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Title: Orientation and in-situ photopolymerization of a diacetylene monomer in ultra-drawn UHMW polyethylene

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OSTI ID:141665
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  1. Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA (United States)

This paper reports the in-situ photopolymerization of 5,7 dodecadiyne-1,12-bis(n-butoxycarbonylmethylethane) monomers (4BCMU) in gel-processed, uniaxially drawn UHMW PE. Absorbance spectra and wide-angle X-ray diffraction show that the 4BCMU polymers are ordered in the direction of the draw axis. Ordering improves significantly with thermal annealing at low temperatures. Longitudinal sections of the films show the uniform distribution of 4BCMU within the polyethylene matrix.

OSTI ID:
141665
Report Number(s):
CONF-930304-; TRN: 93:003688-1346
Resource Relation:
Conference: 205. American Chemical Society national meeting, Denver, CO (United States), 28 Mar - 2 Apr 1993; Other Information: PBD: 1993; Related Information: Is Part Of 205th ACS national meeting; PB: 1951 p.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English