Isoprene/Styrene Tapered Multiblock Copolymers with up to Ten Blocks: Synthesis, Phase Behavior, Order, and Mechanical Properties
Isoprene/Styrene Tapered Multiblock Copolymers with up to Ten Blocks: Synthesis, Phase Behavior, Order, and Mechanical Properties
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DOI:
10.1021/acs.macromol.8b01961
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发表时间:
2018-12
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5.5
通讯作者:
M. Steube;Tobias Johann;E. Galanos;Michael Appold;Christian Rüttiger;M. Mezger;M. Gallei;A. Müller-A.-M
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M. Steube;Tobias Johann;E. Galanos;Michael Appold;Christian Rüttiger;M. Mezger;M. Gallei;A. Müller-A.-M
The living anionic copolymerization of isoprene and styrene in cyclohexane affords tapered block copolymers due to the highly disparate reactivity ratios of rI = 12.8 and rS = 0.051. Repeated addition of a mixture of these monomers was exploited to generate tapered multiblock copolymer architectures of the (AB)n type with up to 10 blocks (1 ≤ n ≤ 5), thereby subdividing the polymer chains in alternating flexible polyisoprene (PI) and rigid polystyrene (PS) segments. Three series of well-defined tapered multiblock copolymers with approximate molecular weights of 80, 240, and 400 kg/mol were prepared on the 100 g scale. Via this synthetic strategy polymer chains were divided in di-, tetra-, hexa-, octa-, and decablock tapered multiblock structures. Because of the living nature of the polymerization, low dispersities in the range 1.06–1.28 (decablock) were obtained. To ensure full monomer conversion prior to the addition of the isoprene/styrene mixture, kinetic Monte Carlo simulation was employed, permitting...