Design of Graft Block Polymer Thermoplastics
Abstract
Graft block polymers are defined by several architectural parameters, including backbone flexibility, graft density, backbone length, side-chain composition, and side-chain length. In this work we probe the impacts of each of these parameters on the phase behavior, rheological properties, and mechanical performance of these materials. Specifically, we examine two sets of materials prepared from backbones of different inherent flexibility. One set was prepared from poly[(n-butyl acrylate)-co-(2-hydroxyethyl acrylate)] (B$$_x$$E$$_y$$) copolymers; the other was prepared from hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose (HPMC) samples. Sequential ring-opening transesterification polymerization from these hydroxyl-functionalized macroinitiatiors yielded a diblock graft architecture containing a rubbery interior block and semicrystalline exterior blocks tethered to a flexible (B$$_x$$E$$_y$$) or rigid (HPMC) backbone. Good control over side-chain molar mass and composition and judicious choice of the graft block segments enabled the preparation of materials that were either ordered or disordered in the melt state. In the former case, crystallization destroys existing order in the material; in the latter case crystallization induces new microphase separation in the bulk. Many of the structure–mechanical property relationships observed for graft block copolymers with rigid backbones are maintained for graft block polymers with semiflexible backbones, including the tendency for samples to remain transparent when stretched. However, interestingly, wemore »
- Authors:
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- Southeast Univ., Nanjing (China); Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (United States)
- Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS); Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- National Science Foundation (NSF); National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co.; The Dow Chemical Company; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1340733
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1418560
- Grant/Contract Number:
- DMR-1420013; 21504013; AC02-06CH11357
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Macromolecules
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 49; Journal Issue: 23; Journal ID: ISSN 0024-9297
- Publisher:
- American Chemical Society
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- ENGLISH
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; Hydroxyls; Plastics; Materials; Polymers; Copolymers
Citation Formats
Zhang, Jiuyang, Schneiderman, Deborah K., Li, Tuoqi, Hillmyer, Marc A., and Bates, Frank S. Design of Graft Block Polymer Thermoplastics. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1021/acs.macromol.6b02033.
Zhang, Jiuyang, Schneiderman, Deborah K., Li, Tuoqi, Hillmyer, Marc A., & Bates, Frank S. Design of Graft Block Polymer Thermoplastics. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.6b02033
Zhang, Jiuyang, Schneiderman, Deborah K., Li, Tuoqi, Hillmyer, Marc A., and Bates, Frank S. 2016.
"Design of Graft Block Polymer Thermoplastics". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.6b02033. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1340733.
@article{osti_1340733,
title = {Design of Graft Block Polymer Thermoplastics},
author = {Zhang, Jiuyang and Schneiderman, Deborah K. and Li, Tuoqi and Hillmyer, Marc A. and Bates, Frank S.},
abstractNote = {Graft block polymers are defined by several architectural parameters, including backbone flexibility, graft density, backbone length, side-chain composition, and side-chain length. In this work we probe the impacts of each of these parameters on the phase behavior, rheological properties, and mechanical performance of these materials. Specifically, we examine two sets of materials prepared from backbones of different inherent flexibility. One set was prepared from poly[(n-butyl acrylate)-co-(2-hydroxyethyl acrylate)] (B$_x$E$_y$) copolymers; the other was prepared from hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose (HPMC) samples. Sequential ring-opening transesterification polymerization from these hydroxyl-functionalized macroinitiatiors yielded a diblock graft architecture containing a rubbery interior block and semicrystalline exterior blocks tethered to a flexible (B$_x$E$_y$) or rigid (HPMC) backbone. Good control over side-chain molar mass and composition and judicious choice of the graft block segments enabled the preparation of materials that were either ordered or disordered in the melt state. In the former case, crystallization destroys existing order in the material; in the latter case crystallization induces new microphase separation in the bulk. Many of the structure–mechanical property relationships observed for graft block copolymers with rigid backbones are maintained for graft block polymers with semiflexible backbones, including the tendency for samples to remain transparent when stretched. However, interestingly, we note the effects of graft density and backbone length are quite different depending on the rigidity of the backbone.},
doi = {10.1021/acs.macromol.6b02033},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1340733},
journal = {Macromolecules},
issn = {0024-9297},
number = 23,
volume = 49,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 2016},
month = {Thu Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 2016}
}
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