Sulfur Versus Non-Sulfur Containing Polyimide Adhesives for Bonding Steel

Due to their superior thermal and chemical stability, polyimides are often used as adhesives in harsh environments. This study examines the effect on bond strength of thioether sulfur in the polyimide backbone. Bonds were made using steel that was believed to catalyze the oxidation of sulfur. In addition, non-sulfur containing polyimides with similar T_g were also studied for comparison. The polymer/metal interface was studied using both the T-peel and wedge tests. No apparent effect was observed in the T-peel test with steel where the T-peel strengths of non-sulfur and sulfur containing polyimides were similar. In the wedge test, however, the sulfur-containing BDSDA/ODA bonded to steel had the smallest initial crack length of 34 mm. However, the BTDA/APB bonds tested in a dry environment had the smallest crack growth. The sulfur-containing BTDA/ASD performed best of the bonds tested in a wet environment. Metal-catalyzed oxidation of sulfur was observed to take place in the steel case, but not to an extent to have a noticeable effect on peel strength.     

PSA performances and viscoelastic properties of SIS‐based PSA blends with H‐DCPD tackifiers

Hotmelt pressure sensitive adhesives (PSAs) usually contain styrenic block copolymers like styrene–isoprene–styrene (SIS), SBS, SEBS, tackifier, oil, and additives. These block copolymers individually reveal no tack. Therefore, a tackifier is a low molecular weight material with high glass transition temperature (T_g), and imparts the tacky property to PSA. The SIS block copolymer with different diblocks was blended with hydrogenated dicyclopentadiene (H‐DCPD tackifier), which has three kinds of T_g. PSA performance was evaluated by probe tack, peel strength, and shear adhesion failure temperature. PSA is a viscoelastic material, so that its performance is significantly related to the viscoelastic properties of PSAs. We tested the viscoelastic properties by dynamic mechanical analysis and the thermal properties by differential scanning calorimeter to investigate the relation between viscoelastic properties and PSA performance. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl PolymSci 102: 2839–2846, 2006     

On the importance of some surface and interface characteristics in the formation of the properties of adhesive joints

The importance of some relative surface characteristics which determines the strength of adhesive joints: specific surface of substrate , relative contact area β and specific contact area β in the adhesion interaction process were emphasised. Existing and potential methods of experimental evaluation of these characteristics were shortly analysed. The durability of the adhesive joints in water media significantly increases with growth of specific surface ^* of chemically treated substrate evaluated from the SEM micrographs. Specific surface calculated from the experimental data of hexane adsorption measurements for iron particles (particulate model of steel substrate) is more then ten times greater than respective ^* values. The relative contact area β of the Al₂O₃ particles (in wide range of ) with PE melt was in a roundabout way evaluated by experimental determination of the affect of on kinetic of peel strength formation of adhesive joints: Al₂O₃ filled PE-steel. The speculation was based on the ability of Al₂O₃ to adsorb low-molecular products of contact oxidation of PE which takes place in the process of formation of adhesive joints and determines their strength. The ability of sorption in its turn is proportional to efficient value of β. The availability of the Al₂O₃ surface was evaluated.     

Identification and fermentation optimization of protopectinase-overproducing strain Aspergillus niger CD-01 for pectin production

In order to solve the citrus peel resource waste problem and minimize the drawbacks of chemical extraction of pectin, a protopectinase-overproducing strain CD-01 for pectin production was isolated from a pit soil dumped with perished orange in Changde City, Hunan Province of China. The strain CD-01 had the same morphology and 28S rRNA gene sequence (FJ184995) as that of Aspergillus niger (ATCC 64028). It was thus identified and named as Aspergillus niger CD-01. The fermentation condition was optimized based on L₉(3⁴) orthogonal experimental design and the variances analyses. The results show that the optimal condition for producing pectin is as follows: time 36 h, temperature 35 °C, pH 5, and urea as the nitrogen source. Under this condition, the pectin yield can reach up to 24.5%. This shows a great potential of Aspergillus niger CD-01 in pectin extraction from citrus. Foundation item: Projects(50621063, 50674101) supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China     

