Stability of aqueous foam films and foams containing polymers: Discrepancies between different length scales

Polymer-stabilized foams and foam films have received considerable attention during the past years. This review paper gives an overview of recent studies dealing with polyelectrolyte/surfactant mixtures, proteins, and microgels adsorbed at single air/water interfaces, in foam films and in macroscopic foams. These polymeric systems have in common that their structure or shape changes when adsorbing at an air/water interface. These structural changes in comparison to their bulk behavior greatly influence the properties of foam films and foams. Regarding the foam stability, formation of adsorbed layers or aggregates plays an important role. The discrepancy between stabilization of macroscopic foams and destabilization of single foam films might be attributed to the blockage of Plateau borders and, therefore, slowed down drainage. Another important parameter is the interfacial viscoelasticity.     

pH/温度双重敏感性微凝胶的合成与应用

智能微凝胶是一类具有独特物理、化学性质的聚合物网络和溶剂组成的体系, 在众多的领域具有潜在的应用.本文介绍了近年来pH和温度双重敏感性微凝胶的研究概况、制备方法及其在药物控制释放、分离纯化和光子晶体方面的应用.     

变温反相悬浮聚合制备温度敏感性聚合物微凝胶

报道了一种利用变温的途径制备具有温度敏感性聚合物凝胶微粒的悬浮聚合方法.以正庚烷为连续相,过硫酸铵和四甲基乙二胺为引发剂,采用将具有反向温敏性的可降解大分子单体水溶液在低温下分散好以后再升高到聚合温度的变温反相悬浮聚合的方法制备了反向温敏性的可降解微凝胶.该方法避免了由于分散相在聚合温度下发生物理凝胶化所导致的分散困难等问题.考察了微凝胶的温敏性、粒径分布和降解行为等,并研究了油水比对微凝胶形貌的影响.     

温敏性微凝胶的研究技术

温敏性微凝胶因具有尺寸小、对温度的变化响应速度快、渗透性好等优点,所以在许多领域显示出良好的应用前景.温敏性微凝胶的应用性能取决于由其结构所决定的物理化学性能.为了深入了解温敏性微凝胶的结构与性能关系,研究人员利用不同技术手段进行了广泛研究.本文主要综述了显微技术、示差扫描量热技术、光散射技术、中子散射技术、核磁共振及荧光光谱等在温敏性微凝胶结构与性能研究中的应用、主要研究结果,并对微凝胶未来的研究方向提出了一些建议.     

侧链含不同功能性羟基的温敏性N-异丙基丙烯酰胺共聚物微凝胶的制备及性能比较

选择含有活性羟基的亲水单体多缩乙二醇单甲基丙烯酸酯(PEGMA)、甲基丙烯酸羟乙酯(HEMA),分别和N-异丙基丙烯酰胺(NIPAM)交联共聚,制备了侧链含有功能性羟基、链长不同的温敏性微凝胶.研究发现,亲水单体HEMA和PEGMA的引入对微凝胶的去溶胀性能有不同的影响,PEGMA的引入使得微凝胶的体积相转变温度升高,微凝胶的去溶胀比随着PEGMA投料比的增加而降低.而HEMA的引入使得微凝胶的体积相转变温度降低;微凝胶的去溶胀比随着HEMA投料比的增加先是增加然后降低,当HEMA的投料比为8mol%时,去溶胀比达到最大.     

Behavior of heterogeneous macromolecular structures Part I: Microgels and coated microgels

Homopolymeric microgels composed of PMMA were prepared by emulsion polymerization in the presence of 0.5 % 1,4-butanediol divinylether (BVE) in an aqueous medium followed by careful removal of the soap. The microgels were coated with polystyrene (PS) by anionic grafting of living PS chains onto the surface. Both types of microgels were characterized by GPC and by static and dynamic light scattering in several solvents. A special model consisting of a hard core and a seam of dangling chains has been developed and applied to interpreting the light scattering data from the various solvents. The model gives consistent results, e. g. the core radius agrees well with the radius of gyration. In the coated microgels a strong expansion of the core as a result of the PS/ PMMA incompatibility is observed.Dedicated to Prof. Dr. H.-G. Kilian on the occasion of his 60th birthday.     

