波谱学杂志 ›› 2006, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (4): 552-556.

• 博士论文摘要 • 上一篇    

含萘环聚芳醚酮类聚合物的分子设计与性质研究

作者:牛亚明 导师:姜振华   

  1. (教育部吉林大学特种工程塑料研究中心, 吉林 长春 130023)
  • 收稿日期:1900-01-01 修回日期:1900-01-01 出版日期:2006-12-05 发布日期:2009-12-05
  • 通讯作者: 牛亚明

Molecular Design and Characterization of Poly(aryl ether ketone)s Containing Naphthalene

Author: NIU Ya-ming Advisor: JIANG Zhen-hua   

  1. (Engineering Research Center of Jilin University for Super Engineering Plastics, Ministry of Department, Changchun 130023, China)
  • Received:1900-01-01 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2006-12-05 Published:2009-12-05
  • Contact: NIU Ya-ming

摘要: 聚芳醚酮类聚合物由于具有优良的韧性、刚性、耐热等级高、电性能、耐辐射、耐疲劳、耐冲击、抗蠕变、耐磨、耐热水性好、阻燃性好等特点,在热塑性聚合物领域占有极其重要的位置. 其在航空、航天、核能、信息、通讯、电子电信、石油化工、机械制造、交通运输等高技术领域得到了成功的应用,使许多行业的传统产品实现了更新换代. 但是,随着世界新科技革命的蓬勃发展,对高性能结构材料提出了日益广泛而迫切的需求. 为进一步提高聚芳醚酮类聚合物的性能,满足某些特殊情况下的使用要求(例如高温、高辐照强度),可考虑对它们进行交联. 使之可用热塑性材料的加工方法加工,然后通过热处理使其交联,成为热固性材料. 这就要求在聚合物链上引入可交联基团. 常用的脂肪族交联基团的引入,会导致聚芳醚酮耐热性降低,而只能寻找芳香族可交联集团的聚合物材料. 本论文的目的是从分子结构设计的角度出发,从合成新型单体入手,采用芳香族亲核取代路线,将萘环引入聚合物主链,合成出一系列的新型含萘环聚芳醚酮类聚合物,并在不同条件下对它们进行了热处理. 主要利用电子自旋共振(ESR)这一手段对热处理前后的聚合物进行了表征,研究了聚合物的热交联行为,讨论了萘环的化学环境、键连位置及热处理条件对交联反应的影响,建议了交联机理. 

我们首先通过1,5-萘二酚(1, 5-DHN)、对苯二酚(HQ)和4,4′-二氟二苯酮(DFB)合成了新型高分子量的含1,5-萘二醚型聚醚醚酮无规共聚物(1, 5-PENEK),发现随着萘环含量的增加, 聚合物的玻璃化转变温度升高,熔点和结晶能力逐步下降直至消失,力学性能略有下降但基本保持了聚芳醚酮的优良性能. 这些性质的改变是由于萘环的引入在增加了聚合物的刚性同时也降低了聚合物的有序排列能力所致. 通过DSC、WAXR检测发现,1,5-萘二醚型聚醚醚酮共聚物(1, 5-PENEK)在320 ℃以上空气中处理时发生交联反应. 随着萘环含量的增加及处理温度的提高,聚合物的玻璃化转变温度增高速度加快,结晶性能迅速下降. 当处理前后的样品用ESR定量检测时,发现只存在一个单峰,并且其幅度随着热处理时间的增加而增强. 增加微波功率时发现在谱峰的两侧有很弱的突起,采用微波功率饱和特性方法证实样品中存在两种性质不同的R1R2自由基. 在不同气氛下处理该样品, 从它们ESR谱的特征推测:R1可能是RO·自由基,采用改变ESR的检测温度的方法进一步确认热处理后的聚合物中R1自由基是RO·自由基,并且经计算证明RO·自由基是与分子链中萘环相关联的. 我们又通过模拟的方法证实R2自由基是萘环自由基. 通过作RO·自由基、萘环自由基的自旋浓度随热处理时间变化曲线发现两种自由基都参与了交联反应,只是RO·自由基的浓度明显高于萘环自由基,在交联反应中起主导作用. 两种自由基浓度随热处理时间的变化趋势相同,即在热处理前期自由基浓度随时间增长很快,中期则变化不大,而后呈线性增长. 可以认为,热处理前期,主要是自由基的激发过程,而中期生成的自由基大多以双基终止的方式被消耗掉,对浓度增长没有明显贡献. 玻璃化转变温度与此相反的变化趋势支持这一结论. 恒温热失重实验表明,1, 5-PENEK在340 ℃热处理时出现明显的分解,说明1, 5-PENEK在340 ℃发生的热交联反应是裂解交联反应. 通过以上测试结果,得到了含1,5-萘二醚型聚醚醚酮共聚物(1, 5-PENEK)在340 ℃热交联的反应机理. 