微波辅助提取柑橘皮中的挥发油

采用微波辅助提取柑橘皮中挥发油,其最佳提取条件为：30g柑橘皮粉末浸在60mL无水乙醇中,微波功率为300W,微波辐射时间为150s。采用溴加成法对挥发油进行定量分析,经测定挥发油的含量为2．77％。实验表明．微波法具有提取率较高、时间短、成本低和污染少等优点。     

微波辐射提取桔皮中橙皮苷的研究

以乙醇溶液为提取溶剂,采用微波辐射提取桔皮中的橙皮苷,考察了溶剂浓度、微波功率、微波辐射时间、液料比等因素对橙皮苷提取量的影响.正交试验优化显示：溶剂体积浓度55%、微波提取功率400 W、辐射时间70 s和液料之比15∶1（质量比）时,橙皮苷的提取率为41.05%,比无微波辐射提取提高了14.21%.     

ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS FOR PEELING USING BEAM-ON-FOUNDATION MODEL AND COHESIVE ZONE

When fibrillation occurs during peeling, the normal stress in the adhesive may gradually reduce to zero at the peel front. The shear stress also reduces to zero. Classical beam-spring (or beam-on-elastic-foundation) models do not yield solutions that have these properties. With the use of a beam-on-foundation model combined with a cohesive zone in the neighborhood of the peel front, these properties can be satisfied. In order to obtain analytical solutions, peel tests are considered in which the backing has a small slope and is linearly elastic in the adhered region, and the traction law is assumed to be piecewise linear. Cases are considered with only normal stresses in the adhesive (mode I), only shear stresses (mode II), and both stresses coupled (mixed-mode behavior). Analytical solutions are obtained for displacements of the backing, forces in the backing, and stresses between the adhesive and the backing.     

The Mechanical Behaviour of Polyimide/Copper Laminates Part 2: Peel Energy Measurements

The mechanical peel behaviour of laminates consisting of polyimide films adhered to copper foil using a modified acrylic adhesive has been studied over a wide range of test rates and temperatures. The laminates were prepared from polyimide films which had been subjected to either a “high-thermal history” or a “low-thermal history” treatment during the production of the film. The measured peel energies of the laminates could be superimposed to give a master curve of peel energy versus the reduced rate of peel test, Ra_T, where R is the rate of peel test and a_T is the time-temperature shift factor. The appropriate shift factors were a function of the test temperature and were mainly deduced from tensile tests conducted on the bulk adhesive. The “high-thermal history” laminates gave higher peel energies and the locus of failure of the laminates was mainly by cohesive fracture through the adhesive layer. At low values of log₁₀ Ra_T, i.e. Low rates of peel and high test temperatures, the “low-thermal history” laminates also failed in the adhesive layer and possessed similar peel energies to those measured for the “high-thermal history” laminates. However, at high log₁₀ Ra_T values, the peel energies measured for the “low-thermal history” laminates were lower and showed a wider scatter. These arose from a different locus of failure occurring in these “low-thermal history” laminates when tested under these conditions. Namely, it was found that most of these laminates failed in a weak boundary layer in the outer regions of the “low-thermal history” polyimide film.     

金属—橡胶硫化粘接复合体剥离破坏行为的研究

本文分析了对橡胶分子链特性、部分交联弹性聚合物材料的粘弹行为及金属──橡胶硫化粘接体剥离过程中聚合物分子链的应力分布状况和剥离破坏模型，认为粘着一滑动（Stick—slip）模型剥离破坏并非是橡胶类材料的固有特征，而是由于金属──橡胶硫化粘接过程中的分子取向交联和部分交联弹性材料多个凯尔文（Kelvin）模型粘弹行为的综合结果．同时指出单从剥离试验的结果难以表征金属——橡胶硫化粘接复合作的粘接效果．