Rheological properties of sulfonated polystyrene ionomers at high-ion contents
Rheological properties of sulfonated polystyrene ionomers at high-ion contents
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DOI:
10.1007/s00397-021-01265-5
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发表时间:
2021-03
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2.3
通讯作者:
Xinyue Yu;Xiao Cao;Quan Chen
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作者:
Xinyue Yu;Xiao Cao;Quan Chen
Structure and dynamics are examined for unentangled randomly-sulfonated polystyrene ionomer samples with cesium as counterion, using the X-ray scattering, DSC, and linear viscoelasticity (LVE) measurements. The large size of cesium cation leads to low association energy, enabling the dynamics to be examined for the high-ion-content samples, i.e., samples having a fraction of ionized monomerspup to 19%. X-ray scattering data shows an ionic peak, indicating the formation of ion aggregates. DSC reveals the glass transition process that shifts to higherTand broadens significantly when the ion contentpis higher than 10%. In accordance with this broadening, the glassy and rubbery regimes seen in the LVE merge into one broad process with a wide relaxation distribution. We propose that the transition occurs when the number of ionic groups per chain becomes comparable to that of Kuhn segments per chain so that the polymer strands between ionic groups become non-flexible.