Article
  • A Waterborne Polyurethane Transparent Composite Reinforced with Chemically-modified Cellulose Nanofibers Derived by Aqueous Counter Collision
  • Seongmin Leem and Jungho Jin

  • School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Ulsan, Ulsan 44610, Korea

  • 수중대향충돌 유래 화학개질 셀룰로오스 나노섬유 강화 수분산폴리우레탄 투명복합체
  • 임성민 · 진정호

  • 울산대학교 첨단소재공학부

Abstract

In this study, we report on the fabrication of transparent waterborne polyurethane (WPU) composites using cellulose nanofiber (CNF) as a reinforcing agent, of which mechanical properties are improved while maintaining optical clarity. Poly(tetrahydrofuran), isophorone diisocyanate, and 2,2-bis(hydroxymethyl)propionic acid were used as the chemical precursors for the WPU matrix. The chemically modified cellulose nanofibers (SA-CNF) were prepared both by chemical modification using succinic anhydride (SA) and aqueous counter collision (ACC) method. The structure of WPU/SA-CNF and its optical transmittance, mechanical properties, and thermal properties were analyzed to investigate the structure-property relationship. As a result, it was confirmed that both the yield strength and Young’s modulus of WPU/SA-CNF were improved with increasing the SA-CNF content while maintaining a high level of optical transmittance (>90 %), which is attributed to the hydrogen bond-mediated interaction between the WPU matrix and SA-CNF reinforcement. 


본 연구에서는 수분산폴리우레탄의 기계적 물성을 향상시키기 위해 셀룰로오스 나노섬유를 강화제로 사용한 투명복합체의 제작 및 그 물성에 대해 보고한다. Poly(tetrahydrofuran)과 isophorone diisocyanate, 2,2-bis(hydroxy-methyl)propionic acid를 사용해 수분산폴리우레탄을 합성하여 기지(matrix)로 사용하였으며, 강화제로는 숙신산무수물 화학개질과 수중대향충돌(aqueous counter collision) 방식을 통해 제조된 셀룰로오스 나노섬유를 사용하였다. 제작된 수분산폴리우레탄 투명복합체의 구조 및 광투과도, 기계적 물성, 열적 특성을 분석하였다. 그 결과, 제작된 투명복합체는 수분산폴리우레탄과 셀룰로오스 나노섬유 사이의 수소결합에 의한 강화효과로 인해 90% 이상의 가시광 투과도를 유지하면서도 항복강도와 Young’s modulus 등 기계적 물성이 향상됨을 확인하였다


Keywords: waterborne polyurethane, cellulose nanofiber, aqueous counter collision, succinic anhydride, composite

  • Polymer(Korea) 폴리머
  • Frequency : Bimonthly(odd)
    ISSN 0379-153X(Print)
    ISSN 2234-8077(Online)
    Abbr. Polym. Korea
  • 2022 Impact Factor : 0.4
  • Indexed in SCIE

This Article

  • 2019; 43(6): 933-939

    Published online Nov 25, 2019

  • 10.7317/pk.2019.43.6.933
  • Received on Aug 19, 2019
  • Revised on Sep 9, 2019
  • Accepted on Sep 10, 2019

Correspondence to

  • Jungho Jin
  • School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Ulsan, Ulsan 44610, Korea

  • E-mail: jinuine@ulsan.ac.kr