scholarly journals Synthesis and Characterization of Biodegradable Polyester/Polyether WPU As The Environmental Protection Coating

Author(s):  
Guangfeng Wu ◽  
Xin Song ◽  
ZhiHui Yang ◽  
Ying Chun Li ◽  
HuiXuan Zhang

Abstract Polyester diol PCL and PBA, polyether diol PTMG and polycarbonate diol PCDL were used as components of WPU soft segment, respectively. Polyether PTMG-WPU has the worst hydrolytic property and the highest thermal stability. The maximum degradation rate temperature Tmax is 407.8°C, the water contact angle reaches 89.5°. Traditional polyester PCL-WPU shows the strongest hydrolysis performance, the smallest water contact angle, only 71.7°, the water absorption rate of 72 hours at room temperature is as high as 26.7%. However, the thermal stability of PCL-WPU is lower, the soft segment Tg is -52.3°C, and Tmax is only 333.7°C, but the mechanical propertie of which is the best, the tensile strength is 58.3 MPa, and the elongation at break reaches 857.9%. The most important thing is that the structure of polyester PCL-WPU is more easily destroyed by lipase and water molecules. The acidic products produced after hydrolysis will further promote the degradation of polyester. Therefore, compared with other WPUs, PCL -WPU has the best biodegradability and the most obvious degradation effect under the same conditions. The degradation rate of PTMG-WPU after 30 days of degradation in 0.6% lipase PBS buffer solution and soil was only 4.2% and 2.3%, while the highest degradation rate of traditional polyester PCL-WPU reached 41.7% and 32.0%, respectively. In addition, polycarbonate PCDL-WPU has the highest hardness, reaching 95.5 HD. But its other performances are lower than PCl-WPU.

2009 ◽  
Vol 620-622 ◽  
pp. 741-744 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rui Weng ◽  
Chong Rui Wang ◽  
Lian Meng Zhang ◽  
Shui Ping Wang

Fluoralkylpolysiloxane modified Polyurethane (FSPU) films with high water contact angle (CA) were prepared. fluoralkylpolysiloxane was obtained using perfluoro octyl sulfuryl fluoride and terminal amino-silicone oil as reactants. Then, the isocyanate end capped PU prepolymer was synthesized by reacting isocyanate with a soft segment mixed by active amino-end-capping fluoralkylpolysiloxane and polyether glycol. The fluoralkylpolysiloxane modified PU films were obtained after the PU prepolymer was cured by 3,3 '- dichloro -4,4' – amino - diphenyl methane (MOCA). The results showed that the modified polyurethane with 10% (mass fraction) PFATPS had a good compatibility, low surface energy, surface water contact angle and surface oil contact angle was improved by 49° and 37° respectively, and heat resistance, water resistance was apparently improved.


2012 ◽  
Vol 557-559 ◽  
pp. 1834-1837
Author(s):  
Jun Liang Wu ◽  
Hui Ping Zhang ◽  
Xu Nan Wang

A superhydrophobic LDPE film was obtained by a simple method in atmosphere without addition of low-surface-energy materials. The water contact angle of the superhydrophobic LDPE film are 155±1.9º. SEM shows that compared with common smooth LDPE film, a porous structure was obviously observed on the superhydrophobic LDPE film. Such a special surface microstructure may result in the superhydrophobic property. The effect of drying temperature and concentration on water contact angle were studied.


2014 ◽  
Vol 881-883 ◽  
pp. 1153-1156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yun Bin Zhang ◽  
Jing Wen Wang ◽  
Ping Ping Jiang ◽  
Yue Xia Li ◽  
Xiao Yu Liu

Florida mandarin oil-chitosan composite films were prepared with chitosan (CS), Florida mandarin oil (FMO) by casting-evaporation-alkali leaching method. Influences of FMO to mechanical properties, water contact angle, water-solubility of films were evaluated. The results demonstrated that decrease of film tensile strength was caused by addition of FMO. When FMO content was 4%, elongation at break reached the maximum (2.81±0.01%). Water contact angle and solubility of film increased with increase of FMO content, maximums were 81.80±0.09° and 1.51±0.02 mg/100 g H2O, respectively.


2011 ◽  
Vol 295-297 ◽  
pp. 1613-1616 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhi Qing Yuan ◽  
Jun Liang Wu ◽  
Xi Hai Hao ◽  
Xu Nan Wang ◽  
Xun Meng Xu ◽  
...  

