Preparation and properties of well‐defined waterborne polyurethaneurea with fluorinated siloxane units in hard or soft segments

Two series of well‐defined polyurethaneurea (PUU) aqueous dispersions consisting of fluorinated siloxane units in the hard and the soft segments, respectively, were prepared from polyester polyol, α,ω‐dihydroxypoly[(3,3,3‐trifluoropropyl) methylsiloxane] (PTFPMS), dimethylolpropionic acid, isophorone diisocyanate, and ethylenediamine. These anionic aqueous dispersions were stable at the ambient temperature for more than 6 months. The experimental results showed that the water‐resistance performance of the PUU films prepared with the insertion of PTFPMS units into the hard segments (HFS series) were better than those prepared with the insertion of PTFPMS units into the soft segments (SFS series). The film prepared from the PUU aqueous dispersion incorporating 5 wt % PTFPMS in the hard segments exhibited the lowest water absorption amount (2.3 wt %) with the contact angle of water on the film surface greater than 90°. In comparison with the PUU film without adding PTFPMS, the waterproof performance and the mechanical properties of both HFS and SFS series were enhanced markedly. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 45: 5005–5016, 2007     

Preparation and properties of waterborne polyurethaneurea consisting of fluorinated siloxane units

A series of polyurethaneurea (PUU) aqueous dispersions were prepared via a prepolymer process from polyester polyol, α,ω‐dihydroxypoly[(3,3,3‐trifluoropropyl) methylsiloxane] (PTFPMS), dimethylolpropionic acid, isophorone diisocyanate, and ethylenediamine. These anionic‐type aqueous dispersions were stable at the ambient temperature for more than 6 months, with particle sizes ranging from 69 to 127 nm. For these aqueous dispersions, the surface tension decreased with increasing PTFPMS content, but the particle size increased with a maximum value. The film prepared from the PUU aqueous dispersion consisting of 5 wt % PTFPMS (APU‐FS‐5) exhibited excellent waterproof performance. Furthermore, the tensile strength of the APU‐FS‐5 film increased nearly 3 times compared with that of the PUU film without PTFPMS, whereas the elongation at break only decreased a little; this indicated that the water‐resistant and mechanical properties could be enhanced markedly and simultaneously for the PUU films containing both silicon and fluorine groups. The experimental results showed a high degree of hydrogen bonding for urea groups and an increased microphase‐separation degree between the hard and soft segments in the PTFPMS‐modified system, which resulted in the excellent mechanical properties of these films. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 44: 3365–3373, 2006     

具有明确硬段结构的水性聚氨酯脲的研究

通过逐步反应由4,4′-二苯基甲烷二异氰酸酯、2,2-二羟甲基丙酸和1,4-丁二醇,合成了结构明确的硬段模型化合物.通过13C NMR对其序列结构进行了表征,并通过FTIR、DSC和WAXD对其形态结构进行了研究.进一步制备了具有这类规整结构硬段的水性聚氨酯脲,初步考察了水分散液及其成膜后的性能.实验结果表明,这类聚氨酯脲水分散液的粒径小于110nm,在室温下贮存期大于一年,成膜后具有优异的耐水性能以及表面疏水性能.     

Fluorinated siloxane-containing waterborne polyurethaneureas with excellent hemocompatibility, waterproof and mechanical properties

Two series of polyurethaneurea (PUU) aqueous dispersions consisting of fluorinated siloxane segments were prepared from a high-molecular-weight (M_n = 8361) α,ω-dihydroxypoly[(3,3,3-trifluoropropyl)methylsiloxane] (PTFPMS), dimethylolpropionic acid, isophorone diisocyanate and ethylenediamine, with poly (tetramethylene oxide) and polycarbonate polyols as soft segments, respectively. These anionic aqueous dispersions were stable at the ambient temperature for more than 6 months, with particle sizes ranging from 45 to 98 nm. Both series of PUU films showed the excellent waterproof properties, i.e. the decrease in water absorption and surface energy upon the incorporation of PTFPMS segments. The phase mixing increased in the fluorinated siloxane-containing polyether-based PUUs and the phase separation increased first then decreased in the fluorinated siloxane-containing polycarbonate-based PUUs, with increasing PTFPMS content. All the PTFPMS-modified PUU films showed excellent mechanical properties. The polycarbonate-based PUU film consisting of 5 wt.% PTFPMS had a tensile strength of 60.7 MPa and a breaking elongation of 632%, owing to the increase in the ordered hydrogen bonding degree and the microphase-separation degree between the hard and soft segments in the system. In vitro hemolysis and dynamic clotting time measurements indicated that the thromboresistance was enhanced markedly with increasing PTFPMS content for both series of PUUs, which could be ascribed to the synergistic effect between the carboxylate groups and the PTFPMS segments migrating onto the surfaces of the films.     

