Polycaprolactone based biodegradable polyurethanes

Two series of segmented polyurethanes were prepared with systematic variation in soft and hard segment length. The soft segment was constituted by polycaprolactone (PCL) blocks of molecular masses 530 or 2000 and the hard segment (HS) by urethane blocks, in a concentration that varied from 12% to 44% in weight of the whole polyurethane. Morphological analyses indicated that the amount of crystallinity of copolymers was strongly dependent on the PCL molar mass and hard segment content. The copolymers with longer PCL soft segments (Mn=2000) were semicrystalline, but those with shorter PCL segment (Mn=530) were unable to crystallize. The primary factor affectingthe biodegradability of copolymers as evaluated by Sturm tests was the extent of the phase separation, and that the segmental blending of the less biodegradable polyurethane (HS) blocks with PCL in the amorphous phase had a critical unfavorable consequence, which may be attributed to the size of the accessible area by microorganisms.     

Crystallization and melting behavior of the soft and hard segments in poly(ester-ether)s. I. Ethylene oxide-ethylene terephthalate segmented copolymers

The crystallization and melting behavior of a series of ethylene oxide-ethylene terephthalate (EOET) segmented copolymers with different soft segment molecular weight and hard segment weight content were studied by differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) and polarized microscope. The crystallizability of both the hard and the soft segments became worse than that of the corresponding homopolymers due to the interactions of the different segments. The crystallizability of the soft segments is mainly determined by the soft segment molecular weight, but is affected greatly by the content and the crystallinity of the hard segments. Conversely, the soft segment length and content also have a great effect on the crystallization of the hard segments. However, the melting points of the hard segments are determined by the average hard segment length. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 37: 2918–2927, 1999     

Crystallization and melting behavior of the soft and hard segments in poly(ester-ether)s. II. Ethylene oxide-butylene terephthalate segmented copolymers

The crystallization behavior of a series of ethylene oxide-butylene terephthalate (EOBT) segmented copolymers with different soft segment molecular weight and hard segment weight content were examined by differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) and polarized microscope. Combined with the comparison with the crystallization behavior of ethylene oxide-ethylene terephthalate (EOET) segmented copolymers, it can be concluded that the crystallizability of both the soft segments and the hard segments in poly(ester-ether) segmented copolymers is much worse than those of the corresponding homopolymers due to the interactions between the soft and the hard segments. The crystallizability of the soft segments is mainly determined by the soft segment molecular weight, but is weakened by the hard segments. On the other hand, the soft segments have complicated influences on the crystallization of the hard segments. The melting temperatures of the hard segments change monotonically with the average hard segment length, but the corresponding melting enthalpies will reach a maximum at an intermediate soft segment molecular weight. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 37: 2928–2940, 1999     

具有热致形状记忆功能的热塑性多嵌段聚氨酯

以ＰＣＬ为软段、ＴＤＩ－ＢＤＯ为硬段，采用溶液聚合的方法合成了具有形状记忆功能的线性多嵌段聚氨酯．利用ＤＳＣ、ＤＭＴＡ、ＷＡＸＤ等测试手段对体系的结晶性、微相分离行为进行了研究．结果发现：聚氨酯中硬段的存在对软段的结晶有着很大的影响，当软段序列的平均分子量达到３０００以上时，软段才可以很好地结晶；并且，硬段含量也必须高于一定值才能形成较为完善的物理交联点．符合这些条件的试样能显示很好的形状记忆特征．此外还就拉伸比、多次形变以及组成等对材料的形状回复性能的影响进行了详细的研究．     

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     

聚乙二醇型聚氨酯软硬段对其相变储热性能的影响

以不同分子量的聚乙二醇(PEG)为软段,MDI-BDO为硬段,采用两步法溶液聚合合成一种具有固-固相变储热性能的聚氨酯材料.通过DSC,WAXD等测试手段对体系的软硬段结晶性,微相分离,相变可逆性及循环热稳定性进行研究,结果表明,聚氨酯中硬段的存在对软段结晶有着很大的影响,当软段分子量达到2000或以上时,软段才具有较大的结晶度和熔融相变焓,且硬段含量必须高于一定值才能形成较为完善的物理交联网络以保证材料在发生相变时维持固体状态.同时符合这两个条件的试样能具有较好的固-固相变储热性能.就软段PEG含量及分子量对材料储热性能的影响进行了研究,通过调节软段含量与分子量得到一系列具有不同相变焓和相变温度的聚氨酯固-固相变储热材料.经测试还发现,该材料具备很好的相变可逆性和循环热稳定性,是一类很有开发前景的相变储热材料.     

