Facile non‐lithographic route to highly aligned silica nanopatterns using unidirectionally aligned polystyrene‐block‐polydimethylsiloxane films

Thin films (monolayer and bilayer) of cylinder forming polystyrene‐block‐polydimethylsiloxane (PS‐b‐PDMS) were shear aligned by the swelling and deswelling of a crosslinked PDMS pad that was physically adhered to the film during solvent vapor annealing. The nanostructures formed by self‐assembly were exposed to ultraviolet‐ozone to partially oxidize the PDMS, followed by calcination in air at 500 °C. In this process, the PS segments were fully decomposed, while the PDMS yielded silica nanostructures. The highly aligned PDMS cylinders were thus deposited as silica nanolines on the silicon substrate. Using a bilayer film, the center‐to‐center distance of these features were effectively halved from 38 to 19 nm. Similarly, by sequential shear‐alignment of two distinct layers, a rhombic array of silica nanolines was fabricated. This methodology provides a facile route to fabricating complex topographically patterned nanostructures. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys. 2015 , 53, 1058–1064     

Effects of poly[styrene‐b‐(ethylene‐co‐butylene)‐b‐styrene] on the charge distributions of low‐density polyethylene/polystyrene blends

The effect of the triblock copolymer poly[styrene‐b‐(ethylene‐co‐butylene)‐b‐styrene] (SEBS) on the formation of the space charge of immiscible low‐density polyethylene (LDPE)/polystyrene (PS) blends was investigated. Blends of 70/30 (wt %) LDPE/PS were prepared through melt blending in an internal mixer at a blend temperature of 220 °C. The amount of charge that accumulated in the 70% LDPE/30% PS blends decreased when the SEBS content increased up to 10 wt %. For compatibilized and uncompatibilized blends, no significant change in the degree of crystallinity of LDPE in the blends was observed, and so the effect of crystallization on the space charge distribution could be excluded. Morphological observations showed that the addition of SEBS resulted in a domain size reduction of the dispersed PS phase and better interfacial adhesion between the LDPE and PS phases. The location of SEBS at a domain interface enabled charges to migrate from one phase to the other via the domain interface and, therefore, resulted in a significant decrease in the amount of space charge for the LDPE/PS blends with SEBS. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 42: 2813–2820, 2004     

Structural morphology of poly(styrene)-poly(butyl acrylate) polymer-polymer composites studied by dynamic mechanical measurements

The emulsion polymerization process allows production of polymer particles with different structural morphologies. Films obtained after coalescence keep some memory of this morphology, but large modifications can occur during coalescence. In the present case, one of the polymers, polystyrene (PS), exhibits a glass temperature (Tg) much higher than the filmification temperature (close to room temperature), while the other one, poly(butyl acrylate) (PBA), has a much lowerTg. Furthermore, it is well known that dynamic mechanical measurements can be very helpful in providing information on the morphology of polymer materials, i.e., on geometrical and topological arrangement of homopolymer domains. At first, this method was used for comparison of two types of films: i) the first one obtained from structured-core (PS)-shell (PBA) particles, ii) the second one obtained from a blend of homopolymer particles (PS and PBA). It appears that the expected core-shell particles lost their geometric structure in the second film. Second, comparison of the predicted dynamic modulus and experimental data shows that i) strong interactions exist between PS nodules unless their coalescence has occured, leading to an abnormally high modulus at room temperature, ii) after achieving their coalescence, PS forms a more or less continuous phase. Both phenomena strongly depend on the particle size and their respective volume fractions.     

