Adsorption of monodisperse polybutadienes on carbon black, 3 Displacement of pre-adsorbed molecules by the same polymer. Conformational and molecular weight effects

e-Polymers ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathy Vuillaume ◽  
Bassel Haidar ◽  
Alain Vidal

AbstractDisplacement of pre-adsorbed macromolecules by the same polymer, polybutadiene, of the same or of different molecular weight was studied in solution and in the bulk. The effect of polymer concentration on pre-adsorption and displacement processes was determined. Displacement was investigated by gel permeation chromatography and by determination of the amount of bound polymer before and after displacement. A conformational factor was established as a major driving force - besides molecular weight - in the displacement process. Polymer chains adsorbed in flat conformation had the highest adsorption stability and could not be displaced by any other molecular weight of the same polymer.

2016 ◽  
Vol 93 (5) ◽  
pp. 721-730 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohd Azmil Mohd Noor ◽  
Vahid Sendijarevic ◽  
Seng Soi Hoong ◽  
Ibrahim Sendijarevic ◽  
Tuan Noor Maznee Tuan Ismail ◽  
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Polymers ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 1098 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chen ◽  
Seko

To determine the molecular weight of graft chains in grafted films, the polystyrene graft chains of PVDF–g–St films synthesized by a pre-irradiation graft method are cleaved and separated by boiling xylene extraction. The analysis of the extracted material and the residual films by FTIR, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), and gel permeation chromatography (GPC) analyses indicates that most graft chains are removed from the PVDF–g–St films within 72 h of extraction time. Furthermore, the molecular weight of the residual films decreases quickly within 8 h of extraction and then remains virtually unchanged up to 72 h after extraction time. The degradation is due to the cleavage of graft bonds, which is mainly driven by the thermal degradation and the swelling of graft chains in solution. This allows determination of the molecular weight of graft chains by GPC analysis of the extracted material. The results indicate that the PVDF–g–St prepared in this study has the structure where one or two graft chains hang from each PVDF backbone.


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