稀溶液中Rod-Coil-Rod三嵌段共聚物组装结构的耗散粒子动力学模拟（英文）

采用耗散粒子动力学方法模拟研究了rod-coil-rod三嵌段共聚物在稀溶液中的聚集行为.分别考察了rod-coil嵌段的相互作用、溶剂性质、共聚物浓度以及coil嵌段长度对聚集体形貌的影响.模拟结果发现,随着rod-coil相互排斥作用的增加,共聚物由球形转变成洋葱状、笼形和柱状结构.随着coil嵌段疏水性的增加,笼形转变成洋葱状和补丁状结构.给出了聚集体形貌随共聚物浓度和coil长度变化的相图.当浓度较小和coil嵌段较长时,共聚物形成笼状聚集体,反之,则有利于洋葱状结构的形成.     

显式溶剂模型模拟嵌段共聚物在纳米微滴中的图案化结构

采用耗散粒子动力学(DPD)方法研究了嵌段共聚物在纳米微滴中的相分离行为.模拟是将共聚物纳米微滴置于溶剂环境中进行自发相分离,从而形成一些图案化结构.由于是受限体系,所形成的结构和在溶液或熔融体中形成的相分离结构有所差异,这些结构的形成与亲/疏溶剂嵌段比例(RH/T)有关系.随着亲/疏溶剂嵌段比例的增加,依次形成了枣糕球体、排球状相、多层囊泡(洋葱相)、笼状相、纳米杆状相和分散胶束等结构.我们对洋葱相的形成过程进行了详细的描述.溶剂粒子的集群属性有助于更加深入地了解洋葱相的结构衍化.采用密度曲线分析了洋葱相的结构.在较高的亲/疏溶剂嵌段的比例条件下,嵌段共聚物主要表现为亲溶剂性,通过吸收大量的溶剂溶胀形成疏松结构或瓦解形成分散的胶束悬浮在溶剂中.本文模拟结果与理论或实验结果基本吻合.     

两亲性/双疏性嵌段共聚物共混体系的自组装行为研究

采用耗散粒子动力学方法,研究了两亲性嵌段共聚物和双疏性嵌段共聚物共混体系的自组装行为,探讨了双疏性嵌段共聚物的浓度以及双疏性嵌段共聚物的嵌段体积分数对聚集体结构的影响.结果表明,随着双疏性嵌段共聚物浓度的增加,聚集体发生自囊泡到棒状胶束再到同心圆多舱胶束的转变,且当浓度较高时,同心圆多舱胶束的同心圆层数量与浓度密切相关.当双疏性嵌段共聚物中的嵌段体积分数降低时,球形胶束由同心圆结构转变为非同心圆结构.此外,利用Minkowski泛函方法表征了多舱胶束的形成过程,发现这是一个先形成大尺度球形结构、再形成小尺度内核结构的分级组装过程.     

两亲嵌段共聚物溶液自组装新进展

综述了两亲嵌段共聚物在溶液中自组装的新进展，重点介绍了两亲嵌段共聚物自组装聚集体中棒状、蠕虫状、囊泡、洋葱和实心洋葱等几种新形态的特点和形成机理；另外对两亲嵌段共聚物溶液自组装在光电、药物释放、靶向以及作为基因工程载体方面的应用前景及两亲嵌段共聚物聚集体的制备方法作了详细的评述。     

荧光淬灭法研究疏水缔合共聚物(PAM-b-PPOEA)_n自组装聚集数

运用荧光淬灭技术,包括稳态荧光淬灭法(SSFQ)和时间分辨荧光淬灭法(TRFQ),研究了疏水缔合水溶性丙烯酰胺2苯氧基丙烯酸酯多嵌段共聚物[P(AM POEA)]在水溶液中自组装的聚集数.这类聚合物在水溶液中易形成胶束状聚集体,探针芘分子和淬灭剂二苯酮增溶于疏水微区,荧光测定结果很好地符合Poisson淬灭模型.实验结果表明聚合物链结构、聚合物浓度和无机盐对聚集体的尺寸具有重要影响.聚合物自组装聚集数NA随疏水单体含量的增加和疏水嵌段长度的减小而增大,同时也随聚合物浓度和NaCl浓度增加而增大.另外对聚合物链结构、聚集数和溶液粘度的相互关系进行了讨论.     

