Interplay between Macroscopic Stretching and Microscopic Phase Transition Revealed in Butene-1/1,5-Hexadiene Random Copolymers

2020 ◽  
Vol 53 (6) ◽  
pp. 2145-2156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Li ◽  
Long Liu ◽  
Lirong Zheng ◽  
Yahui Lou ◽  
Zhe Ma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
Random Copolymers

Structural study on ferroelectric phase transition of vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene random copolymers

Polymer ◽  
1981 ◽  
Vol 22 (10) ◽  
pp. 1312-1314 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kohji Tashiro ◽  
Kohji Takano ◽  
Masamichi Kobayashi ◽  
Yozo Chatani ◽  
Hiroyuki Tadokoro
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
Structural Study ◽  
Ferroelectric Phase Transition ◽  
Vinylidene Fluoride ◽  
Ferroelectric Phase ◽  
Random Copolymers

scholarly journals Synthesis of P(MEO2MA-co-OEGMA) Random Copolymers and Thermally Induced Phase Transition Behaviors in Aqueous Solutions

2015 ◽  
Vol 31 (10) ◽  
pp. 1914-1923
Author(s):  
Yi. GUO ◽  
◽  
Heng-Jiang. LIU ◽  
Jie-Qiong. CHEN ◽  
Ya-Zhuo. SHANG ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
Aqueous Solutions ◽  
Random Copolymers ◽  
Thermally Induced

Thermoresponsive aggregation behavior of NiPAAm/glyco monomer block copolymers studied by dynamic light scattering

e-Polymers ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zeynep Özyürek ◽  
Brigitte Voit ◽  
Franziska Krahl ◽  
Karl-Friedrich Arndt
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
Transition Temperature ◽  
Block Copolymers ◽  
Random Copolymer ◽  
Aggregation Behavior ◽  
Molar Ratio ◽  
Random Copolymers ◽  
Temperature Dependent ◽  
Lcst Behavior ◽  
Monomer Content

AbstractBlock and random copolymers containing N-isopropylacrylamide and (α- D-glucofuranosyl)-6-methacrylamido units were analyzed according to their temperature dependent aggregation behavior. Whereas a 45:55 random copolymer does not exhibit any LCST behavior below 100 °C due to the incorporation of the hydrophilic glyco monomer units, the phase transition could be retained in the physiological range in block copolymers even at a glyco monomer content above 55 mol%. DSL studies revealed that the aggregates of about 50 nm are stabilized above the transition temperature when the glyco monomer block dominates, whereas a glyco block molar ratio of 45% is not sufficient to prevent precipitation of the polymers as evidenced by turbidity measurements. Temperature dependent DLS studies revealed further that below the phase transition temperature an equilibrium between single macromolecules and aggregates is formed.

Electron microscopy of crystalline structure in thermotropic random copolymers

1991 ◽  
Vol 49 ◽  
pp. 1054-1055
Author(s):  
Afzana Anwer ◽  
S. Eilidh Bedford ◽  
Richard J. Spontak ◽  
Alan H. Windle
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Crystalline Structure ◽  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Elevated Temperatures ◽  
Random Copolymers ◽  
Molecular Characteristics ◽  
Scanning Calorimetry ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Identical Monomer ◽  
Periodic Layer

Random copolyesters composed of wholly aromatic monomers such as p-oxybenzoate (B) and 2,6-oxynaphthoate (N) are known to exhibit liquid crystalline characteristics at elevated temperatures and over a broad composition range. Previous studies employing techniques such as X-ray diffractometry (XRD) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) have conclusively proven that these thermotropic copolymers can possess a significant crystalline fraction, depending on molecular characteristics and processing history, despite the fact that the copolymer chains possess random intramolecular sequencing. Consequently, the nature of the crystalline structure that develops when these materials are processed in their mesophases and subsequently annealed has recently received considerable attention. A model that has been consistent with all experimental observations involves the Non-Periodic Layer (NPL) crystallite, which occurs when identical monomer sequences enter into register between adjacent chains. The objective of this work is to employ electron microscopy to identify and characterize these crystallites.

Microstructure of laser-irradiated, conducting Kapton polyimide

1995 ◽  
Vol 53 ◽  
pp. 502-503
Author(s):  
D. L. Callahan ◽  
Z. Ball ◽  
H. M. Phillips ◽  
R. Sauerbrey
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Phase Transition ◽  
Transmission Electron Microscopy ◽  
Cross Section ◽  
Film Surface ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
General Utility ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Considerable Debate ◽  
Potential Applications

Ultraviolet laser-irradiation can be used to induce an insulator-to-conductor phase transition on the surface of Kapton polyimide. Such structures have potential applications as resistors or conductors for VLSI applications as well as general utility electrodes. Although the percolative nature of the phase transformation has been well-established, there has been little definitive work on the mechanism or extent of transformation. In particular, there has been considerable debate about whether or not the transition is primarily photothermal in nature, as we propose, or photochemical. In this study, cross-sectional optical microscopy and transmission electron microscopy are utilized to characterize the nature of microstructural changes associated with the laser-induced pyrolysis of polyimide.Laser-modified polyimide samples initially 12 μm thick were prepared in cross-section by standard ultramicrotomy. Resulting contraction in parallel to the film surface has led to distortions in apparent magnification. The scale bars shown are calibrated for the direction normal to the film surface only.

