Preparation and Application of UV Curable Waterborne Organosilicon Acrylic Polyurethane with Controllable Silicon Content

Abstract

Silicone-modified polyurethane has low silicon content and instability of the synthesis process limits its application expansion. In this study, the waterborne organosilicon acrylic polyurethane prepolymer emulsion with high silicon content (WSi_hAPU) were prepared by using hydroxy-terminated polydimethyl siloxane as soft segments. Waterborne organosilicon acrylic polyurethane (WSiAPU) can be controlled by simple mixing the ratio of WSi_hAPU and waterborne acrylic polyurethane (WAPU) in different proportions, and the WSiAPU films were freely regulate their silicon content range at 0–11.6%. Series WSiAPU emulsions had excellent storage stability, which can be diluted mechanically to a concentration of 0.1% and stored for up to 6 months. The structure and properties of the WSiAPU samples, their films by UV cured and the fabric subtract coating WSiAPU composites were characterized by the X-ray Photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), the water contact angle (WCA) and water absorption rate (WAR), etc. This resulted in an increase in the hydrophobicity of WSi_hAPU and WSiAPU. The WCA and the WAR of the WSiAPU films increased to 108.79° and decreased to 6.44%, and the WAR of the WSiAPU treated fabric substrates Cotton was reduced from 705.12 to 4.12%. This resulted in an increase in the hydrophobicity of WSi_hAPU and WSiAPU.