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In addition, borane-containing POs can be prepared by copolymerization of olefin with borane monomers or by hydroboration of polyolefins including unsaturated groups, such as olefin-divinylbenzene copolymer and olefin-diene copolymers. Many kinds of graft copolymers, such as poly-elhylene-gra/f-poly( vinyl alcohol), PE-g-PMMA, polypropylcnc-gra/f-poly-(maleicanhydride-co-styrene), polypropylene-gra/f-poly(methacrylic acid), polypropylene-gra/f-poly(vinyl alcohol), polypropylene-gra/f-polycaprolac-tone (PP-g-PCL), polypropylcnc-gra/f-poly(methyl methacrylate) (PP-g-PMMA), poly( ethylene-co-propylene)-gra/f-poly(methyl methacrylate) (EPR-g-PMMA), and poly(ethylene-co-propylene)-gra/f-poly(maleic anhydride-costyrene), have been synthesized by such a method resulting in controllable composition and molecular microstructures [63-66]. 

Scale Product Machine Product micro (structure) Product molecular microstructure... 

In addition to the molecular microstructural parameters cited above (M, soluble fraction, etc.), supermolecular structures commonly called nodules are purported to exist in some epoxies. It has been proposed that nodules result from inhomogeneous crosslinking, and are sites of higher than average crosslink density. How and why such inhomogenieties may occur is subject to speculation, and sometimes is attributed to the following... 

In real food polymers, a distinction can be made between a viscoelastic solid, which contains some cross-links that are permanent, and a viscoelastic liquid, where, under the influence of stress, the relative movement of whole molecules will be observed. As shown in Figure 8.9, in the case of a viscoelastic solid, after application of the stress, the strain will eventually reach a constant value, and upon removal of the stress, the strain will finally return to the remaining value of food primary energy, which was not entirely dissipated. For a viscoelastic liquid, a permanent deformation will remain after removal of the stress. In the stress relaxation area, the deformation value will decay to zero for a viscoelastic liquid, whereas for a solid, it will reach a constant, nonzero value. It can also be seen as either a decreased value to the zero or a constant, nonzero value, as pointed out by the dashed line. Both values characterize the rheology parameters of foods under certain conditions. One of the reasons for this is that the factors of time-dependent foods are not necessarily related to their elastic modulus. This can be explained by the series of small deformations without rupture, which are dependent in different ways and are based on the primary molecular microstructure of foods. The time required for the stress to relax to a definite fraction of its initial value is the relaxation time. 

These studies have revealed that the molecular structure of the degradation products are closely connected with the polymer molecular microstructure. Linear segments lead to cyclic oligomers and branched fragments lead to polycyclics. The average frequency of the branching points in the polymer determine the ratio of the amounts of monocyclic to bicyclic products. 

In summary, laser Raman spectroscopy is useful for investigating the molecular microstructure of amorphous materials especially when reinforced by theoretical calculations. Correlations between spectroscopic data and the results of other physicochemical measurements are established. A detailed evaluation of the implications of these correlations must, however, be omitted to avoid intrusion upon areas of proprietary interest. 

High-resolution NMR spectroscopy has be i very effective in the determination of the stereochemical microstructure, revealing details which can be seen by no other technique. The sequence distribution, tactidty and chemical composition of a (co)polymer are important, because they supply information about the monomer addition prcxess, for example about the preference of monomers to add in particular sequences or configurations [118-120]. Moreover, knowledge about molecular microstructure is of paramount importance for the understanding of relations between molecular structure and polymer properties [121] (see Section 11.3.3). 

In the previous sections the diaractnization of the molecular structure of polymers prepared by emulsion polymerization has been discussed. The eventual aim of making emulsion polymers is invariably the preparation of polymeric materials with desired properties. The present section deals briefly with exanqrles of the thermal and mechanical properties of emulsion polymers. Also special attention will be givoi K> flie important relation between molecular microstructure and properties. 

The chemistry and physics of polymers, and their molecular microstructure, morphology, and larger-scale organization have been extensively studied and described in many treatises. 

In conclusion, it may be said that the thermotropic liquid crystalline reactions offer a highly efficient technique for the control of the molecular/ microstructural architectures in macromolecular systems. A variety of novel polymeric systems exhibiting unique mechanical and physical properties have been possible through special molecular/microstructural designs obtained by utilization of thermotropic meso-phase reactions. 

