Ether Urethane (ether + urethane)

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Selected Abstracts


Studies on thermoplastic polyurethanes based on new diphenylethane-derivative diols.

JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE, Issue 3 2008

Abstract Two series of poly(ether urethane)s and one series of poly(ester urethane)s were synthesized, containing, respectively, poly(oxytetramethylene) diol (PTMO) of Mn = 1000 and 2000 and poly(,-caprolactone) diol of Mn = 2000 as soft segments. In each series the same hard segment, i.e., 4,4,-(ethane-1,2-diyl)bis(benzenethiohexanol)/hexane-1,6-diyl diisocyanate, with different content (, 14,72 wt %) was used. The polymers were prepared by a one-step melt polymerization in the presence of dibutyltin dilaurate as a catalyst, at the molar ratio of NCO/OH = 1 (in the case of the polymers from PTMO of Mn = 1000 also at 1.05). For all polymers structures (by FTIR and X-ray diffraction analysis) and physicochemical, thermal (by differential scanning calorimetry and thermogravimetric analysis), and tensile properties as well as Shore A/D hardness were determined. The resulting polymers were thermoplastic materials with partially crystalline structures (except the polymer with the highest content of PTMO of Mn = 2000). It was found that the poly(ether urethane)s showed lower crystallinity, glass-transition temperature (Tg), and hardness as well as better thermal stability than the poly(ester urethane)s. Poly(ether urethane)s also exhibited higher tensile strength (up to 23.5 MPa vs. 20.3 MPa) and elongation at break (up to , 1950% vs. 1200%) in comparison with the corresponding poly(ester urethane)s. Among the poly(ether urethane)s an increase in soft-segment length was accompanied by an increase in thermal stability, tensile strength, and elongation at break, as well as a decrease in Tg, crystallinity, and hardness. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2008 [source]


Preparation and characterization of novel hybrid thermoplastic poly(ether urethane)/poly(vinylidene fluoride) elastomers, and their application as solid polymer electrolytes

POLYMER INTERNATIONAL, Issue 5 2007
Ye Lin
Abstract A comb-like polyether, poly(3-2-[2-(2-methoxyethoxy)ethoxy]ethoxymethyl-3,-methyloxetane) (PMEOX), was reacted with hexamethylene diisocyanate and extended with butanediol in a one-pot procedure to give novel thermoplastic elastomeric poly(ether urethane)s (TPEUs). The corresponding hybrid solid polymer electrolytes were fabricated through doping a mixture of TPEU and poly(vinylidene fluoride) with three kinds of lithium salts, LiClO4, LiBF4 and lithium trifluoromethanesulfonimide (LiTFSI), and were characterized using differential scanning calorimetry, thermogravimetric analysis and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. The ionic conductivity of the resulting polymer electrolytes was then assessed by means of AC impedance measurements, which reached 2.1 × 10,4 S cm,1 at 30 °C and 1.7 × 10,3 S cm,1 at 80 °C when LiTFSI was added at a ratio of O:Li = 20. These values can be further increased to 3.5 × 10,4 S cm,1 at 30 °C and 2.2 × 10,3 S cm,1 at 80 °C by introducing nanosized SiO2 particles into the polymer electrolytes. Copyright © 2006 Society of Chemical Industry [source]


Surface tension of poly(ester urethane)s and poly(ether urethane)s

POLYMER INTERNATIONAL, Issue 3 2007
Mihaela Lupu
Abstract The correlation between the surface tension parameters and the chemical composition of poly(ester urethane) and poly(ether urethane) thin films with different soft and hard segments, both before and after plasma treatment, was investigated. Calculations are based on the geometric mean approach of Owens and Wendt (Owens DK and Wendt RC, J Appl Polym Sci13:1741 (1969)), Rabel (Rabel W, Physikalische Blätter33:151 (1977)) and Kälble (Kälble DH, J Adhesion1:102 (1969)), on the Lifshitz,van der Waals acid/base approach of van Oss and co-workers (van Oss CJ, Good RJ and Chaudhury MK, Langmuir4:884 (1988); van Oss CJ, Ju L, Chaudhury MK and Good RJ, Chem Rev88:927 (1988); van Oss CJ, Interfacial Forces in Aqueous Media. Marcel Dekker, New York (1994)) and on the theoretical methods involving quantitative structure,property relationships (Bicerano J, JMS Rev Macromol Chem PhysC36:161 (1996)). For all investigated films, the polar terms contribute significantly to the total surface tensions, as due to the large electron donor, , interactions. Plasma treatment alters the surface energy of samples by changing their surface polarity and hydrophilicity. The hydrophilicity trends for polyurethanes were also studied by means of the free energy of hydration between compounds and water. Preliminary blood contact tests of the selected polyurethane sample with higher hydrophilicity were developed for biomedical applications. Copyright © 2006 Society of Chemical Industry [source]