Insights into the thermal phase transition behavior of a gemini dicationic polyelectrolyte in aqueous solution

Soft Matter
Yingna ZhangPeiyi Wu

Abstract

The thermal-induced phase transition behavior of a LCST-type poly(ionic liquid) (PIL) aqueous solution with gemini-cationic structure, poly[(1,8-octanediyl-bis(tri-n-butylphosphonium)4-styrene sulfonate)] (P[SS-P2]), was investigated in this paper. Based on the calorimetric measurements, a unique dependence of transition points on concentration was found in P[SS-P2] aqueous solution compared to its mono-cationic PIL and [SS-P2] aqueous solution. Optical microscopy showed that globular microscopic droplets were formed during the phase transition, suggesting that gemini dications and the possible dynamic ionic bonds may facilitate the liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) in P[SS-P2] aqueous solution. Temperature-variable 1H NMR and FT-IR investigations manifested that the dehydration of anionic chains instead of the dehydration of dications served as the driving force of the phase separation in the P[SS-P2] aqueous solution, implying that the polymerized anions tended to aggregate together first and lay in the core with dications distributed around the globules at the end of the transition process. Notably, considering that the SO3 groups in the gemini-cationic system tended to be distributed around the surface of collapsed anio...Continue Reading

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