Of the nuclei, H and which both possess nuclear spin and are common to synthetic polymers, C is by far the more sensitive spin probe for polymer NMR studies. NMR spectra suffer neither from a narrow dispersion of chemical shifts (see Figs. 20.8 and 20.9) nor firom extensive homonuclear spin-spin (scalar) coupling, both of which complicate the analyses of H NMR spectra. (See below how two-dimensional observations increase the sensitivity of H NMR to molecular microstructures.) It is the sensitivity of resonance frequencies or chemical shifts, to the microstructures of polymers which makes NMR so useful as a structural probe. We noted in Fig. 20.9 that the methyl carbon resonances observed in the 25 MHz C... 

Establish quantitatively the molecular weight and molecular microstructure to arrive at polymer characterization. 

The specialization that is built into molecular microstructures in biological systems will be exploited more fully in the coming decade. Present systems make use of enzymes (122) and antibodies, or combinations of these in immunosorbent electrochemical assays (123). Recently, several species of algae were examined by Gardea-Torresdey, Darnall, and Wang for their ability to bind Cu(II) ion from solution (124). The algae were first mixed with carbon paste and used in a preconcentration step. 

It is of both academic and practical interest to obtain information on (a) the macrostructure of the network, (b) the molecular microstructure, and (c) the development of macro and microstructures with the passage of time and the establishment of reaction mechanisms. 

Molecular microstructure is primarily concerned with the identification and distribution of the various groups present such as those illustrated in Fig. 8.1. It is only when information is available on such micro- and macro-structural features that it becomes possible to study usefully the kinetics and mechanisms of vulcanization. 

Zhang [22] reported on the systematic investigation of random copolymers of propylene with small amounts of 1-butene synthesized with a Ziegler-Natta catalyst to understand their molecular microstructure and crystallization behaviour. Fractions from TREF were analyzed by CRYSTAF, SEC and NMR. The results showed that the TREF fractions had relatively uniform microstructures with long isotactic... 

Infrared spectroscopy also provides information on molecular microstructure, e.g. the repeat units resulting from addition polymerization of dienes. For example, polyisoprenes (Fig. 2.9) can be distinguished, based on differences in absorption between C-H out-of-plane bending vibrations. The infrared spectra of stereoregular polymers are also distinct from those of their less regular counterparts, but these differences do not arise directly from tacticity but indirectly due to its effect on chain conformation. 

Using synchrotron transmission FTIR microspectroscopy as a rapid, direct and nondestructive analytical technique to reveal molecular microstructural-chemical features within tissue in grain barley. /. Agric. Food Chem., 52 (6),... 

In addition to the effects of skeletal structure and of the chemical composition of the repeat units, the properties of a polymer are strongly influenced by its molecular microstructure. Variations in the geometric and configurational arrangements of the atoms in the repeat unit, and the distribution of these different spatial arrangements for the repeat units along the chain, are of particular importance. 

Different molecular microstructures arise from there being several possible modes of propagation. The possibility of head-to-tail and head-to-head placements of the repeat units has been encountered already, with the observation that for both steric and energetics reasons the placement is almost exclusively head-to-tail for most polymers. Therefore in the subsequent sections dealing with the stereochemistry of propagation only head-to-tail placements will be considered. 

TABLE 2.11 Molecular microstructures of butadiene and isoprene homopolymers prepared using various polymerization conditions... 

Relationships between the synthesis and molecular properties of polymers (Chapter 2), and between their molecular and bulk properties (Chapters 4 and 5), provide the foundations of Polymer Science. In order to establish these relationships, and to test theories, it is essential to accurately and thoroughly characterize the polymers under investigation. Furthermore, use of these relationships to predict and understand the in-use performance of a particular polymer depends upon the availability of good characterization data for that polymer. Thus polymer characterization is of great importance, both academically and commercially. The current chapter is concerned with molecular characterization of polymer samples, by which is meant the determination of their average molar masses, molar mass distributions, molecular dimensions, overall compositions, basic chemical structures and detailed molecular microstructures. Since most methods of molecular characterization involve analysis of polymers in dilute solution (<20gdm ), the relevant theories for polymers in solution will be introduced before considering the individual methods. 

The previous sections of this chapter have been concerned with methods for determination of average molar masses, molar mass distributions and molecular dimensions. In many instances this information is all that is necessary to characterize a homopolymer when its method of preparation is known. However, for certain homopolymers (e.g. polypropylene, polyisoprene) knowledge of molecular microstructure is of crucial importance. Additionally, for a copolymer it is necessary to determine the chemical composition in terms of the mole or weight fractions of the different repeat units present. It is also desirable to determine the distribution of chemical composition amongst the different copolymer molecules which constitute the copolymer (Section 3.17.6), and to determine the sequence distribution of the different repeat units in these molecules. Furthermore, when characterizing a sample of an unknown polymer the first requirement is to identify the repeat unit(s) present. Thus methods for determination of chemical composition and molecular microstructure are of great intportance. 

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