We have investigated the influence of the high centrifugal pressure caused by fast magic-angle spinning (MAS) on the molecular motion of styrene-butadiene rubbers (SBR) filled with SiO 2 (SBR/Si composite) though solid-state magic-angle spinning nuclear magnetic Resonance ( 1 H MAS NMR) measurements. Because the 1 H-1 H dipolar interaction of elastomers is weak compared with that of glassy polymers, a narrower 1 H linewidth is observed under fast MAS. The temperature dependence of the 1 H spin-lattice relaxation time (T 1 H ) revealed that the T 1 H minimum increases with the MAS rate. Furthermore, we observed a difference in the temperature dependence of T 1 H between end-chain-modified SBR and normal (unmodified) SBR in the SBR/Si composites. The temperature dependence of T 1 H is described by the Bloembergen-Purcell-Pound theory, with the assumption that the correlation time obeys the Williams-Landel-Ferry empirical theory. The fitting showed that the molecular motion does not change significantly until a MAS rate of 20 kHz, with the motional mode changing considerably at a MAS rate of 25 kHz. The motion of SBR in the unmodified SBR/Si composite was greatly affected by the fast MAS rates. Furthermore, the plot of the estimated centrifugal pressure versus the T 1 H minimum resembled the stress-strain curve. This result enables the detection of macroscopic physical deformation by the microscopic parameter INTRODUCTIONSolid-state NMR is useful for the investigation of the molecular motion of the functional groups of elastomers and polymers. In particular, the recent development of the magic-angle spinning (MAS) technique allows a sample rotor to be spun much faster than 20 kHz. Thus, we can detect the high-resolution 1 H signals of rubbers and elastomers under the fast rates that are possible in MAS because these fast MAS rates effectively reduce the signal broadening that arises from the relatively weak 1 H-1 H dipolar interaction of elastomers (in comparison with that of glassy solid polymers).Generally, spin-lattice relaxation time (T 1 ) is observed to study molecular motion. In the case of rare spins such as 13 C, however, it is time-consuming to observe the signals and measure an accurate T 1 with a good signal-to-noise ratio. In contrast, proton signals are intense enough to allow quick analysis of molecular motion through the T 1 measurement. However, for a glassy solid polymer, the strong 1 H-1 H dipolar interaction obscures the individual functional group signals, even with fast MAS. For rubbers and elastomers under fast MAS, in contrast, each peak assigned to a respective functional group can be detected because of the weak 1 H-1 H dipolar interaction. Furthermore, it is easy to detect 1 H-T 1 ( 1 H spin-lattice relaxation time (T 1 H )) accurately. In contrast, it is well known that MAS causes the temperature of the inner sample to increase because of friction between the MAS and the air. In addition, it has recently been reported that fast MAS causes
SF/polyurethane composite non-woven sheet was fabricated to evaluate the cardiovascular tissue engineering materials in the wet state. The compatibility and microstructure analyses were carried out on the fabricated SF/polyurethane composite non-woven sheet by thermal analysis and solid-state NMR analysis in the wet state. To evaluate the modulus of elasticity, a tensile test was performed and supported with dynamic viscoelasticity and mechanical analysis. Results showed that SF/polyurethane composites form domains within the non-woven sheet and are in a finely dispersed state while maintaining their structures at a scale of several tens of nm. Moreover, an increase of the loss tangent with low elastic modulus proved that a micromolecular interaction occurs between silk fibroin (SF) and polyurethane molecules.
In this paper, we performed solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) measurements, including T 1 H and T 1q , of silk fibroin (SF)/polyurethane (PU) composites to examine their possible use as a material for artificial vascular grafts. In the development of new artificial vascular grafts made from SF/PU, it is important to examine the miscibility of the composites and their molecular dynamics, because these properties are intimately involved in the resulting physical properties of the resulting vascular graft. The T 1 H measurements showed that the domain size of the SF/PU ¼ 1:1 composite is smaller than the domain size of the 1:10 and 1:2 composites, indicating that the molecular miscibility between SF and PU are partially in close proximity, particularly in the SF/PU ¼ 1:1 composite. Additionally, we observed that the molecular motion of the soft segment of PU in the SF/PU composites becomes slow, suggesting that the soft segment of PU interacts with SF to some extent. These analyses provided basic structural information for the development of silk-based artificial vascular grafts using PU.
Helix-coil transitions of poly α-aspartic acid (PASP) were studied by dc polarography in the presence of Zn 2+ as a marker attached to the polymer. The diffusion current (id) of Zn 2+ declined markedly in the pH range of 3.5 -7.4 due to a formation of metal ion-PASP macromolecular complexes. The complex formation also reflects on an increase of the magnitude at ca. 222 nm of CD spectrum, suggesting that PASP forms the helix structure by coordination of Zn 2+ in the corresponding pH region. Helix content, determined by the decrease in id of Zn 2+
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