A facile pathway to polyurea nanofiber fabrication and polymer morphology control in copolymerization of oxydianiline and toluene diisocyanate in acetone

Precipitation polymerization of toluene diisocyanate and 4,4′-oxydianiline was carried out in acetone. At 1.0 wt% monomer concentration and 30 °C as the polymerization temperature, polymers of different morphologies were obtained depending on the ways of agitation. Under mechanical stirring, a rope-...

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Veröffentlicht in:RSC advances 2015-01, Vol.5 (1), p.7426-7432
Hauptverfasser: Yang, Yanan, Jiang, Xubao, Zhu, Xiaoli, Kong, Xiang Zheng
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Precipitation polymerization of toluene diisocyanate and 4,4′-oxydianiline was carried out in acetone. At 1.0 wt% monomer concentration and 30 °C as the polymerization temperature, polymers of different morphologies were obtained depending on the ways of agitation. Under mechanical stirring, a rope-form polymer was obtained at low stirring rate and an aggregate of granular polymers was observed with a stirring rate of 600 r per min or higher; whereas polymer nanofibers were observed with quiescent polymerization and reciprocating shaking. Under quiescent polymerization with a monomer concentration of 1.0 wt%, the influence of the polymerization temperature on the morphology of the polymer was studied. It was found that spherical particles were formed at 0 °C, whereas fibrous polyurea was observed at 30 °C or higher. Studies on the influence of the monomer concentration at 30 °C revealed that nanofibers were obtained at 2.0 wt% of monomer concentration or lower; and spherical particles were formed with higher monomer concentration. The basic properties of the polymers were characterized. This paper provides a novel and facile pathway to the fabrication of a novel type nanofiber of polyurea based on toluene diisocyanate and 4,4′-oxydianiline. Polyurea nanofibers, of high thermal stability and solvent resistance, were obtained through simple precipitation polymerization of TDI and ODA in acetone at 30 °C.
ISSN:2046-2069
2046-2069
DOI:10.1039/c4ra15309j