引发效率也比较低(大约15%). 低引发效率、宽分子量分布与引发剂的聚集状态有关. 分子量与单体浓度、引发剂浓度的关系说明, 该体系具有一定程度的活性聚合特点.     

含2,2′,4-三(2-氯苯基)-5-(3,4-二甲氧基苯基)-4′,5′-二苯基-1,1′-双咪唑光引发体系的光聚合动力学研究

2,2′,4-三(2-氯苯基)-5-(3,4-二甲氧基苯基)-4′,5′-二苯基-1,1′-二咪唑(CZ-HABI)是一种高效的光引发剂,其结构通过傅里叶红外光谱仪、核磁共振仪、紫外吸收光谱进行表征.复合引发体系(PI)由光引发剂CZ-HABI、增感剂4,4′-双(二乙氨基)苯甲酮(EMK)、供氢体N-苯基甘氨酸(NPG)组成,利用实时红外(RT-IR)对该复合光引发体系进行了光聚合反应动力学研究,结果表明:在没有供氢体条件下,基本上没有引发效果,增加供氢体后,引发效率大幅增加;增加复合光引发体系用量能提高光聚合反应的双键转化率,且最大聚合速率与[PI]1/2成正比;随着光强的增强,单体的双键转化率与最大反应速率均增大;复合光引发体系引发双丙烯酸酯类单体的最终双键转化率比三丙烯酸酯类单体要高.复合光引发体系的引发效率比ITX/EDAB光引发体系的引发效率高,与1-羟基环己基苯基甲酮(184)、2-羟基-2-甲基-1-苯基-1-丙酮(1173)的引发效果相近.     

适用于高空间频率透射式全息聚合物分散液晶光栅的材料研究

提出了适用于空间频率为3000 lp/mm的透射式全息聚合物分散液晶(HF-THPDLC)光栅的材料体系,并在反应动力学方面进行了深入的分析.为了能够得到高衍射效率并具有良好表面形貌的HF-THPDLC 光栅,首先确定了体系的平均官能度,使得预聚单体和液晶的扩散时间、液晶的成核时间以及于聚合物的凝胶时间达到最佳匹配状态...     

1,3戊二烯阳离子聚合体系交联反应的研究

研究了芳烃、卤代烃和醚对正己烷介质中AlCl3 引发的 1 ,3 戊二烯阳离子聚合反应的影响 ,讨论了这些组分对交联反应的抑制作用 .聚合体系引入芳烃后通过链转移机理抑制了凝胶的生成 ;卤代烃在聚合反应中可与AlCl3 形成复合引发体系参与引发过程 ,并可避免凝胶生成 ,也能作为链转移剂通过链转移机理抑制交联反应 ;醚类在聚合反应中的作用为 :与AlCl3 络合参与引发反应使得聚合物分子量升高 ,或与碳阳离子作用降低其活性并抑制交联反应 .     

UV光引发的丙烯酰胺反相乳液聚合

报道了不透明丙烯酰胺反相乳液体系的UV光引发聚合新方法 .使用普通中压汞灯并辅以适当搅拌 ,UV光引发丙烯酰胺 水 煤油 Span80 +OP 10反相乳液聚合可在 2 0min左右完成 ,所得聚合物分子量达千万 ;聚合过程中不存在恒速期 ,扫描电镜未观察到聚合前后乳胶粒径有数量级的变化 ,表明聚合反应以单体液滴成核为主 .此外 ,考察了光引发剂类型及浓度、单体浓度、乳化剂用量、反应温度等对聚合反应的影响 ,结果表明不同光引发剂的引发活性为Irgacure 2 95 9>(ITX +EDAB) >BDK ,引发剂浓度增加 ,反应速度先增加而后降低 ,存在一最大值 ;单体浓度增加 ,反应速度加快 ,聚合物分子量提高 ;乳化剂用量增加 ,反应速度加快而分子量变化不明显 ;聚合表观活化能为 13 34kJ mol.     

Transmission Holographic Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals Based on a Siloxane Polymer

The low surface energy and the great immiscibility of poly (dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) with liquid crystals (LCs) are used in the fabrication of holographic polymer dispersed liquid crystals (HPDLCs). By adding increasing amounts of PDMS, the extent of the phase separation between the polymer and the LC, the LC channel width, and—eventually—also the diffraction efficiency of the film can be increased, while keeping the droplet size essentially the same. In addition, the presence of PDMS causes a decrease in the switching voltage and an increase in the response time. At an optimum content of PDMS (PUA40), a minimum switching voltage of 4 V μm^?1, a rise time of 0.20 ms, and a decay of 14.75 ms were obtained. Regarding the effect of the LC content, an overshoot of the diffraction efficiency was observed when the amount of LC exceeded 35 %, which can be attributed to droplet coalescence.     