Thermal field-flow fractionation and multiangle light scattering of polyvinyl acetate with broad polydispersity and ultrahigh molecular weight microgel components

The challenging task of characterizing polydisperse polymer mixtures possessing ultrahigh molecular weight (MW) polymers and microgels in organic solvents is addressed with thermal field-flow fractionation (ThFFF) and multiangle light scattering-differential refractive index (MALS-dRI) detection. In initial experiments, a 350,000 g/mol poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) standard is used to evaluate the effects of temperature gradient and temperature gradient programming on the measurements. dRI baseline fluctuations caused by temperature programming were minimized by using a mobile phase heater to thermostat connecting tubing. ThFFF–MALS-dRI is then used to separate and characterize a complex polyvinyl acetate (PVAc) sample containing ultrahigh MW polymers and microgels. The open channel design employed by ThFFF allowed the PVAc sample to be analyzed with minimal sample preparation. Unfiltered PVAc sample showed components with MWs close to 10⁹ g/mol and root mean square radius r_rms values approaching 400 nm. The same sample, filtered through a 0.5 μm pore-size membrane, yielded a MW that was at least one order of magnitude lower. These results demonstrated that the common practice of prefiltering polymer samples prior to analysis can lead to erroneously low average MWs and polydispersities. The accuracy of MW and r_rms calculated using standard light scattering equations developed for small scattering molecules and relatively high wavelengths is also examined.     

核壳结构葡萄糖敏感微凝胶的制备

用先合成聚N-异丙基丙烯酰胺(PNIPAM)微凝胶核再包一层N-异丙基丙烯酰胺/丙烯酸共聚物(P(NIPAM-co-AA))壳的办法合成了一系列核壳结构微凝胶.微凝胶壳层厚度随投入的壳储备溶液的增加而增加.研究了pH=3.5时核壳微凝胶的温敏体积相转变行为.由于PNIPAM核和P(NIPAM-co-AA)壳的相转变温度很接近,因此只观察到一个相转变.在EDC催化下使3-氨基苯硼酸与壳层中的羧基反应,将苯硼酸基(PBA)引入微凝胶,得到核为PNIPAM、壳为P(NIPAM-co-AMPBA)的核壳结构微凝胶.改性后的微凝胶表现出3个体积相转变过程.其中第一个对应于P(NIPAM-co-AMPBA)壳层的体积相转变.第二和第三个则是PNIPAM核的相转变过程.由于在沉淀聚合时交联剂BIS反应性更大,PNIPAM核结构不均一,形成BIS含量高的"核"和BIS含量低的"壳".BIS含量低的"壳"被一层疏水的P(NIPAM-co-AMPBA)壳包裹,拉大了其与"核"的相转变温度的差别,因此随着温度升高表现出两个相转变过程.PBA改性的微凝胶同样表现出葡萄糖敏感性,但在葡萄糖存在下溶胀度的改变较小.     

Water-soluble microgels made by radical polymerization in solution

The goal of this study was to prepare and characterize water-soluble, high-molecular-weight microgels. N-Vinylpyrrolidone (NVP) and vinylacetate (VAc) in combination with cross-linkers diethylene glycol dimethacrylate (DEGDMA) or diethylene glycol divinyl ether (DEGDVE) were copolymerized in solution to high conversion. Polymerization was performed in different solvents or solvent mixtures, with solubility parameters ranging from 16.0 to 47.6 J^0.5cm^−1.5, and at different initial monomer concentrations. In solvent mixtures with solubility parameters of 20–40 J^0.5cm^−1.5, macrogelation did not occur below a critical gelation concentration and microgels were formed. For NVP/VAc/DEGDMA (85.0/10.0/5.0 wt%, 84.8/12.9/2.4 mol%) and NVP/VAc/DEGDVE (85.0/10.0/5.0 wt%, 84.8/12.9/3.5 mol%) the critical gelation curves were determined. The molecular weights of the microgels depend on the solvent systems and the initial monomer concentration. Microgels of high molecular weight but low cross-linking density gave aqueous solutions with high viscosities. Increasing the amount of cross-linker to 20 wt% gave high-molecular-weight microgels with lower solution viscosity. Microgels with a monomer composition NVP/VAc/DEGDVE (65.0/15.0/20.0 wt%, 66.2/19.5/14.3 mol%) were prepared in ethanol at different monomer concentrations (3–20 wt%). The molecular weights were determined by a combination of field-flow fractionation and light scattering. By increasing the initial monomer concentration, the molecular weight and the molecular-weight distribution as well as the intrinsic viscosity increased. The exponent of the Mark–Houwink equation was 0.26. Received: 19 March 2001 Accepted: 20 July 2001     

苯硼酸类糖敏感微凝胶制备及其糖敏感性研究

制备了以葡聚糖作为交联剂的氨基苯硼酸类糖敏感微凝胶,用1H-NMR和FT-IR表征了其结构。利用微凝胶的不同条件下的粒径变化,深入研究了该类凝胶对糖浓度的刺激响应行为。结果表明,葡聚糖的引入使微凝胶在生理条件下具有更加优秀的依糖刺激响应行为。