Interactions in Miscible Blends of Poly(styrene-co-methacrylic acid) with Copolymers Containing Vinylpyrrolidone and Vinylpyridine Groups
Interactions in Miscible Blends of Poly(styrene-co-methacrylic acid) with Copolymers Containing Vinylpyrrolidone and Vinylpyridine Groups
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DOI:
10.1021/ma011142w
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发表时间:
2001-10
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影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
Heidi R. Motzer;P. Painter;M. Coleman
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作者:
Heidi R. Motzer;P. Painter;M. Coleman
In this paper we report the results of infrared spectroscopic studies of styrene-co-methacrylic acid (STMAA) copolymer blends with styrene copolymers containing the complementary functional groups vinylpyrrolidone (VPr) and 2-vinylpyridine (VPy). The nature of the MAA/VPy interaction has been previously studied by several other research groups who were all in agreement that the interassociation between MAA and VPy groups is strong. 1-4 However, whether or not the interaction should be classified as ionic (complex) in nature or a strong hydrogen bond has been a subject of some debate. Zhou et al. compared complexes of poly-(acrylic acid)(PAA) and poly (vinylpyridine)(PVPy) with those of poly (methacylic acid)(PMAA) and PVPy. 1 In essence, these researchers used a combination of FTIR and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) to study the nature of the interaction. Their results showed that hydrogen bonding is the principal interaction involving MAA and VPy groups in PMAA blends with PVPy, while in analogous PAA blends ionic interactions dominated. This they attributed to the higher acidity of PAA visa-vis PMAA. 2The work presented here involves the mixing of copolymers containing MAA with those containing VPr or VPy segments. The MAA and VPr (or VPy) segments are substantially “diluted” by copolymerization with “inert” styrene segments. Such mixtures do not precipitate from solution in a common solvent, and the formation of miscible blends is feasible. The styrene-co-vinylpyrrolidone (STVPr), styrene-co-2-vinylpyridine (STVPy), and styrene-co-methacrylic acid (STMAA) copolymers used in this study were synthesized in our laboratories, and details are contained in the theses of Motzer, 5 Zhang, 6 and Cleveland, 7 respectively. Blends of these copolymers were prepared by casting films onto KBr windows at room temperature from a 1%(w/v) solution in THF. Following air-drying at room temperature, the windows were placed in a vacuum oven overnight at 60 C to completely remove the solvent. All films were thin enough to be within an absorbance range where the Beer-Lambert law is obeyed. Infrared spectra were recorded on a Digilab model FTS-45 Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectrometer at a resolution of 2 cm-1. Thermal analysis was performed on a Seiko DSC-U220 differential scanning calorimeter. A heating rate of 20 C min-1 was used, and glass transition temperatures were calculated as the midpoint of the heat capacity change. We will commence with an examination of blends of STMAA {9}(a styrene-co-methacrylic acid copolymer