EPR-g-PS热塑弹性体的形态结构

电子显微镜观察表明,以乙丙橡胶(EPR)为主干,聚苯乙烯(PS)为支链的接枝共聚物EPR-g-PS的基本形态是高度分散的聚苯乙烯微区(约几百?)存在于乙丙橡胶连续相中的两相体系,随接枝共聚物中聚苯乙烯含量增加,微区形态发生变化,少量的接枝共聚物在PS与EPR共混物中起“增容剂”作用,使分散相微区变得小而均匀,多重玻璃化转变的存在进一步证实了接枝共聚物相分离的形态结构。     

PEG链段对聚乙二醇接枝聚苯胺结构与性能的影响

将苯胺(An)与甲氧基聚乙二醇邻氨基苯基醚氧化共聚,制备了梳状接枝共聚物PAn-g-PEG.研究了梳状接枝共聚物的UV-Vis、微观结构、热稳定性和溶解成膜性等随侧链聚乙二醇(PEG)链段的变化规律.结果表明随PAn-g-PEG中PEG链段长度和含量的提高,共聚物的溶解性和成膜性能显著提高,电子导电率缓慢降低,热稳定性变差.共聚物具有微相分离结构,其形态随PEG链段的改变分别为“海-岛相”和“双连续相”;提高PEG链段长度和含量,PAn-g-PEG能形成稳定的水溶性分散体系,并能浇注成柔韧平整的导电高分子自支撑膜.     

聚醚氨酯的微区形态

<正> 聚醚氨酯热塑弹性体是属于(AB)n类型的线型多嵌段共聚物,包括交替的硬段和软段单元.自从1966年Cooper和Tobolsky首先提出聚氨酯具有微相分离的本体结构之假设以后,至今已有大量文献报道了这类材料结构形态与性能关系的研究结果. Wilkes和Koberstein等使用SAXS研究了聚氨酯体系的形态特征.一般认为,聚氨酯材料的微相结构包括一个叠层状或类似叠层状形态,由相分离的软段和硬段组成,平均尺寸为100A的数量级,在软硬段微区之间还存在一相混合的过渡区,其厚度可以从几个埃至几十个埃.然而,SAXS虽然能够高分辨地给出多相体系相分离情况的定     

PPO-PDMS-PHS_n三元多嵌段共聚物的形态结构和性能

利用DMA,TEM和SAXS对以聚苯醚(PPO)为硬段、聚对羟基苯乙烯(PHS)为半硬段和聚二甲基硅氧烷(PDMS)为软段的三元多嵌段共聚物(?)PPO-PDMS-PHS(?)_n的形态结构和性能进行了研究.结果表明,(?)PPO-PDMS-PHS(?)_n以三种嵌段相容相为连续相,PPO与PHS的相容相和PDMS相为两种分散相,其tanδ随温度变化曲线在-100℃至200℃一直是一很高的平台,并具有优异的力学性能,较好地解决了含有机硅类嵌段共聚物强度低的弱点,同时又保留了嵌段共聚物微相分离的特性.     

