ArticlePolymers2023
Effects of Alkyl Ester Chain Length on the Toughness of PolyAcrylate-Based Network Materials.
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Abstract
Polyacrylate-based network materials are widely used in various products owing to their facile synthesis via radical polymerization reactions. In this study, the effects of alkyl ester chains on the toughness of polyacrylate-based network materials were investigated. Polymer networks were fabricated via the radical polymerization of methyl acrylate (MA), ethyl acrylate (EA), and butyl acrylate (BA) in the presence of 1,4-butanediol diacrylate as a crosslinker. Differential scanning calorimetry and rheological measurements revealed that the toughness of MA-based networks drastically increased compared with that of EA- and BA-based networks; the fracture energy of the MA-based network was approximately 10 and 100 times greater than that of EA and BA, respectively. The high fracture energy was attributed to the glass transition temperature of the MA-based network (close to room temperature), resulting in large energy dissipation via viscosity. Our results set a new basis for expanding the applications of polyacrylate-based networks as functional materials.
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