Journal
POLYMER
Volume 52, Issue 2, Pages 481-488Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2010.11.034
Keywords
Ionic liquids; Neutral polymers; Charged polymers
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [20774004, 50873025]
- Shanghai Science and Technology Commission [09JC1400800]
- Shanghai Municipal Education Commission [08GG11]
- Donghua University
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The solubility and chain conformation of different types of homopolymers in low viscosity ionic liquids (ILs), 1-allyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride ([AMIM][CI]) at 50 degrees C and 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium formate ([BMIM][COOH]) at 25 degrees C. were studied by laser light scattering (LLS). For neutral polymers, such as polyvinyl alcohol and polysulfonamide, aggregation occurred in all the cases except for polyvinyl alcohol in [BMIM][COOH]. For negative polyelectrolytes, such as DNA and polystyrene sulfonate, single chain conformation was observed. However, the hydrodynamic radius of both polymers was much smaller than that in good solvents, suggesting that the chains were condensed. Cellulose was soluble in [AMIM]/[CI], and non-diffusive mode was observed by dynamic light scattering. Zeta potential analysis indicated that cellulose exhibited the feature of polyelectrolyte. The solubility of homopolymers could be qualitatively explained by treating polymer/IL as a ternary system: polymer, cation, and anion. It was the mutual interactions determined the solubility and conformation of polymers in ILs. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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