화학공학소재연구정보센터
Polymer Bulletin, Vol.38, No.3, 287-294, 1997
Preparation of UV Curable Emulsions Using Peg-Modified Urethane Acrylates and Their Coating Properties .3. Effects of Epoxy Acrylate
Water-dispersible UV-curable urethane acrylate emulsions were prepared with polyethylene glycol (PEG) - modified urethane acrylates (PMUA), containing terminal hydrophilic polyoxyethylene chains. To improve physical properties of PMUA, epoxy acrylate (EA) having high thermal stability and hardness, was mixed with five kinds of PMUA containing different chain lengths of polyoxyethylene (POE). For PMUA/EA. mixtures, the composition ratio of EA to PMUA and the chain length of POE greatly influenced the size of droplets of emulsions and the physical properties of their cured films. At higher EA. to PMUA ratio, the physical properties decreased, which was due to phase separation between EA and PMUA. Phase separation was confirmed by scanning electron microscopy.