Title Shape-memory assisted scratch-healing of transparent thiol-ene coatings /
Authors Lazauskas, Algirdas ; Jucius, Dalius ; Baltrušaitis, Valentinas ; Gudaitis, Rimantas ; Prosyčevas, Igoris ; Abakevičienė, Brigita ; Guobienė, Asta ; Andrulevičius, Mindaugas ; Grigaliūnas, Viktoras
DOI 10.3390/ma12030482
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Is Part of Materials.. Basel : MDPI. 2019, vol. 12, iss. 3, art. no. 482, p. 1-13.. ISSN 1996-1944
Keywords [eng] photopolymerizable ; thiol-ene network ; scratch-healing, transparent
Abstract [eng] A photopolymerizable thiol-ene composition was prepared as a mixture of pentaerythritol tetrakis(3-mercaptopropionate) (PETMP) and 1,3,5-triallyl-1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6(1H,3H,5H)-trione (TTT), with 1 wt. % of 2,2-dimethoxy-2-phenylacetophenone (DMPA) photoinitiator. A systematic analytical analysis that investigated the crosslinked PETMP-TTT polymer coatings employed Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, ultraviolet–visible spectroscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, thermogravimetric analysis, pencil hardness, thermo-mechanical cyclic tensile, scratch testing, and atomic force microscopy. These coatings exhibited high optical transparency and shape-memory that assisted scratch-healing properties. Scratches produced on the PETMP-TTT polymer coatings with different constant loadings (1.2 N, 1.5 N, and 2.7 N) were completely healed after the external stimulus was applied. The strain recovery ratio and total strain recovery ratio for PETMP-TTT polymer were found to be better than 94 ± 1% and 97 ± 1%, respectively. The crosslinked PETMP-TTT polymer network was also capable of initiating scratch recovery at ambient temperature conditions.
Published Basel : MDPI
Type Journal article
Language English
Publication date 2019
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