Novel wormlike nanostructures were self‐assembled in bulk films of a well defined diblock copolymer with azobenzene moieties, which was prepared by atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP). For comparison, a homopolymer with almost the same repeat units of azobenzene as those in the copolymer was also prepared. They both had well defined structures and exhibited a smectic liquid crystalline phase. Upon annealing the copolymer films, poly(methyl methacrylate) formed a matrix with excellent optical properties, and the azobenzene segment in the minority phase self‐assembled into a wormlike mesogenic domain in the bulk films. Such block copolymer films exhibited stability and transparency by eliminating the scattering of visible light, indicating their potential application as photoresponsive functional materials. Although wormlike morphologies have been obtained in micelles from block copolymer solutions, to the best of our knowledge, such wormlike nanostructures have never been explored in bulk films.
The size and shape of novel partially fluorinated gemini surfactant 1,2-bis[dimethyl-(3-perfluoroalkyl-2-hydroxypropyl)ammonium]ethane bromide (CnFC3-2-C3CnF, where n=4, 6, and 8) were investigated in aqueous solution by means of light scattering and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The sizes of these molecular aggregates changed with increasing carbon number of the alkyl chain and concentration. For example, the apparent hydrodynamic radius by dynamic light scattering was 18 nm at a concentration of cmcx5 for n=4, 115 nm at the cmcx15 for n=6, and 62 nm at the cmcx30 for n=8, at 298.2 K. The shapes of CnFC3-2-C3CnF aggregates drastically changed with the alkyl chain length; the aggregates were mainly in the form of large or irregular small aggregates (n=4), string-like aggregates (n=6), and vesicles (n=8). The bromide-ion activity was measured using a bromide-ion-selective electrode to determine the degree of counterion binding to the aggregates. The degree of counterion binding to aggregate was very small compared with that in the typical hydrogenated gemini surfactants. These results indicated that the small curvature of large aggregates was not influenced by an electrostatic repulsion between the cationic head groups in the case of the bulky molecular volume of fluorinated gemini surfactants. 相似文献
The functionalization of polysilanes is an important subject in materials science because functionalized polysilanes are expected to exhibit potentially innovative properties. This research aims at the addition of a water-shedding property to polysilanes by introducing perfluoroalkyl groups into their skeleton. The photoinduced iodoperfluoroalkylation of various vinylsilanes takes place successfully upon irradiation with a xenon lamp: vinylmonosilanes undergo iodoperfluoroalkylation with perfluoroalkyl iodides (RfI) regioselectively, and the corresponding perfluoroalkylated silanes are obtained in moderate to high yields. Detailed optimization of the photoinduced iodoperfluoroalkylation has been investigated to apply this method to the functionalization of polysilanes. Polysilanes having vinyl groups can be synthesized by the reductive coupling of dichlorovinylsilanes with samarium diiodide (SmI2) and samarium metal (Sm) upon irradiation with visible light. The synthesized vinylpolysilanes and RfI (about 1.0 mM CHCl3 solution) are coated on a glass plate sequentially, and then the following photoirradiation with light of a wavelength over 300 nm successfully adds an excellent water-shedding property to the glass plate. 相似文献
