Solution properties, unperturbed dimensions, and chain flexibility of poly(1‐adamantyl acrylate)
- Department of Chemistry University of Tennessee Knoxville Tennessee 37996
- Chemical and Engineering Materials Division Neutron Sciences Directorate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge Tennessee, 37831
- Department of Chemistry Aichi University of Education Kariya 448‐8542 Japan
- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge Tennessee 37831
ABSTRACT
Poly(1‐adamantyl acrylate) (PAdA) exhibits much higher glass transition and degradation temperatures than other polyacrylates. However, the quantitative evaluation of the stiffness of this polymer chain has not been reported previously. In this study, the dilute solution properties and conformational characteristics of PAdA were evaluated using viscometry and scattering techniques. The unperturbed dimensions of this polymer were evaluated using the Burchard–Stockmayer–Fixman extrapolation and the touched‐bead wormlike chain model. The PAdA chain has a comparable persistence length, diameter per bead and characteristic ratio to poly(methyl methacrylate) and polystyrene. All these results indicate that PAdA is less flexible than common polyacrylates. In addition, the second virial coefficients ( A 2 ) of PAdA in different solvents obtained by static light scattering were compared. Among the solvents investigated, tetrahydrofuran is a moderate solvent. Radius of gyration of a polymer sample in the various solvents ranged from 16.8 to 30.3 nm. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys. 2017 , 55 , 1526–1531
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- OSTI ID:
- 1374776
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Polymer Science. Part B, Polymer Physics, Journal Name: Journal of Polymer Science. Part B, Polymer Physics Journal Issue: 20 Vol. 55; ISSN 0887-6266
- Publisher:
- Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)Copyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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