Mesomorphic state of poly(vinylpyridine)-dodecylbenzenesulfonic acid complexes in bulk and in xylene solution

TY - JOUR

T1 - Mesomorphic state of poly(vinylpyridine)-dodecylbenzenesulfonic acid complexes in bulk and in xylene solution

AU - Ikkala, Olli

AU - Ruokolainen, Janne

AU - ten Brinke, Gerrit

AU - Torkkeli, Mika

AU - Serimaa, Ritva

PY - 1995

Y1 - 1995

N2 - Theoretically, lyotropic behavior of flexible polymers can be induced by associating the polymers with a large amount of long-tail surfactants leading to bottle-brush type conformations in suitable solvents. To address this and related questions, complexes of poly(2-vinylpyridine) (P2VP) and poly(4-vinylpyridine) (P4VP) with p-dodecylbenzenesulfonic acid (DBSA), characterized by FT-IR, were investigated in the bulk and in xylene, i.e., a good solvent for the alkyl side chains. At a 1:1 molar ratio of vinylpyridine monomer and DBSA, the polymers are shown by FT-IR to be almost completely protonated. In the bulk, the complexes form mesomorphic layer structures which have been characterized by polarized optical microscopy and by both wide- and small-angle X-ray scattering. In the xylene solutions, birefringence indicating liquid crystallinity is observed for concentrations of the fully protonated P4VP-(DBSA)1.0 complex of ca. 50% (w/w) and higher. In contrast, for P2VP(DBSA)1.0 this is only observed at complex concentrations of ca. 70% (w/w) and higher. The mesomorphic behavior of P4VP(DBSA)1.0 in xylene was further demonstrated by SAXS.

AB - Theoretically, lyotropic behavior of flexible polymers can be induced by associating the polymers with a large amount of long-tail surfactants leading to bottle-brush type conformations in suitable solvents. To address this and related questions, complexes of poly(2-vinylpyridine) (P2VP) and poly(4-vinylpyridine) (P4VP) with p-dodecylbenzenesulfonic acid (DBSA), characterized by FT-IR, were investigated in the bulk and in xylene, i.e., a good solvent for the alkyl side chains. At a 1:1 molar ratio of vinylpyridine monomer and DBSA, the polymers are shown by FT-IR to be almost completely protonated. In the bulk, the complexes form mesomorphic layer structures which have been characterized by polarized optical microscopy and by both wide- and small-angle X-ray scattering. In the xylene solutions, birefringence indicating liquid crystallinity is observed for concentrations of the fully protonated P4VP-(DBSA)1.0 complex of ca. 50% (w/w) and higher. In contrast, for P2VP(DBSA)1.0 this is only observed at complex concentrations of ca. 70% (w/w) and higher. The mesomorphic behavior of P4VP(DBSA)1.0 in xylene was further demonstrated by SAXS.

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U2 - 10.1021/ma00125a009

DO - 10.1021/ma00125a009

M3 - Article

VL - 28

SP - 7088

EP - 7094

JO - Macromolecules

JF - Macromolecules

SN - 0024-9297

IS - 21

ER -