Synchrotron X-ray Scattering Characterization of the Molecular Structures of Star Polystyrenes with Varying Numbers of Arms
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- Title
- Synchrotron X-ray Scattering Characterization of the Molecular Structures of Star Polystyrenes with Varying Numbers of Arms
- Authors
- Sangwoo Jin; Tomoya Higashihara; Kyeong Sik Jin; Jinhwan Yoon; Yecheol Rho; Byungcheol Ahn; Jehan Kim; Akira Hirao; Ree, M
- Date Issued
- 2010-05-20
- Publisher
- AMER CHEMICAL SOC
- Abstract
- We have synthesized well-defined multiarmed star polystyrenes, with 6, 9, 17, 33, and 57 arms, and studied their molecular shapes and structural characteristics in a good solvent (tetrahydrofuran at 25 degrees C) and in a theta (Theta) solvent (cyclohexane at 35 degrees C) by small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) using a synchrotron radiation source. Analysis of the SAXS data provided a detailed characterization of the molecular shapes, including the contributions of the blob morphology of the arms, the radius of gyration, the paired distance distribution, the radial electron density distribution, and the Zimm-Stockmayer and Roovers g-factor, for the multiarmed star polystyrenes. In particular, the molecular shapes of the star polystyrenes were found to change from a fuzzy ellipsoid, for the 6-armed polystyrene, to a fuzzy sphere, for the 57-armed polystyrene, with an increasing number of arms. The ellipsoidal character of the star polystyrenes with fewer arms may originate from the extended an isotropically branched architecture at the center of the molecule. The arms of the star polystyrenes were found to be more extended than those of the linear polystyrenes. Furthermore, the degree of chain extension in the arms increased with the number of arms.
- Keywords
- SMALL-ANGLE SCATTERING; LIVING ANIONIC-POLYMERIZATION; ORGANOSILICATE THIN-FILMS; DILUTE-SOLUTION BEHAVIOR; MEAN-SQUARE RADIUS; BRANCHED POLYMERS; NEUTRON-SCATTERING; CRYSTALLIZATION BEHAVIOR; SEMIDILUTE SOLUTIONS; PRECISE SYNTHESIS
- URI
- https://oasis.postech.ac.kr/handle/2014.oak/25797
- DOI
- 10.1021/JP911928B
- ISSN
- 1520-6106
- Article Type
- Article
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B, vol. 114, no. 19, page. 6247 - 6257, 2010-05-20
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