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Volume 5, Issue 6 (Suppl) J Mat. Sci.
ISSN: 2321-6212 Advanced Materials 2017
October 26-28, 2017
OCTOBER 26-28, 2017 OSAKA, JAPAN
13TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology
Effects of boric acid on the phase stability of poly(1-oxotrimethylene) solutions in the aqueous solution
of ZnCl2, CaCl2, and LiCl
Dae Eon Jung1, Han Beol Jang1, Eun Jeoung Lee1, Dong Wook Chae2 and Byoung Chul Kim1
1Hanyang University, Republic of Korea
2Kyungpook National University, Republic of Korea
The effects of boric acid on the phase change of poly(1-oxotrimethylene) (ECO) solutions in the aqueous solution of ZnCl2,
CaCl2, and LiCl were investigated in terms of aging time and temperature. The aging of ECO solutions at 70oC resulted
in the increase of the dynamic viscosity (η') and the decrease of loss tangent (tanδ), indicating the gelation of the solutions.
By the addition of 1 wt% of boric acid, however, such gelation behavior was significantly retarded, giving rise to the negligible
change of rheological properties with aging time at least up to 8 hrs. It was ascribed to the enhanced solubility of ECO in the
presence of boric acid, more tolerable to thermal fluctuations, which was supported by the results of intrinsic viscosity and pH
value. Further, the tanδ value and the slope of the Cole-Cole plot of the solutions were increased with increasing boric acid
up to 1 wt%, followed by the decrease above that content, indicating that the homogeneity of the solutions was maximized at
the 1 wt% of boric acid. Boric acid influenced on the metal-ligand complex of Zn cations and water molecules and thus led
to the easier dissociation of protons from water molecules, which was favorable for the protonation on the carbonyl group of
ECO molecules. In UV-Vis spectra, the absorbance at 390 nm representing the generation of complexes between Zn cations
increased with aging time at 70oC whereas the absorbance almost disappeared by the addition of boric acid.
Biography
Dae Eon Jung is presently associated with Department of Organic and Nano Engineering, Hanyang University, Japan. He has published numerous research papers
and articles in reputed journals and has various other achievements in the related studies. He has extended his valuable service towards the scientific community
with his extensive research work.
Dae Eon Jung et al., J Mat. Sci. 2017, 5:6
DOI: 10.4172/2321-6212-C1-008