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Polyurethanes with Narrow‐ and Polydisperse Hard Segment Distributions
Author(s) -
De Debasish,
Gaymans Reinoud J.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
macromolecular materials and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.913
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1439-2054
pISSN - 1438-7492
DOI - 10.1002/mame.200800147
Subject(s) - materials science , copolymer , prepolymer , diamine , morphology (biology) , isocyanate , ribbon , polyurethane , propylene oxide , modulus , melting temperature , polymer chemistry , polymer , composite material , chemical engineering , ethylene oxide , biology , engineering , genetics
Abstract Polyurethanes with narrow‐disperse (ND) and polydisperse (PD) hard segment (HS) distributions were prepared in a two‐step process. First, a poly(propylene oxide) end‐capped with MDI (4,4′methylenebis(phenyl isocyanate) was synthesized. To this prepolymer either a diamine–diamide was added to form ND HSs or a mixture of a diamine–diamide and additional MDI to form PD HSs in the copolymers. The polyurethanes displayed a ribbon‐like crystalline morphology, and it was found that the copolymers with ND HSs were more crystalline, had a higher modulus, a less temperature‐dependant modulus, and a higher melting temperature than their PD counterparts. Overall, the polyurethanes with the narrow‐dispersed HSs displayed superior properties.

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