Chemical reactions of polymer crosslinking and post-crosslinking.pdfVIP

Progress in Polymer Science 36 2011 191–217 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Progress in Polymer Science j o u rn al h ome Chemical reactions of polymer crosslinking and post-crosslinking at room and medium temperature Guillaume Tillet ? , Bernard Boutevin, Bruno Ameduri ? Ingénierie Architectures Macromoléculaires, Institut Charles Gerhardt, UMR 5253, ENSCM 34296 Montpellier Cedex, France a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: This review focuses on various strategies that enable the crosslinking and post-crosslinking Received 1 February 2010 of polymers, excluding crosslinking obtained by radiation e.g., X-ray, UV, etc. and that at Received in revised form 29 July 2010 high temperature. The review is divided into two main parts: systems enabling crosslinking Accepted 19 August 2010 at room temperature and those for which crosslinking occurs at intermediate temperatures Available online 21 September 2010 150 ? C . In the ?rst part, various key functional groups can be used, such as i carboxylic acid involving reactions with compounds that bear carbodiimide or aziridine functions; Keywords: ii acetoacetyl groups with isocyanate, activated alkenes, aldehyde, amine functions ; iii Crosslinking Post-crosslinking reactions involving activated amines with carbonyl functions aldehydes, ketones, etc. ; Polymer iv species bearing acetals as pH-sensitive crosslinking agents since they are stable in Functional groups basic medium but they can self react under acidic conditions; v acrylamide functions which are able to self-crosslink; vi crosslinking agents able to react with water such as species that bear a poly alkoxy silane for sol–gel process and derivatives containing isocyanate functions and vii systems that require oxygen, for example polymers bear- ing double bonds, boranes for generating hydroperoxides and acetylenic functions which undergo acety