HUANG Zhihui, LIU Jinchao, BAO Yongzhong. Synthesis and structure of amphiphilic poly(vinylidene fluoride)-b-poly(N-vinylpyrrolidone) block copolymers[J]. CIESC Journal, 2018, (2): 823-829.
Iodine terminated poly(vinylidene fluoride) was prepared by iodine transfer emulsion polymerization using C6F13I as a chain transfer agent
and further employed to mediate the iodine transfer solution polymerizaton of N-vinylpyrrolidone to prepare amphiphilic poly(vinylidene fluoride)-b-poly(N-vinylpyrrolidone) (PVDF-b-PVP) block copolymers. The molecular and phase structures of PVDF-b-PVP copolymers were characterized by NMR
IR
XRD
DSC and AFM. It is confirmed that PVP block can be effectively inserted between PVDF block and terminated iodine. The order of PVDF chains in the block copolymers was decreased after the incorporation of PVP
resulting the formation of more γ phase PVDF crystals
and the decrease of crystallization temperature and crystallinity degree of PVDF. PVDF-b-PVP copolymers were microphase-separated with a domain size of about 20 nm
and exhibited better hydrophilicity than PVDF homopolymer.