Effects of silicone monomer on the grating formation of holographic PDLC

To augment polymer-LC phase separation and driving characteristics of holographic polymer dispersed liquid crystals (HPDLCs), various types and contents of silicone monomer viz. vinyloxytrimethylsilane (VOTMS), 1,3-divinyltetramethyldisiloxane (DVTMDS) and 3-dicyclohexyl-1,1,3,3-tetrakis (dimethylvinylsilyloxy) disiloxane (DCHTDS) were added to the conventional formulations for HPDLC in a broad range of content. It was found that grating formation becomes fast in proportion to its content regardless of the type of silicon monomer due to the enhanced polymer-LC phase separation driven by the increased immiscibility. SEM and AFM showed that DCHTDS gave by far the greatest extent of phase separation. VOTMS and DVTMDS preferentially migrated toward the surface or polymer-LC interface, which effectively lowered the surface anchoring and reduced driving voltage. Due to the droplet coalescence and poor migration of DCHTDS toward the interfaces, DCHTDS gave low diffraction efficiency and high driving voltage in spite of its great and fast phase separation with LC molecules.     

可见光响应的荧光增白剂基多功能光引发体系

将4,4'-双(苯并噁唑-2-基)二苯乙烯(BBS)、 7-二乙氨基-4-甲基香豆素(C 1)、 双-(三嗪基氨基)-二苯乙烯二磺酸(CBUS 450)、 4,4'-双(2-磺酸苯乙烯基钠)联苯(CBS X)和1,4-双(2-苯并噁唑基)萘(OB 7)等5种含有不同荧光发射基团的商用荧光增白剂分别与二苯基碘鎓六氟磷酸盐(IOD)组成二元光引发体系, 再与N-乙烯基咔唑(或叔胺)组成三元光引发体系, 在可见光发光二极管(LED)光源辐照下, 通过自由基聚合反应制备丙烯酸酯树脂, 同时通过阳离子/自由基同步聚合反应制备互穿网络聚合物. 利用紫外-可见分光计荧光分光计、 电子自旋共振波谱仪、 傅里叶变换红外光谱仪、 扫描电子显微镜和原子力显微镜对荧光增白剂和互穿网络聚合物进行了表征. 研究结果表明, 荧光增白剂在可见光LED的照射下可作为具有高效能的多功能光引发剂. 其中苯并噁唑-萘衍生物(OB 7)、 三嗪茋衍生物(CBUS 450)、 二苯乙烯-联苯衍生物(CBS X)和香豆素衍生物(C 1)基二元光引发体系和三元光引发体系即使在空气中也表现出了优异的光引发能力.     

1,2-Diketones as photoinitiators of both cationic and free-radical photopolymerization under UV (392 nm) or Blue (455 nm) LEDs

The photoinitiation abilities of three 1,2-diketones [i.e., acenaphthenequinone ( ANPQ ), aceanthrenequinone ( AATQ ), and 9,10-phenanthrenequinone ( PANQ )]-based photoinitiating systems [PISs, with additives such as iodonium salt, N-vinylcarbazole (NVK), tertiary amine, and phenacyl bromide (R-Br)] for cationic photopolymerization and free-radical photopolymerization under the irradiation of ultraviolet (UV; 392 nm) or blue (455 nm) light-emitting diode (LED) bulb are investigated. All 1,2-diketones studied exhibit ground state absorption that match with the emission spectra of UV (392 nm) or blue LED (455 nm) better than that of the well-known blue-light-sensitive photoinitiator camphorquinone (CQ). In particular, AATQ /iodonium salt/NVK can show high photoinitiating ability (with epoxide conversion yield >70%) under the UV light irradiation due to the effect of NVK. In addition, 1,2-diketone/iodonium salt (and optional NVK) systems are capable of initiating free-radical photopolymerization of methacrylates, with conversions of 50–58%. Furthermore, some 1,2-diketone/tertiary amine (and optional R-Br) combinations are found to demonstrate high efficiency to initiate free-radical photopolymerization, and 71% of methacrylate conversion can be achieved with PANQ /tertiary amine/R-Br PIS. Some 1,2-ketone-based PISs can even exhibit higher efficiency than the CQ-based systems. The photochemical mechanism of the radical generation from the 1,2-diketone-based PISs is investigated and found to be consistent with the related photopolymerization efficiency. © 2020 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci. 2020 , 58, 792–802     

Organic dye-based photoinitiating systems for visible-light-induced photopolymerization

Even though many organic dyes have been reported as photoinitiators/photosensitizers for free radical polymerization in the literature, the design and development of novel photoinitiating systems based on organic dyes adaptable for visible light irradiation, for example, 405 nm LED and sunlight still remains challenging. Recently, major achievements in the development of high-performance photoinitiating systems based on organic dyes as light-harvesting compounds and their uses as photoinitiators for photopolymerization under visible-light irradiation have clearly emerged, giving rise to abundant literature. In this review, an overview of the recently synthesized chromophores belonging to various families of organic dyes and used as photoinitiators of polymerization during the 2018–2021 period are presented and classified. Recent works have resulted in the development of new chromophores exhibiting remarkable visible light absorption properties and excellent photoinitiation abilities upon irradiation with LEDs and/or sunlight in free radical photopolymerization processes. These developments notably indicate that sunlight has the advantages of being a cheap, unlimited, broad emission spectrum, and energy-saving light source capable to be an efficient substitute to artificial light sources. The newly developed dye-based photoinitiating systems designed to initiate visible-light-induced photopolymerization processes are likely to expand the scope of application of photopolymerization in modern sciences and technologies.     

