Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7826400 | Reactive and Functional Polymers | 2018 | 10 Pages |
Abstract
A Schiff-base moiety was introduced into the chemical structure of benzoxazine through the Mannich reaction. With alternative imine groups (CN) and benzene rings in the chain segment, these highly Ï-conjugated systems favored the formation of strong intermolecular hydrogen bonds to the hydroxyl groups generated during polymerization, leading to a thermally initiated cationic polymerization mechanism. Compared with the bisphenol-A-based benzoxazine, the benzoxazine with the Schiff-base moiety needs higher energy to facilitate the realization of polymerization and to increase polymerization degree. In addition to the influences on the polymerization, the highly Ï-conjugated Schiff-base acting as a mesogenic moiety is found to form liquid crystal (LC) phases, like the nematic phase and smectic phase. Interestingly, some LC-rich domains can be stabilized by the polybenzoxazine network, which will contribute to form nitrogen-rich ordered porous carbon at the carbonization stage. For N2 and CO2 adsorption-desorption process, the carbon exhibits an enhanced CO2 adsorption performance, suggesting their capture and separation capacity for CO2.
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Authors
Huan Liu, Qing-Quan Liu, Li Tian, Lin-Yan Wang, Kai Xu, Qian-Xin Chen, Bao-Li Ou,