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| Author(s): |
Cristiane Aparecida da Silva
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | Campinas, SP. |
| Institution: | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Química |
| Defense date: | 2005-07-28 |
| Examining board members: |
Maria do Carmo Gonçalves;
Lúcia Helena Innocentini Mei;
Edvaldo Sabadini
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| Advisor: | Maria do Carmo Gonçalves |
| Abstract | |
The main purpose of this work was to prepare, to morphologically characterize and to evaluate the physical properties of cellulose acetate and polysiloxane hybrids, by using the sol-gel process. Initially, functional units were obtained from the reaction between pentaerytritoltriacrylate (PETA) or tris-isocianurate (TI) and aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTS). These units were used as an inorganic network precursor for the modification of the cellulose acetate (CA) chains. The CA-modified hybrids were prepared via both hydrolysis and condensation reactions of the functional units in the presence of cellulose acetate. The morphology of the hybrids was investigated by transmission and scanning electron microscopies. The physical properties were evaluated by thermogravimetric analysis, differential scanning calorimetry and dynamic mechanical analysis. The main results were as follows: (i) infrared spectroscopy analysis confirmed the reaction formation of the APTS-PETA or APTS-TI functional units; (ii) the hybrid films showed thermal stability similar to pure CA; (iii) energy dispersive spectroscopic analysis in the scanning electron microscope confirmed the uniform dispersion of Si in the hybrid films; (iv) the morphology of theses hybrids was characterized by inorganic nanodomains dispersed in the CA matrix; (v) the polydispersion of these inorganic nanodomains explained the complex dynamic mechanical behavior of these hybrids and (vi) the crosslinking effect of the CA chains promoted storage module stabilization with the temperature increase. The modification of the cellulose acetate with polysiloxanes, via sol-gel process, resulted in hybrid materials with interesting characteristics that suggested the use of this polymer in applications that require lower hydrophilic properties. (AU) | |