Crystallization, melting, and morphology of a poly(ethylene oxide) diblock copolymer containing a tablet-like block of poly{2,5-bis[(4-methoxyphenyl)oxycarbonyl]styrene} |
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Authors: | Yun Huang Xuan-Bo Liu Xiao-Fang Chen Xiao Chen Xin-Hua Wan Qi-Feng Zhou |
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Affiliation: | a Department of Polymer Science and Engineering and The Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China b Institute of Colloid and Interface Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250100, China |
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Abstract: | A poly(ethylene oxide) diblock copolymer containing a short block of poly{2,5-bis[(4-methoxyphenyl)oxycarbonyl]styrene} (PEO-b-PMPCS) has been successfully synthesized via atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) method. The number average molecular weights (Mn) of the PEO and PMPCS blocks are 5300 and 2100 g/mol, respectively. Combining the techniques of differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), optical microscopy (OM), wide angle X-ray diffraction (WAXD), and small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), we have found that the PMPCS blocks, which are tablet-like, can significantly affect the crystallization and melting of the diblock copolymer. The sample studied can form the crystals with a monoclinic crystal structure identical to that of the homo-PEO. The melting temperature (Tm) of the diblock copolymer increases monotonically with crystallization temperature (Tc), which is remarkably similar to the behavior of long period. On the basis of Gibbs-Thomson relationship, the equilibrium Tm of the diblock copolymer is estimated to be 65.4 °C. In a wide undercooling (ΔT) range (14 °C<ΔT<30 °C), the isothermal crystallization leads to square-shaped crystals. The PEO-b-PMPCS crystallization exhibits a regime I→II transition at ΔT of 19 °C. The PEO blocks are non-integral folded (NIF) in the crystals, and the PMPCS blocks rejected to lamellar fold surfaces prevent the NIF PEO crystals from transforming to integral folded (IF) ones. Furthermore, the PMPCS tablets may adjust their neighboring positions up or down with respect to the lamellar surface normal, forming more than one PMPCS layer to accompany the increase in the PEO fold length with increasing Tc. |
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Keywords: | Diblock copolymer Crystallization Morphology |
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