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A Polyurethane Surface Modifier: Contrasting Amphiphilic and Contraphilic Surfaces Driven by block and random Soft Blocks having Trifluoroethoxymethyl and PEG Side Chains.

ABSTRACT: A conventional MDI-BD-PTMO polyurethane was modified using 2 wt.% polyurethanes (U) having copolyoxetane soft blocks with hydrophobic 3F, CF3CH2OCH2- and hydrophilic MEn, CH3O(CH2CH2O)nCH2-, n = 3, 7) side chains. In contrast to neat 3F-co-MEn-U, 2 wt.% 3F-co-MEn-U compositions have physically stable morphologies and wetting behavior. Surface composition (XPS) and amphiphilic or contraphilic wetting are controlled by the 3F-co-MEn polyoxetane soft block architecture and MEn side chain length. Importantly, ?rec can be tuned for 2 wt.% 3F-co-MEn-U compositions independent of swelling, which is controlled by the bulk polyurethane. AFM imaging led to a new morphological model whereby fluorous/PEG-hard block nano-aggregates combine to form near surface features culminating in micron scale texturing.

SUBMITTER: Zhang W

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3817836 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A Polyurethane Surface Modifier: Contrasting Amphiphilic and Contraphilic Surfaces Driven by block and random Soft Blocks having Trifluoroethoxymethyl and PEG Side Chains.

Zhang Wei W Fujiwara Tomoko T Taşkent Hűmeyra H Zheng Ying Y Brunson Kennard K Gamble Lara L Wynne Kenneth J KJ

Macromolecular chemistry and physics 20120701 14

A conventional MDI-BD-PTMO polyurethane was modified using 2 wt.% polyurethanes (U) having copolyoxetane soft blocks with hydrophobic 3F, CF3CH2OCH2- and hydrophilic MEn, CH3O(CH2CH2O)nCH2-, n = 3, 7) side chains. In contrast to neat 3F-co-MEn-U, 2 wt.% 3F-co-MEn-U compositions have physically stable morphologies and wetting behavior. Surface composition (XPS) and amphiphilic or contraphilic wet ...[more]

PMID: 24204100

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A Polyurethane Surface Modifier: Contrasting Amphiphilic and Contraphilic Surfaces Driven by block and random Soft Blocks having Trifluoroethoxymethyl and PEG Side Chains.

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