Fluorescence Enhancement of a Polymer Planar Waveguide Doped with Rhodamine B and Ag Nanoparticles

与 Ag nano 粒子和玫瑰精 B 做的平面聚合物多模型波导被光谱学分析方法以及他们线方法制作并且调查。显示出的试验性的结果当激动时，那荧光改进在某个水平与 Ag nano 粒子集中由宽乐队波长发生。当激动时，在我们的实验的最大的改进因素被 350nm 获得是大约 3.8。我们的学习可以在聚合物有潜在的应用光元素，例如聚合物波导激光和放大器。

SYNTHESIS OF BLOCK COPOLYMER FROM 5,6 -BENZO-2-METHYLENE-1,3-DIOXEPANE AND METHYL ACRYLATE VIA ATOM TRANSFER RADICAL POLYMERIZATION

Poly(methyl acrylate)-b-poly(5,6-benzo-2-methylene-1,3-dioxepane) (PMA-b-PBMDO) was synthesized by two-step atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP). Firstly, ATRP of methyl acrylate (MA) was realized using ethyl alpha-bromobutyrate (EBrB) as initiator in the presence of CuBr/2,2'-bipyridine. After isolation, poly(methyl acrylate) with terminal bromine (PMA-Br) was synthesized. Secondly, the resulting PMA-Br was used as a macromolecular initiator in the ATRP of BMDO. The structure of block copolymer was characterized by H-1-NMR spectroscopy. Molecular weight and molecular weight distribution were determined on a gel permeation chromatograph (GPC).

Photoinduced Reorientation Process and Nonlinear Optical Properties of Ag Nanoparticle Doped Azo Polymer Films

Azobenzene polymer films doped with and without Ag nanoparticles are prepared. The photoinduced reorientation process is investigated by using an Nd：YVO4 pump beam at 532 nm and a low semiconductor laser beam at 650 nm. The reorientation rate of azo polymer films is enhanced in the presence of Ag nanoparticles, and the rate of the azo polymer film with Ag concentration of 2.2 μg/ml is larger than that of the azo polymer films with Ag concentrations of 1.1 μg/ml and 4.4 μg/ml. The third-order nonlinear optical properties of the Ag/azo composite film are obtained by the Z-scan technique at a wavelength of 532 nm, and the measured nonlinear refractive index is 9.258×10-9 esu. It is shown that the main mechanisms involved in the large nonlinear optical responses come from the local field enhancement of Ag nanoparticles and the nonlinear effect of the azo polymer matrix.

ELASTICITY OF MONOLAYER OF LINOLEIC ACID AND ITS POLYMER

The dynamic elasticity of linoleic acid monolayer on a subphase of 10** minus **4mol/L TbCl//3 at various surface pressure has been measured by means of dynamic oscillation method in measuring the change of surface pressure caused by periodic compression-expansion cycles of the barrier. The elasticity of monolayer increases with increasing of surface pressure linearly. The linoleic acid polymer monolayer has been obtained under UV-irradiation in situ when keeping a constant surface pressure. But the elasticity of the resulting polymerized monolayer is even smaller than that of its corresponding monomer monolayer. The elasticity of the polymerized linoleic acid monolayer decreases with increasing polymerization time. The explanation based on entropy has been presented. (Author abstract) 10 Refs.

INTERMOLECULAR AND INTRAMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS OF POLYMER GUAR GUM IN SOLUTIONS

The tetrahedral borate ion can crosslink with polymer guar gum in aqueous solutions. If the concentration of guar gum is less than 0.045 g/dL, the intramolecular interaction between guar gum and borate ion increases due to the formation of crosslinks. As a result, the polymer chains of guar gum in solution shrink in size and the reduced viscosity of polymer solution decreases accordingly. On the other hand, if the concentration of guar gum is greater than 0.045 g/dL, the intermolecular interaction becomes apparent due to the same reason. The polymer chains, therefore, associate together and the reduced viscosity of polymer solution increases considerably. According to this technique, the critical concentration c^＊, presented by de-Gennes, is determined successfully.

