Residual strain recovery,molecular mobility,and plasticity of solid aromatic copolyesters of <Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis>-hydroxybenzoic acid with poly(ethylene terephthalate)

The processes of thermally stimulated recovery of internal energy stored by a specimen during deformation and of residual strain ?_res in weakly oriented liquid-crystalline 80: 20 and 60: 40 (by mole) copolyesters of p-hydroxybenzoic acid with PET, as well as in nonoriented (amorphous and crystalline) PET, were studied. All the materials were deformed via uniaxial compression at room temperature. It was shown that ?_res is built up in all phases that coexist in the materials: the glassy, crystalline, and intermediate phases, of which the last presumably contains imperfect crystals of a small size. Excess energy of strain is stored in the glassy phase with a built-in LC order and, probably, in copolyester crystallites. The main deformation processes in the glassy component of the materials are the nucleation and development of small-scale shear transformations in exactly the same manner as in the earlier studied glassy polymers that do not form an LC structure. Consequently, enhanced rigidity of the polyesters chains and their LC order have no qualitative effect on the mechanism of plastic deformation of the copolyester glasses. However, the LC structure leads to a decrease in the yield stress σ_y and the compression and shear moduli of the copolyesters in comparison with those of conventional glassy polymers i.e., reduces the resistance of the materials toward plastic deformation. With an increase in strain, various forms of Brownian motion of chains, beginning from the rotation of p-hydroxybenzoic acid fragments, become successively involved in the process of their deformation at room temperature. Correspondingly, the thermally stimulated recovery of ?_res exhibits peaks of small-scale motions of aromatic chain fragments in the glassy phase of copolyesters, a phenomenon that is not observed in PET and other aliphatic polymer glasses. The intensity of these peaks depends on the value of ?_res built up by the specimen. Even small strains (≈5?40%) in the specimens irreversibly destroy the initial orientation of chains in copolyesters. To explain this effect, the concept of domain disorientation of their structure is proposed.     

序列结构对液晶共聚酯性能的影响

本文通过熔融酯交换和Schottern-Baumann缩聚反应合成了两类组成相同而序列结构不同的基于对羟基苯甲酸、对苯二甲酸和二元酚的三元共聚酯,用热台偏光显微镜、DSC和X-射线衍射,较详细地研究了序列结构对液晶相类型、转变温度和固态结构等的影响。结果表明,无规共聚酯较规则共聚酯的熔化温度普遍降低;但序列结构的差异并不改变液晶相类型,规则共聚酯和无规共聚酯均为热致向列型液晶,两类共聚酯固态结构的差异可用结构单元的相似性进行解释。     

含X-型二维液晶基元和顺式-4,4′-双(4-羟基苯基偶氮)二苯并-14-冠-4冠醚环液晶共聚酯的合成与表征

以4,4′-(α,ω-辛二酰氧)二苯甲酰氯(M1)、2,5-二(对十二烷氧基苯甲酰氧基)对苯二酚(M2)和顺式-4,4′-双(4-羟基苯基偶氮)二苯并-14-冠-4(M3)为单体,通过溶液共缩聚反应,合成了一系列含X-型二维液晶基元和顺式-4,4′-双(4-羟基苯基偶氮)二苯并-14-冠-4冠醚环的主链型液晶共聚酯.单体1(M1)由对羟基苯甲酸和辛二酰氯,通过酯化和取代反应制备,单体2(M2)由2,5-二羟基苯醌和对十二烷氧基苯甲酰氯通过酯化和还原反应制备,单体3(M3)由顺式-二氨基二苯并-14-冠-4和苯酚通过重氮化和偶联反应制备.共聚酯的分子量不高,[η]在0·35~0·25dL/g之间.单体的化学结构通过IR、UV、1H-NMR、MS和元素分析等方法确证.共聚酯的外观为黄色粉状固体,除CP9外,室温下不溶于CHCl3和THF溶剂.共聚酯的性质采用GPC、[η]、DSC、TG、WAXD和POM等方法进行了研究.发现所有的共聚酯加热到各自的熔融温度以上都能形成液晶态,在液晶态可以观察到向列相的丝状织构或纹影织构.共聚酯的熔融温度(Tm)和各向同性温度(Ti)随共聚酯分子中顺式-4,4′-双(4-羟基苯基偶氮)二苯并-14-冠-4用量的改变呈规律性变化.WAXD研究进一步证实了共聚酯的液晶性.     