Morphology,electrical resistance,electromagnetic interference shielding and mechanical properties of functionalized MWNT and poly(urea urethane) nanocomposites

The functionalized multi‐walled carbon nanotubes (MWNT) had been prepared by free radical reaction with vinyltriethoxysilane. Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)‐based poly(urea urethane) (PUU) was also synthesized. PUU was further end‐capped with aminopropyltriethoxysilane (A‐silane), or with phenyltrimethoxysilane (P‐silane). Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), Raman spectra and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) confirmed the functionalization of MWNT. The M_n and M_w of PUU were 85,123 and 235,876 g/mol, respectively. Both A‐silane end‐capped PUU and P‐silane end‐capped PUU showed improved dispersion of MWNT compared with that of PUU and MWNT. Moreover, the reduced discrepancy of surface electrical resistance of the two sides of the MWNT/PUU nanocomposite film was found due to the homogeneous dispersion of MWNT. The microwave absorption and tensile strength of MWNT/PUU were also improved by the well dispersion of MWNT in PUU matrix. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 44: 1096–1105, 2006     

Effect of the diisocyanate on the structure and properties of polyurethane acrylate prepolymers

In this study, we investigated the role of diisocyanate on the properties of polyurethane acrylate (PUA) prepolymers based on polypropylene oxide (M̄_n = 2000 g · mol⁻¹). The diisocyanates studied were isophorone diisocyanate, 4‐4′dicyclohexylmethane diisocyanate, and toluene diisocyanate (pure 2,4‐TDI, pure 2,6‐TDI, and a TDI mixture, TDI_tech). The molecular structure of the diisocyanate had a major role on the course of the polycondensation and, more precisely, on the sequence length distribution of the final prepolymer. Moreover, the structural organization of the prepolymer also strongly depended on the nature of the diisocyanate. Two types of behaviors were particularly emphasized. On the one hand, the PUA synthesized from 2,4‐TDI displayed an enhanced intermixing between soft polyether segments and hard urethane groups, as revealed by the analysis of hydrogen bonding in Fourier transform infrared. Consecutively, the glass transition shifted to higher temperatures for these polymers. On the other hand, strong hard–hard inter‐urethane associations were observed in 2,6‐TDI‐based prepolymers; these led to microphase segregation between polyether chains and urethane groups, as revealed by optical microscopy. This inhomogeneous structure was thought to be responsible for the unusual rheological behavior of these PUA prepolymers. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 38: 2750–2768, 2000     

Evidences of phase separation in moisture‐cured poly(urethane urea)s by means of temperature modulated differential scanning calorimetry

The degree of phase separation in several moisture‐cured poly(urethane urea)s (PUUs) was studied by FTIR spectroscopy, wide angle X‐ray diffraction (WAXD), and temperature‐modulated differential scanning calorimetry (TMDSC). This latter technique was shown to be particularly useful in analysing the degree of phase separation in PUU polymers. Both phase mixing and phase segregation coexisted in the PUUs and the degree of phase separation increased as the urea hard segment (HS) content in the PUU increased. The maximum solubility of urea HSs into the polyol soft segments (SSs) was achieved for 50 wt % urea HS content in diol‐based PUUs, whereas for triol‐based PUUs the highest solubility between HS and SS was reached for lower urea HS amount. Finally, the higher the urea HS content the higher the extent of phase separation in the PUU. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 45: 3034–3045, 2007     

Molecular mobility of free‐radical‐functionalized carbon‐nanotube/siloxane/poly(urea urethane) nanocomposites

Multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) were functionalized by a free‐radical reaction of vinyltriethoxysilane and were blended with poly(urea urethane) (PUU) containing poly(dimethylsiloxane) as a soft segment. PUU was end‐capped with aminopropyltriethoxysilane (A‐silane) or phenyltriethoxysilane (P‐silane).A‐silane‐end‐capped PUU was covalently bonded to functionalized MWNTs, whereas P‐silane‐end‐capped PUU was noncovalently bonded to pristine MWNTs by a π–π interaction. Fourier transform infrared, Raman spectra, and thermogravimetric analysis confirmed the functionalization of MWNTs. The results showed that the optimal reaction time of the functionalization of MWNT was 8 h, and the organic content of the modified carbon nanotubes reached 35.22%. Solid‐state nuclear magnetic resonance and dynamic mechanical analysis were used to investigate the molecular structure and molecular mobility of the carbon‐nanotube/PUU nanocomposites. A‐silane PUU covalently bonded to MWNTs showed a considerable reduction in the molecular motion of the soft segment, which led to the glass‐transition temperature decreasing from ?117 to ?127 °C as MWNTs were incorporated. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 43: 6084–6094, 2005     

