Preliminary research on the composition and physical properties of synthetic materials is essential in the development stage of ultraviolet (UV)-cured films with excellent performance and productivity. In this study, a bifunctional urethane acrylate o...
Preliminary research on the composition and physical properties of synthetic materials is essential in the development stage of ultraviolet (UV)-cured films with excellent performance and productivity. In this study, a bifunctional urethane acrylate oligomer was synthesized by reacting polycarbonate diol with isophorone diisocyanate, and a photoinitiator was mixed with bifunctional acrylate and methacrylate monomers of various molecular weights to prepare an UV curable coating solution and UV-cured films. UV curing behavior of UV curable coating solution, thermo-mechanical properties, tensile strength and elongation of UV-cured films were evaluated on types of bifunctional acrylate-based monomers. It was confirmed that the curing rate and thermo-mechanical properties were improved as the bifunctional methacrylate monomer and the smaller molecular weight of each monomer than the bifunctional acrylate monomer. And the correlation was summarized through rubber elasticity theory.