Structural anisotropy in friction‐deposited layers of polystyrene

Friction‐deposited layers of atactic polystyrene (PS) on inert and OH‐grafted gold substrates were the subject of this study to establish a relationship between the friction process and the resulting anisotropy of the transferred polymer chains. We show, by using polarization‐modulation infrared reflection‐absorption spectroscopy that the deposited PS chains involve an anisotropy in which PS main backbone is rather perpendicular to the friction support, fact that is surprising when compared with the majority of polymers where the anisotropy is along the sliding direction. Moreover, our calculation of the orientation angles revealed that PS chains are more perpendicular in the transferred layers than in spin‐coated films. This particular anisotropy is probably due to a parallel reorientation of the phenyl ring on the friction support whatever the surface chemistry is. On the other hand, this study was useful to rectify the assignment of infrared bands unclearly reported in the literature. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 44: 3272–3281, 2006     

具有六重穿插非中心对称金刚石网络结构的Cd(Ⅱ)和Zn(Ⅱ)的配位高聚物(英)

利用1，4-二-(4-羧基吡啶基)丁烷(L)合成了两个新的三维配位聚合物{(CdL₂)·4H₂O·2ClO₄}_n 1和{(ZnL₂)·4H₂O·2ClO₄}_n 2。单晶X-射线结构分析表明，1和2具有相同的计量式，但其晶体属于不同的空间群(1属于P4n2，2属于P4₂22)。两种配合物中，每个金属离子分别由配体与四个相邻的金属离子连接，从而形成具有六重穿插的金刚石网络结构，其网络中大的空腔被高氯酸根离子和(H₂O)₄分子簇所占据。     

高碲酸合铜（Ⅱ,Ⅲ）配合物的合成和性质

在Ｈ６ＴｅＯ６／ＫＯＨ水溶液中以臭氧为氧化剂，将二价铜化合物氧化成三价铜化合物，并获得一个新的三价铜化合物Ｂａ４Ｋ［Ｃｕ（Ｈ２ＴｅＯ６）２］（ＯＨ）４．６Ｈ２Ｏ；描述了碱性溶液中“Ｃｕ（Ⅲ）／Ｃｕ（Ⅲ）”循环伏安图。对铜（Ⅲ）化合物，Ｎａ４Ｈ［Ｈ２ＴｅＯ６）２］．１７Ｈ２Ｏ以及相应的铜（Ⅱ）配合物的电子光谱和Ｃｕ２ｐＸＰＳ进行了研究，给出了其配位场场强参数和Ｃｕ２ＰＸＰＸ的电子结合能。由于价态升高     

呋喃甲醛缩二乙撑三胺希夫碱铜配合物的合成及结构(英)

A novel copper(Ⅱ) complex CuL(NO₃)₂(where L=N,N′-bis(furaldehyde)-diethylenetriamine) was synthesized and characterized by X-ray crystallography analysis. The crystal belongs to monoclinic, space group C2/c with cell parameters a=1.924 0(6) nm, b=0.792 8(3) nm, c=2.504 1(8) nm, β=111.163(5)°, and Z=8. The coordination geometry around Cu(Ⅱ) is a distorted trigonal-bipyramid，and one-dimensional chain is formed through intermolecular hydrogen bonds. CCDC: 255629.     

Accelerated Hydrolysis of p-Nitrophenyl Picolinate Catalyzed by Metallomicelle Made from a Novel Macrocyclic Polyamine Copper（Ⅱ） Complex

A copper（Ⅱ） complex 1 of a novel macrocyclic polyamine ligand with hydroxylethyl pendant groups, 4,11-bis（hydroxylethyl）-5,7,7,12,14,14-hexamethyl-1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane （L） has been synthesized and characterized. Rate enhancement for hydrolysis of p-nitrophenyl picolinate （PNPP） catalyzed by 1 was studied kinetically under Brij35 micellar condition. For comparision, the catalytic activity of corresponding copper（Ⅱ） complex 2 of non-substituted macrocyclic polyamine ligand, 5,7,7,12,14,14-hexamethyl-1,4,8,11-tetraaza-cyclotetradecane （L＇） toward the hydrolysis of PNPP was also investigated. The results indicate that the macrocyclic polyamine copper（Ⅱ） complex 1 effectively catalyzed the hydrolysis of PNPP, and the pendant ligand hydroxyl group or deprotonated pendant ligand hydroxyl group can act as catalytically active species in the reaction. A ternary Complex kinetic model involving metal ion, ligand and substrate has been proposed, and the results confirmed the reasonability of such kinetic model.