Two Nanoporous Crystalline Forms of Poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene)oxide and Related Co-Crystalline Forms

Autor: Finizia Auriemma, Paola Rizzo, Gaetano Guerra, Christophe Daniel, Claudio De Rosa, Baku Nagendra, Anna Nuzzo, Oreste Tarallo, Antonietta Cozzolino, Massimo Christian D'Alterio
Přispěvatelé: Nagendra, B., Cozzolino, A., Daniel, C., Rizzo, P., Guerra, G., Auriemma, F., De Rosa, C., D'Alterio, M. C., Tarallo, O., Nuzzo, A.
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Macromolecules. 52:9646-9656
ISSN: 1520-5835
0024-9297
Popis: Extensive characterizations, mainly by wide-angle X-ray diffraction (WAXD) and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) techniques, are reported for co-crystalline (CC) poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene)oxide (PPO) films with many different low-molecular-mass guest molecules. These characterizations are also reported for the corresponding nanoporous crystalline (NC) phases, as obtained by suitable guest-removal procedures. Two well-separated NC forms, hereafter named α and β, are obtained by guest removal from two well-separated groups of CC forms. α and β NC forms can be easily recognized by reflections in WAXD patterns as well as by suitable FTIR crystalline peaks. Density and degree of crystallinity measurements confirm that both NC phases exhibit a density definitely smaller than for the amorphous phase (ρam = 1.04 g/cm3 > ρβ = 0.95 g/cm3 > ρα = 0.93 g/cm3). Density functional theory calculations combined with geometrical analysis on PPO model systems indicate conformations suitable to fit the observed chain periodicities of the two crystalline forms (c = 5.28 and 5.47 Å, for α and β NC forms, respectively).
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