Abstract
AbstractSyntheses of several UV‐autocurable methacrylourethanes and the effects of polyol type on their properties are investigated. Autocurable benzophenone tetracarboxylic dianhydride (BTDA)‐based polyurethane methacrylates are prepared by addition reaction from benzophenone tetracarboxylic dianhydride (BTDA), 2,4‐toluene diisocyanate (TDI), 2‐hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA), and polyol (polyethylene glycol, polydiethylene succinate, polydiethylene maleate, or polydiethylene hexamethylene‐dicarbamate). Autocurable oligomers possess good pot life and are cured rapidly when exposed to ultraviolet (UV) radiation without the addition of photoinitiator. The different polyols are used to obtain wide range properties of cured films with a glass transition temperature (Tg) range of ‐10.5‐5.5°C. Increasing the Tg of polyol shifts the dynamic mechanical storage modulus and loss factor of the cured film to high temperature. For practical application, oligomer is mixed with reactive monomers to bring the systems to a workable viscosity at room temperature. Among the monomers, the higher the composition of hydroxyethyl acrylate in the oligomer‐monomer system, the higher the curing rate of the system as compared with neat oligomer. Moreover, increasing the chain length of dimethacrylate monomers results in a decrease in breaking strength from 160 to 140 kg/cm2, in Young's modulus from 771 to 400 kg/cm2, and in glass transition temperature from 18 to 6.5°C, while the elongation at breaking increases from 70 to 130%.
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