title: Pressure-dependent Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy of a poly (ester urethane).
abstract: The effects of hydrostatic pressure upon (1) a segmented poly (ester urethane), (2) a hydrolytically degraded sample of the same polymer, and (3) models for the polyurethane and polyester segments in this polymer have been studied by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy using high-pressure diamond anvil cells (DACs). The pressure responses of the vibrational frequencies of specific functional groups of the poly (ester urethane) in the 0-100-kbar range are compared with data for individual segment models and the partially degraded sample. The results indicated that the polymer is highly stable in this pressure regime, with no measurable degradation or phase changes. Differences in the pressure dependency of specific infrared bands between the poly (ester urethane) sample and the partially degraded sample are slight and consistent with changes in hydrogen-bonding interactions and shorter chain lengths in the degraded sample.
authors.affiliation: Polymers and Coatings Group, Materials Science and Technology Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Mail Stop E549, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA. schoons@lanl.gov
authors.forename: Jon R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Schoonover
authors.forename: Dana M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Dattelbaum
authors.forename: Jill C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Osborn
authors.forename: Jon S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Bridgewater
authors.forename: John W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Kenney
mesh_terms: D018130:Diamond; D008956:Models, Chemical; D011091:Polyesters / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry*; D011140:Polyurethanes / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry*; D011312:Pressure; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared / Q000379:methods*; D013696:Temperature; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D011091:Polyesters; D011140:Polyurethanes; D014867:Water; D018130:Diamond