含环状原酸酯侧基的两亲性嵌段共聚物及其酸敏感胶束状聚集体

合成了含有环状原酸酯基团的单体,甲基丙烯酸5-(5-甲基-2-乙氧基-1,3-二氧六环)甲酯(EDMM),以PEO大分子引发剂引发,通过原子转移自由基聚合方法制备了两个疏水链段(PEDMM)长度不同的酸敏感两亲性嵌段共聚物,PEO-b-PEDMM17和PEO-b-PEDMM34.两个聚合物在水溶液中形成粒径约为60～200nm的球型聚集体,通过动态光散射、透射电镜、荧光探针等手段表征了所得聚集体.结果显示,疏水链段较短的共聚物的临界聚集浓度较高,形成的聚集体尺寸较小.核磁和荧光探针结果表明,胶束状聚集体在中性(pH7.4)水溶液中比较稳定,在酸性水溶液中其疏水核的极性因原酸酯的水解而增加.该类酸敏感胶束状聚集体有望用于肿瘤、细胞内给药等药物传递体系.     

组装-聚合法制备聚苯乙烯-聚丙烯酸胶束和凝胶

通过苯乙烯和丙烯酸单体的预组装再聚合的制备方法,在不改变共聚物浓度的前提下制备了共聚物胶束溶液和凝胶,探讨了引发剂(偶氮二异丁腈)浓度对生成的共聚物的聚集体结构以及分子结构的影响.利用核磁共振氢谱、扫描电子显微镜和透射电子显微镜等表征了共聚物的分子结构和聚集行为,此外,借助耗散粒子动力学方法模拟了该体系,辅助实验阐明了不同引发剂浓度下生成的共聚物聚集体结构及相对应的共聚物分子结构,在此基础上,利用动态机械热分析和流变学的表征技术,研究了共聚物胶束溶液和凝胶的流变特性.结果表明,在单体浓度不变的情况下,高引发剂浓度时该体系趋于形成平均嵌段长度较长的两嵌段共聚物,生成稳定的胶束溶液,而低引发剂浓度时趋于形成交替共聚物,得到物理凝胶,耗散粒子动力学模拟得到了与实验一致的结果.流变学表征发现胶束体系和凝胶体系均呈现剪切变稀行为,并确定了凝胶体系的凝胶点及恢复性.     

双亲嵌段共聚物PSt-b-PAA在甲苯中的自聚集行为

以α-溴乙苯为引发剂,溴化亚铜为催化剂,2,2'-联吡啶为配体,用原子转移自由基聚合(ATRP)法合成了结构一定的嵌段共聚物聚苯乙烯-b-聚丙烯酸丁酯(PSt-b-PBA).经水解制备了双亲性嵌段共聚物聚苯乙烯-b-聚丙烯酸(PSt-b-PAA);采用单溶剂溶解法配制了PSt-b-PAA在甲苯中的反胶束溶液;以极性荧光化合物N-1-萘乙二胺盐酸盐(NEAH)为极性微区探针,用荧光光谱法并配合透射电镜观察探索了双亲嵌段共聚物PSt-b-PAA在甲苯溶液中的自聚集行为,考察了双亲性嵌段共聚物浓度、链结构及温度等因素对反胶束化行为的影响规律.结果表明,亲水链PAA短而亲油链PSt长的双亲嵌段共聚物PSt-b-PAA,用单溶剂溶解法可使其在甲苯中发生自聚集,形成以亲水段为核,疏水段为壳的星状反胶束结构;反胶束为10-20nm的球形聚集态结构;PSt-b-PAA的自聚集行为及临界胶束浓度与分子链的微结构和温度等因素相关,且随着共聚物浓度的增大,小胶束会逐渐结合形成大的纺垂状聚集体.     

掺杂嵌段共聚物薄膜的相分离研究

采用Monte Carlo方法结合退火方法研究掺杂非对称两嵌段共聚物薄膜的相分离情况.发现随着掺杂极性粒子浓度的增加,嵌段共聚物薄膜体系由层状相逐渐转化成层状和柱状共混相,最后变成分布均匀的柱状相.当掺杂浓度增加到一定程度时,形成了如六边形(6-fold)、七边形(7-fold)和五边形柱状(5-fold)的相结构;六边形柱状相结构的比例随着浓度增加而增加,七边形(7-fold)和五边形柱状(5-fold)相结构的比例随着浓度增加而减小.同时还讨论了两嵌段共聚物大小与掺杂浓度的关系.     

