Macromolecules
Macromolecules
3 years ago

[ASAP] On the Nature of Freezing/Melting Water in Ionic Polysulfones

[ASAP] On the Nature of Freezing/Melting Water in Ionic Polysulfones
Britannia Vondrasek, Chengyuan Wen, Shengfeng Cheng, Judy S. Riffle, John J. Lesko
We investigate the behavior of hydrated sulfonated polysulfones over a range of ion contents through differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. Experimental evidence shows that at comparable ion contents, the spacing between the ionic groups along the polymer backbone can significantly impact the amount of melting water present in the polymer. When we only consider water molecules that can hydrogen-bond to four neighboring water molecules as the melting water, the MD simulation results are found to agree with the experimental data. The states of water measured by DSC can therefore be described as "aggregated" (or bulk-like) for the melting component and "isolated" for the nonmelting part. Using this physical picture, a polymer with more aggregated ions has a higher content of melting water, while a polymer at the same ion content but with more dispersed ions has a lower content of melting water. Therefore, ions should be well dispersed to minimize the amount of bulk-like water in ionic polymer membranes. This article has not yet been cited by other publications.

Publisher URL: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/acs/mamobx/~3/uLCtq2e4r00/acs.macromol.1c00591

DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.1c00591

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