Poly sulfones electrical

Sinclair-Koppers Co. Lexan 125 bisphenol A polycarbonate from General Electric Co. Polysulfone aromatic poly(sulfone-ether) from Union Carbide Corp. and PPO poly(2,6-dimethyl-p-phenylene oxide) from General Electric Co. 

Figure 19 Edrophonium chloride release from poly(2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid-co-butyl methacrylate) gel in distilled deionized water with various pulsatile electric currents. (From Ref. 45.)...

One of the first fictional fluoropolymers was poly-1,2,2-trifluorostyrene. On one hand, it has much better oxidation and chemical resistance in comparison with common hydrocarbon polymers and, on the other hand, a wide range of functional groups can be attached to the aromatic ring. A sulfonated polymer was successfully used as a membrane for fuel cells by General Electric Co.3... 

Poly(ether ether ketone) (PEEK) is an aromatic, high performance, semicrystalline polymer with extremely good thermal stability, chemical resistance, and electrical and mechanical properties. This polymer shows little solubility in organic solvents due to the crystallinity. One of the first ways to characterize PEEK was by sulfonating the polymer. By adding sulfonic acid groups to the backbone, the crystallinity decreased and solubility increased.Commercially available Victrex appears to be one of the more interesting poly(arylene ether) s used for postmodification. 

Mechanistic Ideas. The ordinary-extraordinary transition has also been observed in solutions of dinucleosomal DNA fragments (350 bp) by Schmitz and Lu (12.). Fast and slow relaxation times have been observed as functions of polymer concentration in solutions of single-stranded poly(adenylic acid) (13 14), but these experiments were conducted at relatively high salt and are interpreted as a transition between dilute and semidilute regimes. The ordinary-extraordinary transition has also been observed in low-salt solutions of poly(L-lysine) (15). and poly(styrene sulfonate) (16,17). In poly(L-lysine), which is the best-studied case, the transition is detected only by QLS, which measures the mutual diffusion coefficient. The tracer diffusion coefficient (12), electrical conductivity (12.) / electrophoretic mobility (18.20.21) and intrinsic viscosity (22) do not show the same profound change. It appears that the transition is a manifestation of collective particle dynamics mediated by long-range forces but the mechanistic details of the phenomenon are quite obscure. 

Kwon and coworkers described solid polyelectrolyte complex systems which dissolve rapidly in response to small electric currents. The solid doses were based on poly(ethyl oxazoline) and poly(methacrylic acid) with a repeating unit stoichiometry of 1 1. Insulin was released in response to slight electric currents due to electrically induced polymer dissolution [380]. In similar work Kwon and coworkers [381] studied release of edrophonium chloride and hydrocortisone from poly(2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonate-co-n-butyl methacrylate). An on/oflf mechanism of the edrophonium chloride release was observed and was attributed to ion exchange of solute and hydroxonium ion. The cationic solute release was assisted by electrostatic forces, whereas release of the neutral hydrocortisone solute was only affected by swelling and deswelling. 

In a patent dated 1965 Stowe35) laid the basis for the copolymerization of PEO macromonomer with comonomers such as acrylonitrile. It was searched for an increased wettability of polyacrylonitrile films or fibers by a permanent surface modification. ro-Styryl poly(oxyethylene) macromonomers readily copolymerize with acrylonitrile in water emulsions. They can also be copolymerized with styrene-sulfonates in the presence of poly(vinylpyrrolidone). The presence of small amounts of such copolymers in polyacrylonitrile fibers was shown to increase their wettability and their receptivity to dyes and to make them more resistant to electric loading (antistatic fibers). No characterization data on the copolymers formed have been reported. 

Poly dibenzodiazocine materials have been prepared by polymerization of dibenzoyl-benzidine derivatives using toluene sulfonic acid These agents are useful as electrically conducting artificial muscles. 

Few other sets of viscosities exist for polymeric nematics. Yang and Shine (1993) obtained three of the Leslie viscosities for monodomains of poly(n-hexyl isocyanate) (PHIC) from rheological measurements in the presence of an electric field, and they obtained values reasonably consistent with the predictions of the Kuzuu-Doi expressions. From monodomains of the polyion PBZT, poly(l,4-phenylene-2,6-benzobisthiazole) in methane sulfonic acid, some of the Leslie-Ericksen parameters have been extracted via light-scattering and magnetic-field-reorientation studies (Berry 198S Srinivasarao and... 

Since multiple electrical and optical luiiclioiialily must be combined in the fabrication of an OLED, many workers have turned to the techniques of molecular self-assembly in order to optimize the microstructure of the materials used. In turn, such approaches necessitate the incorporation of additional chemical fimctionality into the molecules. For example, the successive dipping of a substrate into solutions of polyanion and polycation leads to the deposition of poly-ionic bilayers [59, 60]. Since the precursor form of PPV is cationic, this is a very appealing way to tailor its properties. Anionic polymers that have been studied include sulfonated polystyrene [59] and sulfonated polyaniline [59, 60]. Thermal conversion of the precursor PPV then results in an electroluminescent blended polymer film. 