Temperature‐dependent changes in the hydrogen bonded hard segment network and microphase morphology in a model polyurethane: Experimental and simulation studies

Hydrogen bonding between hard segments has a critical effect on the morphology and properties of polyurethanes. Influence of temperature on hydrogen bonded urethane network and melting behavior of a model semicrystalline segmented polyurethane was investigated by experiments and simulations. Polyurethane was synthesized by the stoichiometric reaction between p‐phenylene diisocyanate and poly(tetramethylene oxide) (PTMO) with a molecular weight of 1000 g/mol. Simulations were carried out using dissipative particle dynamics (DPD) and molecular dynamics (MD) approaches. Experimental melting behavior obtained by various techniques was compared with simulations. DPD simulations showed a room temperature microphase morphology consisting of a three‐dimensional hydrogen‐bonded urethane hard segment network in a continuous and amorphous PTMO matrix. The first‐order melting transitions of crystalline urethane hard segments observed during the continuous isobaric heating in DPD and MD simulations (340–360 K) were in reasonably good agreement with those observed experimentally, such as AFM (320–340 K), WAXS (330–360 K), and FTIR (320–350 K) measurements. Quantitative verification of the melting of urethane hard segments was demonstrated by sharp discontinuities in energy versus temperature plots obtained by MD simulations due to substantial decrease in the number of hydrogen bonds above 340 K. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys. 2018 , 56, 182–192     

New segmented poly(ester‐urethane)s from renewable resources

The physical and mechanical properties of aliphatic homopolyesters from monomers obtainable from renewable resources, namely, 1,3‐propanediol and succinic acid, were improved by their combination with aromatic urethane segments capable of establishing strong intermolecular hydrogen bonds. Segmented poly(ester‐urethane)s were synthesized from dihydroxy‐terminated oligo(propylene succinate)s chain‐extended with 4,4′‐diisophenylmethane diisocyanate. The newly synthesized materials were exhaustively characterized by ¹H NMR spectroscopy, size exclusion chromatography, differential scanning calorimetry, dynamic mechanical analysis, and with respect to their main static mechanical properties, an Instron apparatus was used. The average repeat number of the hard segments, evaluated by NMR, ranged from 4 to 9, whereas that of the flexible segments was about 14. The degree of crystallinity, glass‐transition temperature, melting point, tensile strength, elongation, and Young's modulus were influenced by the ratio between hard and soft segments of the segmented copolymer in a predictable way. The results demonstrated that poly(ester‐urethane)s from 1,3‐propanediol and succinic acid are promising thermoplastics. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci A: Polym Chem 39: 630–639, 2001     

Preparation and Pervaporation Performances of PEA‐based Polyurethaneurea and Polyurethaneimide Membranes to Benzene/Cyclohexane Mixture

Pervaporation is promising in the separation of benzene/cyclohexane mixture for the petrochemical industry. Two kinds of pervaporation membrane materials, including PEA‐based polyurethaneurea (PUU) and polyurethaneimide (PUI), were successfully synthesized from the same soft segment of poly(ethylene adipate)diol (PEA) and different hard segments via a two‐step method. The hard segment of PUU was prepared from toluene diisocyanate (TDI) and 4,4′‐diaminodiphenyl methane (MDA), while that of PUI was from 4,4′‐methylene‐bis(phenylisocyanate) (MDI) and pyromellitic dianhydride (PMDA). The structures and properties of PUU and PUI were characterized by means of FT‐IR, DSC and TGA. During the pervaporation experiment, the PUI membranes had a flux of 12.13 kg µm m^?2 h^?1 and separation factor of 8.25, while the PUU membranes had a flux of 26.35 kg µm m^?2 h^?1 and separation factor of 6.29 for 50 wt% benzene in the benzene/cyclohexane mixture at 40°C. The effects of the structures of hard segments on pervaporation performances were discussed. The investigation of the relationship in molecular structure and PV performances will be helpful for the choice and design of membrane materials in the separation of benzene/cyclohexane mixture.     