基于甲壳型液晶高分子的刚-柔型二嵌段共聚物的层状相:链伸展行为的研究

研究了一系列以聚己内酯(PCL)为柔性链段、甲壳型液晶高分子聚{2,5-二[(4-甲氧基苯基)氧羰基]苯乙烯}(PMPCS)为刚性链段的刚-柔型二嵌段共聚物(PCL-b-PMPCS)的微相分离结构.小角X射线散射(SAXS)和广角X射线衍射(WAXD)实验结果表明,当PMPCS为无定形态时,PCL-b-PMPCS的微相分离行为与柔-柔型二嵌段共聚物相似,其相形态主要取决于两段的体积分数.随温度升高,PMPCS链段采取伸展的棒状构象,形成六方柱状向列相(ΦHN),会诱导体系的微相分离结构出现"有序-有序"或"无序-有序"转变,使得在很宽的PMPCS体积分数(fPMPCS:40%~80%)内样品均呈现层状微相分离结构.我们对在200oC得到的层状相SAXS数据进行了一维相关函数分析,详细考察了层状相中PMPCS及PCL相区的厚度(LPMPCS、LPCL)与相应链段聚合度(NPMPCS、NPCL)的关系.对PMPCS相区,发现LPMPCS=0.2NPMPCS(nm).因棒状PMPCS链段与层的法线方向平行,该线性关系表明PCL-b-PMPCS的层状相为"单层近晶A相"结构,LPMPCS即为棒状PMPCS链段的长度,可通过控制PMPCS的聚合度予以精确控制.对PCL相区,则LPCL与NPCL近似有标度关系LPCL~NPCL0.85,说明处于熔融态的PCL链段受迫强烈伸展.进一步分析WAXD实验数据并计算每根PMPCS链段在层状相中的界面面积(S/X)可知,随NPMPS增大,PMPCS链段的液晶度从~20%增至~55%,S/X则从~2.4nm2增至~2.7 nm2.与此相应,PCL链段的伸展程度会略有降低,说明LPCL有较弱的NPMPCS依赖性.另一方面,LPCL与S/X的乘积与NPCL满足线性关系LPCL(S/X)=0.21NPCL(nm3),斜率即为PCL重复单元的体积.     

结构可控的聚合物长短刷接枝纳米粒子

通过RAFT聚合制备了一系列窄分子量分布的聚(γ-甲基丙烯酰氧基丙基三乙氧基硅烷)(PTEPM)-b-聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯(PMMA)嵌段共聚物和PTEPM、PMMA低聚物.将具有不同PMMA分子量的2种PTEPM-b-PMMA共聚物与低聚物PMMA或PTEPM进行共组装(微相分离),形成片、柱、球等不同PTEPM相区结构.采用盐酸气氛处理,PTEPM相区水解交联形成倍半硅氧烷SiO1.5内核,分离纯化得到聚合物长短刷接枝纳米粒子.使用这种相分离-交联-分散制备方法,调节嵌段共聚物分子结构和三组分比例,可实现聚合物接枝纳米粒子内核形状和尺寸、接枝密度、长短刷比例、长刷长度的精确调控.这些纳米粒子是研究聚合物纳米复合材料结构-性能关系的理想模型体系.     

N-异丙基丙烯酰胺类共聚物温敏性研究

制备了N-异丙基丙烯酰胺(NIPAAm)与N,N-二甲基丙烯酰胺(DMAAm)和/或甲基丙烯酸羟乙酯(HEMA)的二元及三元共聚物,研究了组成和链转移剂用量对共聚物温敏性的影响,并在上述三元共聚物上接枝聚己内酯(PCL)得到温敏性两亲聚合物.结果表明,随着DMAAm增加、HEMA减少或共聚物分子量降低,共聚物的最低临界溶解温度升高,且PCL链段的接枝度和长度对聚合物的温敏性影响明显.     

温度/pH敏感性嵌段共聚物P(HEMA-co-DEAEMA)-b-PDEAM-b-P(DEAEMA-co-HEMA)的合成与性质研究

利用原子转移自由基聚合方法(ATRP)合成了组成递变的嵌段共聚物P(HEMA-co-DEAEMA)-b-PDEAM-b- P(DEAEMA-co-HEMA). 用FTIR, ¹H NMR和GPC技术表征了聚合物的组成、结构、分子量及其分布. 通过透光率测定、粘度、激光粒度分析和透射电镜研究了共聚物组成、温度及溶液pH对其溶液相行为和胶束化作用的影响. 结果表明: 所合成的嵌段共聚物具有温度和pH敏感性, 共聚物水溶液的低临界溶解温度(LCST)随HEMA量的增加而降低, 临界相变pH随HEMA量的增加而降低, 温度和pH诱导均可实现嵌段共聚物的胶束化. 控制HEMA量可以调控嵌段共聚物的LCST和pK_a.     

聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯-聚四氢呋喃嵌段共聚物微观结构的研究

我们用SAXS、TEM等方法研究了分子量分散性较大的PMMA-b-PTHF两嵌段共聚物的微相结构。试样的分子量多分散系数为1.99,PMMA的重量分数为0.48。实验结果表明,其平衡微相结构并不是层状微区,而是在尺寸上也具有一定分散性的球状微区,微区之间并未形成三维有序的大晶格结构,而是一种无规聚集结构。这和单分散两嵌段共聚物理论所预言的结果是不同的。     

接枝共聚物聚苯乙烯－g－聚氧乙烯的微相分离形态研究

本文利用透射电子显微镜技术，以两性接校共聚物聚苯乙烯－ｇ－聚氧乙烯为研究对象，研究了接枝共聚物的微相分离形态结构，发现聚苯乙烯－ｇ－聚氧乙烯能形成微相分离结构，微区的形状和尺寸与共聚物的组成和侧链长度有关．文中还讨论了嵌段共聚物和接枝共聚物在形成微相分离结构时的共性和个性．     

Concentrated reverse micelles in a random graft block copolymer system: structure and in-situ synthesis of silver nanoparticles

The structure and rheological properties of a poly(dimethylsiloxane)-graft-poly(oxyethylene) copolymer at high concentrations in block-selective solvents were studied by small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) and rheometry. Analysis of SAXS data indicates that quasispherical, reverse micellar aggregates (with no ordered packing) are present in concentrated solutions of the copolymer in nonpolar solvents, and that upon addition of water, the size of such aggregates increases due to the solubilization inside the micellar cores. The viscosity of concentrated polymer solutions increases exponentially as water is added, and finally, viscoelastic, gel-like behavior is found in the vicinity of the phase separation limit. It was found that small silver nanoparticles with an average diameter of ≈3 nm can be synthesized inside the copolymer aggregates without the need of a reducing agent; namely, particles embedded in a viscoelastic matrix are obtained. The synthesis seems to follow first-order kinetics. Electronic supplementary material Supplementary material is available in the online version of this article at and is accessible for authorized users.     

SIMULTANEOUS SAXS／WAXS／DSC STUDIES ON MICROSTRUCTURE OF CONVENTIONAL AND METALLOCENE-BASED ETHYLENE-BUTENE COPOLYMERS

The fractions of one metallocene-based (mPE) and one conventional (znPE) ethylene-butene copolymer eluted at 80-82℃ from temperature rising elution fractionation were selected for DSC and time-resolved small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) and wide angle X-ray scattering (WAXS) characterization. The DSC and WAXS results show that two crystal structures exist in both mPE and znPE: structure A with higher melting temperature and structure B with lower melting temperature. It was found that original znPE (s-znPE) contains more highly ordered structure A than original mPE (s-mPE) in spite of the higher comonomer content of znPE. Another structure C is also identified because of higher crystallinity measured by WAXS than by DSC and is attributed to the interfacial region. The SAXS data were analyzed with correlation function and two maxima were observed in s-mPE and s-znPE, in agreement with the conclusion of two crystal populations drawn from DSC and WAXS results. These two crystal populatiorts have close long periods in s-mPE, but very different long periods in s-znPE. In contrast, freshly crystallized mPE and znPE (f-mPE and f-znPE) contain only a single crystal population with a broader distribution of long period     

Highly oriented structure formed in a lamella-forming diblock copolymer with high molar mass

Highly oriented films were prepared simply by annealing a lamella-forming block copolymer, poly(ethylene oxide-b-styrene) (PEO-b-PS), with high molar mass under a pressure of 0.2 MPa. The oriented structures were characterized by small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) and wide-angle X-ray diffraction (WAXD). The SAXS measurements showed that the lamellar layers of the block copolymer are highly oriented parallel in the film plane. The WAXD images showed that the c-axis of PEO crystals was oriented normal to the film plane. The Hermans-Stein orientation functions for the lamellar layer and the crystal axis are 0.954 and −0.466, respectively, and are close to the values of perfect orientation. It was considered that the highly oriented structure was formed by the combined effects of shear flow and self-organization of the block copolymer during annealing under stress. The high degree of orientation both for the lamellar layer and crystal planes also suggested that the crystallization in the confined domains results in a high degree of orientation of PEO crystals with respect to the lamellar interface of the block copolymer.     

