Photophysical and relaxations in silicones

Author(s)

Raquel Aparecida Domingues

• Document type: Master's Dissertation
• Press: Campinas, SP.
• Institution: Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Química
• Defense date: 2008-02-15

Examining board members

Teresa Dib Zambon Atvars; Marian Rosaly Davolos; Marco Aurelio De Paoli

• Advisor: Teresa Dib Zambon Atvars

Abstract

The aim of this research work was the study of relaxation processes in siloxane polymeric network obtained from poli(dimethylsiloxane-co-methylhidrogensiloxane) dimethylsilihidrogen terminal (PDHS) and poli(dimethylsiloxane-co-methylvinylsiloxane) dimethylvinyl terminal (PDVS) by hydrosilylation reaction, using fluorescence spectroscopy in a range of temperature from 20 to 400 K. The results of these relaxation processes were compared with those of thermal analysis methods as the differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA). The glass transition temperature was easier demonstrated using fluorescence spectroscopy than using DSC and compatible with the result obtained from DMA. The siloxane films were characterized using also infrared spectroscopy and thermogravimetry (TGA). The silicones are not intrinsically fluorescent, so two strategies were used to insert a fluorescent probe in the siloxane film: the first involved a physical dispersion of fluorescent probe in the network, and in the second were incorporated fluorescent groups in the lateral chain of siloxane, concurrently the web formation, by hidrosilylation reaction too. In this last case, fluorescent probe was covalently bonded to polymeric chain. The fluorescence in function of the temperature signal studies was analyzed using a non radioactive deactivation of fluorescents molecules kinetic model. PDHS was reacted with vinyl fluorescents probes without PDVS, to be possible to obtain a fluorescent fluid of siloxane. In this case, was used the relation of 1:1 in terms of Si-H (PDHS reactive group) and CH2=CH2 (fluorescent material reactive groups) to be possible characterize the new material using RMN and FTIR, and the proportion of 1:1x10 of Si-H:CH2=CH2 to be possible characterize using fluorescence spectroscopy (AU)