Kinetics of Chain Exchange in Asymmetric ABA′ Triblock Polymer Micelles by Time-Resolved Small-Angle Neutron Scattering

IF 5.1 1区化学 Q1 POLYMER SCIENCE

Macromolecules Pub Date : 2024-10-23 DOI:10.1021/acs.macromol.4c01687

Taehyoung Kim, En Wang, Joanna M. White, Frank S. Bates, Timothy P. Lodge

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Abstract

The effect of corona block asymmetry on chain exchange kinetics has been investigated using time-resolved small-angle neutron scattering (TR-SANS) with a series of AB di- and ABA′ triblock micelles composed of poly(ethylene-alt-propylene) (A) and polystyrene (B) block copolymers in squalane. The four copolymers maintain constant molecular weight and total block composition, but have different asymmetry ratios of the end blocks, denoted as SEP, EPSEP′-1, EPSEP′-2, and EPSEP. The TR-SANS results reveal a 10-fold acceleration in the chain exchange rate for asymmetric triblock copolymer micelles (EPSEP′-1 and EPSEP′-2) and a hundred-fold acceleration for symmetric triblock copolymers (EPSEP), compared to the SEP diblock copolymer. This enhanced exchange rate is primarily attributed to differences in the micelle structure associated with corona chain entropy during extraction, supported by calculations of grafting chain density and stretching of corona chains. Thus, this study demonstrates an interesting and significant role of block copolymer asymmetry in molecular exchange dynamics.

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通过时间分辨小角中子散射研究不对称 ABA′三嵌段聚合物胶束中的链交换动力学

利用时间分辨小角中子散射（TR-SANS）技术，对角鲨烷中一系列由聚（乙烯-邻苯二甲酸丙烯）（A）和聚苯乙烯（B）嵌段共聚物组成的 AB 二嵌段和 ABA′ 三嵌段胶束的电晕嵌段不对称性对链交换动力学的影响进行了研究。四种共聚物的分子量和总嵌段组成保持不变，但端嵌段的不对称比例不同，分别称为 SEP、EPSEP′-1、EPSEP′-2 和 EPSEP。TR-SANS 结果显示，与 SEP 二嵌段共聚物相比，不对称三嵌段共聚物胶束（EPSEP′-1 和 EPSEP′-2）的链交换速率加快了 10 倍，对称三嵌段共聚物（EPSEP）的链交换速率加快了 100 倍。这种交换率的提高主要归因于在萃取过程中与电晕链熵相关的胶束结构的差异，并得到接枝链密度和电晕链伸展计算的支持。因此，这项研究证明了嵌段共聚物的不对称性在分子交换动力学中有趣而重要的作用。

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Macromolecules 工程技术-高分子科学

CiteScore

9.30

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16.40%

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942

审稿时长

2 months

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