Abstract
Segmented polyurethanes based on diphenylmethane-4,4′-diisocyanate and polytetra-methylene glycol were synthesized using a mixture of polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS)-diol and 1,4-butanediol as chain extenders. The polymers were characterized by differential scanning calorimetry, wide-angle x-ray diffraction (WAXD), small-angle x-ray scattering (SAXS) and tensile property tests. Microphase separation between the hard and soft segment domains was observed in all the samples by SAXS. The increase of the POSS concentration was found to weaken the microphase separation between the domains and increase the Tg of the soft segments. The WAXD results showed that when the POSS concentration was greater than 10 wt%, the 101 diffraction peak from the POSS crystals could be observed, which suggested the formation of POSS nanocrystals in the hard domain. The tensile property tests showed that polyurethanes containing the nanostructured POSS molecules had higher moduli, but lower maximum elongation ratios.
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