Concentration Dependence of Loop Fraction in Styrene−Isoprene−Styrene Triblock Copolymer Solutions and Corresponding Changes in Equilibrium Elasticity
Concentration Dependence of Loop Fraction in Styrene−Isoprene−Styrene Triblock Copolymer Solutions and Corresponding Changes in Equilibrium Elasticity
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苯乙烯-异戊二烯-苯乙烯三嵌段共聚物溶液中环分数的浓度依赖性以及相应的平衡弹性变化
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2000
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K. Osaki
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H. Watanabe;Tomohiro Sato;K. Osaki
Dielectric behavior was examined for solutions of a styrene-isoprene-styrene (SIIS) triblock and SI diblock copolymers in an I-selective solvent, n-tetradecane (C14). The SI copolymer had noninverted type-A dipoles in the I block while the SIIS copolymer, a head-to-head coupled dimer of SI, had once-inverted dipoles in the I block. At a low temperature (5 °C) where the S blocks formed glassy, spherical microdomains, the I blocks of SIIS had either the bridge or loop configurations. The loop fraction φl in these I blocks was estimated from the dielectric losses of the SIIS and SI solutions at low frequencies. The φl was found to increase (from 0.6 to 0.8) with decreasing SIIS concentration (from 50 to 20 wt %). This increase of φl was attributed to stretching and destabilization of the bridge configuration on dilution. The equilibrium elasticities of the bridge and dangling loop, estimated from the φl values and rheological data of the concentrated SIIS/C14 solutions, were comparable in magnitude. This sig...