Polydimethylsiloxane/monomer casting nylon copolymers: Preparation,flame-retardant properties,and wear-resistant properties

In order to improve the toughness, wear resistance, and combustion properties of the monomer casting nylon (MC nylon) materials, the polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) segment is bonded to the nylon molecular chain by copolymerization. PDMS/MC nylon copolymers are prepared via in situ anionic polymerization with macro-activator based on PDMS terminated with hexamethylene diisocyanate. The effects of different macro-activator content on the mechanical properties, water absorption, thermal stability, friction and wear properties, and combustion properties of the copolymers are characterized. The results show that the impact strength of the copolymer improves significantly (optimally increases by 2.6 times) and the water absorption rate decreases with the increase of PDMS content. The introduction of the silicon–oxygen structure reduces the peak heat release rate of copolymer materials (optimally decreases about 28.7%), while it promotes the decomposition of the system, resulting in a slight decrease in the thermal stability of the materials. Adding 5 wt % PDMS can decrease the wear loss of MC nylon from 6.2 mg of pure nylon to 1.6 mg. © 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2020 , 137, 48753.     

持久疏水涂层织物的制备及其油水分离性能研究

以甲基三乙氧基硅烷（ MTES）为原料,采用溶胶 -凝胶法,在 MTES溶胶中引入端羟基聚二甲基硅氧烷（ PDMS-OH）柔性疏水链段,制得聚硅氧烷凝胶,研究了柔性疏水链段对聚硅氧烷凝胶的柔韧性及疏水性的影响;采用浸渍涂覆的方法,在聚酯织物表面负载聚硅氧烷凝胶,固化后制备得到涂层织物。采用红外光谱（ FT-IR）、抗弯模量和水接触角,对聚硅氧烷凝胶及织物涂层的结构、柔韧性、疏水稳定性及其耐久性进行表征。结果表明： PDMS-OH能够大幅提高涂层织物的柔韧性和疏水性,在聚硅氧烷溶胶中,加入 0. 10 mol端羟基含量为 8. 5%的 PDMS-OH时,涂层织物的静态水接触角可达到（ 138±2）°,且具有持久的稳定性;同时,油水分离实验结果表明,制备的涂层织物可以实现以正己烷、苯和苯胺为代表的烷烃、芳香烃类等油水混合物的有效分离。     

Synthesis and characterization of advance PA6‐b‐PDMS multiblock copolymers

Advance polyamide‐6‐b‐polydimethylsiloxane (PA6‐b‐PDMS) multiblock copolymers were first synthesized via the polymerization in bulk. Binary carboxyl terminated PA6 was served as the hard segment and PDMS modified with hexamethylene diisocyanate (PDMS‐NCO) was the soft segment. A series of PA6‐b‐PDMS copolymers based on different content and length of soft segments were obtained. Interestingly, Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) studies revealed no obvious change in melting temperature after introducing PDMS segments to copolymers. The high melting temperatures indicated these copolymers possess potential applications in automotive industry that require high continuous use temperatures. DSC and transmission electron microscopy studies both demonstrated increasing the length and the content of the soft segment contributed to increasing of the degree of microphase separation. However, the improvement of thermal stability resulting from PDMS segments was also observed by thermo gravimetric analysis. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2014 , 131, 41114.     

Q235碳钢表面SiO2/PDMS超疏水涂层的制备及防腐性能研究

目的 提高Q235碳钢的耐腐蚀性能。方法 在Q235表面先提拉聚二甲基硅氧烷(PDMS),预固化后再次提拉含疏水气相二氧化硅的PDMS分散液,完全固化后在Q235表面构建一个SiO2/PDMS超疏水涂层。通过扫描电镜、激光共聚焦显微镜、能谱、接触角、砂纸磨损、划格试验对涂层的形貌、结构和表面性质进行分析;采用电化学工作站对涂层的耐腐蚀性和耐久性进行评价。结果 SiO2纳米粒子被镶嵌在PDMS中,在Q235表面形成了一种微纳粗糙结构,平均粗糙度为2.2 μm;涂层表面能仅为5.6 mJ/m²,接触角为152.6°;涂层机械稳定性和结合力优异,砂纸磨损15个周期及划格试验30个周期后,仍保持超疏水。电化学研究表明,在Q235表面引入SiO2/PDMS后,阻抗提升了2个数量级,电容降低了6个数量级;腐蚀电位正向移动了0.419 2 V,腐蚀电流密度降低了3个数量级;涂层对Q235的防腐效率高达99.8%,呈现出优异的耐腐蚀性。在腐蚀液中浸泡一周后,SiO2/PDMS涂层仍保持超疏水和优异的耐腐蚀性,表明涂层耐久性良好。结论 以PDMS为疏水层,纳米SiO2为填料构筑粗糙表面,通过条件控制实现防腐底层和超疏水表层间的界面融合,从而引入稳定的SiO2/PDMS超疏水涂层,提高了Q235的耐腐蚀性和耐久性。本研究为在金属表面构筑稳定的超疏水涂层提供了一种方法,有望拓展金属在恶劣环境中的应用。     

Influence of the weight ratio of polydimethylsiloxane modified gelatin to silicone rubber on the potential performance of asymmetric bilayer membranes as wound dressings

