Nanophase separation in segmented polyurethane elastomers: Effect of specific interactions on structure and properties

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2431-2438

  Pukánszky Jr , Béla ^a,b   Bagdi, Kristóf ^a,b   Tóvölgyi, Zsuzsa ^c   Varga, József ^a   Botz, Lajos ^c   Hudak, Stephan ^c   Dóczi, Tamás ^c   Pukánszky, Béla ^a,b  

^a BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

^b CHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Medical application; Phase separation; Polyurethane elastomer; Specific interactions; Structure property correlations

Indexed keywords

AMINES; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ERROR ANALYSIS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; ISOMERS; MIXING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MONOMERS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHASE MODULATION; POLYMERS; SEPARATION; SIZE SEPARATION; STOICHIOMETRY; TENSILE TESTING;

AMINE GROUPS; BUTANEDIOL; DISPERSED PHASE; END-GROUPS; HYDROXYL GROUPS; INTERNAL MIXERS; MEDICAL APPLICATION; MELT POLYMERIZATION; MELT VISCOSITIES; NANO PHASE SEPARATION; PHASE-STRUCTURE; PHENYL ISOCYANATE; POLYETHER POLYOL; POLYURETHANE ELASTOMER; RELATIVE CONCENTRATIONS; SEGMENTED POLYURETHANE; SPECIFIC INTERACTIONS; STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES; STRUCTURE-PROPERTY CORRELATIONS; TENSILE PROPERTIES; TETRAHYDROFURANE;

PHASE SEPARATION;

EID: 49149131653     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2008.06.008     Document Type: Article

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