Preparation of the crosslinked polyethersulfone films by high-temperature electron-beam irradiation

The radiation-crosslinked polyethersulfone (RX-PES) films were prepared by means of electron-beam irradiation under nitrogen atmosphere at 230 °C, where the temperature is around the glass transition temperature of PES (222 °C). The gel formation of RX-PES films was observed when the absorbed doses exceeded 300 kGy, which indicated the crosslinking structure formation. The G(S) of 0.10 and G(X) of 0.23 were calculated according to the Y-crosslinking mechanism. The irradiation was also performed at ambient temperature for comparison. There was no gel formation of the irradiated films even for the absorbed doses as high as 2250 kGy. The thermal properties of the original and irradiated PES films were measured by means of DSC and TGA analyses. The chemical structure of the original and the irradiated films was analyzed by means of FT-IR ATR and UV-vis spectroscopies.     

Electron-beam irradiation on poly(propylene carbonate) in the presence of polyfunctional monomers

Poly(propylene carbonate) (PPC) showed predominantly degradation under electron-beam irradiation, accompanied by deterioration of its mechanical performance due to sharp decrease of the molecular weight. Crosslinked PPC was prepared by addition of polyfunctional monomer (PFM) to enhance the mechanical performance of PPC. When 8 wt% of PFM like triallyl isocyanurate (TAIC) was added, crosslinked PPC with a gel fraction of 60.7% was prepared at 50 kGy irradiation dose, which showed a tensile strength at 20 °C of 45.5 MPa, whereas it was only 38.5 MPa for pure PPC. The onset degradation temperature (T_i) and glass transition temperature (T_g) of this crosslinked PPC was 246 °C and 45 °C, respectively, a significant increase related to pure PPC of 211 °C and 36 °C. Therefore, thermal and mechanical performances of PPC could be improved via electron-beam irradiation in the presence of suitable PFM.     

Production and crosslinking of multi-layer tubes (PE & metal) by E-beam

Irradiation crosslinking of PE-tubes has been used for heating floors for about 25 years. Such tubes are also used today for drinking water supply. A further development has been the coating of such tubes with Ethylene-Vinyl-Alcohol-Copolymers (EVAL), in order to prevent oxygen diffusion into the water through the PE tube. For about 15 years composite tubes made of PE and aluminum have been available. These tubes are crosslinked with electron beams. The energy of the accelerated electrons must be adjusted for the particular tube configuration, so that the inner PE-layer will be crosslinked. This paper will concern itself with the manufacture and the crosslinking of composite tubes.     

New applications of 10 MeV electrons for reeled goods

Because of their high penetration capability, electron beams produced by 10 MeV machines are increasingly used for the sterilization processing of medical devices. Worldwide there are already more than 20 such machines in action for this purpose. But compared with electron beam sterilization, the physical crosslinking of plastic products with 10 MeV has not been as much investigated as in the range of low and medium energy. So the products with high wall thickness or big dimensions are still chemically crosslinked as the penetration and power of the beam of existing accelerators was not sufficient for those products. But now radiation crosslinking is possible also for higher dimensions of reeled goods due to higher beam power up to 150 kW, and one machine with different handling systems can be used for sterilization and modification of plastic products.

The aim of our work is to examine the homogeneous crosslinking of industrial products by a 10 MeV/150 kW electron beam as for instance for XLPE-c pipes and heat shrinkable tubes. Furthermore the uniformity of crosslinking especially along the roundness is measured, which is one of the essential quality characteristics.     

GHD室温自交联乳液的聚合及贮存稳定性

采用半连续种子乳液聚合技术合成了含甲基丙烯酸缩水甘油酯(GMA)、甲基丙烯酸羟乙酯(HEMA)和甲基丙烯酸二甲氨基乙酯(DMAEMA)的室温自交联乳液(GHD).实验结果表明,在甲基丙烯酸甲酯(MMA)-丙烯酸丁酯(BA)-GMA种子乳液存在下,聚合温度升高,聚合过程稳定性下降,但乳液的贮存稳定性提高;乳化单体滴加速度加快,种子聚合物的玻璃化温度升高,可减少聚合过程的交联凝聚作用,提高聚合过程的稳定性;而HEMA和DMAEMA用量增加对聚合过程的稳定性没有明显影响,但使乳液的贮存稳定性下降.官能团间的交联凝聚作用可能是影响室温自交联乳液聚合及贮存过程稳定性的关键因素.     

以改性Al2O3为载体固定化葡萄糖氧化酶的研究

本文采用吸附和交联、生物和非生物催化剂结合的方法,制得活性高、稳定性好并以Al_2O_3.为载体的固定化葡萄糖氧化酶,其性能优于文献报导的结果.     

紫外光引发聚乙二醇二甲基丙烯酸酯的RAFT交联聚合研究

合成了S-1-十二烷基-S′-(α,α′-二甲基-α″-乙酸)三硫代碳酸酯(TTC),以此为链转移剂,采用光差动热分析仪(DPC)和动态力学分析(DMA)方法研究了室温条件下紫外光引发的聚乙二醇二甲基丙烯酸酯(PEGDMA)的可逆加成-断裂链转移(RAFT)自由基聚合行为.发现RAFT光聚合反应的反应速率小于常规自由基聚合,因为体系由扩散控制,反应中自加速趋势减缓.探讨了双键之间聚乙二醇链段长度对于聚合速率和最终转化率的影响.结果发现,随着中间聚乙二醇链段的增加,聚合速率先变小再变大,最终转化率缓慢变大.RAFT光交联产物的交联密度随中间链段长度的增加而下降,交联均匀性提高.     

含苯乙炔的可自交联高温高性能聚芳醚酮的合成与性能

将可交联的苯乙炔结构引入到热塑性聚芳醚酮链中, 并对其交联前后的性能进行了深入研究.     

A novel method for monitoring chemical degradation of crosslinked rubber by stress relaxation under tension

This paper describes a novel test method for monitoring chemical degradation of a crosslinked rubber by stress relaxation under tension. An accelerated sulphur cured ethylene propylene diene rubber (EPDM) was subjected to stress relaxation under tension while exposing to 50% aqueous solution of nitric acid (HNO₃). An experimental set up was designed and built in-house for this purpose. The tensile test specimen was stretched to a constant elongation. The stress decay was monitored upon exposure to the harsh chemical. Stress decay was found much faster in the exposure media than in air. Decrosslinking was the main reason for quicker stress decay as observed by decrease in crosslink density. To compare, experiments were conducted by exposing similar specimens in the same exposure media under unstressed conditions. It was found that monitoring chemical degradation under given stressed condition yielded relatively quicker yet reliable and reproducible results.     

On the feasibility of chemical reactions in the presence of siloxane-based surfactants

Siloxane-containing surfactants have been tested as stabilizers for the preparation of polymer nanoparticles by three types of chemical reactions. Two crosslinking reactions were used to obtain silicone elastomers particles: one involved HO-terminated polydimethylsiloxane and tetraethoxysilane, while the other one was a crosslinking via polyhydrosilylation. The third reaction was a linear polycondensation between a diamine and a siloxane dialdehyde. The monitoring of the reactions has been made by infrared spectroscopy and the resulting particles have been analyzed in dispersion by light scattering and in dry state by electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy. The particles size was of hundreds of nanometers and their spherical shape was generally maintained after drying. The spectral and microscopy data proved efficient stabilization, which allowed the reactions to evolve after the formation of the particles.