Isotropic to smectic-C phase transition in liquid-crystalline elastomers

A phenomenological model is developed to describe the isotropic-smectic-C phase transition in liquid-crystalline side-chain elastomers. We analyze the influence of external mechanical stress on the isotropic-smectic-C phase transition. While this phase transition is first order in low-molecular-weight materials, we show here that the order of this transition does not change in liquid-crystalline elastomers. The temperature dependence of the heat capacity and the nonlinear dielectric effect in the isotropic phase above the isotropic-smectic-C phase transition in liquid crystalline elastomers are calculated. The theoretical results are found to be in good agreement with experiment.     

含X-型二维液晶基元和顺式-4,4′-双(4-羟基苯基偶氮)二苯并-18-冠-6冠醚环液晶共聚酯的合成与表征

以4,4-′(α,ω-辛二酰氧)二苯甲酰氯(M1)、2,5-双[4-′(对癸氧基苯基)苯甲酰氧基]对苯二酚(M2)和顺式-4,4′-双(4-羟基苯基偶氮)二苯并-18-冠-6(M3)为单体,通过溶液共缩聚反应,合成了一系列新的含X-型二维液晶基元和顺式-4,4′-双(4-羟基苯基偶氮)二苯并-18-冠-6冠醚环的主链型液晶共聚酯.单体1(M1)由对羟基苯甲酸和辛二酰氯,通过酯化和取代反应制备,单体2(M2)由2,5-二羟基苯醌和对癸氧基苯基苯甲酰氯通过酯化和还原反应制备,单体3(M3)由顺式-二氨基二苯并-18-冠-6和苯酚通过重氮化和偶联反应制备.共聚酯的分子量不高,[η]在0.30~0.39之间.单体的化学结构通过IR、UV1、H-NMR、MS和元素分析等方法确证.共聚酯的外观为黄色粉状固体,除共聚酯CP9外,室温下不溶于CHCl3和THF溶剂.共聚酯的性质采用GPC、[η]、DSC、TG、WAXD和POM等方法进行了研究,发现所有的共聚酯加热到各自的熔融温度以上都能形成液晶态,在液晶态可以观察到近晶相和向列相的典型织构.共聚酯的熔融温度(Tm)和各向同性温度(Ti)随共聚酯分子中顺式-4,4′-双(4-羟基苯基偶氮)二苯并-18-冠-6用量的改变呈规律性变化.WAXD研究进一步证实了共聚酯的液晶性.     

含X-型二维液晶基元和反式-4,4′-双(4-羟基苯基偶氮)二苯并-18-冠-6冠醚环的液晶共聚酯的合成与表征

以4,4-′(α,ω己二酰氧)二苯甲酰氯(M1)、2,5-二(对辛氧基苯甲酰氧基)氢醌(M2)和反式4,4′-双(4羟基苯基偶氮)二苯并18冠6(M3)为单体,通过溶液共缩聚反应,合成了一系列含X型二维液晶基元和反式4,4′双(4羟基苯基偶氮)二苯并18冠6冠醚环的主链型液晶共聚酯.共聚酯的分子量不高,[η]在0.37～0.25dL g之间.单体的化学结构通过IR、UV、H NMR、MS和元素分析等方法确证.共聚酯的外观为黄色粉状固体,除CP9外,室温下不溶于CHCl3和THF溶剂.共聚酯的性质采用GPC、[η]、DSC、TG、WAXD和POM等方法进行了研究.发现所有的共聚酯加热到各自的熔融温度以上都能形成液晶态,在液晶态可以观察到近晶相的镶嵌织构或焦锥织构或破扇型织构和向列相的球粒织构或丝状织构或纹影织构.共聚酯的熔融温度(Tm)和各向同性温度(Ti)随共聚酯分子中反式4,4′双(4-羟基苯基偶氮)二苯并18冠6用量的改变呈规律性变化.WAXD研究进一步证实了共聚酯的液晶性.     

SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF AROMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALLINE COPOLYESTERS WITH REGULAR SEQUENCE STRUCTURE

Several novel aromatic liquid crystalline copolyesters with regular sequence structure were prepared by melt Sehotten-Baumann polycondensation via complex monomer. Polarizing microscope with hot stage, thermal analysis and X-ray diffraction were used to investigate the structure and properties of the copolyesters. The effects of structural units, such as flexible spacer, noncolinear meta-linked phenylene unit, crankshaft unit, kink with flexible bridging unit and various substituted benzene rings on melting temperature of aromatic copolyesters were studied and discussed on the basis of crystalline structure of the polymers.     

