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Effect of H12MDI isomer composition on mechanical and physico-chemical properties of polyurethanes based on amorphous and semicrystalline soft segments

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Two series of segmented thermoplastic polyurethanes were synthesized having 33 wt % hard segment based on 4,4′-dicyclohexyl methane diisocyanate with different trans–trans isomer contents and 1,3-propanediol chain extender. The soft segments were based on poly(hexamethylene–pentamethylene carbonate)diol and poly(butylene sebacate)diol, amorphous and semicrystalline polyol, respectively. 4,4′-Dicyclohexyl methane diisocyanate with different trans–trans isomer contents were obtained by fractional crystallization of commercial diisocyanate and were characterized by differential scanning calorimetry and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. 4,4′-Dicyclohexyl methane diisocyanate trans–trans isomer lead to some interesting properties in the synthesized polyurethanes, due to the more ordered hard domains formed by packing of trans–trans 4,4′-dicyclohexyl methane diisocyanate. Thereby, as 4,4′-dicyclohexyl methane diisocyanate trans–trans isomer content increased, a better phase separated structure was observed.

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Acknowledgments

Financial support from the Basque Government in the frame of Grupos Consolidados (IT-776-13), and Saiotek 2011 (SPE11UN132) is gratefully acknowledged. In addition, A. S. thanks Eusko Jaurlaritza/Gobierno Vasco (BFI-09-167). Moreover, we are grateful to the ‘Macrobehaviour – Mesostructure – Nanotechnology’ and ‘NMR Guipuzkoa Campus’ SGIker units of the UPV/EHU. This paper is dedicated In memoriam of Dr. Iñaki Mondragon Egaña.

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    Ainara Saralegi, Borja Fernández-d’Arlas, Iñaki Mondragon, Arantxa Eceiza & M. Angeles Corcuera

  2. Polymer Science and Technology Department and Institute for Polymer Materials (POLYMAT), University of the Basque Country, EHU/UPV, M. de Lardizabal 3, 20018, Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain

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Saralegi, A., Etxeberria, A., Fernández-d’Arlas, B. et al. Effect of H12MDI isomer composition on mechanical and physico-chemical properties of polyurethanes based on amorphous and semicrystalline soft segments. Polym. Bull. 70, 2193–2210 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00289-013-0930-3

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