Preparation and Properties of UV-Curable Fluorinated Polyurethane Acrylates

摘要

A series of UV-curable polyurethane acrylates (PUA0, FPUA3, FPUA6, FPUA 9 FPUA12, FPUA15, where the numbers indicate the wt of perfluoroalkyl acrylate), were prepared from a reactive oligomer 4,4 '-dicyclohexymethanediisocyanate(H12MDI)/ poly(tetramethylene glycol)(PTMG)/2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA): 2/1/2 molar ratio, prepolymer:40 wt and diluents methyl methacrylate (MMA, 20 wt )/ isobornyl acrylate (IBOA, 40–25 wt )/heptadecafluorodecyl methacrylate (PFA, 0– 15 wt), total diluents: 60 wt . This study examined the effect of PFA/IBOA weight ratio on the properties of the UV-curable polyurethane acrylates for antifouling coating materials. The as-prepared UV-curable coating material containing a 15 wt PFA content in diluents (MMA/IBOA/PFA) form a heterogeneous mixture, indicating that a PFA content of approximately 15 wt was beyond the limit of the dilution capacity of diluents for the oligomer. In the wavelength range of 400–800 nm, the UV-cured PUA0 film sample was quite transparent (transmittance: near 100). On the other hand, the transmittance of the FPUA film sample decreased markedly with increasing PFA content. XPS showed that the film-air surface of the UV-cured polyurethane acrylate film had a higher fluorine content than the film-glass dish interface. As the PFA content increased from 0 to 12 wt , the surface tension of the UV-cured urethane acrylates decreased from 26.8 to 15.6 mN/m, whereas the water/methylene iodide contact angles of the film–air surface increased from 90.1/63.6° to 120.9/87.1°. These results suggest that the UV-curable polyurethane acrylates containing a PFA content up to 12 wt have strong potential as fouling-release coating materials.