Novel Shape‐Memory Polymer with Two Transition Temperatures

Summary: This communication describes a novel kind of PMMA‐PEG semi‐interpenetrating network (semi‐IPN) which shows excellent shape‐memory behavior at two transition temperatures, the T_m of the PEG crystal and the T_g of the semi‐IPN. Based on a reversible order‐disorder transition of the crystals below and above the T_m of PEG, and the large difference in storage modulus below and above the T_g of the semi‐IPN, the polymer has a recovery ratio of 91 and 99%, respectively.

Shape‐memory phenomena of PMMA‐PEG2000 semi‐IPN.     

Co‐continuous Polyamide 6 (PA6)/Acrylonitrile‐Butadiene‐Styrene (ABS) Nanocomposites

Summary: Polyamide 6 (PA6)/acrylonitrile‐butadiene‐styrene (ABS) (40/60 w/w) nanocomposites with a novel morphology were prepared by the melt mixing of PA6, ABS and organoclay. The blend nanocomposites had a co‐continuous structure, in which both PA6 and styrene‐acrylonitrile (SAN) were continuous phases. It was found that the toughening rubber particles were only located in the SAN phase and the strengthening clay platelets were selectively dispersed in the PA6 phase. The co‐continuous nanocomposites showed greatly improved mechanical properties over the whole temperature range when compared with the same blend sample without clay.

Schematic diagram for the co‐continuous ABS/PA6 blend nanocomposite.     

Coupling of the Polymer Threading a Membrane Transition to the Membrane Adsorption Transition

A polymer molecule threading through a pore in a plane membrane is allowed to adsorb on either or both sides of the membrane. Further, it is confined to the vicinity of the membrane by two plane barriers lying on either side of the membrane. A lattice model of this problem is exactly solvable by matrix techniques. The equilibrium translocation behavior is described as a function of the polymer MW, the membrane adsorption energies, the solution properties, the barrier separations, applied force, and the temperature. The transition is first-order, meaning that small changes in any of these 9 quantities can in the limit of infinite MW, completely translocate the polymer. The work of Park and Sung who used Smoluchowski-like equations to calculate translocation transit times can be generalized by use of the sea-snake model which is relevant to isolated polymer chains in solution. The physics behind the sea-snake model is that if one monomer is pulled into the membrane, the distance the center of mass of the untranslocated portion of the chain moves is MW^−1/2 of the distance between monomer units. This reduces the effective friction coefficient by MW^1/2. It is found for the sea-snake model that the MW dependence of transit times varies as MW^3/2 or MW depending on whether we use a free draining or a non-free draining picture for the polymer.     

Rheological Behavior and Scattering Studies of Acrylamide-Based Copolymer Solutions

Summary: In this paper the chemical structure of an acrylamide-N,N-dihexylacrylamide copolymer was established by IR and NMR. Static and dynamic light scattering in formamide were used in order to evaluate the polymer structural parameters, such as weight-average molecular weight (M_w), second virial coefficient (A₂), radius of gyration (R_G), the form factor P(q) and the hydrodynamic radius (R_H). Additionally to the classical characterization, those results indicated the presence of aggregation, showing that formamide is not a very good solvent, as stated in earlier investigations. The rheological behavior in aqueous solutions was evaluated as a function of the salt concentration. The solutions presented an important viscosity increase in the presence of NaCl and did not show any sensitivity to the presence of CaCl₂. This result is in favor of the oil recovery especially in high salinity reservoirs.     

Synthesis of Thermosensitive PNIPAM‐co‐MBAA Nanotubes by Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization within a Porous Membrane

Summary: Thermosensitive polymer nanotubes can be fabricated within an aminopropylsilane‐modified porous anodic aluminum oxide membrane by surface‐initiated atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) followed by template removal. DSC experiments prove that the synthesized PNIPAM‐co‐MBAA copolymer nanotubes have a reversible thermosensitive behavior. The temperature‐induced changes in dimension and shape of the nanotubes were studied by AFM in real time in an aqueous environment. It indicates that the nanotubes undergo a shape alteration from an “ellipse” to “circular” shape in water upon heating to LCST or above.

