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乙烯基单体与氟硅氧烷二嵌段共聚物的活性阴离子聚合合成与表征
Synthesis and Characterization of Diblock Copolymers of Vinyl Monomers and Fluorosiloxane by Living Anionic Polymerization
【作者】 易玲敏;
【作者基本信息】 浙江大学 , 化学工程与技术, 2005, 博士
【摘要】 乙烯基聚合物中引入含氟聚硅氧烷链段形成窄分子量分布的、分子结构可控的二嵌段共聚物,可望赋予嵌段共聚物独特的微相形态结构和物理化学性质,从而可获得具有特殊性能与应用价值的新型聚合物材料。迄今为止,要合成窄分子量分布的、分子结构可控的A-B二嵌段共聚物,活性阴离子聚合是最有效方法,而高真空和易破封口实验技术是实现真正意义上的活性阴离子聚合的技术关键。 本文拟对苯乙烯(St)、甲基丙烯酸甲酯(MMA)乙烯基类单体与含氟硅氧烷单体1,3,5-三甲基-1,3,5.三(3’,3’,3’-三氟丙基)环三硅氧烷(F3)的活性阴离子嵌段共聚合、嵌段共聚物结构与性能表征展开研究。 上述共聚体系中,包含乙烯基单体的活性阴离子聚合,以及活性阴离子聚合产生的活性聚合物(PS-Li,PMMA-Li)碳负离子活性中心进攻F3,进而形成含有碳碳大分子链段的硅氧链氧负离子活性中心对F3的阴离子开环聚合。因此在这一阴离子嵌段共聚过程中可能存在导致聚合物分子量分布变宽、或出现严重的均聚物污染、或无法得到嵌段共聚物的一些因素:1) 碳链大分子碳负离子的活性强弱能否进一步引发F3开环聚合? 2) 聚合体系能否抑制F3开环聚合中易发生的“反咬”和再分布副反应以阻止分子量分布变宽和分子量减小? 3) MMA作为含强亲电性基团的α,β-不饱和酯,阴离子聚合中能否抑制极易发生的“反咬”反应? 这些问题是目前有关的研究,尤其是含氟聚硅氧烷的A-B二嵌段共聚物报道甚少的原因,同时也是本文着重解决的合成问题。 在得到上述嵌段共聚物的基础上,嵌段共聚物的微相分离形态与尺度、玻璃化转变行为、热降解行为以及表面物理化学性能等结构与性能的表征同样是本文研究的重点。 因此,本文从聚合物的合成、结构与性能出发,分别对PS-b-PMTFPS二嵌段共聚物、PMMA-b-PMTFPS二嵌段共聚物进行了系统研究,研究成果如下: 1 建立了高真空与易破封口阴离子聚合实验技术与装置,为活性阴离子聚合及嵌段共聚物的合成提供了实验平台。 本文建立了极限压强可达10-4Pa的高真空与易破封口阴离子聚合实验技术与装置,实现了高真空条件下的单体和溶剂的精制、转移与分装,辅助试剂的合
【Abstract】 Incorporation of polysiloxane blocks into conventional vinyl polymers would form block copolymers with different microphase separated structures and novel properties. Since the fluorinated polysiloxanes exhibit excellent properties of fluoropolymers and polysiloxanes, it is anticipated that the block copolymers of fluorinated polysiloxanes and vinyl polymers with well-defined structures will have unusual features and properties. And then, the novel polymeric materials with potential applications could be obtained. However, it was difficult for the controlled block copolymerization of fluorinated polysiloxane monomers and vinyl monomers.Living anionic polymerization is the most powerful synthetic tool for the preparation of block copolymers with controlled structures. Based on the living anionic polymerization method and the reliability of high-vacuum experimental techniques, high-vacuum apparatus and break-seal techniques for carrying out anionic polymerization were founded in this work, and a series of glass apparatus were designed or blown. Under the high-vacuum experimental techniques, the block copolymerizations of 1,3,5-trimethyl-1,3,5-tris(3’,3’,3’-trifluoropropyl)cyclotrisiloxane (F3) and vinyl monomers, such as styrene (St) or methyl methacrylate (MMA), were investigated in this work. The main results obtained are described as follows:1. A series of narrow molecular weight distribution (MWD) polystyrene-b-poly[methyl(3,3,3-trifluoropropyl)siloxane] (PS-b-PMTFPS) diblock copolymers were synthesized by sequential anionic polymerization of styrene and F3 in tetrahydrofuran (THF) with n-butyllithium as the initiator. The initiation of anionic ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of F3 by living polystyryllithium was quite quick in THF, which would give benefit to the control of block copolymerization. However, the concentrations of styrene and F3 in the solution are essential to obtain high yields and narrow MWD PS-b-PMTFPS diblock copolymers. When high monomer concentrations were used, high polymer yields and good control of MWD diblock copolymers were obtained, which means the backbiting by the chain ends as well as the redistribution reactions between siloxane units of the PMTFPS block chains were suppressed. It was speculated that good control of the block copolymerization under the condition of high monomer concentrations was attributed to the slowdown of the anionic ROP rate of F3 and the steric hindrance of the PS precursors. There was enough time to terminate the ROP of F3 when the polymer yield is high, and good control of block copolymerization could be achieved thereafter.2. The morphologies of PS-6-PMTFPS diblock copolymers were investigated in detail. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) images of the thin films of PS-6-PMTFPS showed spherical, cylindrical and lamellar microphase-separated structures depending on the molecular weight of the diblock copolymers, the volume fraction of PS, the annealing temperature and the casting solvent. Though THF, ethyl acetate (EA) and chloroform (CHC13) have the similar solubility parameters, they influenced the morphologies at room temperature when they were used as the casting solvents. According to the experimental results, the microphase behavior of PS-6-PMTFPS was predicted not to follow the strong segregation regime, and the Flory-Huggins segment-segment interaction parameter % between PS and PMTFPS was poorly described by regular solution theory because of the strong dipole in PMTFPS. Moreover, the phase diagram of the PS-6-PMTFPS diblock copolymers was quite complex and conformationally asymmetric.3. The properties of PS-6-PMTFPS diblock copolymers were investigated in detail. When the degree of polymerization of PMTFPS blocks (A^pmtfps) was sixteen, the glass transition was so weak that it was difficult to be clearly discerned. However, the glass transition of PMTFPS