Alkoxogold(i) complexes having a tertiary phosphine ligand,Au(OR)L [R = CH2CF3, CH(CF3)2; L = PPh3, PCy3] have been synthesized by the metathetical reactions of chloro(tertiary phosphine)gold(i) and potassium fluorinated alkoxides in tetrahydrofuran at room temperature.
We
elucidated the spatial distribution of filler particles in cross-linked
poly(styrene-ran-butadiene) rubbers (SBR) developed
under a typical fillers/rubbers compounding process as one of dissipative
structures formed under a stress field imposed on the given system.
Two types of fillers and two types of SBR were used to prepare four
kinds of the fillers/rubbers composites to investigate effects of
specific polymer/filler interactions on the hierarchically self-organized
dissipative structures under a given processing condition. The dispersion
structures of the filler particles were explored by using the combined
small-angle scattering (CSAS) method, which enables the exploration
of the structures existing over the wide length scale ranging from
∼6 nm to ∼20 μm. The measured CSAS profiles were
analyzed by using a newly developed scattering theory on fractal structures
built up by the “cluster” as their lower cutoff objects.
This cluster is composed of a few aggregates, defined as the fused
primary filler particles, bound by the SBR chains. The scattering
from the cluster having characteristic internal structures built up
by the fillers and the SBR chains was theoretically formulated by
generalizing the Debye–Bueche fluctuation theory for infinite
space to the theory for a “confined space” relevant
to the cluster size. The dispersion state of the fillers in SBR was
clarified on the basis of hierarchical structures consisting of five
structure levels as detailed in the text. More specifically, it has
the following characteristics depending on the specific interactions:
Small, compact clusters build up compact mass-fractal structures,
while large, loose clusters build up open mass-fractal structures.
Some modified styrene butadiene rubbers with functional groups at polymer chain ends have been prepared by solution polymerization system (S-SBRs). They showed reduction in the hysteresis loss of rubber compounds with silica or carbon black as reinforcing filler. Especially, the modified S-SBR with both primary amino group and alkoxysilyl group exhibited significantly lower hysteresis loss properties in both silica and carbon black compounds. In order to observe the dispersibility of silica in vulcanizates with this modified S-SBR directly, the measurements of transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) were carried out. The excellent dispersion state of silica in the vulcanizates with this modified SBR was observed. This modified SBR was also effective for improvement of dispersibility of carbon black in compound from the results of SAXS experiments. These results coincided with those obtained by dynamic viscoelastic measurement.
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