Well-Defined Networks from DGEBF—The Importance of Regioisomerism in Epoxy Resin Networks
作者:Stephen T. Knox、Anthony Wright、Colin Cameron、John Patrick Anthony Fairclough
DOI:10.1021/acs.macromol.9b01441
日期:2019.9.24
The previously ignored or unreported impact of regiosomerism within diglycidyl ether of bisphenol F (DGEBF) on its network properties is presented. Routes to the isomers of DGEBF were explored: high-performance liquid chromatography showed good separation of the three isomers [para-para-DGEBF (ppDGEBF), para-ortho-DGEBF (poDGEBF), and ortho-ortho-DGEBF (ooDGEBF)] with small yields; column chromatography gave good separation of pp- + po- from oo-DGEBF but pp-/po- separation was not achieved. Synthesis was optimized to crude yields of 76% for pp-; 87% for po-, and 86% for oo-. Subsequently, crosslinked networks were prepared with meta-xylylenediamine. With increasing ortho content, degradation of chemical resistance and an inherent weakening of the network was observed, that is, glass transition temperature (T-g), beta transition temperature (T-beta), density, crosslink density, and the desorption diffusion coefficient decreased, whereas sorption diffusion coefficient and ultimate solvent uptake increased. This clearly shows that a subtle chemical structure change can significantly impact network performance.