低能量链端对聚苯乙烯薄膜铺展和润湿行为的影响

通过低能量功能端基的表面富集作用,研究了聚苯乙烯（ＰＳ）薄膜在聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯（ＰＭＭＡ）表面上的铺展和润湿动力学．用光学显微镜跟踪了ＰＳ薄膜的润湿行为,并对高分子熔体膜中非连续部分尺寸的增大速率进行了测定．分别用ＸＰＳ和ＡＦＭ对ＰＳ薄膜的表面组成和ＰＳ液滴的平衡接触角进行了测定．发现具有低表面能的氟碳端基在薄膜表面富集使ＰＳ薄膜的表面张力下降,并使ＰＳ液滴在ＰＭＭＡ表面上的平衡接触角减小,从而使高分子熔体膜中非连续部分尺寸的增长速率下降,得到了与液液界面铺展和润湿理论一致的实验结果．     

新型三硅氧烷表面活性剂在低能表面的铺展机理

为了了解三硅氧烷类表面活性剂在低能表面上的铺展机理, 实验研究了5种新型葡糖酰胺类三硅氧烷在石蜡表面铺展行为与时间以及浓度的关系. 结果显示: 在大多数情况下, 葡糖酰胺类三硅氧烷在石蜡表面的铺展是由三相线处非平衡毛细作用力导致, 在高浓度的I, II体系中, 表面张力梯度参与驱动液滴的铺展. 此外, 研究发现表面活性剂的HLB值以及分子体积明显影响其铺展能力, 具有适当HLB值的II在石蜡表面显示了一定的超铺展行为, 并在各浓度下均表现出最佳铺展性能.     

粗糙PTFE涂层表面结构对乙醇/水混合溶液润湿性的影响

以具有粗糙结构的超疏水的聚四氟乙烯(PTFE)涂层为基体, 研究具有不同表面张力的乙醇/水混合溶液在表面的润湿. 通过空气分率的计算并进行液滴受力分析. 结果表明, 随着表面张力的降低, 乙醇/水混合溶液逐渐填满涂层表面的粗糙结构, 当表面张力大于约28 mN·m-1时, 溶液首先填满表面上的条纹状结构; 当表面张力小于约28 mN·m-1时, 溶液填满表面上的乳突状结构. 当条纹状结构被填满时, 粗糙表面空气分率下降很小, 溶液不能润湿PTFE涂层表面;当乳突状结构被填满时, 粗糙表面空气分率迅速下降,溶液能够润湿PTFE涂层.     

碳氟-碳氢表面活性剂混合水溶液在油面上铺展

本文研究RfCONH(CH2)3N(C2H5)2CH3I/CnH2n 1,COONa及RfCOONa/CmH2m 1N(CH3)3Br(Rf=F[CF(CF3)CF2O]2CF(CF3);n=7,8.11,13;m=8,10,12)两类正，负离子碳氟－碳氢表面活性剂混合水溶液在油面上的铺展及对油面的密封性能。研究表明在碳氟表面活性剂中加入异电性碳氢表面活性剂可大大降低碳氟表面活性剂水溶液的铺展浓度，也可使一些因素表面张力较高而不能铺展的碳氟表面活性剂水溶液在油面上铺展。在碳氟表面活性剂中加入异电性碳氢表面活性剂可提高水膜对油面的密封性。若在混合表面活性剂中加入黄原胶，水膜的密封性能更好。     

