In
this work, new (multi)functional-dedicated polymer materials
were designed and processed from the copolymerization between novel
imidazolium ionic liquid monomer (ILM) with a conventional polyetheramine
denoted Jeffamine D230. First, a facile and robust synthetic route
was investigated in order to design polyfunctional imidazolium monomers
bearing an aromatic ring and two epoxy functions at the end of aliphatic
chains. Then, the main mechanisms of epoxy opening leading to polymerization
with different kinetics were modeled through the reaction between
a monofunctional epoxy and aliphatic mono- and diamines by using “in situ” NMR spectroscopy. Finally, the monomer molecular
structure-network architecture-physical properties relationships of
the resulting IL-modified epoxy networks were investigated. As a consequence,
epoxy networks with a glass transition temperature of 55 °C and
with enhanced properties such as thermal stability (>300 °C),
storage modulus of 700 MPa at room temperature, and an ionic conductivity
(4 × 10–4 S m–1 for 70 °C)
combined with an hydrophobic character of their surface (33 mJ m–2) were prepared.
In this work, we describe the reactivity of various oxidizing agents to develop a strong, clean and powerful methodology in order to generate epoxidized salts. These new polyfunctional imidazolium monomers incorporating aromatic rings and terminal epoxides have high purity and excellent thermal stability by DSC and TGA analyses.
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