block became more clearly in the differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) thermograms with the increase of A^pmtfps* and the glass transition temperature stabilized at -69 °C when A^pmifps was large enough. The 5% weight loss temperatures of the diblock copolymers were all above 350 °C, which suggesting good thermal stability. The thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) results also showed that the thermal stability of the diblock copolymers could be better than Polystyrene when high content fluorosiloxane blocks were incorporated. Moreover, the TGA curves for PS-6-PMTFPS diblock copolymers involved two breaks that corresponded to the loss of PS and PMTFPS units in every case. The observed amount of weight loss is in good agreement with the amount calculated in the diblock copolymers.4. By measuring the contact angle of water and glycerol on the films of PS-b-PMTFPS diblock copolymers, good water and oil resistance was found. The surface tension of the diblock copolymers was as low as D^xlO^N-m"1, which was much lower than that of polystyrene-Z>-polydimethylsiloxane (PS-6-PDMS) diblock copolymers. The X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) showed that the surface contents of fluorine and Si-0 chains of the diblock copolymer films were much higher than that in bulk. The surface composition of the film was nearly pure PMTFPS blocks, however, the -CF3 groups were not all orientated to the outer surface of thefilm.5. The surface activities of the blends of PS-6-PMTFPS diblock copolymers and PS were investigated by means of contact angle measurements. The results showed that only 1.0 wt% PS-6-PMTFPS (Mn=21.4xl03, 38.7 wt% PMTFPS) was added to PS (Mn= 21.4xlO3), the surface tension of the film approached 15.7*10"3 N-m"1. The annealing treatment could remarkably decrease the surface tensions of the films when CHCI3 was used as the casting solvent. Annealing temperature and annealing time also had effect on the surface activities. Moreover, different solvent would have different effect on the contact angles of the films of PS-6-PMTFPS/PS blends. It was found that the contact angles of the annealed films abnormally decreased when EA was used as casting solvent.6. The controlled block copolymerization of MMA and F3 was first carried out via living anionic polymerization, and a series of narrow MWD poly(methyl methacrylate)-6-poly[methyl(3,3,3-trifluoropropyl)siloxane] (PMMA-6-PMTFPS) diblock copolymers were first synthesized. The results showed that the heterofunctional linkage between chloromethylphenyl PMTFPS and living PMMA lithium could not happened even in the presence of Csl as the catalys. However, well-defined PMMA-6-PMTFPS diblock copolymers could be successfully synthesized by using an acetal-functionalized alkyllithium as the initiator. High monomer concentration conditions were also important to obtain high yields and narrow MWD PMMA-6-PMTFPS diblock copolymers.7. The thermal properties of PMMA-6-PMTFPS diblock copolymers were investigated in this work. DSC analysis results showed that the glass transition temperature of PMTFPS blocks was about -69- -70 °C when TV^pmtfps was large. At the same time, the glass transition temperature of PMMA blocks was 121- 136 °C, and was decreased with the increase of PMTFPS block length. The TGA curves showed that the diblock copolymers started to decompose at temperatures about 270-290 °C, and the 5% weight loss temperature of the diblock copolymers was all above 319 °C, which suggesting good thermal stability. The C-O-Si groups that connected the two blocks seemed to have little effect on the thermal stability of the diblock copolymers. Moreover, the thermal degradation of PMMA-6-PMTFPS diblock copolymers proceeded in three steps of weight loss: the first and second steps by the degradation of PMMA blocks, and the last by PMTFPS blocks.The main innovations in this work are presented as follows:1. A series of narrow molecular weight distribution (MWD) polystyrene-^-poly[methyl-(3,3,3-trifluoropropyl)siloxane] (PS-6-PMTFPS) diblock copolymers were first synthesized by sequential anionic polymerization of styrene and F3 in THF. Moreover, the mechanism of the block copolymerization was investigated in detail.2. The phase diagram of the PS-6-PMTFPS diblock copolymers was quite complicated and conformationally asymmetric. The Flory-Huggins segment-segment interaction parameter % between PS and PMTFPS was poorly described by regular solution theory because of the presence of 3,3,3-trifluoropropyl groups.3. It was found that the surface tension of PS-6-PMTFPS diblock copolymers was as low as D^xlO^N-m"1, which was much lower than that of PS-6-PDMS diblock copolymers. The surface composition of the film was nearly pure PMTFPS blocks, however, the -CF3 groups were not all orientated to the outer surface.4. Narrow MWD poly(methyl methacrylate)-&-poly[methyl(3,3,3- trifluoropropyl) siloxane](PMMA-6-PMTFPS) diblock copolymers were first synthesized, and the controlled block copolymerization of MMA and F3 was first carried out in this work.