Publication Date
2010
Document Type
Thesis
Committee Members
David Dolson (Committee Member), Eric Fossum (Advisor), Loon-seng Tan (Committee Member), Kenneth Turnbull (Committee Member)
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Abstract
The ability to control the self-assembly of sulfonated poly(arylene ether) sulfones (s-PAESs) was explored by tailoring rate coefficients, via temperature, in an A2 + B2 + B2' Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution (SNAr) approach. The reactivity of various electrophilic sites were studied and tuned, via temperature control, to elicit a range of more ordered and disordered polymers of equivalent monomeric composition. These polymers were characterized by 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy and found to have highly disordered polymer configuration at higher temperatures while having a more regular configuration at lower temperatures.
Page Count
105
Department or Program
Department of Chemistry
Year Degree Awarded
2010
Copyright
Copyright 2010, all rights reserved. This open access ETD is published by Wright State University and OhioLINK.
