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Effects of Diisocyanate Structure and Disulfide Chain Extender on Hard Segmental Packing and Self-Healing Property of Polyurea Elastomers

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Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials (MOE), Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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Applied Mechanics Laboratory, School of Aerospace Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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Polymers 2019, 11(5), 838; https://doi.org/10.3390/polym11050838
Received: 4 April 2019 / Revised: 1 May 2019 / Accepted: 4 May 2019 / Published: 8 May 2019
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Polymer Structure and Property)
Four linear polyurea elastomers synthesized from two different diisocyanates, two different chain extenders and a common aliphatic amine-terminated polyether were used as models to investigate the effects of both diisocyanate structure and aromatic disulfide chain extender on hard segmental packing and self-healing ability. Both direct investigation on hard segments and indirect investigation on chain mobility and soft segmental dynamics were carried out to compare the levels of hard segmental packing, leading to agreed conclusions that correlated well with the self-healing abilities of the polyureas. Both diisocyanate structure and disulfide bonds had significant effects on hard segmental packing and self-healing property. Diisocyanate structure had more pronounced effect than disulfide bonds. Bulky alicyclic isophorone diisocyanate (IPDI) resulted in looser hard segmental packing than linear aliphatic hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI), whereas a disulfide chain extender also promoted self-healing ability through loosening of hard segmental packing compared to its C-C counterpart. The polyurea synthesized from IPDI and the disulfide chain extender exhibited the best self-healing ability among the four polyureas because it had the highest chain mobility ascribed to the loosest hard segmental packing. Therefore, a combination of bulky alicyclic diisocyanate and disulfide chain extender is recommended for the design of self-healing polyurea elastomers. View Full-Text
Keywords: diisocyanate structure; disulfide bonds; hard segmental packing; self-healing; polyureas diisocyanate structure; disulfide bonds; hard segmental packing; self-healing; polyureas
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Li, T.; Zheng, T.; Han, J.; Liu, Z.; Guo, Z.-X.; Zhuang, Z.; Xu, J.; Guo, B.-H. Effects of Diisocyanate Structure and Disulfide Chain Extender on Hard Segmental Packing and Self-Healing Property of Polyurea Elastomers. Polymers 2019, 11, 838. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym11050838

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Li T, Zheng T, Han J, Liu Z, Guo Z-X, Zhuang Z, Xu J, Guo B-H. Effects of Diisocyanate Structure and Disulfide Chain Extender on Hard Segmental Packing and Self-Healing Property of Polyurea Elastomers. Polymers. 2019; 11(5):838. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym11050838

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Li, Ting, Tianze Zheng, Jiarui Han, Zhanli Liu, Zhao-Xia Guo, Zhuo Zhuang, Jun Xu, and Bao-Hua Guo. 2019. "Effects of Diisocyanate Structure and Disulfide Chain Extender on Hard Segmental Packing and Self-Healing Property of Polyurea Elastomers" Polymers 11, no. 5: 838. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym11050838

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