嵌段共聚物自组装的研究进展

自组装是分子间通过非共价键相互作用自发组合形成的一类结构明确、稳定,同时具有某种特定功能或性能的分子聚集体或超分子结构的现象.嵌段共聚物不仅可以在本体中自组装,还能在溶液中自组装.本文综述了嵌段共聚物在溶液中自组装的规律及其主要影响因素,包括嵌段共聚物链段长度、选择性溶剂的性质、嵌段共聚物的浓度、溶液的pH值等;并介绍...     

Structural aggregates of rod-coil copolymer solutions

The optoelectronic properties of rod-coil diblock copolymers with π-conjugation are greatly affected by molecular packing, which is closely related to their micellar morphology. Self-assembly of rod-coil block copolymer B(y)A(x) in a selective solvent for its coil block is studied by using dissipative particle dynamics, where B(y)A(x) denotes the polymer comprising of y rodlike B beads and x coil-like A beads. The influences of polymer concentration, component compatibility, solvent quality for coil block, rod-block length, and π-π interaction on the resulting aggregate conformations are examined. It was found that distinctly different from coil-coil copolymers, the aggregates of rod-coil copolymers exhibit morphological and structural diversity induced by the intrinsically rigid nature of the rod blocks. In general, the aggregate adopts the overall shape of sphere, cylinder, perforated sheet, or network. The morphology of the rod-block domain within aggregate is even richer and the interesting structures such as porous sphere, spherical spiral, helical bundles, discrete chunks, and nematic cylinder are observed. The short-range order parameter indicates that as rod length is long enough, neighboring rods begin to orient parallel to one another and nematic domains appear. Moreover, in the presence of π-π interactions, the neighboring rods within the B domains become more coherently oriented and smectic domains can thus be formed.     

Aggregation behavior of cyclic rod-coil diblock copolymers in selective solvents

The aggregation behavior of cyclic rod-coil (RC) diblock copolymers in dilute solutions is investigated through dissipative particle dynamics simulation. By varying the rod length and coil length, cyclic RC copolymers in selective solvents exhibit various morphologies, including spherical micelle, vesicle, bilayer disc, and ribbon bundle structure. Compared with the equivalent linear RC copolymer, only spherical micelle and barrel bundle phase are observed. Rod length is the major factor that controls the liquid-crystalline behavior of RC copolymer systems, while the coil length has a secondary effect on the aggregate morphology. The size of rod bundle varies with the coil length, especially for the end-toend ribbon bundle and side-by-side barrel bundle, which are assembled by cyclic and linear RC copolymer solutions. This finding indicates that the ribbon bundle or nanofiber-like structure in cyclic RC copolymers can be obtained by controlling the rod length and coil length, and thus the optical and electrical properties of RC copolymer would be further controlled and optimized. Results illustrate that cyclization of a linear RC copolymer induces remarkable differences in the rod arrangement and aggregation behavior, thereby indicating the competition between interfacial energy, rod orientational entropy, coil stretching entropy, and packing constraints.     

Self-assembly behavior of rod-coil-rod triblock copolymers within a planar slit

The self-assembly behavior of sphere-forming R₅C₃₀R₅ triblock copolymers within a planar slit is studied by performing dissipative particle dynamics simulations. A sequence of novel structures which are not observed in bulk are formed within slits, including wetting layers, island-like structure, parallel cylinders, perpendicular cylinders and cross-cylindrical structures. Perpendicular cylinders are always formed before the increase in the layers of parallel cylinders. A phase diagram of the assembled structures with respective to the slit property and height is thus presented. The rod length is found to have a significant impact on the rod alignment, and a disordered-ordered transition of rod orientation occurs with an increase in the length of rod blocks. Some special structures, such as parallel half-cylinders and arrowhead-shaped morphology, are observed when the rod length increases to a certain extent. Our results show that the property and height of the slit and rod length all influence the self-assembly of rod-coil-rod triblock copolymers.     