Synthesis of a Novel Core-shell Type Acrylic-polyurethane Hybrid Emulsion Containing Siloxane and Fluorine as well as Water and the Oil Resistances of Cured Film

Siliconated polyurethane （Si-PU） was synthesized using isophorone diisocyanate （IPDI）, hydroxybutyl-terminated polydimethylsiloxane （PDMS）, polytetramethylene ether glycol （PTMG）, polypropylene glycol （PPG）, 1,6-hexanediol （HDO）, dimethylol propionic acid （DMPA） and triethylamine （TEA）. Based on butyl acrylate （BA）, 2, 2, 2-trifluoroethylmethacrylate （TFEMA） and Si-PU as a seed emulsion, a novel core-shell type acrylic-polyurethane hybrid emulsion, containing siloxane and fluorine （F-Si-PU）, was prepared by seeded emulsion polymerization. The contents of siloxane and fluorine were determined according to the feed ratio. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy （FTIR） was used to identify the chain structures of Si-PU and F-Si-PU. Investigation of transmission electron microscopy （TEM） confirmed the core-shell structure of F-Si-PU emulsion. Measurement results of water contact angle and the swelling ratio in water and n-octane for cured film showed that the water and the oil resistances for F-Si-PU had been significantly improved at a suitable content of fluorine and siloxane.

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN PHOTOINITIATED CROSSLINKING OF POLYETHYLENE AND ITS INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS

The recent developments in the photoinitiated cross-linking of polyethylene and the significant breakthrough of its industrial application are reviewed. The enhanced photo-initiation system, the dynamics of photoinitiated crosslinking, the optimum conditions, the crystal morphological structures and related properties, and the photo- and thermo-oxidation stability of photocrosslinked polyethylene (XLPE) materials have been elucidated systematically. A new technique for producing photocrosslinked XLPE-insulated wire and cable is described in detail. It can be expected that the future applications of photocrosslinking technique of polyolefins will be very promising.

Preparation and Conducting Behavior of Amphibious Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Proton Exchange Membranes Based on Benzyltetrazole

A series of novel amphibious organic/inorganic hybrid proton exchange membranes with H3PO4 doped which could be used under both wet and dry conditions was prepared through a sol-gel process based on acrylated triethoxysilane（A-TES） and benzyltetrazole-modified triethoxysilane（BT-TES）.The dual-curing approach including UV-curing and thermal curing was used to obtain the crosslinked membranes.Polyethylene glycol（400） diacrylate（PEGDA） was used as an oligomer to form the polymeric matrix.The molecular structures of precursors were characterized by 1 H,13 C and 29 Si NMR spectra.The thermogravimetric analysis（TGA） results show that the membranes exhibit acceptable thermal stability for their application at above 200 oC.The differential scanning calorimeter（DSC） determination indicates that the crosslinked membranes with the mass ratios of below 1.6 of BT-TES to A-TES and the same mass of H3PO4 doped as that of A-TES possess the-T g s,and the lowest T g（-28.9 ℃） exists for the membrane with double mass of H3PO4 doped as well.The high proton conductivity in a range of 9.4―17.3 mS/cm with the corresponding water uptake of 19.1%―32.8% of the membranes was detected at 90 oC under wet conditions.Meanwhile,the proton conductivity in a dry environment for the membrane with a mass ratio of 2.4 of BT-TES to A-TES and double H3PO4 loading increases from 4.89×10-2 mS/cm at 30 ℃ to 25.7 mS/cm at 140 ℃.The excellent proton transport ability under both hydrous and anhydrous conditions demonstrates a potential application in the polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells.

Synthesis of a Novel UV Curable Aqueous Dispersion Polyurethane PDHA-PEDA-PU and the Properties of Cured Film

A novel ultraviolet （UV） curable aqueous dispersion polyurethane PDHA-PEDA-PU was synthesized based on isophorone diisocyanate （IPDI）, polyester dihydric alcohol （PDHA）, dimethylol propionic acid （DMPA）, pentaerythritol diacrylate （PEDA）, 2-hydroxyethyl acrylate （HEA） and triethylamine （TEA）. Acrylate groups were incorporated in the side and end of PDHA-PEDA-PU chain. The C=C content in the chain can be controlled easily through the change of IPDI/PDHA/PEDA ratio. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy （FTIR） was used to identify the structure of prepolymer, aqueous dispersion and cured polyurethane. The curing rule of the polyurethane for different C=C content has been investigated depending on the change of C=C content during the curing process. The hardness, thermal stability and scrub resistance to MEK of UV cured PDHA-PEDA-PU were also discussed for the samples with different C=C content.

EFFECTS OF ORGANIC COLORANTS ON PHOTO-INITIATED CROSSLINKING AND PHOTO-OXIDATION DEGRADATION OF POLYETHYLENE AND RELATED MECHANISM

The effects of three organic colorants on photo-initiated crosslinking and photo-oxidation degradation of polyethylene (PE) samples irradiated by microwave excited (MWE) UV lamp in the melt and the related mechanism have been studied by gel content and thermal extension rate determinations,X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS),mechanical property tests,UV spectroscopy,and light microscope.The data from the gel content and thermal extension rate determinations of photo-crosslinked polyethylene (XLPE) sample...