Calorimetric and Dielectric Study of the Segmented Biodegradable Poly(ester‐urethane)s Based on Bacterial Poly[(R)‐3‐hydroxybutyrate]

Two series of segmented poly(ester‐urethane)s were synthesized from bacterial poly[(R)‐3‐hydroxybutyrate]‐diol (PHB‐diol), as hard segments, and either poly(ε‐caprolactone)‐diol (PCL‐diol) or poly(butylene adipate)‐diol (PBA‐diol), as soft segments, using 1,6‐hexamethylene diisocyanate as a chain extender. The hard‐segment content varied from 0 to 50 wt.‐%. These materials were characterized using ¹H NMR spectroscopy and GPC. The polymers obtained were investigated calorimetrically and dielectrically. DSC showed that the T_g of either the PCL or PBA soft segments are shifted to higher temperatures with increasing PHB hard‐segment content, revealing that either the PCL or PBA are mixed with small amounts of PHB in the amorphous domains. The results also showed that the crystallization of soft or hard segments was physically constrained by the microstructure of the other crystalline phase, which results in a decrease in the degree of crystallinity of either the soft or hard segments upon increase of the other component. The dielectric spectra of poly(ester‐urethane)s, based on PCL and PHB, showed two primary relaxation processes, designated as α_S and α_H, which correspond to glass–rubber transitions of PCL soft and PHB hard segments, respectively. Whereas in the case of other poly(ester‐urethane)s, derived from PBA and PHB, only one relaxation process was observed, which broadens and shifts to higher temperature with increasing PHB hard‐segment content. It was concluded from these results that our investigated materials exhibit micro‐phase separation of the hard and soft segments in the amorphous domains.     

聚环氧氯丙烷氨酯阻尼材料的阻尼性能研究

<正> 一般来讲,聚合物材料的阻尼性能来源于分子链运动带来的内摩擦力以及分子间物理键的破坏与再生,分子链运动所产生的阻尼在聚合物的玻璃化转变温度范围内最为有效。因此具有极性较强、体积较大的一CH_2Cl侧基的环氧氯丙烷聚合物应具有优异的阻尼性能,专利文献[1—2]报道过由多羟基(官能度≥2)聚环氧氯丙烷预聚物为原料制得的聚氨酯泡沫具有良好的阻燃性能,作者在聚环氧氯丙烷氨酯阻尼材料方面进行了尝试。     

COMPATIBILITY OF PVC WITH POLYURETHANES OF DIFFERENT SOFT SEGMENTS

Blends of PVC and polyurethanes with four different soft segments of molecular weight 1000 were prepared and studied by dynamic mechanical and DSC techniques. It was found that the compatibility of PVC with segmented polyurethanes was related to the mixing of PVC molecules and the soft segments of the polyurethanes. Polyester based polyurethanes are more compatible with PVC than polyether based polyurethanes. Solution cast blends of PVC with PCL-polyurethane (1/2/1) exhibit single and narrow glass transition, while the blends with PPO-polyurethane (1/2/1) are completely incompatible. The compatibility was found to decrease with increasing hard segment content for all the polyurethanes used. The methods of blend preparation may change the compatibility of PVC/PU blends through their influence on the mixing or demixing of the hard and soft segments.     

不同分子量软链段的聚己内酯型聚氨酯扩链反应动力学研究

合成了一系列不同分子量的聚己内酯,进而制备异氰酸根封端的聚己内酯预聚体,用傅里叶变换红外光谱研究了不同分子量的聚己内酯预聚体与二元醇的扩链反应.扩链反应动力学研究结果表明:聚己内酯预聚体与二元醇的扩链反应均为二级反应;随着软链段反应物料分子量的增加,反应速率常数显著降低,但当分子量超过某一范围后,其对反应速率的影响逐渐减小,趋于不变.对于不同硬链段反应物料含量的扩链反应体系,硬链段反应物料含量越高,软链段反应物料分子量对反应速率的影响越明显,而且,当软链段反应物料分子量超过某一范围后,不同体系的反应速率常数间的差值趋于不变.Arrhenius方程中的指前因子(B)随软链段反应物料分子量的变化关系与速率常数对分子量的依赖关系相同;从反应速率常数对温度的依赖关系可见:表观活化能的直线斜率基本相同,扩链反应的活化能主要与官能团的反应活性相关.     

