Linear Long Alkyl Chain Substituted POSS Cages: The Effect of Alkyl Chain Length on the Self-Assembled Packing Morphology
摘要:
The self-assembled long-range ordering, packing morphology and thermal behavior of a series of polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes (POSS) T-8 cage systems with long n-alkyl chain pendant groups is presented. State-of-the-art time-resolved small- and wide-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS/WAXS), thermal and optical techniques were used to elucidate their morphology. X-ray scattering showed long-range crystalline ordering where the alkyl chains align in an axial disposition from the POSS core giving a "rod-like" self-assembled packing morphology with a length-scale correlating to the overall molecular dimensions. Phase transitions observed by thermal methods were comparable to those seen in the crystallization of bulk n-alkanes. Optical measurements and crystallization kinetics confirmed a lamellar macromorphology again being similar to the crystal structure of bulk n-alkanes. This study reveals for the first time, the direct effect that the alkyl chain length has on the self-assembled crystalline packing morphology of this novel and potentially commercially relevant, series of POSS systems.
X-ray Crystal Structures, Packing Behavior, and Thermal Stability Studies of a Homologous Series of <i>n</i>-Alkyl-Substituted Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxanes
作者:Youssef El Aziz、Alan R. Bassindale、Peter G. Taylor、Richard A. Stephenson、Michael B. Hursthouse、Ross W. Harrington、William Clegg
DOI:10.1021/ma302229v
日期:2013.2.12
The homologous series of octa-n-alkylsilsesquioxanes (n-alkylPOSS) was prepared by hydrosilylation of octahydrido-octasilses-quioxane H8T8 with terminal n-alkenes in good yields (n = 2-18). The compounds were characterized by NMR spectroscopy (H-1, C-13, Si-29), MALDI-TOF and ESI MS. Most of them have also been characterized using X-ray crystallography, including some polymorphs. The packing systems of the octa-n-alkylsilsesquioxanes are reported. Two types of packing have been observed, rod-like and disk-like (interdigitated). Some n-alkylPOSS crystals were formed in which the chains are tilted away from the axes of the cubic core. It was also observed that as alkyl-chains are flexible they can take up a variety of conformations. Melting points of the homologous series showed an odd-even alternating effect for alkyl chains longer than four CH2 units. The TGA of n-alkylPOSS under nitrogen showed that the thermal stability temperatures are between 200 and 400 degrees C. Pyrolysis-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry has been used to elucidate the thermal degradation process of T-8(n-CnH2n+1)(8) (n = 11 and 18). Thermal cracking along the whole alkyl chain was observed rather than simple loss of the complete arm.
Linear Long Alkyl Chain Substituted POSS Cages: The Effect of Alkyl Chain Length on the Self-Assembled Packing Morphology
作者:Ellen L. Heeley、Darren J. Hughes、Youssef El Aziz、Peter G. Taylor、Alan R. Bassindale
DOI:10.1021/ma400635e
日期:2013.6.25
The self-assembled long-range ordering, packing morphology and thermal behavior of a series of polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes (POSS) T-8 cage systems with long n-alkyl chain pendant groups is presented. State-of-the-art time-resolved small- and wide-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS/WAXS), thermal and optical techniques were used to elucidate their morphology. X-ray scattering showed long-range crystalline ordering where the alkyl chains align in an axial disposition from the POSS core giving a "rod-like" self-assembled packing morphology with a length-scale correlating to the overall molecular dimensions. Phase transitions observed by thermal methods were comparable to those seen in the crystallization of bulk n-alkanes. Optical measurements and crystallization kinetics confirmed a lamellar macromorphology again being similar to the crystal structure of bulk n-alkanes. This study reveals for the first time, the direct effect that the alkyl chain length has on the self-assembled crystalline packing morphology of this novel and potentially commercially relevant, series of POSS systems.