Investigation on the Influence of Chain Extenders on the Performance of One-Component Moisture-Curable Polyurethane Adhesives

Chen Tan; Teija Tirri; Carl-Eric Wilen

doi:10.3390/polym9050184

Investigation on the Influence of Chain Extenders on the Performance of One-Component Moisture-Curable Polyurethane Adhesives

Chen Tan, Teija Tirri, Carl-Eric Wilen

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In this work, a no. of chain extended moisture-curable urethane prepolymers were synthesized in order to develop isocyanate terminated urethane prepolymer formulations that would simultaneously display both high adhesive strength and low viscosity. Proton NMR spectroscopy (¹H-NMR), size exclusion chromatog. (SEC), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and Brookfield viscometry were utilized for characterizing the prepd. urethane prepolymers. In addn., the adhesion strength of the cured prepolymers was detd. by tensile shear strength test according to the DIN EN (Deutsches Institut fuer Normung, the German Institute for Standardization) 1465 std. Esp., the role of different types of linear (butanediol, pentanediol) and branched chain extenders (dipropyleneglycol (di-PPG)), tripropyleneglycol (tri-PPG) and the influence of their dosage on the degree of microphase sepn. between hard segments (HS) and soft segments (SS) in urethane prepolymers were studied. Furthermore, the benefits of utilizing either a one-step vs. a two-step polymn. process were investigated. The results revealed that the extent of phase sepn. of different urethane prepolymers was dependent on the extent of hydrogen bonding interactions which was extensively studied by attenuated total reflectance IR spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR). The incorporation of branched chain extenders (di-PPG and tri-PPG) did not result in notable phase sepn. between hard segments and soft segments, while linear chain extenders (pentanediol and butanediol) readily promoted phase sepn. The degree of phase sepn. was particularly pronounced for butanediol, and when the linear chain extender ratio was higher than or equal to 0.74. Compared with a two-stage process, one-stage process produced more randomly distributed polymer chains with highly dispersed hard segments. Thus, urethane prepolymers exhibiting strong adhesive strength with simultaneously low viscosity were successfully developed by systematic adjustment of structural parameters.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1–19
Journal	Polymers
Volume	9
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/polym9050184
Publication status	Published - May 2017
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

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adhesive
isocyanate-terminated urethane prepolymers
segmented polyurethane
soft and hard segments

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Investigation on the Influence of Chain Extenders on the Performance of One-Component Moisture-Curable Polyurethane Adhesives

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