Poly(ester urethane)s with polycaprolactone soft segments: A morphological study

Two series of poly(ester urethane)s were prepared, containing polycaprolactone (PCL) as the soft segment with molecular weights of 530 and 2000. In each series, the soft‐segment/hard‐segment ratio was varied, and the morphological changes were monitored with differential scanning calorimetry, dynamic mechanical thermal analysis, wide‐angle X‐ray scattering, and scanning electron microscopy techniques. The polyurethanes with longer PCL segments retained their crystallinity, whereas those with shorter PCL segments did not. A morphological model is proposed, in which a continuous PCL‐rich matrix contains both PCL crystallites and domains of urethane hard segments. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 40: 4117–4130, 2002     

甲苯二异氰酸酯形成的聚氨酯脲与接枝乙烯基酯树脂互穿网络研究

本文首先通过分子设计技术合成了一系列侧链长度可以控制的接枝乙烯基酯树脂 (接枝VER :BO g VER ,2 0 0 g VER ,390 g VER) ,并用它们与甲苯二异氰酸酯合成的聚氨酯脲 (PUU)形成同步互穿网络(SIN) .通过DSC、SEM等考察了接枝VER的结构对PUU/接枝VERSIN的形态与力学性能的影响 .在PUU/BO g VERSIN中 ,BO g VER网络主要与PUU网络中的硬段相容和互穿 ;对于PUU/ 2 0 0 g VERSIN而言 ,2 0 0 g VER网络与PUU网络中的软段和硬段均有一定的相容性 .由于这两种SIN中两个网络间均有一定的相容性和互穿 ,故这类接枝网络能显著地增强PUU网络 ,使材料的力学性能有较大幅度的提高 .390 g VER网络本身存在的微相分离结构 ,使PUU/ 390 g VERSIN两个网络也存在显著的相分离形态 ,导致390 g VER网络对PUU网络的增强效果并不明显 .     

Effect of the crosslink density on the morphology and properties of reaction‐injection‐molding poly(urethane urea) elastomers

The effect of the crosslink density on the morphology and properties of reaction‐injection‐molding poly(urethane urea) (PUU) elastomers was investigated. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy data showed that the linear and crosslinked PUU had entirely different hard‐domain sizes and hard‐segment ordering. A study of the morphology indicated that an increase in the crosslink density increased microphase mixing. Differential scanning calorimetry studies indicated that the hard‐segment initial glass‐transition temperature was independent of the crosslink density. The glass‐transition temperature of the soft segment was highest when the network was perfect. The tensile‐strength behavior showed that the mechanical properties of PUU reached a maximum when the network was perfect. The increase in the resilience of the crosslinked PUU elastomer was higher than that of the linear PUU elastomer with an increase in temperature, and the reduction of the hardness of the former was also higher than that of the latter. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 42: 1126–1131, 2004     

Poly(urea)urethanes based on amorphous quaternizable hard segments and a crystalline polyol derived from castor oil

A set of poly(urea)urethanes (PUU), with different contents of amorphous hard segment and castor oil-derived crystalline polyol as soft segment, was prepared combining bulk and solution polymerizations. It is shown that both the soft segment crystallinity and hard segment glassy nature control the stiffness of the materials and that phase mixing at intermediate hard segment compositions produces softer materials. Upon yielding, PUU developed large plasticity associated to the nature of soft segments. At longer strains, PUU presented strain-induced crystallization related both to soft segments alignment and crystallization, leading to strong and tough materials, especially with high hard segment content compositions. Despite the hydrophobicity of the soft segments, the PUU with 65 wt% hard segment content was dispersable in water after quaternization with acetic acid. The high amount of urea groups in this quaternized PUU makes one think of these types of polymers as promising water soluble environmentally friendly strong adhesives, coatings, or water soluble polymeric electrolites.     

Preparation of polyurethane dispersions by miniemulsion polymerization

With a two‐step miniemulsion polymerization, hydrophobic polyurethane (PU) dispersions were prepared with a cosurfactant, the costabilizer hexadecane (HD) in the oil phase, and sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) in the water phase. The first step involved the formation of NCO‐terminated prepolymers between isophorone diisocyanate and poly(propylene glycol) oligomer in toluene. Next, PU dispersions were produced by a miniemulsion method in which an oil phase containing NCO‐terminated prepolymers, HD, the chain extender 1,4‐butanediol (BD), the crosslinking agent trimethylol propane (TMP), and the catalyst dibutyltin dilaurate was dispersed in the water phase containing SDS. The influence of experimental parameters, such as the ultrasonication time, concentrations of SDS and HD, and TMP/BD and NCO/OH equivalent ratios, on the sizes of the miniemulsion droplets and polymer particles, as well as the molecular weights and thermal properties of the PU polymer, was examined. The chemical structure of the produced PU polymer was identified with a Fourier transform infrared spectrometer. The molecular weight distribution and average particle size were measured through gel permeation chromatography and dynamic light scattering, respectively. The thermal stability of the PU polymer was characterized with thermogravimetric analysis. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 43: 4870–4881, 2005     