聚酯-聚醚多嵌段共聚物的共聚改性

高硬段含量和高软段分子量的聚酯-聚醚多嵌段共聚物有明显的组成不均一性,可分离出大量高熔点的氯仿不溶组份.通过和5mol%间苯二甲酸二甲酯(DMI)共聚,可改进其表观组成均一性,得到不含氯仿不溶物和力学性能优良的硬段含量为40wt%、软段分子量为4000的聚对苯二甲酸乙二酯-聚乙醇醚多嵌段共聚物(PET-PEG).另一合成途径是以间苯二甲酸(IPA)酸解 PET,再和端羟基聚乙二醇醚共缩聚,也可制得相应的改性 PET-PEG.降低聚醚分子量可以有效地改进其组成均一性.     

New type of thermoplastic multiblock elastomers––poly(ester-block-amide)s––based on oligoamide 12 and oligoester prepared from dimerized fatty acid

Multiblock poly(ester-block-amide)s (PEA) elastomers comprising hard blocks of oligoamide and oligoester soft segments were prepared and their structure-property relations were analysed. The polycondensation reaction of oligoesters (prepared from 1,4-butanediol and dimerized fatty acid) with oligolaurolactam (PA12) gave copolymer series with variable blocks content (the soft segments content was varied from 24 to 60 wt.%). PEAs are the phase system composed of crystallised sequences of oligoamide (hard segment phase) as well as oligoesters (soft segment phase). Mixing between the hard and soft phases was studied by thermal and mechanical measurements (DSC, DMTA). These results have indicated on a multiphase structure of investigated materials. The relationship between the observed thermal and tensile properties and the soft/hard segments content indicated on an increase of the phase separation with soft segments content.     

聚乙二醇/聚对苯二甲酸丁二醇酯聚醚酯弹性体的合成与表征——不同硬段长度对材料性能的影响

以熔融缩聚法合成了一系列基于聚乙二醇 (PEG) 聚对苯二甲酸丁二醇酯 (PBT)的聚醚酯热塑性弹性体 ,用NMR、IR、DSC及力学性能测试等方法表征了材料的结构及性能 .讨论了在相同软段长度情况下 ,不同硬段长度对材料结构与性能的影响 .实验表明 ,随着体系中硬段PBT长度的减小 ,弹性模量、抗拉强度降低 ,特性粘度、吸水量及断裂形变量增加 ,材料性能良好可调     

长软链段对苯二甲酸乙二酯-环氧乙烷多嵌段共聚物的组成不均一性研究

合成了不同软链段长度和不同硬链段含量的系列对苯二甲酸乙二酯－环氧乙烷(PET-PEO)多嵌段共聚物,用NMR质子港测定了硬链段含量,对部分溶于氯仿的PET－PEO多嵌段共聚物进行了分离,并分别测定其氯仿可溶物和不溶物的硬链段含量、熔融热谱和热结晶谱.揭示了PET－PEO多嵌段共聚物的组成不均一性及其对软镇段长度和硬链段含量的依赖性,进而用DSC热谱证明了软链段和硬链段的结晶能力与PET－PEO多嵌段共聚物组成不均一性密切相关.     

Structure-property relationships in polycaprolactone-polyurethanes

The structure-property relationships of polycaprolactone-based segmented polyurethanes were studied using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), small-angle x-ray scattering (SAXS), wide-angle x-ray diffraction (WAXD), dynamic mechanical, and stress-strain testing. The materials studied varied in hard-segment type [4,4′-diphenylmethane diisocyanate/butanediol (MDI/BD) or 4,4′-dicyclohexyl methane diisocyanate/butanediol (H₁₂MDI/BD)], soft-segment molecular weight (830 or 2000 MW polycaprolactone), hard-segment content (23–77% by weight), and thermal history. The materials with aromatic (MDI/BD) hard segments had semicrystalline hard-segment domains, while the materials with aliphatic (H₁₂MDI/BD) hard segment had mostly amorphous domains. Materials with the shorter polycaprolactone soft segment (830 MW) exhibited thermal and mechanical behavior which indicated a considerable degree of hard- and soft-segment compatibility. The materials which contained a 2000-MW polycaprolactone soft segment exhibited better-defined microphase separation. SAXS was used to characterize the microphase structure of each system. The effects of hard-segment content and soft-segment molecular weight were similar for the aromatic (MDI) and aliphatic (H₁₂MDI) hard-segment-based block copolymers. Changing the hard segment from aromatic to aliphatic gave materials with larger interfacial area and slightly higher tensile strength. A range of morphologies between isolated hard domains in a rubbery matrix and isolated rubbery domains in a hard matrix was observed.     

