Studies of thermally assisted interactions of polysulphide polymer with ionic liquids

Abstract

The present paper, for the first time, reports analysis regarding the structural interactions of polysulphide polymer with ionic liquids (ILs), which have been studied by thermo-gravimetry analysis (TGA). A systematic thermal analysis of polysulphide polymer has been carried out, based on polymerization and series of ILs like tetrabutyl ammonium hexa-fluorophosphate [TBA][PF 6 ], N-butylpyridinium bromide [Bpy][Br] and 1-butyl-3-methyl imidazolium bromide [Bmim][Br] using a thermal gravimetry analyser. The plausible mechanism of the interactions and thermally induced reactions of polysulphide polymer with ILs has been advanced and discussed. The probable interactions of polysulphide polymer with [Bmim][Br] and [TBA][PF 6 ] are also discussed. The interactions between polysulphide polymer and ILs were confirmed by Fourier transform-infrared spectroscopy, TGA-differential thermo-gravimetry analysis and field emission scanning electron microscopy analysis.

Synthesis and thermophysical studies of polyanilines

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“…of the materials and how they change with respect to temperature [23]. Furthermore, these methods have extensively been used to extract subtle information about the materials, namely, kinetics of reactions, mechanisms, and quality control of raw materials, rheological changes and most importantly the glass transitions of the materials [24].…”

Unprecedented exploration of ionic liquids as additives which astonishes the thermal stability of PVC formulations

“…Pursuing alternative applicative paradigms for the ILs that go away from this omnipresent attitude has the potential to uncover corresponding materialistic regimes. To date, a tremendous literature exists on the applications of ILs in the synthesis and processing of polymerization, where ILs played vital roles in polymerization, depolymerization and plasticization [12][13][14][15]. In this context, Mustafizur and Christopher [12] elegantly explored room temperature imidazolium and phosphonium-based ILs as plasticizer materials for PVC.…”

“…In accordance with their results, it has been cleared that imidazolium and phosphonium ILs were found to be excellent plasticizing materials for PVC. In 2011, Sui and Lin [13] [15], very recently initiated the use of ILs in the field of sealants and thiakols. It has been noted that ILs exhibit exceptional solvating properties and enhance the solubility of the thiakol material in ILs via the possible breakdown of the structural framework of the thiakol material very elegantly.…”