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Epoxy-Based Organogels for Thermally Reversible Light Scattering Films and Form-Stable Phase Change Materials

Journal

ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
Volume 9, Issue 12, Pages 11126-11133

Publisher

AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b00086

Keywords

supramolecular gel; fatty acid; epoxy-acid reaction; form-stable phase change material; thermoreversible light scattering film

Funding

  1. National Research Council (CONICET)
  2. National Agency for the Promotion of Science and Technology (ANPCyT, Argentina) [PICT012-2235, PICT10-1008]
  3. University of Mar del Plata [15/G374]
  4. Fundacion Bunge y Born (Argentina) for a postdoctoral fellowship [DNI 30682279]

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Alkyl chains of beta-hydroxyesters synthesized by the capping of terminal epoxy groups of diglycidylether of bisphenol A (DGEBA) with palmitic (C16), stearic (C18), or behenic (C22) fatty acids self-assemble forming a crystalline phase. Above a particular concentration solutions of these esters in a variety of solvents led to supramolecular (physical) gels below the crystallization temperature of alkyl chains. A form-stable phase change material (FS-PCM) was obtained by blending the ester derived from behenic acid with eicosane. A blend containing 20 wt % ester was stable as a gel up to 53 degrees C and exhibited a heat storage capacity of 161 J/g, absorbed during the melting of eicosane at 37 degrees C. Thermally reversible light scattering (TRLS) films were obtained by visible-light photopolymerization of poly(ethylene glycol) dimethacrylate ester blends (50 wt %) in the gel state at room temperature. The reaction was very fast and not inhibited by oxygen. TRLS films consisted of a cross-linked methacrylic network interpenetrated by the supramolecular network formed by the esters. Above the melting temperature of crystallites formed by alkyl chains, the film was transparent due to the matching between refractive indices of the methacrylic network and the amorphous ester. Below the crystallization temperature, the film was opaque because of light dispersion produced by the organic crystallites uniformly dispersed in the material. Of high significance for application was the fact that the contrast ratio did not depend on heating and cooling rates.

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