PS-b-PEO嵌段共聚物薄膜的结晶与微相分离

半结晶性嵌段共聚物中，嵌段间的不相容性导致的微相分离与结晶嵌段的结晶行为之间存在相互竞争与协同作用。现阶段的大部分工作主要集中于半结晶性嵌段共聚物相分离发生后的结晶行为的结晶动力学和内部链折叠，而对于结晶与微相分离同时发生时的结晶与微相分离行为的研究还较少。 本论文以半结晶性的聚苯乙烯和聚环氧乙烷的二嵌段共聚物（PS-b-PEO）薄膜为研究对象，研究其破坏性（break out）结晶行为，以及研究方形片晶与微相分离结构的关系。 首先，本论文研究了不同相分离取向对结晶行为的影响。我们通过控制膜厚得到垂直基底和平行基底的微相分离薄膜。在溶剂蒸汽中，微相分离取向垂直基底时，仅仅是有序度增加，片晶协同生成。退火时间增加，结晶成核控制生长向扩散控制生长转变，导致片晶周围树枝晶生长。微相分离结构为平行基底取向时，焓主要用于取向转变和有序度增加，体系没有片晶生成，仅边缘效应使树枝晶产生。在结晶取向方面，研究了溶剂蒸汽氛围内界面作用改变使分子链轴垂直基底（flat-on）结晶向分子链轴平行基底（edge-on）结晶的转变。随着溶剂分子扩散到基底界面，结晶嵌段PEO与基底相互作用从强变弱，是发生这种转变的决定因素。 其次，从片晶与微相分离相互转变和片晶上微相分离刷的形成两方面研究片晶与微相分离的竞争与协同关系。退火溶剂的选择性影响片晶与微相分离的竞争。在PEO不良溶剂蒸汽环己烷中发生以下转变：片晶生成，逐渐被微相分离破坏，片晶重新生成；PEO良溶剂水中仅存在结晶到微相分离的转变。即晶体溶解，与PS发生微相分离以获得能量上的有利状态。可溶解嵌段的自由体积增加和结晶嵌段的低溶胀性分别是微相分离和结晶发生的关键因素。片晶与微相分离协同关系研究上，通过调控二嵌段共聚物片晶上聚合物刷的密度（小于14.3大于3.8），获得具有微相分离结构的聚合物刷。PS-PS刷的弱相互作用以及PS与PEO（连接PEO片层结构未结晶的PEO链）之间的强不相容性对片层上微相分离刷的形成起来决定作用。

PEO／PH共混体系的相容性、结晶结构、等温及非等温结晶动力学研究

PEO／PH共混体系的组份之间存在着氢键的相互作用，从偏光显微镜观察及熔点下降法测定，PEO／PH共混体系是相容体系，且PEO是在非晶区与PH相容，PH分子链不进入到PEO的晶格中，不引起晶胞参数的改变。对PEO／PH共混体系的等温结晶动力学研究表明，随共混体系中非晶组份PH含量的增加，体系的结晶生长方式由盘状生长转化为原纤状生长，成核方式由方式I(Kg=Kg(I)=4b. σσeTm/ΔHf.K)转化为方式II(Kg=Kg(Ii)=2b. σσeTm/ΔHf.K)析叠链表面自由能（σe）逐渐增大，体系的平衡溶点降低。在PEO／PH共混体系非等温结晶动力学的研究中，DSC实验表明，在常冷却速率下，PEO／PH共混体系符合Avrami方程所揭示的规律，为更好地反映非等温结晶特点，从Avrami方程和Ozawa方程出发，导出一个新的基本方程，根据这个方程，获得了描述非等温结晶过程的一些基本参数，在一定冷却速率下，随非晶组份PH含量的增加，东混体系的结晶速率降低；对于同一组成，冷却速率越大，体系结晶速率越快。WAXD和SAXS分析表明，随非晶组份PH含量的增加，PEO／PH共混体系的结晶度降低，长周期增大，过渡层厚略有变化，但变化很小。进一步表明，过渡层基本上是PEO的非晶相的贡献，PH不进入到PEO的晶格中，PEO是在非晶区与PH相容。

