Stroea Lenuta, Chibac-Scutaru Andreea-Laura, Melinte Violeta
Polyaddition and Photochemistry Department, Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, 41 A Grigore Ghica Voda Alley, 700487 Iasi, Romania.
Polymers (Basel). 2021 Apr 16;13(8):1318. doi: 10.3390/polym13081318.
The design of high-performance nanocomposites with improved mechanical, thermal or optical properties compared to starting polymers has generated special interest due to their use in a wide range of targeted applications. In the present work, polymer nanocomposites composed of polyurethane elastomers based on polycaprolactone or polycaprolactone/poly(ethylene glycol) soft segments and titanium dioxide (TiO) nanoparticles as an inorganic filler were prepared and characterized. Initially, the surface of TiO nanoparticles was modified with (3-iodopropyl) trimethoxysilane as a coupling agent, and thereafter, the tertiary amine groups from polyurethane hard segments were quaternized with the silane-modified TiO nanoparticles in order to ensure covalent binding of the nanoparticles on the polymeric chains. In the preparation of polymer nanocomposites, two quaternization degrees were taken into account (1/1 and 1/0.5 molar ratios), and the resulting nanocomposite coatings were characterized by various methods (Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, contact angle, thermogravimetric analysis, dynamic mechanical thermal analysis). The mechanical parameters of the samples evaluated by tensile testing confirm the elastomeric character of the polyurethanes and of the corresponding composites, indicating the obtaining of highly flexible materials. The absorbance/transmittance measurements of PU/TiO thin films in the wavelength range of 200-700 nm show that these partially block UV-A radiation and all UV-B radiation from sunlight and could possibly be used as UV-protective elastomeric coatings.
与起始聚合物相比,具有改善的机械、热或光学性能的高性能纳米复合材料的设计因其在广泛的目标应用中的使用而引起了特别关注。在本工作中,制备并表征了由基于聚己内酯或聚己内酯/聚(乙二醇)软段的聚氨酯弹性体和作为无机填料的二氧化钛(TiO₂)纳米颗粒组成的聚合物纳米复合材料。首先,用(3-碘丙基)三甲氧基硅烷作为偶联剂对TiO₂纳米颗粒的表面进行改性,然后,用硅烷改性的TiO₂纳米颗粒使聚氨酯硬段中的叔胺基团季铵化,以确保纳米颗粒与聚合物链的共价结合。在聚合物纳米复合材料的制备中,考虑了两种季铵化程度(1/1和1/0.5摩尔比),并通过各种方法(傅里叶变换红外光谱、X射线衍射、扫描电子显微镜、接触角、热重分析、动态机械热分析)对所得的纳米复合涂层进行了表征。通过拉伸试验评估的样品的力学参数证实了聚氨酯及其相应复合材料的弹性体特性,表明获得了高柔韧性材料。PU/TiO₂薄膜在200-700nm波长范围内的吸光度/透光率测量表明,这些薄膜部分阻挡了来自阳光的UV-A辐射和所有UV-B辐射,并且可能用作紫外线防护弹性体涂层。