Macromolecular Research, Vol.19, No.11, 1166-1171, November, 2011
Thermo-Mechanical/Thermal Properties of Photo-Cationic Polymerized Cyclo-Aliphatic Epoxy Hybrid Materials
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Cyclo-aliphatic epoxy and methacrylate hybrimers were fabricated via the photocationic polymerization of cycloaliphatic epoxy oligosiloxanes and photoradical polymerization of methacrylate oligosiloxanes, respectively. The thermomechanical/thermal properties of these two hybrimers using different photo-polymerization mechanisms were compared. Although both oligosiloxanes showed similar degrees of condensation, siloxane network structures, and sizes, the cycloaliphatic epoxy hybrimer showed improved thermomechanical/thermal properties as compared to the methacrylate hybrimer. This was attributable to a highly crosslinked network structure developing from the living characteristics of photocationic polymerization and the short, compact organic chains of the cycloaliphatic epoxy hybrimer as compared to the methacrylate hybrimer.
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