Asymmetric bilayer membranes have been regarded as ideal wound dressings for skin regeneration. Our previous work reported the potential advantages of polydimethylsiloxane modified gelatin/silicone rubber (PGE/SR) asymmetric bilayer membrane as a wound dressing. However, it is still unknown whether the proportion of the two components of the bilayer membrane has a prominent influence on its relevant performance. Herein, various PGE/SR membranes with different PGE:SR weight ratios (100:25, 100:50 and 100:100) were fabricated through a self‐stratification method driven by surface tension gradients. Subsequently, the effects of the PGE:SR ratios on the relevant performance (i.e. porous structure, mechanical properties, degradability and biocompatibility) of PGE/SR membranes were systematically investigated. The current results demonstrate that the separating force between the PGE and SR components was reduced significantly on increasing the content of SR, and in particular the PGE/SR1 membrane (100:25) exhibited a well‐defined asymmetric bilayer structure with high porosity, appropriate toughness, water uptake, swelling ratio and water permeability. Concomitantly, the maximum weight loss for the PGE/SR1 membrane was ca 70.65% after 9 days of enzymatic degradation, which met the typical healing period of a normal skin wound. In addition, both the original and degraded PGE/SR1 membrane possessed favorable cytocompatibility in vitro, suggesting its potential application as a wound dressing. © 2019 Society of Chemical Industry     

H2-selective mixed matrix membranes modeling using ANFIS,PSO-ANFIS,GA-ANFIS

The novel contribution of the current study is to employ adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS) for evaluation of H₂-selective mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) performance in various operational conditions. Initially, MMMs were prepared by incorporating zeolite 4A nanoparticles into polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) and applied in gas permeation measurement. The gas permeability of CH₄, CO₂, C₃H₈ and H₂ was used for ANFIS modeling. In this manner, the H₂/gas selectivity as the output of the model was modeled to the variations of feed pressure, nanofiller contents and the kind of gas, which were defined as input (design) variables. The proposed method is based on the improvement of ANFIS with genetic algorithm (GA) and particle swarm optimization (PSO). The PSO and GA were applied to improve the ANFIS performance. To determine the efficiency of PSO-ANFIS, GA-ANFIS and ANFIS models, a statistical analysis was performed. The results revealed that the PSO-ANFIS model yields better prediction in comparison to two other methods so that root mean square error (RMSE) and coefficient of determination (R²) were obtained as 0.0135 and 0.9938, respectively. The RMSE and R² values for GA-ANFIS were 0.0320 and 0.9653, respectively, and for ANFIS model were 0.0256 and 0.9787, respectively.     

Maskless Preparation of Spatially-Resolved Plasmonic Nanoparticles on Polydimethylsiloxane via In Situ Fluoride-Assisted Synthesis

Here, a fluoride-assisted route for the controlled in-situ synthesis of metal nanoparticles (NPs) (i.e., AgNPs, AuNPs) on polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) is reported. The size and coverage of the NPs on the PDMS surface are modulated with time and over space during the synthetic process, leveraging the improved yield (10×) and faster kinetics (100×) of NP formation in the presence of F⁻ ions, compared to fluoride-free approaches. This enables the maskless preparation of both linear and step gradients and patterns of NPs in 1D and 2D on the PDMS surface. As an application in flexible plasmonics/photonics, continuous and step-wise spatial modulations of the plasmonic features of PDMS slabs with 1D and 2D AgNP gradients on the surface are demonstrated. An excellent spatially resolved tuning of key optical parameters, namely, optical density from zero to 5 and extinction ratio up to 100 dB, is achieved with AgNP gradients prepared in AgF solution for 12 minutes; the performance are comparable to those of commercial dielectric/interference filters. When used as a rejection filter in optical fluorescence microscopy, the AgNP-PDMS slabs are able to reject the excitation laser at 405 nm and retain the green fluorescence of microbeads (100 µm) used as test cases.     

Superior Low-Temperature Reversible Adhesion Based on Bio-Inspired Microfibrillar Adhesives Fabricated by Phenyl Containing Polydimethylsiloxane Elastomers

Gecko-inspired microfibrillar adhesives have achieved great progress in microstructure design and adhesion improvement over the past two decades. Space applications nowadays show great interest in this material for the characteristics of reversible adhesion and universal van der Waals interactions. However, the impact of harsh environment of space on the performance of microfibrillar adhesives, especially the extreme low temperature, is rarely addressed. Herein, microfibrillar adhesives fabricated by phenyl containing polydimethylsiloxane (p-PDMS) elastomers with superior low-temperature reversible adhesion is proposed. p-PDMS elastomers are synthesized through one-pot anionic ring-opening copolymerization, and the resulting elastomers become non-crystallizable with excellent low-temperature elasticity. Low-temperature adhesion tests demonstrate that the adhesion strength of microfibrillar adhesives fabricated by p-PDMS elastomers can be well maintained to as low as −120 °C. In contrast, the adhesion strength of pure PDMS microfibrillar adhesive reduces more than 50% below its crystallization temperature. The low-temperature cyclic adhesion tests further demonstrate that p-PDMS microfibrillar adhesives exhibit superior reversible adhesion compared to that of PDMS microfibrillar adhesives, owing to the sustainable conformal contact and even distribution of loads over repeated cycles. This study provides a new fabrication strategy for microfibrillar adhesives, and is beneficial for the practical application of microfibrillar adhesives.     

Influence of the microstructure of gums on the mechanical properties of silicone high consistency rubbers

This paper is devoted to the characterization and processing of high molar mass vinyl‐bearing polysiloxanes in high consistency silicone rubber (HCR) formulations. The molar masses of five different polydimethylsiloxane gums, bearing vinyl groups at the ends and along their chains, were evaluated by size exclusion chromatography and rheometry. ²⁹Si and ¹H NMR spectroscopy allowed the precise determination of the vinyl content and of the distribution in the different polymers. Typical HCRs formulated from these gums were heat‐cured to process silicone rubber materials that were then tested mechanically. The macromolecular properties were correlated to the final material network structure. The amount of reactive vinyl moieties, rather than their distribution along or at the end of chains, is a key parameter to tailor the material mechanical properties. © 2016 Society of Chemical Industry