The structure of membranes and membrane proteins embedded in amorphous ice

1992 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 432-433
Author(s):  
Uwe Lücken ◽  
Joachim Jäger
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
Transition Temperature ◽  
Membrane Proteins ◽  
Phase Transition Temperature ◽  
Lipid Vesicles ◽  
Freezing Stress ◽  
Amorphous Ice ◽  
Different Temperatures ◽  
Band Pass ◽  
Lipid Polymorphism

TEM imaging of frozen-hydrated lipid vesicles has been done by several groups Thermotrophic and lyotrophic polymorphism has been reported. By using image processing, computer simulation and tilt experiments, we tried to learn about the influence of freezing-stress and defocus artifacts on the lipid polymorphism and fine structure of the bilayer profile. We show integrated membrane proteins do modulate the bilayer structure and the morphology of the vesicles.Phase transitions of DMPC vesicles were visualized after freezing under equilibrium conditions at different temperatures in a controlled-environment vitrification system. Below the main phase transition temperature of 24°C (Fig. 1), vesicles show a facetted appearance due to the quasicrystalline areas. A gradual increase in temperature leads to melting processes with different morphology in the bilayer profile. Far above the phase transition temperature the bilayer profile is still present. In the band-pass-filtered images (Fig. 2) no significant change in the width of the bilayer profile is visible.

Electron Microscope study of commensurate-incommensurate phase transition in BaZnGeO4

1990 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 172-173
Author(s):  
Naoki Yamamoto ◽  
Makoto Kikuchi ◽  
Tooru Atake ◽  
Akihiro Hamano ◽  
Yasutoshi Saito
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
Electron Microscope Study ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Hexagonal Lattice ◽  
Ferroelectric Materials ◽  
Temperature Phase ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Periodic Arrays ◽  
Modulation Wave Vector

BaZnGeO4 undergoes many phase transitions from I to V phase. The highest temperature phase I has a BaAl2O4 type structure with a hexagonal lattice. Recent X-ray diffraction study showed that the incommensurate (IC) lattice modulation appears along the c axis in the III and IV phases with a period of about 4c, and a commensurate (C) phase with a modulated period of 4c exists between the III and IV phases in the narrow temperature region (—58°C to —47°C on cooling), called the III' phase. The modulations in the IC phases are considered displacive type, but the detailed structures have not been studied. It is also not clear whether the modulation changes into periodic arrays of discommensurations (DC’s) near the III-III' and IV-V phase transition temperature as found in the ferroelectric materials such as Rb2ZnCl4.At room temperature (III phase) satellite reflections were seen around the fundamental reflections in a diffraction pattern (Fig.1) and they aligned along a certain direction deviated from the c* direction, which indicates that the modulation wave vector q tilts from the c* axis. The tilt angle is about 2 degree at room temperature and depends on temperature.

Dynamic low-dose electron diffraction and imaging of phase transitions in polymers

1993 ◽  
Vol 51 ◽  
pp. 890-891
Author(s):  
David C. Martin ◽  
Jun Liao
Keyword(s):  
Crystal Structure ◽  
Phase Transition ◽  
Electron Diffraction ◽  
Low Dose ◽  
Dark Field ◽  
Continuous Change ◽  
Selected Area Electron Diffraction ◽  
Resolution Electron ◽  
Chain Axis ◽  
High Resolution Electron Micrographs

By careful control of the electron beam it is possible to simultaneously induce and observe the phase transformation from monomer to polymer in certain solid-state polymcrizable diacetylenes. The continuous change in the crystal structure from DCHD diacetylene monomer (a=1.76 nm, b=1.36 nm, c=0.455 nm, γ=94 degrees, P2l/c) to polymer (a=1.74 nm, b=1.29 nm, c=0.49 nm, γ=108 degrees, P2l/c) occurs at a characteristic dose (10−4C/cm2) which is five orders of magnitude smaller than the critical end point dose (20 C/cm2). Previously we discussed the progress of this phase transition primarily as observed down the [001] zone (the chain axis direction). Here we report on the associated changes of the dark field (DF) images and selected area electron diffraction (SAED) patterns of the crystals as observed from the side (i.e., in the [hk0] zones).High resolution electron micrographs (HREM), DF images, and SAED patterns were obtained on a JEOL 4000 EX HREM operating at 400 kV.

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