DSC curves of PNIPAM‐co‐MBAA nanotubes.     

RAFT Polymerization of Pentafluorophenyl Methacrylate: Preparation of Reactive Linear Diblock Copolymers

Summary: Reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization of pentafluorophenyl methacrylate (PFMA) was carried out in the presence of cumyldithiobenzoate and 4‐cyano‐4‐((thiobenzoyl)sulfanyl)pentanoic acid, respectively. These chain transfer agents with 2,2′‐azoisobutyronitrile (AIBN) as initiator yielded the active ester polymer poly(PFMA) with up to 17 000 g · mol⁻¹ and low polydispersity index ( < 1.2). Kinetic analysis using ¹⁹F NMR spectroscopy and gel permeation chromatography (GPC) measurements showed controlled polymerization behavior for both chain transfer agents. Successful preparation of linear diblock copolymers consisting of an active ester block and methyl methacrylate, N‐acryloylmorpholine, or N,N‐diethylacrylamide, respectively, could be demonstrated. These polymers could easily react with amines in a polymer analogous reaction to form multifunctional polymers.

     

Synthesis of organosilicon polymers by using the Lewis-acid-catalyzed trans-allylsilylation of alkynes

The HfCl₄ catalyzed polymerization of allyl(4-ethynylphenyl)dimethylsilane (1a) proceeded smoothly to give poly[dimethyl-(1,4-pentadienyl)phenylsilane] (2a), and the HfCl₄ catalyzed reaction of 1-allyl-2-(4-ethynyphenyl)-1,1,2,2-tetramethyldisilane (1b) afforded poly[1,1,2,2-tetramethyl-1-(1,4-pentadienyl)-2-phenyldisilane] (2b). These polymerization reactions proceeded via the stereoselective trans-allylsilylation of the 4-ethynyl group attached to the aromatic ring.     

含(R)或(S)-1,1′-联萘和噁二唑单元的手性高分子合成与性质研究

在Pd(PPh3)4催化下,将单体(S)-6,6′-二溴-2,2′-二正丁氧基-1,1′-联萘[(S)-M-1]和(R)-6,6′-二溴-2,2′-二正丁氧基-1,1′-联萘[(R)-M-1]分别与2,5-二(4-三正丁基锡基苯)-1,3,4-噁二唑(M-2)通过Stille交叉耦合反应合成了手性高分子P-1与P-2,并用1HNMR、13CNMR、FTIR、UV、热分析、荧光光谱、GPC和CD等分析方法进行了表征.手性高分子P-1和P-2都能发射较强的蓝色荧光;在高分子侧链上引入丁氧基后使得手性高分子的溶解性能增强,并具有良好的成膜性能;在高分子主链引入亲电子的噁二唑生色团能使其特别适合于作为空穴电子传输层,对氧和热特别稳定,是一类潜在的光电高分子材料.     

Ce(H_2O)_7Al(OH)_6Mo_6O_(18)·4H_2O: A New One-dimensional Zigzag Chainlike Structure of Anderson Cluster Linked by Cerium Ions

IntroductionPolyoxometalates(POMs),as an important familyof metal oxides,have been receiving considerable at-tention in solid-state materials chemistry due to their di-verse topological properties and potential applications incatalysis,photochemistry,electrochemistry,medicineand magnetism[1,2].Recently,one of the intriguingfields in the polyoxometalate chemistry is to find somenovel subunits and then connect them into one-,two-,even three-dimensional(1-,2-,even3-D)extendednetworks,either thro…     

Assembly of Ag（I） Polymers with Thioether-S Binding and Homochiral Helices

A novel coordination polymer [Ag(pyta)]n (pyta^-=4-pyridylthioacetate) containing bound thioether sulfurs and single-stranded helical chains has been synthesized and structurally characterized.