The related fully sulfonated, self-doped polymer poly(2-methoxyaniline-5-sulfonic acid) (PMAS 9) may be prepared under normal atmospheric pressure by the oxidation of 2-methoxyaniline-5-sulfonic acid (MAS) monomer with aqueous (NH4)2S208 in the presence of ammonia or pyridine (to permit dissolution of the MAS monomer).141 The polymerization pH was therefore >3.5. Subsequent studies showed that the product consisted of two fractions a major fraction with Mw of ca. 10,000 Da whose electrical conductivity and spectroscopic and redox switching properties were consistent with a PAn emeraldine salt, as well as a nonconducting, electroinactive oligomer (Mw ca. 2,000 Da).143 144 Pure samples of each of these materials can be obtained using cross-flow dialysis.145... 

In a recent pubHcation, Alivisatos and co-workers reported the making of hybrid nanorods-polymer solar cells and their properties [122]. These solar cells were made by spin casting of a solution of both poly(3-hexylthiophene) (hole acceptor) and CdSe nanorods (electron acceptor) onto indium tin oxide glass substrates coated with poly(ethylene dioxythiophene) doped with polystyrene sulfonic acid and aluminum as a top contact. Nanorods have been used in composites so as to improve the carrier mobiHty. Indeed, the latter can be high for some inorganic semiconductors, but it is typically extremely low for conjugated polymers [123]. The use of the nanorods suppHes an interface for the charge transfer as well as a direct path for electrical transport. Also, because of their anisotropy, self-assembly of these nanorods is observed by electron microscopy. It shows... 

Sulfonation of aromatic polymers has been explored as a method to produce hydrophilic polymers with water permeability and salt rejection characteristics. These have been of interest because of their potentially high degree of chlorine resistance. The use of sulfonated aromatic polymers for reverse osmosis membranes began in the late 1960 s with the work of Plummer, Kimura and LaConti of General Electric Company.82 Polyphenylene oxide [poly(2,6-di-... 

Figure 3.5 Effect of membrane composition on electrical conductivity and transport number of cation exchange membrane prepared by the paste method. (O, O) transport number ( , ) specific conductivity. DVB divinylbenzene St styrene PVC poly(vinyl chloride). Composition DVB/(St + DVB) — 0.1 (by weight) numbers in the figure are DOP/PVC (DOP dioctyl phthalate -additives) (by weight). The copolymer membrane is sulfonated with concentrated sulfuric acid.

Electrically conducting polymer blends are also produced by blending another conducting polymer e.g., poly-3-octyl thiophene) with a matrix polymer e.g., PP, PVC, PS, PE, EVAc, PVC/ABS etc.) introducing a dopant e.g., iodine) [Kokkonen et al., 1994]. Several strategies were adopted in preparing ECPBs. In one example, polyaniline was blended with dodecylbenzene sulfonic acid, mixed with PS, PE or PP and then melt processed. In another case, polyaniline was mixed with protoning acid metallic salt. The conductive material was melt mixed with PE, PS, PP or ABS [Kama et al, 1994 a b]. 

Practical consequences of Eg modification in polymer films include significant changes of dissolution, diffusional and etching characteristics, mechanical creep behavior, and adhesion. Figure 17.30 shows a plot of the effective diffusion coefficient of perfluorooctane sulfonate photoacid as a function of film thickness of partially protected poly(4-t-butyloxycarbonyloxstyrene). The profile shows asymptotic behavior at 600 A, below which diffusion slows down remarkably, probably due to interfacial and confinement effects. Clearly, the interaction of the first few hundred angstroms of the film with the substrate determines its adhesion and can alter its electrical and optical properties as well as its topographical and surface characteristics. ... 

It is well known that polyelectrolyte gels swell, shrink or bend when DC electric current is applied [169]. These properties of gels are applicable for the construction of chemomechanical devices, artificial muscles, energy conversion systems etc. [170]. Osada and co-workers [171] have constructed an eel-like gel actuator on the basis of poly(2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid) and studied its chemomechanical properties. Polyampholyte gel is bent to the cathode or anode side if it has predominantly negative or positive charges along the macromolecules (Fig. 39) [172]. As seen from Fig. 39, the amplitude of deflection is gradually decreased with the approach to the lEP. This is probably due to... 

Polyester 9a, which has amino sulfonic acid moieties, was obtained by a liquid/solid biphase polycondensation of terephthalyl chloride and fV,A-bis(2-hydroxyethyl)-2-aminoethane sulfonic acid in trimethylphosphate using triethylamine as an acid acceptor [29]. A thin film of blends was prepared by casting a solution containing 9a, poly(vinyl alcohol) and Ni or salts. 9a and the metal salts formed an interpenetrating network as shown in 9b. The blends exhibit an electrical conductivity up to 10 S cm (for an experiment see Section 5.4, Experiment 5-3). 

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