High-Temperature Shape Memory Behavior of Novel All-Aromatic (AB)n-Multiblock Copoly(ester imide)s

Journal article (2017)

Authors

Q. Guan Novel Aerospace Materials - Aerospace Engineering
S.J. Picken ChemE/Advanced Soft Matter - AS
Sergei S. Sheiko University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
T.J. Dingemans Novel Aerospace Materials - Aerospace Engineering
Research Group
Novel Aerospace Materials (Aerospace Engineering) (TU Delft)
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Published Date

23-05-2017

Language

English

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Faculty

Aerospace Engineering

Department

Aerospace Structures & Materials

Research Group

Novel Aerospace Materials

Abstract

Thermoplastic and thermoset all-aromatic liquid crystal (LC) (AB)n-multiblock copoly(ester imide)s based on N-(3′-hydroxyphenyl)trimellitimide (IM), 4-hydroxybenzoic acid (HBA), and 6-hydroxy-2-naphthoic acid (HNA) were investigated as single-component high-temperature (≥250 °C) shape memory polymers (SMPs). A high Tg (∼200 °C) HBA/IM block embedded in a low Tg (∼120 °C) HBA/HNA matrix creates a stable rubbery plateau that can be extended to ∼240 °C by cross-linking. The shape fixation (Rf) and shape recovery efficiency (Rr) of the thermoplastic and thermoset films were investigated using a rheometer in torsion mode. Thermoplastic LC copoly(ester imide) films showed excellent dual SM behavior (Rf and Rr ∼ 100%) at 170 °C. After cross-linking the thermoplastic films a single component system as obtained that exhibited high-temperature (≥250 °C) tunable triple SM and one-way reversible SM behavior.

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