Enhanced wavelength-sensitivity of volume holographic grating with dual-photoinitiation system in polymer-dispersed liquid crystal

We propose a method to improve the wavelength-sensitivity of a volume holographic grating by mixing dual-photoinitiation dopants, namely, rose bengal (RB)/N-phenylglycine (NPG) system and methylene blue (MB)/p-toluenesulfonic acid (PTSA) system, which enable the fabrication of gratings upon both green and red light illumination. The RB/NPG green light photoinitiation system is chosen in combination with the red-active MB/PTSA system because RB and MB absorb light near 567 and 665 nm independently. In this case, the holographic gratings, recorded in polymer-dispersed liquid crystal, can be fabricated simultaneously by two different visible laser lights with an output wavelength of 532 and 632.8 nm. The electro-optical performances of the gratings exposed upon 532 and 632.8 nm have been implemented: the diffraction efficiencies (DE) are 75% and 57% respectively when the exposure time is optimised to 2 min and 17 min; the threshold voltage is approximately 2.9 V/μm. The enhanced wavelength-sensitivity of holographic gratings allows for the storage of three-dimensional (3D) images on the same hologram plate, and these 3D images are easily reconstructed by both red and green light.     

Morphological studies of a hydrogen-bonded LC polymer obtained by photopolymerization in LC solvents

Anisotropic morphologies and the phase behaviour of a hydrogen-bonded LC polymer obtained by photopolymerization in two kinds of LC solvent are discussed. The hydrogen-bonded LC monomer, 4-(6-acryloyloxyhexyloxy) benzoic acid (A6OBA), was photopolymerized in 4-cyano-4'-hexyloxybiphenyl (6OCB) and in 4-cyano-4'-undecyloxybiphenyl (11OCB), which show a nematic phase and a smectic A phase, respectively. After photo-polymerization, the LC media were removed by extraction and the pure polymer was observed by scanning electron microscopy. SEM images showed that the polymer possessed fibrous morphology with a fibre diameter of a few micrometers, based on polymerization-induced phase separation. The overall geometries reflected typical LC characteristics such as schlieren and focal-conic fan textures. It was found that the hydrogen bond between benzoic acid groups in the monomer was rigid enough to fix the anisotropic phase-separated structure forming during the early stage of phase separation; however, it could not permanently maintain the fibre structure due to dissociation at elevated temperature. X-ray measurements revealed that a well developed layer structure of the hydrogen-bonded mesogen existed in the polymer obtained from the smectic phase of 11OCB, whereas a polymer layer structure could develop only partially from the nematic phase of 6OCB.     

Morphological studies of a hydrogen-bonded LC polymer obtained by photopolymerization in LC solvents

Anisotropic morphologies and the phase behaviour of a hydrogen-bonded LC polymer obtained by photopolymerization in two kinds of LC solvent are discussed. The hydrogen-bonded LC monomer, 4-(6-acryloyloxyhexyloxy) benzoic acid (A6OBA), was photopolymerized in 4-cyano-4′-hexyloxybiphenyl (6OCB) and in 4-cyano-4′-undecyloxybiphenyl (11OCB), which show a nematic phase and a smectic A phase, respectively. After photo-polymerization, the LC media were removed by extraction and the pure polymer was observed by scanning electron microscopy. SEM images showed that the polymer possessed fibrous morphology with a fibre diameter of a few micrometers, based on polymerization-induced phase separation. The overall geometries reflected typical LC characteristics such as schlieren and focal-conic fan textures. It was found that the hydrogen bond between benzoic acid groups in the monomer was rigid enough to fix the anisotropic phase-separated structure forming during the early stage of phase separation; however, it could not permanently maintain the fibre structure due to dissociation at elevated temperature. X-ray measurements revealed that a well developed layer structure of the hydrogen-bonded mesogen existed in the polymer obtained from the smectic phase of 11OCB, whereas a polymer layer structure could develop only partially from the nematic phase of 6OCB.     

Four-center photopolymerization. A heterogeneous topochemical solid-state reaction

The four-center solid-state photopolymerization of distyrylpyrazine (DSP) and of 2,6-naphthalene bis(acrylic acid-2,4-dichloro phenyl ester) (NBA–DCP) was investigated by x-ray and microscopic techniques. In both cases the polymer grows as a separate product phase topotactically well arranged with respect to the monomer matrix. In the case of polymerization of DSP the space group of the monomer (Pbca) is not maintained but the polymer phase has space group P2₁ca. Nucleation and growth of the polymer phase was observed by light and electron microscopy. Nucleation occurs at defect sites. The polymer grows at different rates in different crystallographic directions which were identified by electron diffraction in the case of DSP. Polymerization thus occurs in the transition region between monomer crystal and product phase and not in the bulk of the crystal so that the four-center-type photopolymerization is best described as a heterogeneous solid-state reaction.