PEO/PCL两嵌段共聚物结晶过程的研究

本文以聚环氧乙烷/聚（ε-已内酯）PEO/PCL两嵌段共聚物为研究对象，研究了其等温结晶和非等温结晶过程及其熔融过程。对PEO/PCL嵌段共聚物的等温结晶过程的研究表明，只有PCL嵌段能发生结晶；在不同温度下等温结晶的PEO/PCL嵌段共聚物在熔融过程中一个显著的特点是在DSC熔融曲线上表现为双峰，而且随着结晶温度的升高，PEO/PCL嵌段共聚物的熔融峰由双峰转变为单峰；PEO/PCL嵌段共聚物在非等温结晶的熔融过程中，与其在等温结晶的熔融过程一样，即熔融曲线表现为双峰。PEO/PCL嵌段共聚物这种熔融双峰现象及其双峰的位置和变化情况，与PEO嵌段的作用有很大的关系。本文进一步讨论了PEO的这种影响和作用。

PEO陶瓷层对铝基体上DLC薄膜承载特性的影响

重载作用下,类金刚石(DLC)薄膜直接应用于铝合金等软金属基体上易发生脆性破裂和剥离而导致过早失效.针对这一问题,以PEO陶瓷层作为承载层,采用有限元数值计算方法,对复合涂层在均布接触载荷作用下的应力场进行研究.结果表明:陶瓷层可明显降低DLC膜的表面拉应力和界面剪应力,起到了良好的载荷支撑作用;陶瓷层厚度对涂层表面拉应力,界面及基体内剪应力的分布有显著影响,其中陶瓷层厚度与接触半宽比为0.150.30时,涂层可以获得较为合理的表面和界面应力场,从而改善DLC膜在铝合金基体上的摩擦磨损性能

The influence of variant PE-b-PEO segments on physical properties of LLDPE graft copolymers

A method was adopted to fix a series of polymers of PE-b-PEO with different PEO/PE segments on the chains of LLDPE. Maleic anhydride (MA) reacting with hydroxyl group of PE-b-PEO (mPE-b-PEO) was used as the intermediate. The structures of intermediates and graft copolymers were approved by H-1 NMR and FTIR. XPS analysis revealed a great amount of oxygen on the surface of grafted copolymers although the end group of PEO was fixed on the LLDPE chains through MA. Thermal properties of the graft copolymers as determined by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) showed that PE segments in the grafted monomers could promote the heterogeneous nucleation of the polymer, increase T., and crystal growth rate.

Molecular weight dependence of phase Behavior of PEO/P(EO-b-DMS) blends: Application of Sanchez-Lacombe lattice fluid theory

Molecular weight dependence of phase separation behavior of the Poly (ethylene oxide) (PEO)/Poly(ethylene oxide-block-dimethylsiloxane) (P(EO-b-DMS)) blends was investigated by both experimental and theoretical methods. The cloud point curves of PEO/P(EO-b-DMS) blends were obtained by turbidity method. Based on Sanchez-Lacombe lattice fluid theory (SLLFT), the adjustable parameter, epsilon*(12)/k (quantifying the interaction energy between different components), was evaluated by fitting the experimental data in phase diagrams. To calculate the spinodals, binodals, and the volume changes of mixing for these blends, three modified combining rules of the scaling parameters for the block copolymer were introduced.

Microphase-Separated Brushes on Square Platelets in PS-b-PEO Thin Films

In polystyrene-block-poly(ethylene oxide) thin square platelets can be obtained via fast solvent evaporation by controlling the tethering density (0.08 < sigma < 0.11). The tethering density of the brushes is proportional to the thickness of the PEO crystal and increases with increasing initial solution heating temperature (T-i). When T-i < T-m, where T-m is the melting point of PEO, brushes with microphase-separated structures are observed. The formation of microphase-separated brushes depends on two factors: the strong incompatibility between PS and noncrystalline PEO chains (attached to the crystalline PEO) and the weak interaction between PS-PS brushes.

A stable PEO-tethered PDMS surface having controllable wetting property by a swelling-deswelling process

A PEO-tethered layer on a PDMS (polydimethylsiloxane) cross-linked network has been prepared by a swelling-deswelling process. During swelling, the PDMS block of a PDMS-b-PEO diblock copolymer penetrates into the PDMS substrate and interacts with PDMS chains because of the van der Waals force and hydrophobic interaction between them. Upon deswelling, the PDMS block is trapped in the PDMS matrix while the PEO, as a hydrophilic block, is tethered to the surface. The PEO-tethered layer showed stability when treated in water for 16 h. The surface fraction of PEO and the wetting property of the PEO-tethered PDMS surface can be controlled by the cross linking density of the PDMS matrix. A patterned PEO-tethered layer on a PDMS network was also created by microcontact printing and water condensation figures (CFs) were used to study the patterned surface with different wetting properties.