含氟丙烯酸酯聚合物乳胶膜表面性质

采用XPS和界面张力仪分别测定了含氟丙烯酸酯聚合物乳胶膜表面的组成及水在其表面的动态接触角, 并用状态逼近方程模型计算了含氟聚合物乳胶膜的表面张力, 考察了温度对乳胶膜润湿性的影响. 结果表明, 含氟聚合物乳胶膜表层较深处的F 1s信号强度比近表面要弱, 乳胶膜表面张力随表面氟原子浓度增加在一定程度上呈现线性下降；含氟侧链(Rf)较长(碳原子数n＞6)的含氟聚合物, 其表面张力随Rf单元含量增加而下降的趋势显著高于Rf较短(n≤6)的含氟聚合物, 而水在含氟聚合物乳胶膜表面上的后退接触角θr随n增大出现急剧上升, n≥10 时, θr值几乎恒定不再随n增大而改变. 此外, 参与共聚的非氟丙烯酸酯酯基碳链较短时, 水在共聚物乳胶膜表面的θr随氟单元含量增加而增加的趋势更显著；温度超过40 ℃后, 水对聚合物乳胶膜的润湿性随温度上升略有改善.     

<高分子通报>2001年总目录

旋光性聚合物的铁电性能黄爱明　刘引烽　华家栋 ( 1 -1 )…………………………………………………………锂离子电池用聚合物固体电解质的新进展胡树文　张正诚　方世璧 ( 1 -9)………………………………………苯胺低聚体的合成与表征孙再成　李　季　王献红　景遐斌　王佛松 ( 1 -1 6)……………………………………聚合物熔体结晶的方式 (Ｒｅｇｉｍｅ)理论余　坚　何嘉松 ( 1 -2 5 )…………………………………………………………聚合物熔体膜在基体表面的润湿和铺展行为袁才根　陈　亚　胡春圃 ( 1 -34 )……………………………………聚…     

超临界二氧化碳体系中PVDF微孔膜的表面接枝改性

超临界二氧化碳（SCCO2）是一种T〉31．1℃,P〉7．38MPa的二氧化碳流体,不仅具有类似于气体的粘度和类似于液体的密度,而且可以通过改变温度或压力控制SCCO2的密度及溶解性．SCCO2对有机小分子具有优良的溶解、扩散和渗透性能,化学惰性,无污染,易于分离,作为一种聚合反应介质,受到学术界日益增多重视．SCCO2极低的粘度使其具有良好的流动性和扩散渗透性能,零表面张力使其对聚合物具有良好的润湿和增塑性,这将促进引发剂和聚合单体向微孔膜的外表面及内表面扩散．利用温度和压力改变SCCO2的溶解性能调整单体在聚合物相和SCCO2相之间的分布,进而控制微孔膜内外表面的接枝程度．所以SCCO2接枝聚合反应对于聚合物膜的表面改性具有极其重要的意义．     

接触角及其在表面化学研究中的应用

润湿是一种流体取代界面上另一种流体的界面现象,通常是指液体从固体表面取代气体的过程。如在干净玻璃板上加水,排走表面上的空气形成薄的水膜,即为铺展润湿,简称铺展,此过程的特点是原固气界面消失,气液界面扩大,并形成新的固液界面。将固体完全浸渍于液体中,固气界面消失,气液界面不变,形成新的固液界面,此过程为现润湿（浸湿）。液体与固体接触,气液和固气界面减小,形成固液界面的过程为沾湿。润湿过程涉及固体和液     

全氟壬烯氧基苯磺酸钠/辛基酚聚氧乙烯醚-10复配体系的铺展性能

分析全氟壬烯氧基苯磺酸钠(OBS)与辛基酚聚氧乙烯醚-10(OP-10)复配比例对溶液的表面张力、油/水界面张力及铺展性能的影响,寻求最佳复配比例和最佳铺展浓度.研究结果表明,OBS/OP-10混合水溶液与OBS单一组分水溶液相比,表面张力略有增加,界面张力显著降低,因此混合水溶液的铺展性能显著改善,原来在环己烷上不铺展,复配后变得铺展.尤其以质量比为1∶3,浓度为3.12 mmol/L体系水溶液的铺展性能最好,可以在环己烷上快速铺展,而且显著降低了OBS的用量,约降低了67％ OBS用量,提高了经济效益.同时对OBS/OP-10不同复配比例的水溶液最佳铺展浓度进行了研究,发现由表面张力确定的临界胶束浓度、界面张力确定的临界胶束浓度并非最佳铺展浓度,三者之间有一定偏差,其中,最佳铺展浓度介于表面临界胶束浓度、界面临界胶束浓度之间,差额取决于氟碳表面活性剂和碳氢表面活性剂的性质及配比.     

