Functionally Graded Polyurethane Elastomers Prepared By Electrophoresis

  • Zhang, Yuefan (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Nagasaki University) ;
  • Shiiba, Tetsuro (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Nagasaki University) ;
  • Furukawa, Mutsuhisa (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Nagasaki University)
  • Published : 1999.12.31

Abstract

Functionally graded polyurethane elastomers PUEs/grad. Poly(dimethylammoninum ethylacrylate bromide)(PDMAEA) were prepared by the method of electrophoresis. Results of elemental analysis showed that concentration of PDMAEA had gradient across the thickness(2mm) of the base PUEs. The modified PUEs(PUEs/grad. PDMAEA) containing high concentration of PDMAEA displayed low degree of swelling in benzene which was poor solvent for PDMAEA, and high degree of swelling in water which was good solvent. For the each layer of modified PUEs, glass transition temperature, dynamic storage modulus were stooled by DSC, Rheovibron DDV-IIC dynamic viscoelastomer. The chemomechanical properties of modified PUEs was explored by the electric-stimulus.

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