Non-Destructive Characterization of Polymer Interphases and In-Situ Polymerization Using Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering
Abstract
The molecular structure of interphases between substrates such as metals and graphite and polymer systems cured against them was determined using surface analysis techniques such as reflection-absorption infrared spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and surface enhanced Raman scattering. It was found that the substrates had a significant effect on the molecular structure of the interphase and that the molecular structure of the interphase was significantly different from that of the bulk polymers. In some cases, there was a vigorous reaction between components of the polymer system and the substrate. Thus, when an acrylic adhesive was cured against silver substrates, o-benzoic sulfimide, a component of the curing system, segregated to the interface and reacted with metal ions to form salts. The salts reacted with a peroxide in the curing system to form radicals which initiated polymerization. In other cases, components of the polymer preferentially adsorbed onto the substrate. Thus the curing agent dicyandiamide was adsorbed at the interface between an epoxy and silver. The behavior of polyamic acids was strongly affected by substrates they were deposited on.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1992
- Accession Number
- ADA251881
Entities
People
- F. James Boerio
Organizations
- University of Cincinnati