Multiple self-assembled nanostructures from an oligo(p-phenyleneethynylene) containing rod-coil-rod triblock copolymer

Induced by systematic variation of the initial polymer concentration in toluene, various morphologies of aggregates including vesicles, spheres, onion-like structures, and worm-like fibers from a rod-coil-rod triblock copolymer, oligo(p-phenyleneethynylene)-polystyrene-oligo(p-phenyleneethynylene), were observed by transmission electron microscopy.     

Self-assembly of rod-coil-rod ABA-type triblock copolymers

Self-assembled behavior of symmetric ABA rod-coil-rod triblock copolymer melts is studied by applying self-consistent-field lattice techniques in three-dimensional space. The phase diagram is constructed to understand the effects of the chain architecture on the self-assembled behavior. Four stable structures are observed for the ABA rod-coil-rod triblock, i.e., spherelike, lamellar, gyroidlike, and cylindrical structures. Different from AB rod-coil diblock and BAB coil-rod-coil triblock copolymers, the lamellar structure observed in ABA rod-coil-rod triblock copolymer melts is not stable for high volume fraction of the rod component (f(rod)=0.8), which is attributed to the intramolecular interactions between the two rod blocks of the polymer chain. When 0.3相似文献   

Recent advances in the solution self‐assembly of amphiphilic “rod‐coil” copolymers

Solution self‐assembly of amphiphilic “rod‐coil” copolymers, especially linear block copolymers and graft copolymers (also referred to as polymer brushes), has attracted considerable interest, as replacing one of the blocks of a coil‐coil copolymer with a rigid segment results in distinct self‐assembly features compared with those of the coil‐coil copolymer. The unique interplay between microphase separation of the rod and coil blocks with great geometric disparities can lead to the formation of unusual morphologies that are distinctly different from those known for coil‐coil copolymers. This review presents the recent achievements in the controlled self‐assembly of rod‐coil linear block copolymers and graft copolymers in solution, focusing on copolymer systems containing conjugated polymers, liquid crystalline polymers, polypeptides, and polyisocyanates as the rod segments. The discussions concentrate on the principle of controlling over the morphology of rod‐coil copolymer assemblies, as well as their distinctive optical and optoelectronic properties or biocompatibility and stimuli‐responsiveness, which afford the assemblies great potential as functional materials particularly for optical, optoelectronic and biological applications. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2017 , 55, 1459–1477     

Self‐assembly of oligo(p‐phenylenevinylene)‐block‐poly(ethylene oxide) in polar media and solubilization of an oligo(p‐phenylenevinylene) homooligomer inside the assembly

Rod–coil amphiphilic diblock copolymers, consisting of oligo(p‐phenylenevinylene) (OPV) as a rod and hydrophobic block and poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) as a coil and hydrophilic block, were synthesized by a convergent method. The aggregation behavior of the block copolymers in a selective solvent (tetrahydrofuran/H₂O) was probed with the absorption and emission of the OPV block. With increasing H₂O concentration, the absorption maximum was blueshifted, the emission from the molecularly dissolved OPV decreased, and that from the aggregated OPV increased. This indicated that the OPV blocks formed H‐type aggregates in which the OPV blocks aligned in a parallel orientation with one another. The transmission electron microscopy observation revealed that the block copolymers with PEO weight fractions of 41 and 62 wt % formed cylindrical aggregates with a diameter of 6–8 nm and a length of several hundreds nanometers, whereas the block copolymer with 79 wt % PEO formed distorted spherical aggregates with an average diameter of 13 nm. Furthermore, the solubilization of an OPV homooligomer with the block copolymer was studied. When the total polymer concentration was less than 0.1 wt %, the block copolymer solubilized OPV with a 50 mol % concentration. The structure of the aggregates was a cylinder with a relatively large diameter distribution. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 43: 1569–1578, 2005     

Synthesis and self‐assembly of helical polypeptide‐random coil amphiphilic diblock copolymer

