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Molecular characterization of α,β-poly[( N -hydroxyethyl)- dl –aspartamide] by light scattering and viscometry studies
2000
Abstract α,β-poly[(N-hydroxyethyl)- dl -aspartamide] (PHEA) is a new synthetic polymer which is of interest in biomedical applications. In this paper, the molecular characterization of PHEA by multi-angle laser light scattering and viscometry off-line and on-line to a size exclusion chromatography system is reported. These techniques furnish an exhaustive and consistent characterization of the PHEA polymer. The fractionation of the PHEA macromolecules was relatively simple. Using an aqueous mobile phase of medium ionic strength, the elution was substantially regular and the macromolecules were not aggregate. The molar mass M of four PHEA samples approximately ranges from 46 to 53 K g/mol, t…
Fractionation of cellulose acetate for the investigation of molecular weight influences on the morphology of membranes
2003
Abstract Cellulose acetate (CA) with an apparent weight average molar mass, M w ∗ , of 150 kg/mol was fractionated with respect to M by means of the mixed solvent methyl acetate (MeAc)/2-propanol (2-POH) applying a new method that uses spinning nozzles to promote the rapid attainment of phase equilibria. Two of the fractions obtained in this manner were employed to prepare membranes from solutions in methyl acetate with 2-propanol as coagulating agent. Electron micrographs demonstrate that the molar mass of CA influences the morphology of the membranes markedly under otherwise identical conditions. For M w ∗ =128 kg/mol, one obtains considerably denser structures than for M w ∗ =263 kg/mo…
Size-Exclusion Chromatographic Determination of Polymer Molar Mass Averages Using a Fractal Calibration
2005
The characterization of polymers by size-exclusion chromatography basically consists of the determination of the weight-average molar mass (Mw), number-average molar mass (Mn), and polydispersity index (I). An accurate estimation of these magnitudes requires the use of a reliable and trusted calibration curve. Three procedures for building up a calibration curve are analyzed in this work. The first is the classical universal calibration (UC), based on the elution of tetrahydrofuran-polystyrene in a system as reference. The second is based on the proper calibration curve made with standards of the sample under study. However, two main drawbacks arise when using these methodologies: the nonfu…
Main Chain Conformation and Anomalous Elution Behavior of Cylindrical Brushes As Revealed by GPC/MALLS, Light Scattering, and SFM
1999
High molar mass polymacromonomers based on methacryloyl end-functionalized oligo methacrylates (Mn = 2410 g/mol) adopt the conformation of wormlike cylindrical brushes. Comparison of the absolute molar mass, Mw, determined by static light scattering and the contour length, Lw, of the molecules measured by SFM in the dry state revealed the length per vinylic main chain monomer of the cylindrical structure to be less than 0.1 nm, thus being much shorter than the maximum value of 0.25 nm. In solution this shrinkage could be quantified to 0.071 nm per monomer by Holtzer analysis of the scattering curves which in addition yielded the Kuhn statistical segment length lk = 120 nm. GPC MALLS investi…
Intrinsic Viscosity of Aqueous Solutions of Carboxymethyl Guar in the Presence and in the Absence of Salt
2008
Intrinsic viscosities were determined for solutions of CMG in pure water and 0.9 wt.-% aqueous NaCl. To avoid the 0/0-type extrapolation typical for Huggins plots, a new procedure was used. For CMG and pure water, this requires only two adjustable parameters: the specific hydrodynamic volume of the polymer in the limit of infinite dilution and a hydrodynamic interaction parameter. The intrinsic viscosity of CMG (no salt) at room temperature is 6 050 mL · g -1 ; approximately half as large as that of Na-PSS of comparable molar mass. The ratio of the intrinsic viscosities with and without salt is ≈7 for CMG, as compared to >100 for Na-PSS. The reasons for the different behaviors of the two ty…
Molecular dynamics of discotic charge-transfer complexes, dielectric spectroscopy and2H NMR studie
1994
Abstract Using a combination of solid state 2H NMR spectroscopy on selectively deuteriated samples and dielectric spectroscopy, the molecular dynamics of discotic charge-transfer (CT) complexes were investigated. These complexes show particular thermodynamic and flow properties. Considered were mixtures of low molar mass donors and acceptors, low molar mass donors with main chain acceptor polymers and covalently linked donor-acceptor twins with different lengths of the spacer. A main result is that correlated rotational motions of discotic molecules or groups about the columnar axis are observed in all systems except for the twin with the short spacer. This type of motion seems to be a gene…
Synthesis, characterization and properties of functional star and dendritic block copolymers of ethylene oxide and glycidol with oligoglycidol branch…
2009
Abstract Well-defined, four-arm star block copolymers of ethylene oxide and glycidol were prepared via controlled anionic polymerization using protected glycidol. The length of the poly(ethylene oxide) block was varied from DP = 10 to 50, while the length of the short polyglycidol block remained nearly constant, at DP = 4–6. Star block copolymers with hydroxyl groups at the ends of the arms after conversion to the corresponding alkoxides were used as multifunctional macroinitiators for the sequential polymerization of ethylene oxide and protected glycidol. After deprotection, the branched block copolymers of ethylene oxide and glycidol had narrow molar mass distributions and multiple hydrox…
Injection moldability and properties of compatibilized PA6/LDPE blends
2004
An ethylene-acrylic acid copolymer (EAA), either alone or combined with a low molar mass bis-oxazoline compound (PBO), has been used as a compatibilization promoter for blends of polyamide-6 (PA6) with low-density polyethylene (LDPE). The effect of compatibilization on blend processability in injection molding operations and on the properties of the molded specimens has been studied. In the absence of compatibilization, the injection molded articles were shown to have low-quality surface appearance and poor mechanical properties. Both these characteristics were appreciably improved as a result of reactive compatibilization of the blends with EAA and, even more, with the EAA-PBO couple. In f…
Blends of PDMS and random copolymers of dimethylsiloxane and methylphenylsiloxane: Phase separation in the quiescent state and under shear
1999
The miscibility of random copolymers (COP), consisting of dimethylsiloxane and methylphenylsiloxane units, with poly(dimethylsiloxane)s (PDMS) was studied in the absence and in the presence of shear experimentally as well as theoretically. Blends of COP 0.86 28 with PDMS 33 (subscripts: volume fraction of DMS in the copolymer, numbers after the abbreviations: weight average molar masses in kg/mol) were investigated far from critical conditions on the PDMS side of the phase diagram. According to these experiments the two phase regime increases by shear without exception and the maximum effects grow from 3 to 12 K as the PDMS concentration increases. Theoretical calculations were performed un…
Untersuchungen zur Reaktionsfähigkeit statistisch verteilter Estergruppierungen in Copolymeren aus Styrol und Acrylsäureestern
1974
Die Aminolyse der ortho- und para-Nitrophenylester von Propionsaure, Isobuttersaure, 4-Phenylbuttersaure und 4-Phenylvaleriansaure sowie von Copolymeren aus Styrol und geringen Mengen Acrylsaure wurde mit Butylamin in Dioxan untersucht. Bei grosem Aminuberschus reagieren die niedermolekularen Ester streng nach erster Ordnung, wobei die Reaktionsgeschwindigkeit durch Zugabe von Polystyrol nicht beeinflust wird. Fur Copolymere, deren Reaktionsgeschwindigkeit deutlich geringer ist, erhalt man dagegen keine Beziehung erster Ordnung, obwohl die Anfangsgeschwindigkeit der Gesamtkonzentration der Estergruppen direkt proportional ist. Bei den Copolymeren erhalt man annahernd die gleichen Aktivierun…