Polymer Engineering Faculty Research

Title

Unusual Inorganic Phase Formation in UV-Curable Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Films

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Fall 2005

Abstract

Inorganic–organic hybrid materials were prepared with a cycloaliphatic epoxide adduct of linseed oil with tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS) oligomers via a cationic UV-curing process. The TEOS oligomers were prepared in the presence of water and ethanol with hydrochloric acid as a catalyst. The TEOS oligomers were characterized with 1H and 29Si NMR and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Hybrid films were cured, and the dynamic mechanical and thermal properties of the hybrid films were evaluated as a function of the TEOS oligomer content. The morphology of the hybrid films was examined with atomic force microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and small-angle light scattering. The microscopy and dynamic mechanical data indicated that the hybrid films were heterogeneous materials with various inorganic particle sizes dispersed within the organic matrix. In addition, 29Si solid-state NMR spectroscopy was used to investigate the coupling between the silicate region and organic regions. A schematic model is proposed to address structural features of hybrid materials. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 43: 1607–1623, 2005

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