Synthesis and characterization of fully biobased poly(propylene succinate‐ran‐propylene adipate). Analysis of the architecture‐dependent physicochemical behavior

Fully biobased aliphatic random poly(1,3‐propylene succinate‐ran‐1,3‐propylene adipate) (PPSA) copolyesters with high molar mass were synthesized with different macromolecular architectures based on various succinic acid/adipic acid (SA/AA) molar ratio, by transesterification in melt. Titanium (IV) isopropoxide was used as an effective catalyst. All synthesized copolyesters were fully characterized by different chemical and physicochemical techniques including NMR, size exclusion chromatography, FTIR, wide angle X‐ray scattering, differential scanning calorimetry, and thermogravimetric analysis. The final copolyesters molar compositions were identical to the feed ones. The different sequences based on succinate and adipate segments were randomly distributed along the chains. All the corresponding copolyesters showed an excellent thermal stability with a degradation onset temperature higher than 290 °C, which increased with the adipate content. According to their compositions and architectures, PPSA copolyesters can exhibit or not a crystalline phase, at room temperature. T_g of copolyesters decreased with the adipate content due to the decrease in the chains mobility, following the Gordon–Taylor relation. PPSA showed a pseudo eutectic melting behavior characteristic of an isodimorphic character. Finally, PPSA copolyesters were not able to crystallize during the cooling or the second heating run, due to the 1,3‐propanediol chemical structure, which led to amorphous materials with the exception of the polyester based solely on AA. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2017 , 55, 2738–2748     

液晶弹性体刺激形变研究

开发可以通过外部刺激产生机械形变的人工致动材料是一个近年来的研究热点。其中,液晶弹性体因结合了聚合物网络的橡胶弹性和液晶的有序性而具有独特的性质,在热、光、电等的外界刺激下可以产生可逆的形状记忆效应。本文综述了液晶弹性体响应多种外界刺激产生各种形变的行为,主要介绍了有关热致形变液晶弹性体、电致形变液晶弹性体、化学刺激导致形变的液晶弹性体及光致形变液晶弹性体的研究进展,阐述了各类液晶弹性体产生形变的机理包括热致、电致和光致相转变,讨论了影响其响应性能的主要因素,并展望了这一领域的发展前景。     

Gas transport properties of thermotropic liquid-crystalline copolyesters. II. The effects of copolymer composition

Gas transport properties are reported for a series of compression-molded films prepared from copolyesters of hydroxybenzoic acid (HBA) and 2,6 hydroxynaphthoic acid (HNA) having 30/70, 58/42, 73/27, 75/25, and 80/20 mol % HBA/HNA. The mesomorphic and crystalline morphology of the materials was characterized using dynamic mechanical thermal analysis (DMTA), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and X-ray diffraction As evidenced by DMTA, the phenyl and naphthyl moieties of the HBA/HNA materials exhibit a significant degree of segmental mobility below the glass transition temperature. The nonlinear nature of the naphthyl unit leads to a more hindered rotation about the chain axis. Permeability measurements were made for He, H₂, O₂, N₂, Ar, and CO₂ at 35°C and the diffusivities were computed from time-lag data. As previously observed in these materials, the films exhibited excellent barrier properties resulting largely from very low gas solubility coefficients. The liquid-crystalline copolyester: (LCP) materials with the highest HNA content exhibit the best barrier properties. It appears that the more hindered motions of the naphthyl unit restrict penetrant mobility. The reduction in permeability with increased naphthyl unit content is accompanied by a very dramatic increase in selectivity between gas pairs. Fractional free volume analysis was used to correlate the transport properties of the LCP materials and other conventional polymers. A “two-phase” modification of the free volume correlation suggests that transport may likely occur in a small volume fraction of a less dense boundary phase.     

SYNTHESIS OF LIQUID CRYSTALLINE COPOLYESTERS WITH T-SHAPED TWO-DIMENSIONAL MESOGENIC UNIT AND CROWN ETHER CYCLE

A novel series of liquid crystalline copolyesters with T-shaped two-dimensional mesogenic unit and crown ether cycle of cis-4,4′-bis(4-hydroxyphenylazo)dibenzo-18-crown-6 was prepared via solution condensation polymerization from 4,4′-(α,ω-hexanedioyloxy)dibenzoyl dichloride(M_1),2-(4′-ethoxyphenyl)hydroquinone(M_2)and cis-4,4′-bis(4- hydroxyphenylazo)dibenzo-18-crown-6(M_3).The molecular weights of copolyesters are not high,and the intrinsic viscosity [η]of copolyesters ranges from 0.29-0.43.The monomer...     

