Orientation of Supramolecular Self-Organized Polymeric Nanostructures by Oscillatory Shear Flow

Autor: Makinen, R., Ruokolainen, J., Ikkala, O., Moel, K. de, Brinke, G. ten, Odorico, W. De, Stamm, M.
Zdroj: Macromolecules; May 2000, Vol. 33 Issue: 9 p3441-3446, 6p
Abstrakt: Macroscopic orientation of self-organized supramolecular polymeric materials has been demonstrated by oscillatory shear flow using in-situ small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS). In the case when a homopolymer poly(4-vinylpyridine) and pentadecylphenol molecules are stoichiometrically complexed to form comb copolymer-like supermolecules, the self-organized lamellar local structures align parallel when sheared below the order−disorder transition temperature at 56 °C using 0.5 Hz frequency and 100% strain amplitude. Therefore, the hydrogen bonds between the phenolic and pyridine groups are strong enough to withstand the applied flow. In the case of a diblock copolymer of polystyrene and poly(4-vinylpyridine) stoichiometrically complexed with pentadecylphenol molecules to form the supermolecules, the self-organization yields lamellar-within-lamellar local structure near room temperature. The larger lamellar diblock copolymer structure showed a parallel orientation relative to the shearing plates upon shearing at 125 °C (i.e., above the order−disorder transition of the short length scale comb copolymer-like structure) with initially 0.5 Hz and finally 1 Hz, both at 50% strain amplitude. On cooling, the short length scale lamellar structure, consisting of poly(4-vinylpyridine) block and pentadecylphenol, is formed inside the layers of the comb copolymer-like material in perpendicular orientation.
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