Polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane as a novel plasticizer for poly(vinyl chloride)

Polymer ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 48 (5) ◽  
pp. 1410-1418 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharon Y. Soong ◽  
Robert E. Cohen ◽  
Mary C. Boyce
Keyword(s):  
Vinyl Chloride ◽  
Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane ◽  
Poly Vinyl Chloride ◽  
Oligomeric Silsesquioxane

scholarly journals Using Methacryl-Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane as the Thermal Stabilizer and Plasticizer in Poly(vinyl chloride) Nanocomposites

Polymers ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 1711 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu-Kai Wang ◽  
Fang-Chang Tsai ◽  
Chao-Chen Ma ◽  
Min-Ling Wang ◽  
Shiao-Wei Kuo
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Decomposition ◽  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Thermal Annealing ◽  
Vinyl Chloride ◽  
Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane ◽  
Tensile Tests ◽  
Binary Blend ◽  
Thermal Stabilizer ◽  
Poly Vinyl Chloride ◽  
Oligomeric Silsesquioxane

In this study, we investigated the influence of methacryl-functionalized polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (MA-POSS) nanoparticles as a plasticizer and thermal stabilizer for a poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) homopolymer and for a poly(vinyl chloride)/dissononyl cyclohexane-1,2-dicarboxylate (PVC/DINCH) binary blend system. The PVC and the PVC/DINCH blend both became flexible, with decreases in their glass transition temperatures and increases in their thermal decomposition temperatures, upon an increase in MA-POSS content, the result of hydrogen bonding between the C=O groups of MA-POSS and the H–CCl units of the PVC, as determined using infrared spectroscopy. Furthermore, the first thermal decomposition temperature of the pure PVC, due to the emission of HCl, increased from 290 to 306 °C, that is, the MA-POSS nanoparticles had a retarding effect on the decomposition of the PVC matrix. In tensile tests, all the PVC/DINCH/MA-POSS ternary blends were transparent and displayed flexibility, but their modulus and tensile strength both decreased, while their elongation properties increased, upon an increase in MA-POSS concentration, both before and after thermal annealing. In contrast, the elongation decreased, but the modulus and tensile strength increased, after thermal annealing at 100 °C for 7 days.

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