非溶剂诱导聚苯乙烯超薄膜去润湿过程中不同有序表面形貌的形成

利用原子力显微镜研究了带有自然氧化层硅基底上聚苯乙烯薄膜在不同非溶剂诱导下的去润湿过程.研究发现,非溶剂是通过渗透取代机理诱导高分子薄膜发生去润湿.薄膜的形貌取决于成孔过程与孔增长过程的相对速度.当聚苯乙烯(PS)薄膜厚度为15 nm时,随着溶剂烷基链的增长,成孔数显著降低;然而孔开始合并时孔径明显地增加.当PS薄膜厚度增加到25 nm时,随着溶剂烷基链的增长,成孔数略有降低,薄膜形貌形成长程有序的双连续的结构.当PS膜厚为35 nm时,与其它2个膜厚相比,成孔数大幅下降.此外,温度和分子量能进一步降低去润湿过程中的成孔数,从而形成分形结构形貌.     

Liquid templating for nanoparticle organization into complex patterns

Dewetting of thin films of charged polymer solutions produces complex patterns that can be applied to direct nanoparticle organization on solid substrates. The morphology produced by dewetting can be controlled by the solution properties, temperature, and substrate wetting. In this work, new results on this liquid-template self-assembly system are presented, with special emphasis on producing large arrays of organized nanoparticles. On a hydrophilic substrate with complete wetting, the patterns include polygonal networks and parallel-track arrays that extend over several hundreds of microns. These large structures are formed under well-controlled drying conditions and characterized by scanning electron microscopy, which is better suited for the examination of large as well as small areas than atomic force microscopy. On partial wetting substrates, new patterns are observed, including a complex set of parallel curved bands with variable particle number densities.     

On sub-T(g) dewetting of nanoconfined liquids and autophobic dewetting of crystallites

The glass transition temperature (T(g)) of thin films is reduced by nanoconfinement, but it is also influenced by the free surface and substrate interface. To gain more insights into their contributions, dewetting behaviors of n-pentane, 3-methylpentane, and toluene films are investigated on various substrates as functions of temperature and film thickness. It is found that monolayers of these molecules exhibit sub-T(g) dewetting on a perfluoro-alkyl modified Ni substrate, which is attributable to the evolution of a 2D liquid. The onset temperature of dewetting increases with film thickness because fluidity evolves via cooperative motion of many molecules; sub-T(g) dewetting is observed for films thinner than 5 monolayers. In contrast, monolayers wet substrates of graphite, silicon, and amorphous solid water until crystallization occurs. The crystallites exhibit autophobic dewetting on the substrate covered with a wetting monolayer. The presence of premelting layers is inferred from the fact that n-pentane crystallites disappear on amorphous solid water via intermixing. Thus, the properties of quasiliquid formed on the crystallite surface differ significantly from those of the 2D liquid formed before crystallization.     

Photoactive additives for cross-linking polymer films: Inhibition of dewetting in thin polymer films

In this report, we describe a versatile photochemical method for cross-linking polymer films and demonstrate that this method can be used to inhibit thin polymer films from dewetting. A bifunctional photoactive molecule featuring two benzophenone chromophores capable of abstracting hydrogen atoms from various donors, including C-H groups, is mixed into PS films. Upon exposure to UV light, the bis-benzophenone molecule cross-links the chains presumably by hydrogen abstraction followed by radical recombination. Photoinduced cross-linking is characterized by infrared spectroscopy and gel permeation chromatography. Optical and atomic force microscopy images show that photocrosslinked polystyrene (PS) thin films resist dewetting when heated above the glass transition temperature or exposed to solvent vapor. PS films are inhibited from dewetting on both solid and liquid substrates. The effectiveness of the method to inhibit dewetting is studied as a function of the ratio of cross-linker to macromolecule, duration of exposure to UV light, film thickness, the driving force for dewetting, and the thermodynamic nature of the substrate.     

