Yuan-Bo SONG
. 2012, 43(S2): 39-0.
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The waterborne polyurethane nano-dispersions modified with glucose (GWPU) were synthesized via pre-polymer dispersion. The effects of the amount of cross-linking agent, glucose, on the synthesis of GWPU were studied. The structure and properties were characterized by FT-IR, DLLS,TEM, TG, XRD, AFM, water contact angle and mechanical properties. Results indicated that the glucose dispersed well as an incorporated state in the polyurethane phase measured by FT-IR. The morphology of the particle is uniform spherical structure and its size increased with the increasing glucose content of GWPU.A distinct improvement in the thermal stability of the resulting polymer with the crosslinking agent was observed compared with the unmodified polyurethane by TG, as a two-step thermal decomposition. AFM indicates that the roughness of solidified WPU films increased when modified by glucose, resulting in water repellence functions.The crystallinity of the resulting polymer, detected in XRD, was low, which indicated that the resulting polymer has superior flexibility.The water swelling decreased with increasing glucose content having optimum glucose content at 4wt% with 5.7%, and it increased slightly with further increase of glucose content. The tensile strength increased, while the elongation at break decreased. The optimum tensile strength and elongation at break were 16.9MPa and 276.5% when the glucose content was 4wt%. And the water contact angle was 97.5°.