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- Poly(ester urethane) (3)
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- Temperature-memory effect (2)
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Here we present a suitable tag prototype with phasesegregated
poly(ester urethane) (PEU) as base material for
effectively switching a quick response (QR) code in its surface
from non-readable to readable. In comparison with recently
introduced tags (different geometry) we minimized the
thickness from plaque (2 mm) to foil size (0.5 mm) and reduced
the lateral QR code length from 15 to 5 mm. Subsequent to
surface-dyeing by means of guest diffusion, the QR code was
laser-engraved. The implementation of thermo-mechanical
functionalization via tensile deformation and cooling resulted in
the formation of stable shapes, which exceeded the barrier of
QR code readability at an elongation of 20%. Once
functionalized, tags were switched on demand by heating. As
such the recovery of the PEU was accomplished and the QR
code could again be read out. QR code carriers based on shape
memory polymer can be used in product and brand protection
applications.
We demonstrate that phase-segregated poly(ester urethane) (PEU) with crystallizable switching segments of poly(1,4-butylene adipate) (PBA) excels as high-performance temperature-memory polymer. Temperature-memory effects (TMEs) with regard to strain and stress recovering could be programmed by polymer elongation at temperatures below or within the PBA melting transition, followed by cooling under constant stress below the PBA crystallization transition and unloading. Beyond that conventional approach, a novel TME programming route was designed, mostly consisting in specimen elongation and unloading at the same temperature. As a result, an enhanced control over the onsets of strain and stress recovering could be achieved. With these findings, the TME could be exploited to switch quick response (QR) codes in recently developed information carriers from unreadable to readable. We conjecture that such behavior can be programmed into virtually all semicrystalline elastomers and anticipate applicability as label technology to monitor temperature abuse of food and pharmaceuticals.
Temperature-memory polymers are able to generate a substantial mechanical response when heated above the temperature, at which a preceding deformation was carried out. Here we show how to design the temperature-memory effect (TME) by thermomechanical treatment. As a model polymer, phase segregated poly(ester urethane) (PEU) containing crystallizable segments of poly(1,4-butylene adipate) (PBA) was used. For programming, strain elongation was applied at temperatures within the PBA melting transition area, before temperature holding, unloading and cooling were carried out. Upon heating under stress-free or constant strain recovery conditions, precisely set temperature-memory onsets could be witnessed. Most importantly, strain fixities and recoverabilities the same as maximum recovery stresses turned out to be controllable by strain rate and temperature holding time after deformation, while transition temperatures remained largely unaffected. The tailoring of thermoresponsiveness was structurally enabled by different PBA crystallinities in the programmed state as verified by wide-angle X-ray scattering (WAXS). The reported studies intend to design TMEs in semicrystalline polyurethanes according to user-defined needs to make this technology broadly applicable.
Formgedächtnispolymere werden durch thermomechanische Vorbehandlung, die Programmierung, in eine temporäre Form überführt. In die Ursprungsform kehren sie dann erst nach externer Stimulierung, durch Auslösen des Formgedächtniseffekts, wieder zurück. Um diesen Effekt zu optimieren, werden in dieser Arbeit thermomechanische Designoptionen analysiert und Stellschrauben der Programmierung diskutiert. Quantifiziert wird das Materialverhalten eines physikalisch vernetzten Polyurethans mit semikristalliner Polyester-Weichsegmentphase (PEU) in thermomechanischen Messungen, in denen das Polymer Dehnungen bis über 1000% fixiert.
Deformationen im breiten Schmelzübergangsbereich der Weichsegmentphase ermöglichen die präzise Kontrolle über die Temperaturen der Dehnungs- und Spannungsrückstellung, den bekannten Temperaturgedächtniseffekt (TGE). Erst durch eine neuartige Programmierung wird jedoch der Beginn der Rückstellung einstellbar. Für diesen Onset-TGE wird das PEU direkt nach dem Recken entlastet und danach unter die Kristallisationstemperatur abgekühlt. In situ Röntgenstreuung zeigt, dass durch den frühen Entlastungszeitpunkt nur der Teil der kristallinen Weichsegmentphase zur Fixierung beiträgt, der auch beim Recken kristallin ist. Die Kristallinität bietet daher eine Stellschraube, um das thermomechanische Verhalten zu veredeln. Über die Optimierungsparameter Reckrate, Temperaturhaltezeit und maximale Dehnung erzielt das PEU hohe Fixierbarkeiten und Rückstellspannungen, ohne die Rückstellung und den Onset-TGE zu beeinträchtigen. Durch die Erweiterung der Programmierung des Onset-TGEs hin zu einer zweiten Deformation und Entlastung innerhalb des Schmelzübergangs zeigt das PEU einen bisher nicht berichteten zweistufigen Spannungsanstieg während der Rückstellung. Ein Temperaturlimit für den Onset-TGE stellt die Peak-Schmelztemperatur aus der dynamischen Differenzkalorimetrie dar. Durch die verbleibende Kristallinität oberhalb dieser Temperatur führt die Deformation und Entlastung direkt zur thermoreversiblen Aktuation mit Dehnungsänderungen bis zu 28%.
Die Ergebnisse werden auf einen Miniaturisierungsansatz für schaltbare Informationsträger übertragen, mit denen eine maschinenlesbare Information von nichtlesbar nach lesbar geschaltet werden kann. In einer Machbarkeitsstudie wird der für Sensoranwendungen vielversprechende Onset-TGE genutzt, um die Lesbarkeit der Informationsträger bei einer vordefinierten Temperatur zu schalten. Das erweitert das potentielle Anwendungsfeld der Technologie vom Produkt- und Markenschutz zur Überwachung von Kühlketten.
This work demonstrates that phase-segregated poly(ester urethane) (PEU) with switching segments of crystallizable poly(1,4-butylene adipate) (PBA) can be programmed to generate two separate stress recovery events upon heating under constant strain conditions. For programming, two elongations are applied at different temperatures, followed by unloading and cooling. During the adjacent heating, two-step stress recovery is triggered. The results indicate that the magnitude of the stress recovery signals corresponds to the recovery of the two deformation stresses in reverse order. As demonstrated by further experiments, twofold stress recovery can be detected as long as the elongation at higher temperature exceeds the strain level of the deformation at lower temperature. Another finding includes that varying the lower deformation temperature enables a control over the stress recovery temperature and thus the implementation of so-called “temperature-memory effects”. Moreover, exerting only one elongation during programming enables a heating-initiated one-step stress recovery close to the deformation temperature. Based on these findings, such polymers may offer new technological opportunities in the fields of active assembly when used as fastening elements and in functional clothing when utilized for compression stockings.