Thermochromatism and structural evolution of metastable polydiacetylenic crystals.
Topochemically polymerized sodium 10,12-pentacosadiynoate (PCDA-Na) microcrystals show an irreversible red-to-blue chromatic transition accompanied by a distinct structural evolution upon initial thermal treatment, and show a subsequent completely reversible blue-to-red chromatic transition upon further thermal stimuli. Visible absorption spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD), and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) are used to investigate the thermochromatic transition behavior of the polydiacetylenic microcrystals. Brief quantum mechanical geometry optimization is employed to explain the lattice dimensional change during the irreversible red-to-blue chromatic transition of the metastable polydiacetylenic crystals.
The Solid-State Polymerization of Disubstituted Diacetylenes
Abstract The solid-state chemistry of disubstituted diacetylenes has attracted considerable attention because the product is, in certain cases, a macroscopic polymer crystal, in this review the topics discussed are (a) the criteria for solid-state reactivity and (b) studies of the reaction kinetics. Current models of reactivity and kinetics are presented in the light of the available experimental data.
SMC composites waste management as reinforcing fillers in polypropylene by combination of mechanical and chemical recycling processes
A new process of management of waste of composite materials from Sheet Moulding Compounds (SMC), as reinforcing fillers for thermoplastic materials, including both mechanical and chemical processes is proposed in this paper. Communited SMC being composed of coated glass fibres intimately mixed with calcium carbonate powder, their reinforcing power is low. First, the fibrous part was increased by partial dissolution of calcium carbonate present in the crushed products SMC. Second, a process of partial solvolysis was developed aiming at strong increasing the interfacial mechanical properties by functionalising of SMC load incorporated into polypropylene/grafted maleic anhydride polypropylene (PP/PPgma). At this effect, we investigated a treatment with a hot triamine (diethylenetriamine, DETA) in order to create a functionalisation, after scission of the bond ester of unsaturated polyester, as bridging amino-succinimide.The effect of this recycling way by partial solvolysis was checked from the mechanical properties of the resulting reinforced PP/PPgma material: Although a lower of Young modulus, better yield stress and especially resilience were observed.