New Method for Improving Properties of Polymer Compositesby Using Organic Inorganic Hybrid Polymers

摘要

Polymer materials are utilized in an increasing number of categories of products, such ascomponents for cars, boats, airplanes, within the electronics industry and other advanced industry aswell as in paints and other coatings, for special packaging etc. The uses of polymer materials in newcategories of products are only limited by the product properties. It is thus a continuous need fordeveloping polymer products with improved properties like increased scratch resistance, improvedweather resistance, increased UV resistance, chemical resistance and antioxidation. In addition to pure polymer materials, new products based on hybrid organic inorganic materialsinvolving macromolecules with inorganic core and organic branches have been developed. In this paper, organic inorganic hybrid polymers (HP) are prepared based on a new technologyand applied as additives for polymer products like thermoset plastics and in lacquers and other typesof coatings for surface protection. Used in appropriate amounts and with suitable particle size, suchhybrid polymers contribute to a significant improvement of the properties of the plastic material orthe lacquer, hereunder an increased wear resistance/scratch resistance and/or weather resistance. It is shown that HP additives are suitable for a number of applications within organic chemistryand in particular within polymer chemistry and can be used as a stabilizer for thermoplastics with abroader range of utility than known mono-functional stabilizers.