Charge-transfer kinetics between electrodes and electrolytes critically determines the performance of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). Lithium titanate defect spinel (Li4Ti5O12, LTO) is a safe and durable anode material, but its relatively low energy density limits the range of applications. Utilizing the low potential region of LTO is a straightforward strategy for increasing energy density. However, the electrochemical characteristics of LTO at low potentials and the properties of the solid-electrolyte interphase (SEI) on LTO are not well understood. Here, we investigate the charge-transfer kinetics of the SEI formed between model LTO thin-film electrodes and organic electrolytes with distinct solvation ability using AC impedance spectroscopy whereas their stability was assessed by cyclic voltammetry of ferrocene. With the SEI film on LTO, the Li+ desolvation was rate-determining step but with larger activation energies, which showed a strong dependence on the solvation ability of electrolyte. The activation energies of desolvation for the fluoroethylene carbonate+dimethyl carbonate- and ethylene carbonate+diethyl carbonate-based systems increased from 35 and 55 to 44 and 67 kJ mol−1, respectively, and that for the propylene carbonate-based system did not noticeably change at around 67 kJ mol−1. In addition, the SEI passivation of LTO was much slower than that of graphite, and the rate also strongly depended on the solvation ability of the electrolyte. Understanding the surface properties of LTO at low potentials opens the door for high-energy-density LTO-based LIBs. 相似文献
A series of the octapalladium chains supported by meso-Ph2PCH2P(Ph)CH2P(Ph)CH2PPh2 (meso-dpmppm) ligands, [Pd8(meso-dpmppm)4(L)2](BF4)4 (L=none ( 1 ), solvents: CH3CN ( 2 a ), dmf ( 2 b ), dmso ( 2 c ), RN≡C: R=Xyl ( 3 a ), Mes ( 3 b ), Dip ( 3 c ), tBu ( 3 d ), Cy ( 3 e ), CH3(CH2)7 ( 3 f ), CH3(CH2)11 ( 3 g ), CH3(CH2)17 ( 3 h )) and [Pd8(meso-dpmppm)4(X)2](BF4)2 (X=Cl ( 4 a ), N3 ( 4 b ), CN ( 4 c ), SCN ( 4 d )), were synthesized by using 2 a as a stable good precursor, and characterized by spectroscopic (IR, 1H and 31P NMR, UV-vis-NIR, ESI-MS) measurements and X-ray crystallographic analyses (for 1 , 2 a , b , 3 a , b , e , f , 4 a – d ). On the basis of DFT calculations on the X-ray determined structure of 2 b ( [2b-Pd8]4+ ) and the optimized models [Pd8(meso-Ph2PCH2P(H)CH2P(H)CH2PH2)4(CH3CN)2]4+ ( [Pd8Ph8]4+ ) and [Pd8(meso-H2PCH2P(H)CH2P(H)CH2PH2)4(CH3CN)2]4+ ( [Pd8H8]4+ ), with and without empirically calculating dispersion force stabilization energy (B3LYP-D3, B3LYP), the formation energy between the two Pd4 fragments is assumed to involve mainly noncovalent interactions (ca. −70 kcal/mol) with four sets of interligand C−H/π interactions and Pd⋅⋅⋅Pd metallophilic one, while electron shared covalent interactions are almost canceled out within the Pd8 chain. All the compounds isolated are stable in solution and exhibit characteristic absorption at ∼900 nm, which is assignable to a spin allowed HOMO to LUMO transition, and shows temperature dependent intensity change with variable absorption coefficients presumably due to coupling with some thermal vibrations. The structures and electronic states of the Pd8 chains are found finely tunable by varying the terminal capping ligands. In particular, theoretical calculations elucidated that the HOMO-LUMO energy gap is systematically related to the central Pd−Pd distance (2.7319(6)–2.7575(6) Å) by two ways with neutral ligands L ( 1 , 2 , 3 ) and with anionic ligands X ( 4 ), which are reflected on the NIR absorption energy of 867–954 nm. The isocyanide terminated Pd8 complexes ( 3 ) further reacted with excess of RNC (6 eq) to afford the Pd4 complexes, [Pd4(meso-dpmppm)2(RNC)2](BF4)2 ( 13 ), and the cyclic voltammograms of 2 a (L=CH3CN), 3 , and 13 (R=Xyl, Mes, tBu, Cy) demonstrated wide range redox behaviors from 2{Pd4}4+ to 2{Pd4}0 through 2{Pd4}2+↔{Pd8}4+, {Pd8}3+, and {Pd8}2+ strings. The oxidized complexes, [Pd4(meso-dpmppm)2(RNC)3](BF4)4 ( 16 ), were characterized by X-ray analyses, and the two-electron reduced chain of [Pd8(meso-dpmppm)4](BF4)2 ( 7 ) was analyzed by spectroscopic and electrochemical techniques and DFT calculations. Reactions of 2 a with 1 equiv. of aromatic linear bisisocyanide (BI) in CH2Cl2 deposited insoluble coordination polymers, {[Pd8(meso-dpmppm)4(BI)](BF4)4}n ( 5 ), and interestingly, they were soluble in acetonitrile, 31P{1H} and 1H DOSY NMR spectra as well as SAXS curves suggesting that the coordination polymers may exist in acetonitrile as dynamically 1D self-assembled coordination polymers comprising ca. 50 units of the Pd8 rod averaged within the timescale. 相似文献
