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Slightly crosslinked polyurethane with Diels–Alder adducts from trimethylolpropane
Author(s) -
Du Pengfei,
Jia Haiyan,
Chen Qinghua,
Zheng Zhen,
Wang Xinling,
Chen Denglong
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.43971
Subject(s) - polyurethane , trimethylolpropane , maleimide , differential scanning calorimetry , polymer chemistry , materials science , adduct , fourier transform infrared spectroscopy , chemical engineering , chemistry , organic chemistry , composite material , physics , engineering , thermodynamics
ABSTRACT Diels–Alder (DA) reactions between furan and maleimide have been widely applied in thermally remendable polymeric materials. Crosslinked polyurethane with DA adducts exhibited much better mechanical properties than linear polyurethane with DA adducts. However, the highly crosslinked polyurethane needs a higher temperature and a longer healing time. This will increase the possibility of side reactions proceeding during the healing procedure. In this paper, slightly crosslinked polyurethane with DA adducts was synthesized by incorporating trimethylolpropane into linear polyurethane with DA adducts. The structure of the intermediate and final products was characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, 1 H‐NMR, and differential scanning calorimetry, confirming that the synthesizing process proceeded successfully. The images from the polarizing optical microscope demonstrated that the final product with slight crosslinking needed less time and a lower healing temperature to complete the healing procedure. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2016 , 133 , 43971.