Enhanced Mechanical Relaxation below the Glass Transition Temperature in Partially Supramolecular Networks

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作者
Dimopoulos, Athanasios [2 ]
Wietor, Jean-Luc [1 ]
Wubbenhorst, Michael [3 ]
Napolitano, Simone [3 ]
van Benthem, Rolf A. T. M. [2 ]
de With, Gijsbertus [2 ]
Sijbesma, Rint P. [1 ]
机构
[1] Eindhoven Univ Technol, Dept Chem Engn & Chem, Lab Macromol & Organ Chem, NL-5600 MB Eindhoven, Netherlands
[2] Eindhoven Univ Technol, Dept Chem Engn & Chem, Lab Mat & Interface Chem, NL-5600 MB Eindhoven, Netherlands
[3] Katholieke Univ Leuven, Dept Phys & Astron, Lab Acoust & Thermal Phys, B-3001 Louvain, Belgium
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POLYMER NETWORKS;
D O I
10.1021/ma1005638
中图分类号
O63 [高分子化学(高聚物)];
学科分类号
070305 ; 080501 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Cross-linked polymers in which part of the covalent cross-links have been replaced by reversible cross-links have potential application in coatings with improved stress relaxation. Here We present a detailed study of materials based on copolymers of epsilon-caprolactone and L-lactic acid, containing different ratios of covalent and ureidopyrimidinone(UPy) dimer cross-links. Their thermal and mechanical properties were tested by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA), and dielectric relaxation spectroscopy (DRS). By extrapolation of the alpha* relaxation process in DMA (arising from dynamics of the reversible UPy cross-links) to temperatures below the glass transition temperature (T(g)), it was shown that the reversible cross-links contribute significantly to the relaxation of stress below T(g) that was observed in creep measurements.
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页码:8664 / 8669
页数:6
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