Synthesis and properties of polydiacetylene-containing polyesters |
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Authors: | P. A. Lovell J. L. Stanford Y-F. Wang R. J. Young |
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Affiliation: | Polymer Science and Technology Group, Manchester Materials Science Centre, University of Manchester and UMIST, Grosvenor St, Manchester M1 7HS, UK |
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Abstract: | A series of diacetylene-containing polyesters with number-average molar masses (GPC) in the range 900–4200 g mol−1 were prepared from terephthaloyl chloride and hexa-2,4-diyne-1,6-diol using benzoyl chloride as a monofunctional reactant for control of molar mass. Degrees of crystallinity were estimated from WAXD to be up to 29%. Correlations between molar mass, melting behaviour, degree of crystallinity and thermal cross-polymerisation of diacetylene-containing polyesters have been established using hot-stage microscopy, DSC and resonance Raman spectroscopy. The polyester with M̄n of 1264 g mol−1 gave the best balance between processability and the ability to cross-polymerise efficiently. Its degree of crystallinity before cross-polymerisation was estimated from WAXD measurments to be 24%, a value coincident with the percentage conversion of diacetylene units to polydiacetylene chains measured by 13C solid-state NMR. The optimum conditions for compression moulding the polyester to produce a material with a strong Raman spectrum involved heating under vacuum at 120°C for 6h after an initial 3 h heat-up period. The material thus produced gave an intense Raman CC stretching band, which upon tensile deformation shifted linearly with strain to lower wavenumber by 12.0 cm−1 %−1. The potential use of the diacetylene-containing polyesters in the preparation of model blends for use in quantitative micromechanics studies of stress transfer between phases is briefly discussed. |
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Keywords: | polyesters diacetylenes cross-polymerisation DSC Raman spectroscopy tensile deformation Raman shift factors |
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