Carbon nanotube (CNT) grafted with hyperbranched poly(amidoamine) (PAMAM) dendrimer (CNTD) were used as a multifunctional curing and composite agent of polyurethane (PU) terminated with epoxy units. Amino-functionalized CNT was used as the core for grafting the first generation of PAMAM dendrimer by sequential addition of methyl acrylate and ethylenediamine. Two different epoxy-terminated PUs (PUB and PU-PMDA) were prepared from the reaction of poly(ethylene glycol), excess amounts of hexamethylene diisocyanate, and different chain extenders (1,4-butanediol for PUB and pyromellitic dianhydride (PMDA) for PU-PMDA), and subsequent end group transformation of the isocyanate groups to epoxy functionalities using glycidol. Fourier transform infrared spectra and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) results showed that CNTD was successfully prepared. TGA thermograms revealed that thermal decomposition of composites were carried out in two main steps related to the soft and hard segments. In addition, char content and thermal stability of the composites were increased with increasing the CNTD content. Most importantly, the PMDA chain extender resulted in high thermal stability of the epoxy-terminated PU composites. X-ray diffraction and scanning and transmission electron microscopies presented morphological and structural properties of nanotubes and hybrid composites.
PTMSP에 0~20 wt% PMMH dendrimer 나노입자를 가하여 PTMSP/PMMH dendrimer 복합막을 제조하였다. 복합막의 기체 투과특성에 미치는 PMMH denimer의 영향을 조사하였다. H2, N2, CO2, CH4의 투과도는 PTMSP 내 PMMH endrimer의 함량이 증가하면서 감소하였다. PTMSP/PMMH dendrimer 복합막에서 수소를 제외한 다른 기체들의 투과도 순서는 N2<CH4<CO2이며, 이것은 기체의 임계온도의 순서 N2<CH4<CO2와 일치하고 있다. N2에 대한 기체의 선택도는 PTMSP 내의 PMMH denimer의 함량이 증가하면서 증가하였다. CO2/N2 선택도는 5.6에서 16.9로 증가하였다.