Synthesis and Three-photon Induced Nonlinear Properties of a Novel Organic Chromophore

A novel organic chromophore 4, 4＇-bis（9-carbazyl-trans-styryl）-biphenyl （BCSBP） has been synthesized and characterized by IHNMR and elemental analysis. Three-photon absorption（3PA） induced upconvention fluorescence was observed and large 3PA cross section as high as 10^-74 cm^6 s^2 was obtained for nanosecond laser pulses at 1064 nm from optical limiting measurements.

Synthesis and characterization of fluorinated polyurethane with fluorine-containing pendent groups

A novel fluorinated polyurethane （FPU） with fluorine-containing pendent groups was prepared by using fluorinated polyether glycol （PTMG-g-HFP） as a soft segment, 1,6-hexamethylene diisocyanate （HDI） or toluene diisocyanate （TD1） as a hard segment and 1,4-butanodiol （BDO） as a chain extender. FTIR, ^1H NMR, ^13C NMR and GPC were used to characterize the structure of the fluorinated polyurethane. Thermal stabilities of the fluorinated polyurethane and the corresponding hydrogenated polyurethane were studied by TGA. XPS analysis at two different sampling depths for the fluorinated polyurethane was used to investigate the surface compositions of FPU. The results showed the fluorine enrichment on the surface of FPU.

PHOTOINITIATED CROSSLINKING OF EPDM/INORGANIC FILLER BLENDS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF RELATED PROPERTIES

Photoinitiated crosslinking of ethylene-propylene-diene terpolymer （EPDM） blends filled with calcium carbonate, talc and calcined kaolin （CK） in the presence of benzil dimethyl ketal as photoinitiator and trimethylolpropane triacrylate as crosslinker and their related properties have been studied by different analytical methods, The results from gel content and heat extension determination show that the efficiency ofphotocrosslinking of EPDM increases with increasing the content of diene and its molecular weight. The EPDM blends with 100 phr different inorganic fillers can be photocrosslinked to gel content of above 60% by 5 s UV-irradiation under optimum conditions. Under the same conditions of irradiation, the orders of photocrosslinking rate and final gel content are EPDM/CaCO3 〉 EPDM/talc 〉 EPDM/CK. The data from thermogravimetric analysis, dynamic mechanical thermal analysis, electrical properties, mechanical tests and scanning electron microscopy show that UV irradiation crosslinking apparently enhances the thermal stability, mechanical properties and electrical properties of the photocrosslinked EPDM/inorganic filler samples. Although the attenuated total-reflection FTIR data show that inorganic fillers can promote the surface photo-oxidation of EPDM/inorganic filler samples with increasing the irradiation time, the above related properties of the photocrosslinked EPDM blends irradiated within 5 s are enough to satisfy many applications in the cable industry.

Synthesis and characterization of fluorinated PEO-b-PDMS-b-fluorinated PEO by free radical addition

Fluorinated poly（ethylene oxide） propyl-b-polydimethylsiloxane-b-propyl fluorinated poly（ethylene oxide） （FPEO-b-PDMS-b- FPEO） was synthesized by a free radical addition of carbon-hydrogen of polyether segments of poly（ethylene oxide） propyl-b- polydimethylsiloxane-b-propyl poty（ethylene oxide） （PEO-b-PDMS-b-PEO） to hexafluoropropylene （HFP） using tert-butyl peroxypivalate as an initiator. In order to reduce the possibility of side reaction, the protection and deprotection via silylation were used for the end-hydroxyls in PEO-b-PDMS-b-PEO chain. The structure of Intermediates and FPEO-b-PDMS-b-FPEO was confirmed by means of Fourier transform infrared and 1H NMR spectroscopy. The effects of amount of initiator, reaction temperature and time on free radical addition were investigated in detail. 2009 Xing Yuan Zhang. Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of Chinese Chemical Society. All rights reserved.

Synthesis and characterization of a novel hydroxypolyether blocked polydimethylsiloxane PEO-b-PDMS-b-PEO

A novel hydroxypolyether blocked polydimethylsiloxane, poly（ethylene oxide） propyl-b-polydimethylsiloxane-b-propyl poly（ethylene oxide） （PEO-b-PDMS-b-PEO） was synthesized by simple hydrosilation reaction of poly（ethylene glycol） monoallyl ether with α,ω-dihydrogen terminated PDMS （HPDMS）. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy （FTIR） and IH NMR were used to identify the structure of PEO-b-PDMS-b-PEO and intermediate product HPDMS. Based on the effect investigations of temperature, reactant molar ratio, catalyst and time on the hydrosilation, it was found that the conversion of Si-H bond to SiC bond increased with the increase of catalyst and time, and the reaction completed when the content of catalyst was 22μg/g and the time was 5 h, respectively. Urethane reaction of OH and NCO group confirms that PEO-b-PDMS-b-PEO is more reactive toward to diisocyanate than α,ω-dihydroxylbutyl terminated PDMS.

