Thermal Transitions and Reaction Kinetics of Polyhederal Silsesquioxane containing Phenylethynylphthalimides
摘要:
Thermal transitions and reaction kinetics of polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) with phenylethynylphthalimide (PEPI) moieties were investigated Specifically, this study was designed to probe the influence of the POSS peripheries, types of spacer group in between the PEPI and the SiO1 5 core, the architecture of the PEPI arrangement with respect to the SiO1 5 core, and the number of PEPI groups per cage on the thermal transitions and the cross linking reaction of phenylethynyl PEPI-POSS compounds with isobutyl peripheries exhibited lower melting temperatures as compared to those with phenyl periphery consequently these isobutyl PEPI-POSS derivatives have a higher phenylethynyl reaction rate, although the onset of reaction temperature was not significantly affected Changing the spacer group from propyl to phenyl causes an increase in the melting transition temperature along with a higher heat of fusion at melting however, the more rigid phenyl spacer enables the PEPI-POSS to form a higher degree of crystallinity upon cooling The more rigid phenyl spacer also initiates the polyene reactions at lower temperatures For POSS with PEPI attached to either side of the cage, there are two isomers with respect to the SiO1 5 core This mixture of two isomers inhibits the formation of crystallinity as compared with the 'pendent' derivative where both PEPI groups come off from the same corner of FOSS cage Finally, it was found that these PEPI-POSS molecules have reaction kinetics and onset temperatures on par with organic hexafluorophenylethynyl oligoimides, which make these PEPI-POSS molecules excellent candidates as nanocomposite additives in high performance composite applications
Thermal Transitions and Reaction Kinetics of Polyhederal Silsesquioxane containing Phenylethynylphthalimides
作者:Bradley Seurer、Vandana Vij、Timothy Haddad、Joseph M. Mabry、Andre Lee
DOI:10.1021/ma101640q
日期:2010.11.23
Thermal transitions and reaction kinetics of polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) with phenylethynylphthalimide (PEPI) moieties were investigated Specifically, this study was designed to probe the influence of the POSS peripheries, types of spacer group in between the PEPI and the SiO1 5 core, the architecture of the PEPI arrangement with respect to the SiO1 5 core, and the number of PEPI groups per cage on the thermal transitions and the cross linking reaction of phenylethynyl PEPI-POSS compounds with isobutyl peripheries exhibited lower melting temperatures as compared to those with phenyl periphery consequently these isobutyl PEPI-POSS derivatives have a higher phenylethynyl reaction rate, although the onset of reaction temperature was not significantly affected Changing the spacer group from propyl to phenyl causes an increase in the melting transition temperature along with a higher heat of fusion at melting however, the more rigid phenyl spacer enables the PEPI-POSS to form a higher degree of crystallinity upon cooling The more rigid phenyl spacer also initiates the polyene reactions at lower temperatures For POSS with PEPI attached to either side of the cage, there are two isomers with respect to the SiO1 5 core This mixture of two isomers inhibits the formation of crystallinity as compared with the 'pendent' derivative where both PEPI groups come off from the same corner of FOSS cage Finally, it was found that these PEPI-POSS molecules have reaction kinetics and onset temperatures on par with organic hexafluorophenylethynyl oligoimides, which make these PEPI-POSS molecules excellent candidates as nanocomposite additives in high performance composite applications