新型手性近晶C相液晶共聚酯的设计与合成

以对苯二甲酰氯 ,2 ,5 二 [4 ((s) 2 甲基丁氧基 )苯甲酰氧基 ]对苯二酚和乙二醇、一缩乙二醇、二缩三乙二醇、三缩四乙二醇和聚乙二醇为单体 ,采用低温溶液缩聚方法 ,合成了一系列新的手性近晶C相串型液晶共聚酯 .共聚酯通过GPC、DSC、TG、WAXD、偏光显微镜和旋光仪等方法表征 .发现所有的共聚酯加热至各自的熔点以上都能形成液晶态 ,在液晶态可以观察到近晶相的焦锥织构 ,所有的手性化合物和共聚酯都有较高的旋光性 .通过变温X 射线衍射研究结合偏光显微镜观察和旋光分析证明它们为手性近晶C相 .所有共聚酯的熔融温度 (Tm)和各向同性温度 (Ti)随共聚酯中不同柔性链段长度的增加逐渐降低 ,液晶态温度范围变宽     

Synthesis and characterization of poly(β‐hydroxybutyrate) and poly(ϵ‐caprolactone) copolyester by transesterification

To synthesize the copolyester of poly(β‐hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) and poly(?‐caprolactone) (PCL), the transesterification of PHB and PCL was carried out in the liquid phase with stannous octoate as the catalyzer. The effects of reaction conditions on the transesterification, including catalyzer concentration, reaction temperature, and reaction time, were investigated. The results showed that both rising reaction temperature and increasing reaction time were advantageous to the transesterification. The sequence distribution, thermal behavior, and thermal stability of the copolyesters were investigated by ¹³C NMR, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, wide‐angle X‐ray diffraction, optical microscopy, and thermogravimetric analysis. The transesterification of PHB and PCL was confirmed to produce the block copolymers. With an increasing PCL content in the copolyesters, the thermal behavior of the copolyesters changed evidently. However, the introduction of PCL segments into PHB chains did not affect its crystalline structure. Moreover, thermal stability of the copolyesters was little improved in air as compared with that of pure PHB. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 40: 1893–1903, 2002     

聚β-羟基丁酸酯和聚ε-己内酯的酯交换反应

以辛酸亚锡为催化剂 ,研究了聚 β 羟基丁酸酯 (PHB)与聚ε 己内酯 (PCL)在液相条件下的酯交换反应 .讨论了反应时间 ,反应温度和催化剂浓度对酯交换反应的影响 .采用1 3C NMR ,FTIR ,DSC ,WAXD和TGA等方法对PHB和PCL共聚酯 (PHB co PCL)的结构进行了表征 ,并对其结晶行为、晶体结构和热稳定性进行了研究 .结果表明 ,通过酯交换反应 ,所得到的共聚酯为嵌段共聚物 .提高反应温度和延长反应时间有利于酯交换反应的发生 .随着酯交换量的增加 ,PHB co PCL的结晶行为发生很大的变化 .但是 ,PHB co PCL晶体结构并没有因为PCL链段的引入而发生变化 ,而且它的热稳定性在空气气氛中略有提高     

Study on poly(oxybenzoate-p-trimethylene terephthalate) copolymer

This study examined copolymers synthesized from poly(trimethylene terephthalate) (PTT) and p-acetoxybenzoic acid using solution proton nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. Proton NMR spectra showed that these p-oxybenzoate (POB)/PTT copolyesters were almost random copolymers because the preference factor of POB bonded to another POB unit in these copolyesters is close to 1.0 with a POB content between 20 and 80 mol%.The melting and crystallization behaviors of these copolyesters were studied by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). In the heating DSC scan of the POB rich composition, the endothermic peak is weaker because the enthalpy of fusion decreased due to a melting transition from a crystalline to anisotropy liquid state. Thermogravimetric analysis results indicated that the decomposition temperature (T_d) increased with POB content. The crystalline morphology of the copolyester was further investigated with a polarized optical microscope, indicating that the POB/PTT copolyesters with 60 mol% POB are highly anisotropic in the liquid state.     

