Thermal and Bulk Properties of Triblock Terpolymers and Modified Derivatives towards Novel Polymer Brushes
Abstract
:1. Introduction
- (a).
- Due to the complexity of the system, very low domain periodicities for the PB domains can be formed without miscibility constraints.
- (b).
- Poly(butadiene) can be chemically modified leading to the addition of the -OH functional group in each PB monomeric unit, making the modified PB a sacrificial segment during the film formation, a fact that renders the use of homopolymer brushes unnecessary.
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Materials
2.1.1. Synthesis of PS-b-PB1,2-b-PDMS
2.1.2. Synthesis of PB1,2-b-PS-b-PDMS
2.1.3. Chemical Modification Reactions of PB1,2
2.2. Methods
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Structure/Properties Relationship
3.2. Sample 1 (Sample Number as Indicated in Table 1)
3.3. Sample 2 (Sample Number as Indicated in Table 1)
3.4. Sample 3 (Sample Number as Indicated in Table 1)
3.5. Chemical Modification Reactions
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Sample | A-b-B-b-C | (a) (g/mol) | (a) (g/mol) | (a) (g/mol) | (a) (g/mol) | ĐSEC (b) | fA (c) | fB (c) | fC (c) | 1,2-Microstructure (c) (%) |
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1 | PS-b-PB1,2-b-PDMS | 4.000 | 4.000 | 10.000 | 18.000 | 1.06 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.56 | 100 |
2 | PS-b-PB1,2-b-PDMS | 4.000 | 1.500 | 4.700 | 10.200 | 1.04 | 0.39 | 0.15 | 0.46 | 100 |
3 | PB1,2-b-PS-b-PDMS | 1.400 | 4.100 | 3.400 | 8.900 | 1.07 | 0.16 | 0.46 | 0.38 | 100 |
χ | PS | PB1,2 | PDMS |
---|---|---|---|
PS | - | 0.130 | 0.479 |
PB1,2 | 0.130 | - | 0.074 |
Modified Sample | A-b-B-b-C | (g/mol) | (g/mol) | (g/mol) | (g/mol) | fA | fB | fC |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | PS-b-PB1,2-b-PDMS (modified) | 4.000 | 5.300 | 10.000 | 19.300 | 0.21 | 0.27 | 0.52 |
2 | PS-b-PB1,2-b-PDMS (modified) | 4.000 | 1.900 | 4.700 | 10.600 | 0.38 | 0.18 | 0.44 |
3 | PB1,2-b-PS-b-PDMS (modified) | 1.900 | 4.100 | 3.400 | 9.400 | 0.20 | 0.44 | 0.36 |
Sample | A-b-B-b-C | Contact Angle (Degree) Unmodified (±2°) | Contact Angle (Degree) Modified (±2°) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | PS-b-PB1,2-b-PDMS | 102.7 | 85.0 |
2 | PS-b-PB1,2-b-PDMS | 103.2 | 83.1 |
3 | PB1,2-b-PS-b-PDMS | 101.3 | 88.2 |
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Artopoiadis, K.; Miskaki, C.; Manesi, G.-M.; Moutsios, I.; Moschovas, D.; Piryazev, A.A.; Karabela, M.; Zafeiropoulos, N.E.; Ivanov, D.A.; Avgeropoulos, A. Thermal and Bulk Properties of Triblock Terpolymers and Modified Derivatives towards Novel Polymer Brushes. Polymers 2023, 15, 848. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym15040848
Artopoiadis K, Miskaki C, Manesi G-M, Moutsios I, Moschovas D, Piryazev AA, Karabela M, Zafeiropoulos NE, Ivanov DA, Avgeropoulos A. Thermal and Bulk Properties of Triblock Terpolymers and Modified Derivatives towards Novel Polymer Brushes. Polymers. 2023; 15(4):848. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym15040848
Chicago/Turabian StyleArtopoiadis, Konstantinos, Christina Miskaki, Gkreti-Maria Manesi, Ioannis Moutsios, Dimitrios Moschovas, Alexey A. Piryazev, Maria Karabela, Nikolaos E. Zafeiropoulos, Dimitri A. Ivanov, and Apostolos Avgeropoulos. 2023. "Thermal and Bulk Properties of Triblock Terpolymers and Modified Derivatives towards Novel Polymer Brushes" Polymers 15, no. 4: 848. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym15040848