Relaxing nonequilibrated polymers in thin films at temperatures slightly above the glass transition

We have studied the dewetting process of thin polystyrene films on nonwettable substrates in the viscoelastic regime slightly above the glass transition temperature. The evolution of the shape of the dewetting rim for varying film thickness, molecular weights and dewetting temperatures allowed us to determine the relaxation rates of residual stresses, which originated from nonequilibrated polymer chain conformations formed during film preparation by spin‐coating. For long chain polymers, we found rates notably faster than the longest bulk relaxation processes, highly independent of molecular weight and temperature. Our study demonstrates that dewetting is a powerful tool for sensitive characterization of nonequilibrium properties of thin polymer films. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys. 2017 , 55, 515–523     

Dewetting Kinetics of Thin Polymer Films with Different Architectures: Effect of Polymer Adsorption

We have investigated the influence of the adsorption process on the dewetting behavior of the linear polystyrene film(LPS),the 3-arm star polystyrene film(3 SPS) and the ring polystyrene film(RPS) on the silanized Si substrate.Results show that the adsorption process greatly influences the dewetting behavior of the thin polymer films.On the silanized Si substrate,the 3 SPS chains exhibit stronger adsorption compared with the LPS chains and RPS chains; as a result,the wetting layer forms more easily.For LPS films,with the decrease of annealing temperature,the kinetics of polymer film changes from exponential behavior to slip dewetting.As a comparison,the stability of 3 SPS and RPS films switches from slip dewetting to unusual dewetting kinetic behavior.The adsorbed nanodroplets on the solid substrate play an important role in the dewetting kinetics by reducing the driving force of dewetting and increase the resistant force of dewetting.Additionally,Brownian dynamics(BD) simulation shows that the absolute values of adsorption energy(ε) gradually increase from linear polymer(-0.3896) to ring polymer(-0.4033) and to star polymer(-0.4264),which is consistent with the results of our adsorption experiments.     

Wetting-dewetting transition line in thin polymer films

Thin polymeric films are increasingly being utilized in diverse technological applications, and it is crucial to have a reliable method to characterize the stability of these films against dewetting. The parameter space that influences the dewetting of thin polymer films is wide (molecular mass, temperature, film thickness, substrate interaction) and a combinatorial method of investigation is suitable. We thus construct a combinatorial library of observations for polystyrene (PS) films cast on substrates having orthogonal temperature and surface energy gradients and perform a series of measurements for a range of molecular masses (1800 g/mol < M < 35 000 g/mol) and film thicknesses h (30 nm < h < 40 nm) to explore these primary parameter axes. We were able to obtain a near-universal scaling curve describing a wetting-dewetting transition line for polystyrene films of fixed thickness by introducing reduced temperature and surface energy variables dependent on M. Our observations also indicate that the apparent polymer surface tension gamma(p) becomes appreciably modified in thin polymer films from its bulk counterpart for films thinner than about 100-200 nm, so that bulk gamma(p) measurements cannot be used to estimate the stability of ultrathin films. Both of these observations are potentially fundamental for the control of thin film stability in applications where film dewetting can compromise film function.     