Specific features of liquid-crystalline comb-like polymers with mesogenic groups

The results of structural investigation of the new type of the liquid-crystalline thermotropic methacrylic polymers are discussed. These polymers contain mesogenic groups as models for cholesteric, nematic and smectic types of low-molecular liquid crystals. The groups are attached to the backbone through methylene bridges of various lengths. The polymers of the first group have amorphous structure; the polymers of the second group are characterized by liquid crystalline structure and those of the third group can exist in both crystalline and liquid-crystalline states, manifesting properties of enantiotropic liquid crystals. The temperatures and heats of phase transitions have been determined. It is shown that the ability to realize the liquid-crystalline state of comb-like polymers with mesogenic groups depends on and is determined by the proceess of ordering of these groups.     

Thermotropic copolyesters of 4-hydroxybenzoic acid

Copolyesters of 4-hydroxybenzoic acid were prepared by thermal polycondensation of 4-acetoxybenzoic acid with various acetylated comonomers, such as 4-mercaptobenzoic acid, 3-hydroxybenzoic acid, N-(4-carboxyphenyl)4-hydroxyphthalimide or hydroquinone in combination with 1,12-dodecane bistrimellitimide. The copolyesters were characterized by elemental analyses, inherent viscosities, ¹H- or ¹³C NMR spectroscopy, DSC-measurements, WAXS-measurements at temperatures between 25 and 425°C, microscopic observation, thermomechanical and thermogravimetrical analyses. Copolyesters containing 4-mercaptobenzoic acid or N-(4-carboxyphenyl)4-hydroxyphthalimide possess a reversible first order phase transition which represent a change of modifications and not a melting process. Both classes of copolyesters adopt the same kind of high temperature modification as poly(4-hydroxybenzoate), namely a pseudo-hexagonal chain packing. In contrast, copolyesters of 3-hydroxybenzoic acid or copoly(ester imide)s with aliphatic spacer containing more than 50% 4-hydroxybenzoic acid form a nematic phase over a broad temperature range. However, in the case of copolyesters derived from 3- and 4-hydroxybenzoic acid the homogeneous nematic melt is thermodynamically unstable and gradually turns into a heterogeneous more or less crystalline material with blocks of 4-hydroxybenzoate units.     

Evolution of the structure of mesophase polyfluoroalk-oxyphosphazenes and liquid crystalline copolyesters

Comparative analysis of the temperature evolution of the structure of linear organoelement polyfluoroalkoxyphosphazenes and wholly aromatic main-chain copolyesters was carried out using X-ray analysis, differential scanning calorimetry and dynamic mechanical testing within a wide temperature range. Experimental observations show that flexible-chain polyfluoroalkoxyphosphazenes are inclined to formation of the columnar mesophase and condis crystalline structures, while rigid-chain random copolyesters mainly exhibit peculiar smectic and nematic liquid crystalline states.     

热致性共聚酯液晶的研究——以双酚-对苯二甲酸酯为间隔段

热致性共聚酯液晶由于具有优异的热、机械及加工等性能,引起人们对其应用及基础研究的重视。本实验室曾对以不同长度碳链为软间隔段的共聚酯进行了研究,在产物介晶单元含量不高(约20％)时即可表现出明显液晶性。本文选用以双酚A(BPA)或双酚S(BPS)-对苯二甲酸酯为间隔段进行了研究。     

Biodegradable aliphatic/aromatic copolyesters based on terephthalic acid and poly(L-lactic acid): Synthesis, characterization and hydrolytic degradation

<正>Biodegradable aliphatic/aromatic copolyesters,poly(butylene terephthalate-co-lactate)(PBTL) were prepared via direct melt polycondensation of terephthalic acid(TPA),1,4-butanediol(BDO) and poly(L-lactic acid) oligomer(OLLA). The effects of polymerization time and temperature,as well as aliphatic/aromatic moiety ratio on the physical and thermal properties were investigated.The largest molecular weight of the copolyesters was up to 64100 with molecular weight distribution index of 2.09 when the polycondensation was carried out at 230℃for 6 h.DSC,XRD,DMA and TGA analysis clearly indicated that the degree of crystallinity,glass-transition temperature,melting point,decomposition temperature, tensile strength,elongation and Young's modulus were influenced by the ratio between TPA and OLLA in the final copolyesters.Hydrolytic degradation results demonstrated that the incorporation of biodegradable lactate moieties into the aromatic polyester could efficiently improve hydrolytic degradability of the copolymer even though it still had many aromatic units in the main chains.