In this work,the single-chain elasticity of polyformaldehyde(POM)is studied,for the first time,by employing atomic force microscopy(AFM)-based single molecule force spectroscopy(SMFS).We find that the single-chain ela...In this work,the single-chain elasticity of polyformaldehyde(POM)is studied,for the first time,by employing atomic force microscopy(AFM)-based single molecule force spectroscopy(SMFS).We find that the single-chain elasticity of POM in a nonpolar organic solvent(nonane)can be described well by a theoretical model(QM-FRC model),when the rotating unit length is 0.144 nm(C―O bond length).After comparison,POM is more flexible than polystyrene(a typical polymer with C―C backbone)at the single-chain level,which is reasonable since the C―O bond has a lower rotation barrier than C―C bond.This result indicates that the flexibility of a polymer chain can be tuned by the C―O bond proportion in backbone,which casts new light on the rational design of new synthetic polymers in the future.展开更多
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.21774102).
文摘In this work,the single-chain elasticity of polyformaldehyde(POM)is studied,for the first time,by employing atomic force microscopy(AFM)-based single molecule force spectroscopy(SMFS).We find that the single-chain elasticity of POM in a nonpolar organic solvent(nonane)can be described well by a theoretical model(QM-FRC model),when the rotating unit length is 0.144 nm(C―O bond length).After comparison,POM is more flexible than polystyrene(a typical polymer with C―C backbone)at the single-chain level,which is reasonable since the C―O bond has a lower rotation barrier than C―C bond.This result indicates that the flexibility of a polymer chain can be tuned by the C―O bond proportion in backbone,which casts new light on the rational design of new synthetic polymers in the future.