In situ SAXS study on a new mechanism for mesostructure formation of ordered mesoporous carbons: thermally induced self-assembly

A new mechanism for mesostructure formation of ordered mesoporous carbons (OMCs) was investigated with in situ small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) measurements: thermally induced self-assembly. Unlike the well-established evaporation-induced self-assembly (EISA), the structure formation for organic-organic self-assembly of an oligomeric resol precursor and the block-copolymer templates Pluronic P123 and F127 does not occur during evaporation but only by following a thermopolymerization step at temperatures above 100 °C. The systems investigated here were cubic (Im3m), orthorhombic Fmmm) and 2D-hexagonal (plane group p6mm) mesoporous carbon phases in confined environments, as thin films and within the pores of anodic alumina membranes (AAMs), respectively. The thin films were prepared by spin-coating mixtures of the resol precursor and the surfactants in ethanol followed by thermopolymerization of the precursor oligomers. The carbon phases within the pores of AAMs were made by imbibition of the latter solutions followed by solvent evaporation and thermopolymerization within the solid template. This thermopolymerization step was investigated in detail with in situ grazing incidence small-angle X-ray scattering (GISAXS, for films) and in situ SAXS (for AAMs). It was found that the structural evolution strongly depends on the chosen temperature, which controls both the rate of the mesostructure formation and the spatial dimensions of the resulting mesophase. Therefore the process of structure formation differs significantly from the known EISA process and may rather be viewed as thermally induced self-assembly. The complete process of structure formation, template removal, and shrinkage during carbonization up to 1100 °C was monitored in this in situ SAXS study.     

Improving the softness of BOPP films: From laboratory investigation to industrial processing

Young's modulus of biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) films prepared with homemade film stretcher was investigated,which can be used to indicate the softness of fihns.It was found that the modulus of films was decreased by about 69％ as the content of polyethylene (PE) added into polypropylene (PP) reached 30％.Also,increasing draw temperature can induce lower stress level during stretching,which may lead to the formation of crystals with low orientation level and thus decreased modulus of films.Based on laboratory study,BOPP films produced on commercial line were studied by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC),wide and small-angle X-ray scattering (WAXS,SAXS) with varying contents of PE.SAXS results show that the crystals are oriented in both machine direction (MD) and transverse direction (TD),and the crystals are more oriented in TD than MD according to the WAXS results for all films.Also,the orientation parameter of crystal along TD increases from 0.68 to 0.83 as the contents of PE increase from 0％ to 25％.Meanwhile,the modulus of films in MD declines with increase of PE contents generally,improving the film softness.Orientation of crystals is thus an effective structure parameter to adjust the film softness.The relationship of processing-structure-property is also established.     

Morphology and physical properties of triblock copolymers with crystalline end blocks

The morphology of crystalline end-block copolymers of poly(thiacyclobutane-b-isoprene-b-thiacyclobutane) (TCB–I–TCB) was studied by optical microscopy, electron microscopy, and small-angle x-ray scattering (SAXS). A spherulitic texture was observed for both the TCB homopolymer and the TCB–I–TCB block copolymers. Well-defined phases arranged in an ordered structure exist when the films are cast above the melting temperature of the crystalline end blocks. The dimensions and the arrangements of the domains have been derived from both SAXS and electron microscope measurements. The deformation mechanism of the 41% end-block copolymer sample was also examined by a combination of SAXS and stress–strain studies. It was found that the interdomain spacing increased along the stretching direction as the extension ratio was increased. The morphology changes from hexagonally packed cylinders to rowtype cylinders upon the application of stress.     

