Low Modulus Dry Silicone-Gel Materials by Photoinduced Thiol–Ene Chemistry

Autor: Fabienne Goethals, Otto van den Berg, Ceren Özdilek, Filip Du Prez, Stephane Berghmans, Roberto F. A. Teixeira, Le-Thu T. Nguyen
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Macromolecules. 47:1292-1300
ISSN: 1520-5835
0024-9297
DOI: 10.1021/ma402564a
Popis: The curing behavior of telechelic vinyl-functionalized poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) with poly(dimethylsiloxane-co-propylmercaptomethylsiloxane) using photoinitiated radical thiol–ene polyaddition was studied, by means of rheology, mechanical analysis of the cured elastomeric products, and high resolution magic angle spinning NMR (HR-MAS). Postpolymerization modification of a hydroxy-functionalized PDMS-derivative (OH-PDMS) yielded a telechelic thiol-functionalized PDMS-derivative, which was subsequently used as chain extender for the preparation of dry silicone-gel materials with elastic moduli between 30 and 500 kPa. The rate of thiol–ene polyaddition of the chain extender proved to be similar to that of the cross-linking process using multifunctional PDMS-based thiols. HR-MAS analysis of the loosely cross-linked thiol–ene PDMS networks and their fluoride-solubilized counterparts proved a highly efficient cross-linking with an optimal cure at 1:1 thiol to ene stoichiometric ratios. Using mechanical anal...
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