Self-Adapting Peripherally Heterofunctionalized Hyperbranched Polymers: Formation of Janus and Tripodal Structures
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- 作者：Ashok Zachariah Samuel ; S. Ramakrishnan
- 刊名：Langmuir
- 出版年：2013
- 出版时间：January 29, 2013
- 年：2013
- 卷：29
- 期：4
- 页码：1245-1257
- 全文大小：780K
- 年卷期：v.29,no.4(January 29, 2013)
- ISSN：1520-5827
文摘
A peripherally clickable hyperbranched polyester carrying numerous propargyl terminal groups was prepared by a simple melt transesterification polycondensation of a suitably designed AB2 monomer; this clickable hyperscaffold was then transformed into a variety of different derivatives by using the Cu-catalyzed azide鈥搚ne click reaction. Functionalization of the periphery with equimolar quantities of mutually immiscible segments, such as hydrocarbon, fluorocarbon, and PEG, yielded frustrated molecular systems that readapt and form structures wherein the immiscible segments appear to self-segregate to generate either Janus structures (when two immiscible segments are present) or tripodal structures (when three immiscible segments are present). Evidence for such self-segregation was obtained from a variety of studies, such as differential scanning calorimetry, Langmuir isotherms, AFM imaging, and small-angle X-ray scattering measurements. Crystallization of one or more of the peripheral segments reinforced this self-segregation; the weight-fraction-normalized enthalpies of melting associated with the different domains revealed a competition between the segments to optimize their crystalline organization. When one or more of the segments are amorphous, the remaining segments crystallize more effectively and consequently exhibit a higher melting enthalpy. AFM images of monolayers, transferred from the Langmuir trough, revealed that the thickness matches the expected values; furthermore, contact angle measurements clearly demonstrated that the monolayer films are fairly hydrophobic, and in the case of the tripodal hybramers, the presence of domains of hydrocarbon and fluorocarbon appears to impart nanoscale chemical heterogeneity that is reflected in the strong hysteresis in the advancing and receding contact angles.