Journal
POLYMER
Volume 55, Issue 23, Pages 5873-5879Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2014.07.035
Keywords
Shape memory polymer; Cyanate ester; High glass transition temperature
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [11225211, 11272106]
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New thermosetting shape memory cyanate polymers (SMCPs) modified with polybutadiene/acrylonitrile (PBAN) were synthesized and compared with polyethylene glycol (PEG)-modified SMCPs for integration into the family of high temperature shape memory polymers with controllable glass transition temperatures (T-g) used in the aerospace industry. The materials were characterized in terms of microstructure, thermal properties, mechanical properties and shape memory properties by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, thermogravimetric analysis, dynamic mechanical analysis, and tensile tests. Differing from the SMCP with PEG, the new cyanate-based shape memory polymer with PBAN (T-g similar to 255.1.0 degrees C) had better shape memory properties and higher thermal stability (relatively high initial degradation temperature and high char residue value at 800 degrees C). Both of the SMCPs with PBAN and PEG displayed exceedingly high glass transition temperatures over 241.3 degrees C and higher toughness than unmodified polycyanurate. These qualities render them desirable candidates as matrices in polymer composites, particularly for space applications. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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