Synthesis and Optical Properties of ZnO Nanoparticles in Submicron PS Hollow Reactors

ZnO nanoparticles 首先通过核心壳的二拍子的圆舞胀大过程在亚微米 PS 空 microspheres 被包含结构化的 PMMA/PS (PMMA：polymethyl methaorylate ) 在酸碱的答案的 microspheres，和 ZnO 先锋，即乙醇答案(CH3COO ) 2Zn 和 LiOH。传播电子显微镜， X 光检查衍射，和 thermogravimetric 分析结果证明乙醇答案的喂的顺序(CH3COO ) 在第二胀大的步的 2Zn 和 LiOH 在他们的水晶形式上在装载效率和 ZnO nanoparticles，而是很少的尺寸上有大影响。光致发光和 ZnO/PS microspheres 的紫外力的吸收行为证明 PS 壳罐头有效地避免熄灭效果的荧光。

Crystallization Behavior and Thermal Properties of PP/MgAl LDH Nanocomposites Prepared in Non-polar Solution

Polypropylene（PP）/MgAl layered double hydroxide（MgAl LDH） nanocomposites were synthesized by refluxing PP and dodecyl sulfate-intercalated MgAI LDH[MgAI（DS）] in non-polar xylene. Their structure, thermal and crystallization properties were studied via X-ray diffraction（XRD）, transmission electron microscopy（TEM）, thermogravimetric analysis（TGA）, differential scanning calorimetry（DSC）, and polarized light microscopy（PLM）. The nanoscaled dispersion of MgAI（DS） nanolayeres in the PP matrix was verified by the disappearance of the d（003） XRD diffraction peak of MgAI（DS） and observation of TEM image. The DSC data show that the SDS/LDH inorganic components negatively affect the crystallization properties of PP and decrease the size of PP sphcrulites because the inorganic components act as additional nuclei. The PP/MgA1 LDH nanocomposites have a faster charring progress in a temperature range of 250--430 ℃ and a better thermal stability above 320℃ than pure PP.

Effect of C-Tetramethyl Calix[4]resorcinarene Acrylate on Curing Behavior and Film Properties of Thiol-acrylate Coating System

An octa-functional acrylate of C-tetramethyl calix[4]resorcinarene（CMC-4-RA） was facilely synthesized and characterized with ^1H NMR, ^13C NMR and FTIR spectroscopy. The CMC-4-RA was added to a thiol-acrylate system with different mass ratios, and exposed to a middle pressure mercury lamp. The maximum photopolymerization rate and final vinyl group conversion in the cured film increased greatly along with CMC-4-RA addition that was monitored with Photo-DSC. The tensile strength and pendulum hardness were improved significantly after the addition of CMC-4-RA. With increasing the content of CMC-4-RA to 60%（mass fraction）, the glass transition temperature increased from 34.2 ℃ to 84.1 ℃; the cross-link density was calculated to be increased from 23.83 mmol/cm^3 to 82.40 mmol/cm^3 according to dynamic mechanical thermal analysis; the thermostability was greatly improved.

TRANSESTERIFICATION OF POLY(BISPHENOL A CARBONATE) WITH AROMATIC AND ALIPHATIC SEGMENTS IN BUTYLENE TEREPHTHALATE-CAPROLACTONE COPOLYESTER

In this article, the transesterification of poly(bisphenol A carbonate) (PC) with butylene terephthalate-caprolactone copolyester at a weight ratio 50/50 (BCL(21)) was thoroughly investigated by proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy ('H-NMR), in conjunction with a model compound. The 1 H-NMR results of the annealed blend PC/BCL(21) show that the formation of bisphenol A-terephthalate ester units is the same as in the annealed blend of PC with PBT, and the transesterification actually occurs between PC and butylene terephthalate (BT) segments in BCL(21). By comparison with the model compound bisphenol A dibutyrate, the new signal appearing at δ= 2.56 in the 1H-NMR spectrum confirms the existence of bisphenol A caprolactone ester units resulting from the exchange reaction of PC with caprolactone (CL) segments. 1H-NMR analysis of the transesterification rates reveals that the reaction of PC with aromatic and aliphatic segments in BCL(21) proceeds in a random manner. The miscibility of the blend PC/BCL(21) copolyester is favorable for the transesterification of PC with BT segments and CL segments.