A superhydrophobic polypropylene surface was obtained by a facile method. The water contact angle and sliding angle of the superhydrophobic polypropylene surface were 157±1.8ºand 1.6º, respectively. When the superhydrophobic polypropylene surface was contaminated, 99 % contaminant particles were removed from the superhydrophobic polypropylene surface by artificial rain, showing excellent self-cleaning property.


2013 ◽  
Vol 587 ◽  
pp. 115-120
Author(s):  
Meng He ◽  
Kui Cheng ◽  
Wen Jian Weng

Micro-nano structured TiO2 films were prepared by hydrothermally seed layer-induced synthesis. The results showed that the films were composed of TiO2 platelets in size of 2μm~10μm. The maximum distance between platelets was ~4 μm. There were TiO2 nanodots (seed layer) in size of ~100nm between TiO2 platelets. This structured film was proven to be anatase and more anatase was detected along with hydrothermal synthesis. Water contact angle varied from 103° to 149° along with hydrothermal synthesis and all films showed super-hydrophilicity after UV illumination. These micro-nano structured films obtained in this study could potentially applied in many biomedical applications, e.g., osseointegration film and cell sheet technology, owing to its excellent biocompatibility and UV switchable super-hydrophilicity.


2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 3295-3300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shingo Tatara ◽  
Yasutaka Kuzumoto ◽  
Masatoshi Kitamura

The water wettability of Au surfaces has been controlled using various benzenethiol derivatives including 4-methylbenzenethiol, pentafluorobenzenethiol, 4-fluorobenzenethiol, 4-methoxybenzenethiol, 4-nitrobenzenethiol, and 4-hydroxybenzenethiol. The water contact angle of the Au surface modified with the benzenethiol derivative was found to vary in the wide range of 30.9° to 88.3°. The contact angle of the modified Au films annealed was also measured in order to investigate their thermal stability. The change in the contact angle indicated that the modified surface is stable at temperatures below about 400 K. Meanwhile, the activation energy of desorption from the modified surface was estimated from the change in the contact angle. The modified Au surface was also examined using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.


2011 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esam A. El-Hefian ◽  
Mohamed Mahmoud Nasef ◽  
Abdul Hamid Yahaya

In this study, blends of chitosan (CS) and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) (CS/PVA) having various proportions were prepared and characterized by universal mechanical tester, the differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and contact angle measurements. Studying the mechanical properties of the films showed that blending improved the tensile strength, which increased with increasing PVA content up to 40% while the elongation% at break of the blends was decreased compared to that of the pure components. The obtained results of DSC suggested that some interaction between chitosan and PVA mostly took place. Static water contact angle measurements showed an improvement in the wettability of the obtained films.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muayad Al-shaeli ◽  
Stefan J. D. Smith ◽  
Shanxue Jiang ◽  
Huanting Wang ◽  
Kaisong Zhang ◽  
...  

<p>In this study, novel <a>mixed matrix polyethersulfone (PES) membranes</a> were synthesized by using two different kinds of metal organic frameworks (MOFs), namely UiO-66 and UiO-66-NH<sub>2</sub>. The composite membranes were characterised by SEM, EDX, FTIR, PXRD, water contact angle, porosity, pore size, etc. Membrane performance was investigated by water permeation flux, flux recovery ratio, fouling resistance and anti-fouling performance. The stability test was also conducted for the prepared mixed matrix membranes. A higher reduction in the water contact angle was observed after adding both MOFs to the PES and sulfonated PES membranes compared to pristine PES membranes. An enhancement in membrane performance was observed by embedding the MOF into PES membrane matrix, which may be attributed to the super-hydrophilic porous structure of UiO-66-NH<sub>2</sub> nanoparticles and hydrophilic structure of UiO-66 nanoparticles that could accelerate the exchange rate between solvent and non-solvent during the phase inversion process. By adding the MOFs into PES matrix, the flux recovery ratio was increased greatly (more than 99% for most mixed matrix membranes). The mixed matrix membranes showed higher resistance to protein adsorption compared to pristine PES membranes. After immersing the membranes in water for 3 months, 6 months and 12 months, both MOFs were stable and retained their structure. This study indicates that UiO-66 and UiO-66-NH<sub>2</sub> are great candidates for designing long-term stable mixed matrix membranes with higher anti-fouling performance.</p>


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