Three amphiphilic rod‐coil diblock copolymers, poly(2‐ethyl‐2‐oxazoline‐b‐γ‐benzyl‐L ‐glutamate) (PEOz‐b‐PBLG), incorporating the same‐length PEOz block length and various lengths of their PBLG blocks, were synthesized through a combining of living cationic and N‐carboxyanhydride (NCA) ring‐opening polymerizations. In the bulk, these block copolymers display thermotropic liquid crystalline behavior. The self‐assembled aggregates that formed from these diblock copolymers in aqueous solution exhibited morphologies that differed from those obtained in α‐helicogenic solvents, that is, solvents in which the PBLG blocks adopt rigid α‐helix conformations. In aqueous solution, the block copolymers self‐assembled into spherical micelles and vesicular aggregates because of their amphiphilic structures. In helicogenic solvents (in this case, toluene and benzyl alcohol), the PEOz‐b‐PBLG copolymers exhibited rod‐coil chain properties, which result in a diverse array of aggregate morphologies (spheres, vesicles, ribbons, and tube nanostructures) and thermoreversible gelation behavior. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 46: 3108–3119, 2008     

Preclusion of nano scale self-assembly in block-selective non-aqueous solvents for rod–coil and coil–rod–coil macromolecular surfactants based on perylene tetracarboxylic diimide

Self-assembly of amphiphilic molecules ranging from simple surfactants to block copolymers in a solvent depends on one part of the molecule (one block in block copolymers) being soluble, and the other not. The aggregation of the insoluble segment in the block-selective solvent leads to the self assembly. In this paper, we describe a system of amphiphilic rod–coil and coil–rod–coil molecules, which do not show self assembly in block-selective non-aqueous solvents. We prepared rod–coil molecules based on hydrophilic propylene oxide/ethylene oxide copolymer (PO–EO copolymer) (Jeffamine®) as the flexible segment and photo-conducting large aromatic perylenediimide (PTCDI) as the rod. PO–EO copolymer was attached either to one side of PTCDI (MJ–PTCDI) or both sides (DJ–PTCDI). The former can be considered an inverse macromolecular surfactant, since the tail is hydrophilic and the head is hydrophobic. The DJ–PTCDI is a pseudo Gemini surfactant. Because of the presence of the chromophore, UV–Vis and fluorescent spectra could be used to study the self assembly of these amphiphilic rod coil polymers in solution. PTCDI forms π-interaction mediated aggregates in aqueous solution and these are H-stacked in MJ–PTCDI and J-stacked in DJ–PTCDI. Variable temperature UV and NMR spectra show that the assembly is stable over a large temperature range in water. The aggregates are also stable up to a pH of 12. However, when a non-aqueous solvent is used, no aggregation occurs. This is attributed to the “solvation” of the π-system of the PTCDI. With the addition of water, such solvation seems to be interrupted and aggregation occurs when water becomes a major component. We find that the mole percentage of the aggregates in acetone/water mixtures increases almost linearly with the concentration of water, providing a route to control the extent of aggregation of the chromophores. Due to the long, waxy PO–EO copolymer, MJ–PTCDI and DJ–PTCDI do not show liquid crystalline behavior or nanorod morphology, which were seen with short side chains. The optical microscopy of the bulk material shows aggregated crystals of PTCDI in the waxy matrix, showing that even in the presence of PO–EO copolymer, the molecular assembly of PTCDI takes place in the bulk. Secondary assembly was seen, in that upon ageing of the aqueous solutions, the drop cast films show that the spherical aggregates one-dimensionally coalesced into long fibers. Although UV–Vis spectra indicated no aggregation in non-aqueous solvents, drop-cast films of these solutions show needle-like aggregates and Lego-like assemblies.     

Self-assembly behavior of ABA coil-rod-coil triblock copolymers: a Brownian dynamics simulation approach

The self-assembly behavior of ABA coil-rod-coil triblock copolymers in a selective solvent was studied by a Brownian molecular dynamics simulation method. It was found that the rod midblock plays an important role in the self-assembly of the copolymers. With a decrease in the segregation strength, ?(RR), of rod pairs, the aggregate structure first varies from a smecticlike disk shape to a long twisted string micelle and then to small aggregates. The influence of the block length and the asymmetry of the triblock copolymer on the phase behavior were studied and the corresponding phase diagrams were mapped. It was revealed that the variation of these parameters has a profound effect on microstructure. The simulation results are consistent with experimental results. Compared to rod-coil diblock copolymers, the coil-rod-coil triblock copolymers has a larger entropy penalty associated with the interfacial grafting density of the aggregate, leading to a higher ?(RR) value for structural transitions.