Huang Hongpu, He Ling, Huang Kehan, Gao Min
Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China.
Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China.
J Colloid Interface Sci. 2014 Nov 1;433:133-140. doi: 10.1016/j.jcis.2014.07.027. Epub 2014 Jul 30.
Two copolymer/SiO2 hybrids are prepared by growing SiO2 on the template of well -structured diblock copolymer PMMA-b-PMPS using a "grafting-to" approach. PMMA-b-PMPS is obtained by atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) of methyl methacrylate (PMMA) and 3-(trimethoxysilyl)propyl methacrylate (PMPS) using a brominated initiator end group termed 1H,1H,2H,2H-heptadecafluoro (F-Br) and a conventional initiator of ethyl 2-bromoisobutyrate (EBiB), respectively. The "grafting-to" approach is controlled at HCl for 24h by hydrolysis and condensation of Si(OCH3)3 groups in PMPS with tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS) to gain both hybrids of F-PMMA-b-PMPS/SiO2 (by F-Br initiator) and E-PMMA-b-PMPS/SiO2 (by EBIB initiator). Comparatively, a little amount of fluorine content provided by F-Br is able to tighten the size of self-assembled micelles, to improve wettability and the viscoelasticity of F-PMMA-b-PMPS film due to F-Br migrating onto the film surface. Therefore, the surface of F-PMMA-b-PMPS film is sufficiently hydrophobic (99° and Δf=2941Hz) than E-PMMA-b-PMPS film (94°and Δf=4820Hz), and the viscoelasticity of the adsorbed layer for F-PMMA-b-PMPS (ΔD/Δf=-0.112) film is much harder than E-PMMA-b-PMPS/SiO2 (ΔD/Δf=-0.071). On the other hand, the cross-linked silica in PMMA-b-PMPS/SiO2 could also increase water contact angels of films (100-107°) and decrease the water absorption (Δf=704-798Hz). The influence on the viscoelasticity of the adsorbed layer by the fluorine group is much more obvious than the cross-linked silica, therefore F-PMMA-b-PMPS/SiO2 (ΔD/Δf=-0.347) and F-PMMA-b-PMPS (ΔD/Δf=-0.112) films have harder adsorbed layer than E-PMMA-b-PMPS/SiO2 (-0.071) and F-PMMA-b-PMPS films (-0.042). However, compared with a slightly improvement in thermo stability by F-Br, the cross-linked silica in PMMA-b-PMPS/SiO2 performs significantly improving thermal decomposition temperature at 300°C and 350°C.
通过“接枝到”方法,在结构规整的二嵌段共聚物聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯 -b-聚甲基丙烯酸3-(三甲氧基硅基)丙酯(PMMA-b-PMPS)模板上生长二氧化硅,制备了两种共聚物/二氧化硅杂化材料。聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯 -b-聚甲基丙烯酸3-(三甲氧基硅基)丙酯是分别使用端基为溴化的1H,1H,2H,2H-十七氟(F-Br)的引发剂和传统的2-溴异丁酸乙酯(EBiB)引发剂,通过甲基丙烯酸甲酯(PMMA)和甲基丙烯酸3-(三甲氧基硅基)丙酯(PMPS)的原子转移自由基聚合(ATRP)得到的。“接枝到”方法通过在盐酸中用正硅酸乙酯(TEOS)使PMPS中的Si(OCH₃)₃基团水解和缩合24小时来控制,以得到F-PMMA-b-PMPS/SiO₂(通过F-Br引发剂)和E-PMMA-b-PMPS/SiO₂(通过EBIB引发剂)两种杂化材料。相比之下,F-Br提供的少量氟含量能够收紧自组装胶束的尺寸,由于F-Br迁移到薄膜表面,从而提高F-PMMA-b-PMPS薄膜的润湿性和粘弹性。因此,F-PMMA-b-PMPS薄膜的表面比E-PMMA-b-PMPS薄膜(94°和Δf = 4820Hz)具有足够的疏水性(99°和Δf = 2941Hz),并且F-PMMA-b-PMPS(ΔD/Δf = -0.112)薄膜吸附层的粘弹性比E-PMMA-b-PMPS/SiO₂(ΔD/Δf = -0.071)硬得多。另一方面,PMMA-b-PMPS/SiO₂中的交联二氧化硅也可以增加薄膜的水接触角(100 - 107°)并降低吸水率(Δf = 704 - 798Hz)。氟基团对吸附层粘弹性的影响比交联二氧化硅更明显,因此F-PMMA-b-PMPS/SiO₂(ΔD/Δf = -0.347)和F-PMMA-b-PMPS(ΔD/Δf = -0.112)薄膜的吸附层比E-PMMA-b-PMPS/SiO₂(-0.071)和F-PMMA-b-PMPS薄膜(-0.042)更硬。然而,与F-Br对热稳定性的轻微改善相比,PMMA-b-PMPS/SiO₂中的交联二氧化硅在300°C和350°C时能显著提高热分解温度。