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arXiv 1902.02582cond-mat.soft
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聚(N-异丙基丙烯酰胺)在水中从线团到小球协同转变的分子起源

On the Molecular Origin of the Cooperative Coil-to-globule Transition of Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) in Water

L. Tavagnacco, E. Zaccarelli, E. Chiessi

摘要:

通过原子分子动力学模拟,我们调查的行为聚(N-异丙基丙烯酰胺),PNIPAM,在水中的温度低于和高于下临界溶解温度(LCST),包括过冷制度。在LCST的水溶性和不溶性状态之间的过渡被描述为一个合作的过程,涉及分子内的线圈到球的过渡之前的链的聚集和聚合物沉淀。在这项工作中,我们调查的分子起源,这种协同性和在过冷聚合物溶液中的水合模式的演变。在243至323 K的温度区间内,研究了无规立构30-mer在高稀释度下的溶液行为,与现有的实验数据进行了有利的比较。在PNIPAM水溶性状态下,我们检测到聚合物链段动力学和结合水的扩散运动之间的相关性,发生相同的活化能。模拟结果表明,以下的线圈到球的转变温度PNIPAM是由氢键水分子的网络包围,并从结构的水簇在疏水基团附近的协同性产生。相应地,涉及水和酰胺基团的氢键模式的扰动发生在转变温度以上。总之,这些研究结果表明,即使在LCST以上的PNIPAM仍然在很大程度上水合和线圈到球的转变是与一个显着的重排的溶剂在聚合物的表面附近。PNIPAM异丙基周围的水的氢键之间的比较和散装显示在整个转变温度的疏水性聚合物-水界面处的溶剂的结构化降低,正如预期的那样,因为沿着这样的界面的链的拓扑延伸。

英文摘要:

By means of atomistic molecular dynamics simulations we investigate the behaviour of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide), PNIPAM, in water at temperatures below and above the lower critical solution temperature (LCST), including the undercooled regime. The transition between water soluble and insoluble states at the LCST is described as a cooperative process involving an intramolecular coil-to-globule transition preceding the aggregation of chains and the polymer precipitation. In this work we investigate the molecular origin of such cooperativity and the evolution of the hydration pattern in the undercooled polymer solution. The solution behaviour of an atactic 30-mer at high dilution is studied in the temperature interval from 243 to 323 K with a favourable comparison to available experimental data. In the PNIPAM water soluble states we detect a correlation between polymer segmental dynamics and diffusion motion of bound water, occurring with the same activation energy. Simulation results show that below the coil-to-globule transition temperature PNIPAM is surrounded by a network of hydrogen bonded water molecules and that the cooperativity arises from the structuring of water clusters in proximity to hydrophobic groups. Differently, the perturbation of the hydrogen bond pattern involving water and amide groups occurs above the transition temperature. Altogether these findings reveal that even above the LCST PNIPAM remains largely hydrated and that the coil-to-globule transition is related with a significant rearrangement of the solvent in proximity of the surface of the polymer. The comparison between the hydrogen bonding of water in the surrounding of PNIPAM isopropyl groups and in bulk displays a decreased structuring of solvent at the hydrophobic polymer-water interface across the transition temperature, as expected because of the topological extension along the chain of such interface.

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