Modification of polymer surfaces based on polyurethanes with photochromic compounds

Roles of phase separation and crystallization in the structure formation of new segmented polyurethane ureas and their nanocomposites with single-walled carbon nanotubes

“…6 On the one hand, TPUUs possess one among the highest values in terms of fabrication amounts, so improvements of their functional properties will expand the area of their application. [7][8][9] On the other hand, these polymers are an interesting example of the structure formation at various levels, thus being the excellent model system to explore the eff ect of morphology on macroscopic properties. First of all, this is related to a nontrivial nature of the mutual infl uence of two competing processes: the microphase separation of thermodynamically incompatible soft and rigid blocks and the crystallization of fl exible TPUU moieties.…”