第二部分,我们从1,4-萘二甲酸出发,经过酰氯化反应及付氏酰基化反应,合成了新型单体1,4-二(4-氟苯羰基)萘(1, 4-BFN). 并且利用所得到的单体和4,4′-二氟二苯酮(DFB)与对苯二酚(HQ)通过亲核取代反应合成了含1,4-萘环的聚醚醚酮酮共聚物(1, 4-PEEKNK). 测试结果表明, 随着萘环含量的增加,1, 4-PEEKNK的玻璃化转变温度升高、 溶解性变好、熔点下降直至消失,1,4-PEEKNK均聚物的力学性能与PEEK相近. 经260 ℃以上热处理的1, 4-PEEKNK均聚物的热分析实验结果表明,随着处理时间或处理温度的增加, 玻璃化转变温度升高. 从而推断在空气中热处理时聚合物发生了交联反应. 结合FT-IR、NMR等提出,交联反应是发生在萘环上的交联反应. 我们同样采用了ESR技术对1, 4-PEEKNK聚合物的交联反应类型进行了研究. 发现自由基的浓度随着处理时间的增加同样经历了3个阶段,由此我们判断1,4-PEEKNK聚合物发生的交联反应为自由基交联反应. 在不同热处理温度下1, 4-PEEKNK聚合物处理8 h的自由基自旋浓度表明在260 ℃和300 ℃热处理时自由基浓度增加的很少,与未处理样品的浓度几乎一致,认为这是由于在此温度下自由基激发的速度相对缓慢, 因此自由基全部被用于交联反应. 但是在340 ℃热处理时,自由基的浓度则急剧增加,这说明在此温度下自由基产生的速度极快甚至也产生了其它种类自由基,虽然聚合物也发生了交联反应,但是有大量自由基剩余而不利于材料的进一步使用. 恒温热失重结果说明在260 ℃热处理的1, 4-PEEKNK未发生裂解反应. 通过以上结果,给出了1, 4-PEEKNK在260 ℃热交联的交联反应机理. 

总之,我们合成了两种不同萘环化学环境及不同键连接方式的聚合物,对其基本性质进行了研究,并且发现两种聚合物在空气中于一定温度下热处理时都发生了交联反应,但交联方式及交联机理各有不同. 就综合性质及应用要求而言,我们认为1,4-萘二酮型聚合物PEEKNK作为全芳香性可交联聚芳醚酮类材料应具有很好的应用前景.

关键词: 电子自旋共振, 含萘环聚芳醚酮类聚合物, 分子设计, 交联反应机理, 自由基

Abstract: In recent years aromatic polyether ketones have achieved remarkable positions among other thermoplastic polymers because of their unique combination of toughness, stiffness, thermooxidative stability, electrical performance, flame retardancy and retention of physical properties at high temperatures. So they have been successfully applied to many fields such as aviation, spaceflight, nuclear energy, communication, telecom, petroleum, machine manufacturing and traffic. But following the booming development of new science and technology revolution in world, the high performance materials have been required extensive and urgent. In order to improve the characterization of poly(aryl ether keonte)s further, and fulfill the requirement of some extreme environment like the high temperature and irradiation environment, it is made them to take place crosslinking reaction. It is thermoplastic material before process that can be molded or casted, and then becomes thermoset through crosslinking reaction after process, so it has advantage of both kinds of materials. It′s required to introduce crosslinking group. It can not be used the generally aliphatic crosslinking group over the polymer material because it can decease thermal stability of poly(aryl ether keonte)s, but only to look for the material which has aromatic crosslinking group. The aim of the dissertation is from the design of molecular structure to synthesize new monomers and then to synthesize new poly(aryl ether ketone)s containing naphthalene with different chemical environment and linking position through the nucleophilic displacement condensation reaction. Electric Spin Resonance (ESR) as the major method was used to investigate the thermal crossliniking behavior, discussed the affection of naphthalene with different chemical environment and linking position, and made up the mechanism of crosslinking reaction.