Partial dewetting of polyethylene thin films on rough silicon dioxide surfaces

The effect of roughness on the dewetting behavior of polyethylene thin films on silicon dioxide substrates is presented. Smooth and rough silicon dioxide substrates of 0.3 and 3.2-3.9 nm root-mean-square roughness were prepared by thermal oxidation of silicon wafers and plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition on silicon wafers, respectively. Polymer thin films of approximately 80 nm thickness were deposited by spin-coating on these substrates. Subsequent dewetting and crystallization of the polyethylene were observed by hot-stage optical microscopy in reflection mode. During heating, the polymer films melt and dewet on both substrates. Further observations after cooling indicate that, whereas complete dewetting occurs on the smooth substrate surface, partial dewetting occurs for the polymer film on the rough surface. The average thickness of the residual film on the rough surface was determined by ellipsometry to be a few nanometers, and the spatial distribution of the polymer in the cavities of the rough surface could be obtained by X-ray reflectometry. The residual film originates from the impregnation of the porous surface by the polymer fluid, leading to the observed partial dewetting behavior. This new type of partial dewetting should have important practical consequences, as most real surfaces exhibit significant roughness.     

Hole‐growth instability in the dewetting of evaporating polymer solution films

We investigate the dewetting of aqueous, evaporating polymer [poly(acrylic acid)] solutions cast on glassy hydrophobic (polystyrene) substrates. As in ordinary dewetting, the evaporating films initially break up through the nucleation of holes that perforate the film, but the rapidly growing holes become unstable and form nonequilibrium patterns resembling fingering patterns that arise when injecting air into a liquid between two closely spaced plates (Hele–Shaw patterns). This is natural because the formation of holes in thin films is similar to air injection into a polymer film where the thermodynamic driving force of dewetting is the analogue of the applied pressure in the flow measurement. The patterns formed in the rapidly dewetting and evaporating polymer films become frozen into a stable glassy state after most of the solvent (water) has evaporated, leaving stationary patterns that can be examined by atomic force microscopy and optical microscopy. Similar patterns have been observed in water films evaporating from mica substrates, block copolymer films, and modest hole fingering has also been found in the dewetting of dry polymer films. From these varied observations, we expect this dewetting‐induced fingering instability to occur generally when the dewetting rate and film viscosity are sufficiently large. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 40: 2825–2832, 2002     

A novel temperature‐step method to determine the glass transition temperature of ultrathin polymer films by liquid dewetting

A novel temperature‐step experimental method that extends the Bodiguel‐Fretigny liquid dewetting method of investigating polymer thin films is described and results presented from an investigation of thickness effects on the glass transition temperature (T_g) of ultrathin polystyrene (PS) films. Unlike most other methods of thin film investigation, this procedure promises a rapid screening tool to determine the overall profile of T_g versus film thickness for ultrathin polymer films using a limited number of samples. Similar to our prior observations and other literature data, with this new method obvious T_g depression was observed for PS thin films dewetting on both glycerol and an ionic liquid. The results for PS dewetting on the two different liquids are similar indicating only modest effects of the substrate on the T_g‐film thickness relationship. In both instances, the T_g depression is somewhat less than for similar PSs supported on silicon substrates reported in the literature. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys. 2013 , 51, 1343–1349     

Thin-Film Morphologies of Random Copolymers as Functions of Thermal History

Series polymers of butyl methacrylate with various contents of 3-(trimethoxysilyl)propyl methacrylate (MSMA) that introduces crosslinking networks among the macromolecules upon hydrolysis and self-condensation have been synthesized by free radical polymerization, and the influence of crosslinking density on the film properties has been examined. The polymer solutions were spin-cast over a layer of polystyrene brush to yield homogeneous polymer films. When the films of about 30 nm thick were exposed to moisture and then heated at 60 degrees C for hydrolysis and self-condensation of MSMA groups, the initially flat surfaces became slightly coarser but without apparent dewetting. Further annealing at 140 degrees C resulted in dewetting of the thin films, whose morphologies in thermodynamic equilibrium were related to the chemical compositions of the polymers. The polymers having higher contents of MSMA exhibited significantly reduced dewetting at the high temperature, due to the higher density of crosslinking networks that restricted the molecular mobility. In contrast to the thin films of about 30 nm thick, thicker films (about 100 nm) showed only a slight dewetting, even non-dewetting at the elevated temperature. Copyright 2001 Academic Press.