Article
  • Preparation and Characterization of Polyamide4(PA4)-Polyurethane(PU)-PA4 Triblock Copolymers
  • Park KW, Kim DH, Kim HJ
  • Polyamide4(PA4)-Polyurethane(PU)-PA4 삼블록 공중합체의 제조 및 특성
  • 박기완, 김동현, 김형중
Abstract
Polyamide4 (PA4)-polyurethane (PU)-PA4 triblock copolymers were synthesized by isocynated (NCO)-terminated PU prepared from 4,4'-diphenyl methane diisocyante (MDI) and polytetramethylene glycol (PTMG) as an initiator and potassium pyrrolidonate (P-py) as a catalyst for anionic ring opening polymerization of 2-pyrrolidone. Subsequently copolymer was controlled to contain different or same molecular weight of PA4 hard block with same or different molecular weight of PU soft block in order to investigate the effects of those differences on various properties of triblock copolymers as a thermoplastic elastomer. As the results shown in typical properties of block copolymeric elastomers, the mechanical strength and melting point (Tm) of the copolymers increased with an increase in molecular weight of PA4 block while the elongation at break increased with an increase in that of PU block.

Methylene diphenyl diisocyanate(MDI)와 poly(tetramethylene glycol)(PTMG)로부터 양말단에 isocyanate(NCO) 작용기를 가진 polyurethane(PU) prepolymer를 제조한 다음 이를 개시제로 하고 potassium pyrrolidonate를 촉매로 하여 2-pyrrolidone을 음이온 개환중합함으로써 최종적으로 양 끝에 polyamide4(PA4)가 단단한 블록이 되고 PU가 부드러운 블록이 되는 PA4-PU-PA4 형태의 삼블록 공중합체를 합성하였다. 그리고 공중합체내 각각 PA4 블록과 PU 블록의 분자량을 변화시켜 이들의 변화가 여러 가지 성질에 미치는 영향을 확인하였다. 결과적으로 PA4 블록으로 인해 원래의 PU 탄성체보다 용융온도(Tm)는 크게 상승하였고 PA4 블록의 분자량이 증가함에 따라 초기 탄성률과 인장강도는 크게 증가하였다. 한편, PU 블록의 분자량이 증가되면 파단신율이 증가하였지만 초기 탄성률과 인장 강도는 감소하는 전형적인 블록 공중합체형 탄성체의 성질을 나타냈다.

Keywords: polyamide4; polyurethane; triblock copolymer; anionic ring opening polymerization.

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  • Polymer(Korea) 폴리머
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    ISSN 2234-8077(Online)
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This Article

  • 2014; 38(1): 9-15

    Published online Jan 25, 2014

  • Received on Jul 1, 2013
  • Accepted on Oct 23, 2013