High Temperature Thermoplastic Elastomers Synthesized by Living Anionic Polymerization in Hydrocarbon Solvent at Room Temperature

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• 作者：Weiyu Wang ; Ralf Schlegel ; Benjamin T. White ; Katherine Williams ; Dimitry Voyloy ; Carlos A. Steren ; Andrew Goodwin ; E. Bryan Coughlin ; Samuel Gido ; Mario Beiner ; Kunlun Hong ; Nam-Goo Kang ; Jimmy Mays
• 刊名：Macromolecules
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：April 12, 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：49
• 期：7
• 页码：2646-2655
• 全文大小：546K
• 年卷期：0
• ISSN：1520-5835

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We present the synthesis and characterization of a new class of high temperature thermoplastic elastomers composed of polybenzofulvene–polyisoprene–polybenzofulvene (FIF) triblock copolymers. All copolymers were prepared by living anionic polymerization in benzene at room temperature. Homopolymerization and effects of additives on the glass transition temperature (T_g) of polybenzofulvene (PBF) were also investigated. Among all triblock copolymers studied, FIF with 14 vol % of PBF exhibited a maximum stress of 14.3 ± 1.3 MPa and strain at break of 1390 ± 66% from tensile tests. The stress–strain curves of FIF-10 and 14 were analyzed by a statistical molecular approach using a nonaffine tube model to estimate the thermoplastic elastomer behavior. Dynamic mechanical analysis showed that the softening temperature of PBF in FIF was 145 °C, much higher than that of thermoplastic elastomers with polystyrene hard blocks. Microphase separation of FIF triblock copolymers was observed by small-angle X-ray scattering, even though long-range order was not achieved under the annealing conditions employed. In addition, the microphase separation of the resulting triblock copolymers was examined by atomic force microscopy.