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Complexing Blends of an Ionomer and a Rigid Rod Polymer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

L. Shao ,
R. A. Weiss  and
R. D. Lundberg
L. Shao
Affiliation:
Dept of Chemical Eng. and Polymer Science Program, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269-3136
R. A. Weiss
Affiliation:
Dept of Chemical Eng. and Polymer Science Program, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269-3136
R. D. Lundberg
Affiliation:
Exxon Research and Eng. Co.; Annandale, NJ 08001
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Abstract

A unique, molecular architecture was developed based on a hydrocarbon soluble backbone with a liquid crystalline side group. Lightly sulfonated polystyrene (SPS) ionomer was complexed with poly(y-benzyl-L-glutamate) (PBLG), an amine terminated synthetic polypeptide, by solution blending in either THF or chloroform. Complexation first occurred by proton transfer from the pendent acid to the amine terminal group. A secondary interaction involved hydrogen-bonding between the sulfonic acid and the carbonyl group on the PBLG chain. This material will have the potential as a molecular composite and unusual solution behavior was observed when the interaction occurred.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 248: Symposium O – Complex Fluids , 1991 , 465
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1992

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