We used 1, 5-dihydroxynaphthalene(1, 5-DHN), hydroquinone(HQ) and 4, 4′-Difluorobenzophenone (DFB) to synthesize the new high molecular weight glass poly(ether ether ketone)s random copolymers containing 1, 5-naphthalene moieties. The glass transition temperature (Tg) increases and the melt temperature(Tm), crystallinity decreases with increasing the content of naphthalene moieties. The mechanical property of copolymers decreases a little but basically retains the advantage of poly(aryl ether ketone). These results can be attributed to the disturbance of the segmental movement and the destruction of the symmetry and regularity of the molecular chains due to the introduction of the naphthalene moiety. The thermal crosslinking reaction was monitored by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and wide-angle X-ray diffraction (WAXD), when the poly(ether ether ketone)s random copolymers containing 1, 5-naphthalene moieties were treated above 320 ℃ under oxidative conditions. Both of speeds about the increment of Tg and decrement crystallinity increase following increasing the content of naphthalene and treated temperature. When the treated samples were measured with ESR quantificationally, typical spectra of single peaks were observed and its intension increased with increasing of treated time. When the microwave power was increased, a weak shoulder beside the single peak discovered was slowly appearing. The microwave power saturation method was used to confirm and differentiate the two kinds of free radical R1 and R2. Supposing from the character of spectra, whose samples treated under different air condition, R1 is RO· free radical and links with naphthalene on molecular chains by counting method. The simulation method was used to confirm R2 is naphthalene free radicals. As the concentration of R1 free radicals is higher than that of R2 free radicals, R1 free radicals take a predominant role in crosslinking reactions. The variations of radical concentration with time for two kinds of free radical are same: the concentration increased fast at first, and then maintained, finally increased fast again. The method of isothermal degradation was used to find the degradation reaction happened when 1, 5-BFPN was treated at 340 ℃. The mechanism of crosslinking reaction about the copolymers containing 1, 5-naphthalene was made out through the above results.

We synthesized a new monomer 1, 4-bis (4-fluorobenzoyl) naphthalene(1, 4-BFN) using the acyl chloride reaction and Friedel-Crafts acylation reaction of 1, 4-Naphthalenedicarboxylic acid with fluorobenzene. Poly (aryl ether ketone) copolymers possessing various compositions of 1, 4-naphthylene and 1, 4-phenylene moieties were prepared by the reaction of hydroquinone(HQ) with 1, 4-bis(4, 4′-fluorobenzoyl) naphthalene (1, 4-BFN) and 4, 4′-difluorobenzophenone (DFB). The glass transition temperature and solubility increase, while the melting temperature decreases with increasing of 1, 4-naphthalene moieties, and the mechanical of 1, 4-PEEKNK is as well as that of PEEK. The samples of 1, 4-PEEKNK treated above 260 ℃ were detected by DSC, and the Tg increases following increasing the treated time and temperature. Based on the results of FT-IR and NMR, the crosslinking reaction takes place on the naphthalene. ESR was used to research the category of crosslinking reaction too. The variations of radical concentration with time also can be divided into three steps, which can be concluded the crosslinking reaction is free radical reaction. Meanwhile, when the samples were treated at different temperature for 8hrs, the radical concentration increased little at 260 ℃ and 300 ℃, but much at 340 ℃, which means other free radicals were generated at 340 ℃. Though the crosslinking reaction takes place at 340 ℃, it′s not beneficial to application for there are much free radicals left. The method of isothermal degradation was used to find the degradation reaction did not happen when 1, 4-PEEKNK was treated at 260 ℃. We made out the mechanism of crosslinking reaction about PEEKNK.

Concluding from above, we have synthesized two kind of new poly(aryl ether ketone)s containing naphthalene with different chemical environment and linking position through the nucleophilic displacement condensation reaction, and researched their basic characterization. We find both of them can take place crosslinking reaction via several research methods, but the mechanisms of crosslinking reaction are different. Colligated all of the property and requirement, PEEKNK containing diketo 1, 4-naphthalene has excellent applied foreground as aromatic crosslinking poly(aryl ether ketone).

Key words: electric spin resonance(ESR), poly(aryl ether ketone)s containing molecular design, naphthalene, mechanism of crosslinking reaction, free radical