Conductive property of multiwall carbon nanotubes-PEO-salt nanocomposite film

By adding a small amount of multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) to polyethylene oxide (PEO) and a salt system, a new type of nanocomposite film was constructed. At ambient temperature, the conductivity of the PEO-salt-0.5 wt % MWNTs was nearly three orders of magnitude higher than that of the PEO-salt system. The conductive property of the nanocomposite film was characterized by ac impedance and the differential scanning calorimetry technique.

Abnormal pressure dependence of the phase boundaries in TL/PEO/P(EO-b-DMS) ternary mixtures

The cloud-point temperatures (T-cl's) of both binary poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO)-poly(ethylene oxide-b-dimethylsiloxane) [P(EO-b-DMS)] and ternary[toluene/PEO/P(EO-b-DMS)] systems were determined by light scattering measurements at atmospheric pressure. The phase separation behavior upon cooling in the ternary system has been investigated at atmospheric pressure and under high pressure and compared to the phase behavior in the binary system. The phase transition temperatures have been obtained for all of the samples. As a result, the pressure induces compatibility in the binary mixtures, but for the ternary system, pressure not only can induce mixing but also can induce phase separation.

Thermodynamics of phase behavior in PEO/P(EO-b-DMS) homopolymer and block co-oligomer mixtures under pressure

The cloud-point temperatures (T-cl's) of poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) and poly(ethylene oxide)-block-polydimethylsiloxane (P(EO-b-DMS)) homopolymer and block-oligomer mixtures were determined by turbidity measurements over a range of temperatures (105 to 130degrees), pressures (1 to 800 bar), and compositions (10-40 wt.-% PEO). The system phase separates upon cooling and T-cl was found to decrease with an increase in pressure for a constant composition. In the absence of special effects, this finding indicates negative excess volumes. Special attention was paid to the demixing temperatures as a function of the pressure for the different polymer mixtures and the plots in the T-phi plane (where phi signifies volume fractions). The cloud-point curves of the polymer mixture under pressures were observed for different compositions. The Sanchez-Lacombe (SL) lattice fluid theory was used to calculate the spinodals, the binodals, the Flory-Huggins (FH) interaction parameter, the enthalphy of mixing, and the volume changes of mixing. The calculated results show that modified P(EO-b-DMS) scaling parameters with the new combining rules can describe the thermodynamics of the PEO/P(EO-b-DMS) system well with the SL theory.

Plasticizer effect on the ionic conductivity of PEO-based polymer electrolyte

The effects of plasticizer ethylene carbonate (EC) on the AC impedance spectra and the ionic conductivity are reported. With increasing of EC concentration the semicircle in high frequency disappears, and the slope of the straight line in low frequency decreases. The data obtained from impedance experiments can be explained using an equivalent circuit proposed. On the other hand, the room temperature conductivity increases with EC concentration because of the increase of the segmental flexibility of PEO. For lower EC concentration samples, the temperature dependence of conductivity in low temperature range follows Arrhenius type, but when EC concentration is larger than 20%, the temperature dependence of conductivity obeys the Vogel-Tamman-Fulcher (VTF) equation in all temperature ranges.

Isothermal crystallization kinetics of PEO in poly(ethylene terephthalate)-poly(ethylene oxide) segmented copolymers. I. Effect of the sofi-block length

The isothermal crystallization kinetics of poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) block in two poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET)-PEO segmented copolymers was studied with differential scanning calorimetry. The Avrami equation failed to describe the overall crystallization process, but a modified Avrami equation, the Q equation, did. The crystallizability of the PET block and the different lengths of the PEO block exerted strong influences on the crystallization process, the crystallinity, and time final morphology of the PEO block. The mechanism of nucleation and the growth dimension of the PEG block were different because of the crystallizability of time PET block and the compositional heterogeneity. The crystallization of the PEO block was physically constrained by the microstructure of time PET crystalline phase, which resulted in a lower crystallization rate. However, this influence became weak with the increase in the soft-block length. (C) 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.