Synthesis,characterization, and molecular modeling studies of novel polyurethanes based on 2,2′‐[ethane‐1,2‐diylbis(nitrilomethylylidene)]diphenol and 2,2′‐[hexane‐1,6‐diylbis(nitrilomethylylidene)] diphenol hard segments

Novel polyurethanes (PUs) based on 2,2′‐[ethane‐1,2‐diylbis(nitrilomethylylidene)]diphenol and 2,2′‐[hexane‐1,6‐diylbis(nitrilomethylylidene)]diphenol as hard segments containing four aromatic diisocyanates (4,4′‐diphenylmethane diisocyanate, toluene 2,4‐diisocyanate, isophorone diisocyanate, and hexamethylene diisocyanate) have been prepared. Fourier transform infrared, UV spectrophotometry, fluorescence spectroscopy, ¹H NMR and ¹³C NMR spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis, and differential thermal analysis have been used to determine the structural characterization and thermal properties of the segmented PUs. All the PUs contain domains of both semicrystalline and amorphous structures, as indicated by X‐ray diffraction. The acoustic properties have been calculated with the group contribution method. Molecular dynamics simulations have been performed on all the PUs to estimate the cohesive energy density and solubility parameter values, which compare well with the values calculated with the group contribution method. Furthermore, the simulation protocols have been applied to the PUs to produce X‐ray diffraction plots to determine the phase morphology of the PUs. The surface properties of the PUs have been estimated from the simulation protocols. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 44: 6032–6046, 2006     

Phase separation in segmented poly(urethane urea) copolymers during reaction injection molding (RIM) polymerization

In situ experiments were performed with a portable RIM (reaction injection molding) minimachine interfaced to an FTIR spectrophotometer to follow the reaction chemistry and monitor phase separation of copoly(urethane urea)s during RIM polymerization. The PUU copolymers were based on ethylene oxide-capped poly(propylene oxide) polyether diol, 3,5-diethyltoluenediamine (DETDA), and uretonimine liquefied 4,4′-diphenylmethane diisocyanate. The effect of catalyst concentration on the degree of phase separation in the as-molded RIM PUU copolymers was investigated by using differential scanning calorimetery and scanning electron microscopy as supplementary methods. The results suggested that an increase of degree of phase separation and a decrease of the size of hard-segment-rich domains take place with a rise of catalyst concentration. The morphological feature was a consequence in combination with the increase in relative rate of urethane formation and the ordering of hydrogen bonding through urea groups. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35 : 865–873, 1997.     

Biobased polyurethanes from polyether polyols obtained by ionic‐coordinative polymerization of epoxidized methyl oleate

A series of poly(ether urethane) networks were synthesized from polyether polyols obtained by ionic‐coordinative polymerization of epoxidized methyl oleate (EMO) using 4,4′‐methylenebis(phenyl isocyanate) or l ‐lysine diisocyanate as coupling agents. Moreover, a variety of segmented poly(ether urethane) networks with different hard segment contents were obtained using 1,3‐propanediol as the chain extender. The materials were characterized by differential scanning calorimetry, thermogravimetric analysis, dynamic mechanical thermal analysis, and tensile properties. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem, 2010     

用可再生原料合成聚氨酯脲水分散液——成膜后的结构与性能研究

以不同组成的蓖麻油和二官能度聚醚多元醇 (GE 2 10 )等原料合成了聚氨酯脲 (PUU)水分散液 ,研究了蓖麻油 GE 2 10的组成对PUU膜结构与性能的影响 .结果表明 ,由GE 2 10合成的PUU虽软硬段间存在一定的相容性 ,但其中脲羰基的氢键化程度高 ,硬段形成较好的有序结构 ,导致PUU膜具有较高的拉伸强度及断裂伸长率 ,但弹性模量和硬度下降 .在蓖麻油合成的PUU中脲羰基的氢键化程度及硬段有序结构均受到化学交联结构的抑制 ,故PUU膜的拉伸强度和断裂伸长率降低 ,但弹性模量及硬度较高 .由蓖麻油与GE 2 10在一定的组成范围内合成的PUU膜 ,具有优良的综合平衡的力学性能 ,后者与材料的结构形态相符