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2017
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Investigations of a catalyst system regarding the foamability of polyurethanes for reactive inkjet printing

Abstract
Reactive inkjet printing is a promising manufacturing tool for a variety of materials. Combined with polyurethane chemistry, it can be used to build micro-scale foams. Waterblown polyurethane foams based on polyethylene glycol 200 (PEG200), glycerol ethoxylate (Star-PEG) and 1,6-hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI) were used to prepare the foams. The system was catalyzed using iron(iii) chloride, dibutyltin dilaurate (DBTL), diazabicyclo octane (DABCO) and bis(2-dimethylaminoethyl) ether. The influence of iron(iii) chloride and DBTL were investigated by means of creamtime measurements. Catalyst stability was tested for 32 hours within the formulation. Furthermore, the foam formation was observed placing microliter droplets on top of each other using thermographic recordings and FT-IR spectroscopy. The materials tested give inkjet printable fluids that can be used to produce polyurethane foams. Heat evolution due to the exothermic urethane and urea formation was observed within the droplets. FT-IR spectra confirmed the urethane and urea formation.
Author(s)
Schuster, Fabian
Ngako Ngamgoue, Fabrice
Götz, Tobias
Hirth, Thomas
Weber, Achim
Bach, Monika
Zeitschrift
Journal of materials chemistry. C, Materials for optical and electronic devices
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DOI
10.1039/C7TC01784G
Language
Englisch
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Tags
  • catalyst

  • chlorine compound

  • drop

  • Ester

  • ink jet printing

  • metabolism

  • printing

  • rigid foamed plastic

  • urea

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