Sulfonated polystyrene-block-poly

Kim, J., Kim, B. and Jung, B. 2002. Proton conductivities and methanol permeabilities of membranes made from partially sulfonated polystyrene-block-poly(ethylene-ran-butylene)-block-polystyrene copolymers. Journal of Membrane Science 207 129-137. 

Block copolymers are an attractive approach to the preparation of DMFC membranes, because their highly controlled polymer architecture means that the ionic and nonionic domains can be on the same polymer backbone in a defined sequence. Furthermore, through careful control of the block lengths, the microphase separation can also be controlled to a certain extent. Kim et al. prepared partially sulfonated polystyrene-block-poly(ethylene-ran-... 

The chemical modification of homopolymers such as polyvinylchloride, polyethylene, poly(chloroalkylene sulfides), polysulfones,poly-chloromethylstyrene, polyisobutylene, polysodium acrylate, polyvinyl alcohol, polyvinyl chloroformate, sulfonated polystyrene block and graft copolymers such as poly(styrene-block-ethylene-co-butylene-block-styrene), poly(1,4-polybutadiene-block ethylene oxide), star chlorine-telechelic polyisobutylene, poly(lsobutylene-co-2,3-dimethy1-1,3-butadiene), poly(styrene-co-N-butylmethacrylate) cellulose, dex-tran and inulin, is described. 

Mani S, Weiss RA, Williams CE, Hahn SF. Microstructure of ionomers based on sulfonated block copolymers of polystyrene and poly(ethylene-afe-propylene). Macromolecules 1999 32 3663-3670. 

The amphiphilic diblock copolymer has been synthesized in the group of Stephan Forster (University of Hamburg). It consists of a polystyrene sulfonic acid) block of 144 monomers and a hydrophobic poly(ethylethylene) block of 136 monomers. It is called PSSH-PEE in the following discussion. Synthetic details are described elsewhere [18]. The films of the diblock copolymers are made from pure aqueous polymer solutions without any further surfactant. The concentration of the diblock copolymers is given in gL 1-... 

Problem 11.16 A dual initiator, 4-hydroxy-butyl-2-bromoisobutyiate (HBBIB) was synthesized (Bernaerts et al., 2003) by the reaction of 1,4-butanediol with 2-bromoisobutyric acid using p-toluene sulfonic acid as catalyst in toluene. Suggest a scheme for the synthesis of well-de ned poly(tetrahydrofuran)-f>-polystyrene block copolymer with controlled molecular weights and low polydispersities using HBBIB. 

Electrical properties have been reported on numerous carbon fiber-reinforced polymers, including carbon nanoflber-modified thermotropic liquid crystalline polymers [53], low-density polyethylene [54], ethylene vinyl acetate [55], wire coating varnishes [56], polydimethyl siloxane polypyrrole composites [50], polyacrylonitrile [59], polycarbonate [58], polyacrylonitrile-polycarbonate composites [58], modified chrome polymers [59], lithium trifluoromethane sulfonamide-doped polystyrene-block copolymer [60], boron-containing polyvinyl alcohols [71], lanthanum tetrafluoride complexed ethylene oxide [151, 72, 73], polycarbonate-acrylonitrile diene [44], polyethylene deoxythiophe-nel, blends of polystyrene sulfonate, polyvinyl chloride and polyethylene oxide [43], poly-pyrrole [61], polypyrrole-polypropylene-montmorillonite composites [62], polydimethyl siloxane-polypyrrole composites [63], polyaniline [46], epoxy resin-polyaniline dodecyl benzene sulfonic acid blends [64], and polyaniline-polyamide 6 composites [49]. 

As seen from the above examples, most of these hydrophobe modification processes involve introducing a hydrophobe onto a water soluble polymer (WSP) backbone. However, Bock and Valint [30] have reversed the process they have added solubilizing ionic moieties to a hydrophobic block copolymer, poly(t-butylstyrene-h-styrene), backbone by selective sulfonation of the polystyrene block (Scheme 1.5). The resulting material is a novel hydrophobically associating block copolymer. 

P. Piboonsatsanasakul, J. Wootthikanokkhan, S. Thanawan, Preparation and characterizations of direct methanol fuel cell membrane from sulfonated polystyrene/ poly(vinylidene fluoride) blend compatibilized with poly(styrene)-b-poly(methyl methacrytlate) block copolymer, J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 107 (2008) 1325-1336. 

Figure 8.12 TEM photographs of triblock copolymers dispersed in a DGEBA-diamine epoxy network. The triblock copolymer is polystyrene-b-polybuta-diene-b-poly(methyl methacrylate), and the epoxy hardener is (a) -methylene bis [3-chloro-2,6 diethylaniline], MCDEA, and (b) 4,4 -diamino diphenyl sulfone, DDS. In the case of the epoxy system based on MCDEA, the PMMA block is miscible up to the end of the epoxy reaction. In the case of the epoxy system based on DDS, the PMMA block phase-separates during reaction. (From LMM Library.)... 

Th-FFF can be applied to almost all kinds of synthetic polymers, like polystyrene, polyolefins, polybutadiene, poly(methyl methacrylate), polyisoprene, polysulfone, polycarbonate, nitrocelluloses and even block copolymers [114,194,220]. For some polymers like polyolefins, with a small thermal diffusion coefficient, high temperature Th-FFF has to be applied [221]. Similarly, hydrophilic polymers in water are rarely characterized by Th-FFF, due to the lack of a significant thermal diffusion (exceptions so far poly(ethylene oxide), poly(vi-nyl pyrrolidone) and poly(styrene sulfonate)) [222]. Thus Th-FFF has evolved as a technique for separating synthetic polymers in organic solvents [194]. More recently, both aqueous and non-aqueous particle suspensions, along with mixtures of polymers and particles, have been shown to be separable [215]. 

Figure 4.46. Molecular structures of commonly used OLED/PLED materials. Shown are (a) Alq3 (tris(quinoxalinato)Al (III)) used as an electron-transport material (b) DIQA (diisoamylquinacridone) used as an emissive dopant (c) BCP (2,9-dimethyl-4,7-diphenyl-l,10-phenanthroline) used as an exciton/ hole blocking agent (d) NPB (l,4-bis(l-napthylphenyl amino)biphenyl) (e) PFO (9,9-dioctylfluorene) used as an emissive polymer in PLEDs (f) PEDOT-PSS (poly-3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene-polystyrene sulfonate) used as a hole transport material in PLEDs.

Slyrene-ethylene/butylene-styrene block copolymer Poly (styrene-co-allyl alcohol). See Styrene/allyl alcohol copolymer Poly (styrene-co-butadiene). See Styrene/butadiene polymer Poly (styrene-co-maleic anhydride). See Styrene/MA copolymer Polystyrene latex Polystyrene resin. See Polystyrene Polystyrene, sulfonated. See Sodium polystyrene sulfonate... 

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