Molecular structure and morphology of toluene-oligosiloxane urea film forming co- polymers,
Résumé
The molecular structure of tolylene diurea and poly(dimethylsiloxane) copolymers has been studied by the methods of mechanical and dielectric losses, photoelasticity, and X-ray analysis. The above copolymers are found to experience microphase separation. The radius of gyration of domains formed by the hard blocks based on tolylene diurea was estimated as R≈30Å. Hard blocks connected by the hydrogen bonds in domains are shown to be perpendicular to directions of the maximum extension of domains. The proposed molecular model of a membrane based on the above copolymer includes a molecular network composed of flexible poly(dimethylsiloxane) chains connected by physical junctions; the above physical junctions are domains formed by the thermodynamically hard blocks of tolylene diurea.