SAXS and TEM Investigations on Thermoplastic Nanocomposites Containing Functionalized Silica Nanoparticles

Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) were used to characterize the morphology of thermoplastic nanocomposites. These materials were based on a thermoplastic matrix of a copolymer of methylmethacrylate (MMA) and 2-hydroxyethylmethacrylate (HEMA) with spherical 10 nm silica particles as a filler (filler content 2, 5 and 10 vol%, respectively). Depending on the surface modification of the particles, it was possible to control the aggregation tendency of the primary filler particles. With uncoated particles large aggregates about 100 nm in size could be observed by TEM. For nanocomposites containing particles coated with methacryloxypropyltrimethoxysilane (MPTS), TEM showed that the particles were better dispersed in the polymer matrix only forming aggregates comprised of two or three primary particles. In comparison to the TEM results, the volume weighted particle size distribution calculated from SAXS for the systems with uncoated particles is monomodal and shows particle sizes in the range of primary particles whereas the systems with MPTS coated particles revealed a bimodal size distribution with particle sizes comparable to those measured with TEM. To obtain complete information about the morphology of the nanocomposites above the critical upper limit of detectable scattering vectors (particle sizes >50 nm) SAXS has to be supported by TEM, whereas in the nanosize range below the critical limit both methods exhibit an excellent correspondence.     

液晶态磷脂酰乙醇胺脂质体和LB膜结构的研究

用原子力显微镜、小角X射线散射和³¹PNMR分别对液晶态磷脂酰乙醇胺脂质体和LB膜结构进行了研究.用原子力显微镜观察到了液晶态脂质体的立方相和双层膜共存的结构图像.研究结果表明,两相共存的状态与双亲性分子的结构、浓度以及介质的组分和pH等因素有关.用小角X射线散射和³¹PNMR研究发现,在DEPE液晶态中,钠盐诱导形成Q²²⁹(Im3m)立方相.DEPE液晶态分别在37.5℃出现L_β→L_α可逆相变,在63.5℃出现L_α→H_Ⅱ可逆相变.     

A pyrrole-containing surfactant as a tecton for nanocomposite SiO2 films

A surfactant featuring a polymerizable pyrrole head group (dodecyl-dimethyl-(2-pyrrol-1-yl-ethyl)-ammonium bromide, DDPABr) was synthesized. The thermotropic behavior of the surfactant was investigated by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and X-ray scattering techniques, with small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) analysis revealing a highly ordered lamellar bilayer structure. After full characterization, DDPABr was used in the preparation of mesostructured SiO2 nanocomposite thin films via evaporation-induced self-assembly (EISA). Resulting thin SiO2-DDPABr films were studied by 1D and 2D small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) techniques, indicating a lamellar nanocomposite structure. Suitable theoretical SAXS models were applied to fit the experimental 1D SAXS data. The surfactant could be chemically polymerized within the lamellar domains.     

Small-angle x-ray scattering studies on epoxidized butadiene-styrene block copolymers

Small-angle x-ray scattering (SAXS) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) investigations for epoxidized butadiene-styrene (BS) block copolymers were performed. For unepoxidized copolymers, the SAXS curve exhibits a maximum which indicates that the copolymer has heterogeneity domain morphology. Using the standard theory for a two-phase system, mean distances between domains, the correlation length l _p , and the thickness of the phase boundary were calculated from the SAXS data. It was found that the epoxidation of BS copolymers decreases the ability of the copolymer to separate the individual components. As the content of the epoxide groups increases, the dimensions of the domains decrease until they disappear, the boundary between domains and the matrix becomes less and less definite, and the copolymer composes a homogeneous system. The disappearance of the two-phase structure of the BS copolymers indicates an increase in the compatibility of polystyrene and epoxidized polybutadiene. According to the method of Van Krevelen, the solubility parameters of polystyrene and epoxypolybutadiene were calculated. Small differences between these parameters support the conclusions drawn from the SAXS investigations