Ester-free Thiol-X Resins: New Materials with Enhanced Mechanical Behavior and Solvent Resistance.
Ester-free Thiol-X Resins: New Materials with Enhanced Mechanical Behavior and Solvent Resistance.
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DOI:
10.1039/c4py01552e
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发表时间:
2015
影响因子:
4.6
通讯作者:
Bowman CN
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作者:
Podgórski M;Becka E;Chatani S;Claudino M;Bowman CN
A series of thiol-Michael and radical thiol-ene network polymers were successfully prepared from ester-free as well as ester-containing monomer formulations. Polymerization reaction rates, dynamic mechanical analysis, and solvent resistance experiments were performed and compared between compositions with varied ester loading. The incorporation of ester-free alkyl thiol, vinyl sulfone and allylic monomers significantly improved the mechanical properties when compared with commercial, mercaptopropionate-based thiol-ene or thiol-Michael networks. For polymers with no hydrolytically degradable esters, glass transition temperatures (Tg's) as high as 100 °C were achieved. Importantly, solvent resistance tests demonstrated enhanced stability of ester-free formulations over PETMP-based polymers, especially in concentrated basic solutions. Kinetic analysis showed that glassy step-growth polymers are readily formed at ambient conditions with conversions reaching 80% and higher.