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Macromolecules in ordered media: 5. Poly(4-vinyl pyridine)—liposome association induced by electrostatic interactions
1997
Abstract The association of water-soluble vinyl polymers to dimyristoyl phosphatidic acid unilamellar vesicles as a function of pH, temperature and salt content using steady-state fluorescence and viscometry has been investigated. Poly(4-vinyl pyridine) fluorescence data were converted to association isotherms and discussed in terms of binding and partition models. The results of this report support previous suggestions: (1) in the case of polyions the inclusion of the activity coefficient in both models is essential; (2) the parameters calculated using the two different theoretical approaches can be directly compared by the relating equation proposed for us. Finally, the excellent agreemen…
Glycidyl methacrylate derivatization of α,β-poly(N-hydroxyethyl)-dl-aspartamide and α,β-polyasparthydrazide
1997
Abstract α,β-Poly(N-hydroxyethyl)- dl -aspartamide (PHEA) and α,β-polyasparthydrazide (PAHy) are two synthetic macromolecules having many potential applications in the field of biomedical sciences. This paper describes the functionalization of PHEA and PAHy with glycidyl methacrylate (GMA), in order to introduce pendant double bonds in their chains. Derivatized PHEA and PAHy (samples PHG and PAG, respectively) at various GMA content have been obtained and characterized. It has been shown that the derivatization reaction can be controlled by varying some parameters as solvent, catalyst, pH, GMA concentration and reaction time. As expected, PAHy reacted more rapidly and more extensively than …
Preparation and characterisation of Na 2 S and ZnSO 4 nanoparticles in water/sodium bis(2-ethylhexyl)sulphosuccinate/ n -heptane microemulsions
2001
The preparation procedure for nanoparticles of the water-soluble salts Na2S and ZnSO4, two commonly used reagents to synthesise ZnS nanoparticles, by evaporation of volatile components of salt-containing water-in-oil microemulsions is described. In suitable conditions, the evaporation leads to the formation of dry salt–surfactant composites and to the formation of Na2S or ZnSO4 nanoparticles. It was found that the salt–surfactant composites can be totally redissolved in a dry apolar organic solvent allowing the formation of virtually water-free solutions containing a considerable amount of the water-soluble salts. The presence of nanoparticles in these solutions and in the composites has be…
Study of morphology, mechanical properties, and thermal degradation of polycarbonate-titania nanocomposites as function of titania crystalline phase …
2013
Titania nanoparticles were prepared using a sol–gel method and calcination at 2008C and 6008C to obtain anatase and rutile phases, respectively. The obtained powders were used to prepare polycarbonate (PC)-titania nanocomposites by melt compounding. The effect of different crystalline phases and amounts of titania, in the range 1–5 wt%, on the morphology, mechanical properties, and thermal degradation kinetics of PC was investigated. The results show that the filler modified the plasticity or rigidity of the polymer and influenced the degradation kinetics, in different ways depending on the type and amount of titania. POLYM. COMPOS.,
A novel synthesis of polymers with anthracene and dihydroanthracene subunits in the main chain
1993
A new polycondensation method to connect redox-active and chromophoric subunits by forming a C-C bond and leading to a polyhydrocarbon is described. 1,ω-bis(9,10-Dihydro-9-anthry)alkanes with various alkylene spacers can be deprotonated by butyllithium to afford a monoanion in each dihydroanthracene moiety. Alkylation with dielectrophiles such as dibromoalkanes yields soluble polymers with dihydroanthracene units in the main chain. The reaction proceeds regioselectively in the 9,10-position. Aromatization generates a polymer with anthracene units. The molecular weights are determined by GPC up to Mn = 10 000. To prove the structure and to calibrate the GPC, suitable model compounds were syn…
Anthracene Based Conjugated Polymers: Correlation between π−π-Stacking Ability, Photophysical Properties, Charge Carrier Mobility, and Photovoltaic P…
2010
This article reports on the synthesis, characterization and properties of a series of anthracene−containing poly(p-phenylene-ethynylene)-alt-poly(p-phenylene-vinylene)s (PPE−PPV) copolymers with general constitutional unit (Ph−C≡C−Anthr−C≡C−Ph−CH═CH−Ph−CH═CH−)n denoted AnE-PV. Solely linear (AnE-PVaa, -ad, -ae) and solely branched (AnE-PVbb) as well as mixed linear and branched (AnE-PVab, -ac, -ba, -cc) alkoxy side chains were grafted to the backbone in order to tune the π−π-stacking ability of the materials. It has been possible to establish a correlation between π−π-stacking ability, absorptive behavior, charge carrier mobility, solar cell active layer nanoscale morphology and resulting p…
Intercorrelation between Structural Ordering and Emission Properties in Photoconducting Polymers
2009
We investigated the structural properties of anthracene containing poly(p-phenylene−ethynylene)-alt-poly(p-phenylene−vinylene) polymers with general constitutional unit: (−Ph−C≡C−Anthr−C≡C−Ph−CH═CH−Ph−CH═CH−)n by means of wide-angle X-ray scattering and fluorescence spectroscopy. Interchain interactions were systematically modified by decorating the conjugated polymer backbone with linear or branched or combinations of linear and branched alkoxy side chains. Special emphasis is taken on an evaluation method for fiber scattering spectra that allows the deduction of important structural details of polymer materials with limited degree of order. These include positional correlations along the …
The antioxidant effect in controlling thermal degradation of a low density polyethylene blown film
2004
Abstract It is well known that antioxidants are widely used to prevent thermal degradation of high density and linear low density polyethylene. Antioxidants are not always present in low density polyethylene and only small amounts are usually added to these resins. In this work the effect of an antioxidant system on a low density resin having MFI (190 °C/2.16 kg)=2 g/10′ and density 0.9230 g/cm3 has been studied. Its effect on melt viscosity has been studied by means of a batch mixer and the torque vs time behaviour has been analysed. The results show that a maximum in the torque vs time curve can be seen for the material containing antioxidant. In contrast, the material without antioxidant…
Rod-Length Dependent Aggregation in a Series of Oligo(p-benzamide)-Block-Poly(ethylene glycol) Rod-Coil Copolymers
2005
The synthesis of a series of rod-coil diblock copolymers with flexible poly(ethylene oxide) chains (M n = 5 000 g mol -1 ) and rod blocks consisting of monodisperse oligo(p-benzamide)s is described. The formation of defined supramolecular aggregates in solution as well as the solid state has been analyzed. The length of the oligo(p-benzamide)s has been systematically varied from n = 1 to 7 units. The influence of n on aggregation in chloroform and aqueous solution was investigated by GPC as well as UV-vis spectroscopy. A critical aggregation length was found for chloroform (n = 5) and water (n = 4), below which no aggregation is observed under otherwise identical experimental conditions. Ag…
Polyelectrolytes: Intrinsic Viscosities in the Absence and in the Presence of Salt
2008
Intrinsic viscosities were determined at 25 °C for 10 samples of narrowly distributed sodium polystyrene sulfonate (the molecular weights M ranging from 0.9 to 1000 kg/mol) in pure water and in aqueous solutions containing 0.9 wt % NaCl from the slope of ln ηrel versus polymer concentration. In the middle range of M, the [η] values are in the former case almost 2 orders of magnitude larger than in the latter case. In the absence of salt, the plot of log [η] as a function of log M exhibits a sigmoidal shape, which can be approximated within the interval 3 < M (in kg mol-1) < 30 by log[η] = −0.17 + 2.1 log M. In the presence of salt, the following relation holds true in the entire regime: lo…