Dielectric and hydration properties of segmental polyurethanes / Konstantinos Raftopoulos, Ioannis Zegkinoglou, Athanasios Kanapitsas, Sotiria Kripotou, Iraklis Christakis, Aglaia Vassilikou-Dova, Polycarpos ... więcej

Dielectric and hydration properties of segmental polyurethanes / Konstantinos Raftopoulos, Ioannis Zegkinoglou, Athanasios Kanapitsas, Sotiria Kripotou, Iraklis Christakis, Aglaia Vassilikou-Dova, Polycarpos Pissis, Yuri Savelyev // e-Polymers [Dokument elektroniczny]. – 2004, Vol. 4, Iss. 1, 15 s. : tab., wykr. – Oznaczenie ref./art.: 043. – Bibliogr. 35 poz., Abstr. – Mat. konf.: 11th Annual POLYCHAR World Forum on Advanced Materials, Denton, Texas, USA, 7-10.01.2003. – doi: 10.1515/epoly.2004.4.1.455. – ISSN 1618-7229

Novel polyurethanes (PUs), based on oligo(oxytetramethylene glycol), 4,4’-diphenylmethanediisocyanate and 1,1-dimethylhydrazine as chain extender, were prepared in a two-step process. The ratio prepolymer ... więcej

Novel polyurethanes (PUs), based on oligo(oxytetramethylene glycol), 4,4’-diphenylmethanediisocyanate and 1,1-dimethylhydrazine as chain extender, were prepared in a two-step process. The ratio prepolymer (PP) to chain extender (CE) was systematically varied in extreme ranges, from 1:1 to 10:1. Dielectric relaxation spectroscopy and thermally stimulated depolarization currents (TSDC) techniques were employed to investigate molecular dynamics and to conclude on microphase separation (MS). In that respect TSDC was proven to be very powerful, in particular as far as the investigation of the interfacial Maxwell-Wagner-Sillars polarization is concerned. Additional information on micromorphology is obtained from water sorption/diffusion measurements. A part of the results suggest that MS improves with increasing the PP:CE ratio. The whole body of results can be explained if, at the same time, it is assumed that a branched structure is developed for samples out of stoichiometry and branching increases with increasing the PP:CE ratio. Preliminary experiments with solutions of the PUs in organic solvents provide support for that assumption.