基于苯硼酸—双羟基交联的聚合物碳纳米管杂化凝胶的制备分析-preparation and analysis of polymer carbon nanotube hybrid gel based on phenylboronic acid - dihydroxy crosslinking.docxVIP

AbstractIt is well known that phenylboronic acid derivatives can bind diols through reversible boronate ester formation, so it can be used to detection, separation and purification of the carbohydrates. As one of the dynamic covalent bonds, the glucose-, pH-responsive boronate ester bond has been successfully used to prepare smart polymer gels, which have many potential applications in the fields of self-regulated insulin delivery, separation, and sensor systems.Recently, polymer gels hybridized with carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have drawn considerable research interest because the combination of CNTs with a polymer matrix is expected to improve the mechanical properties of the polymer gels. In this work phenylboronic acid- and diol-containing polymers were separately prepared by the reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization. Covalent functionalization of SWCNTs with azide-derivatized, diol-containing polymer was then accomplished by a nitrene addition reaction (f-SWCNTs). Subsequently, the reversible hybrid gels were prepared by crosslinking phenylboronic acid-containing polymer with the matrix of diol-containing polymer and f-SWCNTs. The main results are shown as follows:The phenylboronic acid- and diol-containing polymers were separately prepared by the RAFT polymerization. The molecular weight and polydispersity of polymers were characterized by GPC. The data of GPC indicated that both of the two polymers had a narrow molecular distribution.Synthesis of f-SWCNTs. Covalent functionalization of SWCNTs with azide-derivatized, diol-containing polymer was accomplished by a nitrene addition reaction. The f-SWCNTs product was characterized by Raman, FTIR and TGA. By the analysis above it is concluded that the polymer had been grafted to the surface of SWCNTs, and the TGA data indicated that the mass loss was around 27 wt%.Preparation of hybrid gel by crosslinking of poly(VPB-co-DMA), PHBA, and f-SWCNTs. Analysis of the composition-property rela