THE STUDY OF INTERMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS IN THE POSS-CONTAINING NANOCOMPOSITES BASED ON POLYURETHANE AND POLYURETHANE/POLY(HYDROXYPROPYL METHACRYLATE) MATRICES

Abstract

The nanocomposites based on polyurethane matrix and multicomponent polymer matrices consisting of polyurethane and poly(hydroxypropyl methacrylate) with different contents of the last, and 1,2-propanediolisobutyl polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (1,2-propanediolisobutyl-POSS), which was used as a functionalized nanofiller, were synthesized. The influence of the content of 1,2-propanediolisobutyl-POSS on intermolecular interactions and structural features of the nanocomposites was investigated by the method of IR-spectroscopy with Fourier transformation and attenuated total reflection (FTIR-ATR). The study of thermal curing of the model system, which consists of the adduct of trimethylolpropane with toluene diisocyanate and 1,2-propanediolisobutyl-POSS, made it possible to conclude that 1,2-propanediolisobutyl-POSS participates in the reaction of urethane formation using of one of the terminal hydroxyl groups, and it is incorporated into the polymer chain between cross-linking of polyurethane networks. The investigation of multicomponent polymer matrices by FTIR-ATR spectroscopy was done and was shown that photopolymerization of second polymer poly(hydroxypropyl methacrylate) in the matrix of polyurethane was completed by the opening of a double bond and the formation of a linear polymer in the composition of semi-IPN. Studies of nanocomposites based on multicomponent polymer matrices consisting of polyurethane and poly(hydroxypropyl methacrylate) with 15 and 30 % of the last by FTIR-ATR spectroscopy demonstrated the presence of POSS in the nanocomposites and the influence of POSS content on the structure of the studied systems and on the degree of phase separation. The POSS is "embedded" into the polymer chain between cross-linking of the polyurethane networks, with the additional formation of a complex system of intermolecular hydrogen bonds between the carboxyl and amine components of urethane groups in the nanocomposites.