Effect of soft segment length on properties of fluorinated polyurethanes

The effects of soft segment length on the variations in morphology, surface composition, and hydrophilicity have been studied in fluorinated polyurethanes (FPUs) and correlated with their preliminary blood compatibility as evidenced by in vitro platelet adhesion experiments. The fluorinated polyurethanes were obtained using hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI) and chain extender of 2,2,3,3-tetrafluoro-1,4-butanediol (TF) as the hard segment as well as various soft segments—polytetramethyl oxides (PTMO) with molecular weights of 650, 1000, 1400, and 2000. The increased phase separation in hard-segment domains with lengthening soft segment was observed by FT-IR, which is believed to result in enhanced strength of hydrogen bonds and good hard-segment order arrangement. Thin-film XRD results indicate at least three lateral distances existing between adjacent hard segments in the crystallized hard segment. Their distribution depends strongly on the length of soft segment. Lengthening soft segment promotes the formation of dense arrangement of crystallized hard segments. Compared with the effect of phase separation, surface composition was found to exert a major influence on the preliminary blood compatibility of fluorinated polyurethanes. Increasing fluorine content by decreasing soft segment length promotes reduction in platelet adhesion and activation on polyurethane surfaces.     

THERMALLY STIMULATED SHAPE MEMORY BEHAVIOR OF(ETHYLENE OXIDE-BUTYLENE TEREPHTHALATE)SEGMENTED COPOLYMER

The thermally stimulated shape memory behavior of ethylene oxide-butylene terephthalate (EOBT) segmentedcopolymers with different soft segment molecular weight and hard segment content was investigated. The deformationrecovery ratio R_f of the EOBT samples increases with the soft segment molecular weight and the hard segment weightcontent, while the average overall deformation recovery speed V_r increases with the hard segment content. The temperatureof maximum deformation recovery speed (T_M) is determined by the melting temperature of the soft segment crystals and thestability of the crystallized hard segment domains.     

相同软硬段质量配比聚醚酯弹性体PEG/PBT的结构与表征

以熔融缩聚法合成了一系列聚乙二醇(PEG)/聚对苯二甲酸丁二醇酯(PBT)聚醚酯热塑性弹性体,用NMR,FTIR,DSC及力学性能测试等方法表征了材料的结构及性能.讨论了在相同软硬段质量配比下,不同软硬段长度对材料性能的影响.结果表明,随着软段PEG长度增加,硬段PBT长度相应增长,弹性模量基本保持不变,抗拉强度、屈服应力及特性粘度增加.     

单组分聚氨酯清漆的制备与性能研究

不同的聚碳酸酯二元醇、聚四亚甲基醚二醇(PTMG)与二苯甲烷二异氰酸酯(MDI)、小分子二元醇反应,制得聚醚、聚碳酸酯型聚氨酯清漆。通过红外光谱分析结合其机械力学性能、耐水性等的测试结果,探讨聚碳酸酯型聚氨酯清漆的结构对形态和性能的影响。结果表明：随着硬段含量的增加,树脂涂膜的微相分离程度增加,机械性能提高;组分摩尔比例相同时,软段分子量的降低有利于提高树脂的软硬段相容性,增加树脂涂膜的物理机械性能;组分摩尔比例相同时聚酯型聚氨酯树脂的微相分离程度低于聚醚型聚氨酯树脂;MDI基溶剂型聚氨酯树脂的物理机械性能较好。     

Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Segmented Polyionenes Based on Polydimethylsiloxane Soft Segments

Novel polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) based polyionenes were synthesized by a modified Menschutkin reaction involving reaction between bromo-terminated PDMS oligomers and various ditertiary amino compounds. In this study, the nature of the hard segment was varied by using various ditertiary amino compounds and in some cases by incorporating chain extenders, while the soft segment content was varied by changing the molecular weight of the PDMS oligomers. The mechanical properties of these materials were found to be dependent on both the nature and amount of the hard segments. These materials also showed distinct evidence of a microphase-separated morphology where under normal conditions, the hard segments formed in what are believed to be cylindrical ion-rich microdomains dispersed randomly in the soft PDMS matrix. When subjected to uniaxial deformation, the ionic cylinders were found to orient along their long axes in the stretch direction.