The glass transition temperature and microstructure of polyurethane/epoxy resin interpenetrating polymer networks nanocomposites

摘要

Nanocomposites with various contents of organophilic montmorillonite (oMMT) have been prepared by adding oMMT to interpenetrating polymer networks (IPNs) of polyurethane and epoxy resin (PU/EP) which had been prepared by a sequential polymeric technique. DSC experiment indicates a novel phenomenon that the glass transition temperature (T_g) of the nanocomposites increases with the oMMT content up to 3 percent,then decreases with further increasing oMMT content. In order to explain this phenomenon, crosslink density, hydrogen bonding in the hard segments, crystallization of the nanocomposites and the exfoliation degree of oMMT in the nanocomposites have been investigated by swelling method, FT-1R, XRD, SEM and TEM, respectively. The results indicate that the crosslink density and the hydrogen bonding index of the nanocomposites increase, but the crystallization degree of the nanocomposites decreases with increasing oMMT content. In addition, oMMT improves the network structure of PU/EP.