Aimed at making high-performance coatings,the UV-crosslinking behavior of bisphenol A-type poly(ether ether ketone) were studied. A homogeneous aqueous dispersion of this soluble poly(ether ether ketone) was successfully obtained through polymer emulsion formation and then the solvent evaporation. The uniform particles(～150 nm) could be formed when mass fraction of the polymer in chloroform was ranged from 3% to 25%. The coating could be prepared via spray-coating method from above concentrated aqueous dispersion and some processing aids. We found the UV crosslinked layers had better hardness,adhesions and solvent-resistance than the ones without UV irradiation.
A series of poly(arylene ether ketone)s carrying 3-methoxyphenyl side group from 3-methoxy-phenylhydroquinone and difluoro monomers via copolymerization reaction were prepared.Then those polymers were sulfonated by stirring in concentrated sulfuric acid at room temperature.The structure and property of the polymers were characterized and studied.All of the polymers were easity cast into tough membrance.The obtained sulfonated polymers exhibited a good thermal stability,a high proton conductivity(>0.90 S/cm at 80 ℃)and excellent mechanical properties.
Six highly fluorinated poly(arylene ether)s were prepared by using a nucleophilic polycondensationreaction and their sulfonation selectivity was investigated.Single site of each repeated unit on pendant phenylgroup could be obtainedviathe postsulfonation approach under mild reaction conditions.Phenylated fluorina-ted poly(arylene ether)(Ph-FPAE) showed more excellent controllability over substituted sites and sulfonationdegree when chlorosulfonic acid was used as sulfonation reagent.The resulting sulfonated Ph-FPAE(Ph-SF-PAE) exhibited good thermal stability,solubility and hot-water dimensional stability,and also had a protonconductivity of 0.10 S/cm at 100℃.The results showed that Ph-SFPAE might be a candidate material forproton exchange membrane in fuel cell applications.
