Abstract:
Method and apparatus for controlling metals in a liquid are described. The liquid is contacted with a hexahydrotriazine and/or a hemiaminal material, and metal is adsorbed from the liquid onto the material. The hexahydrotriazine and/or hemiaminal material may be made from a diamine and an aldehyde.
Abstract:
A coating for an article may be made by applying a powder of a polyhemiaminal (PHA) polymer material to the article in a particulate form and then converting the PHA polymer material to a polyhexahydrotriazine (PHT) polymer material and fusing the particles into a monolithic coating by applying heat to the particles. The method generally includes forming a dilute reaction mixture comprising a formaldehyde reactant, a solvent, a primary aromatic diamine, and heating the reaction mixture to a temperature of between about 20° C. and about 120° C. for a short time to form a polymer. A particulate solid is precipitated by adding an excess volume of a non-solvent to the mixture. The powder may be applied to an article and then heated to fuse the powder into a coating and convert the PHA to PHT.
Abstract:
This application describes methods of forming an object. The methods described include forming a mixture with i) one or more primary diamines, ii) one or more polymerizable monomers, iii) a formaldehyde-type reagent, and iv) a polymerization initiator; forming a gel by heating the mixture to a temperature of at least 50° C.; and curing the one or more polymerizable monomers by activating the polymerization initiator. The one or more primary diamines may include one or more amine functional oligomers and/or primary aromatic diamine small molecules. The one or more polymerizable monomers may include styrenics, acrylates, methacrylates, vinyl esters, unsaturated polyesters, and derivatives thereof. The gel is a polyhemiaminal (PHA), a polyhexahydrotriazine (PHT), and/or a polyoctatriazacane (POTA) polymer, and curing of the gel forms an interpenetrating network of the PHA/PHT/POTA and the polymer formed from the polymerizable monomers.
Abstract:
This application describes methods of forming an object. The methods described include forming a mixture with i) one or more primary diamines, ii) one or more polymerizable monomers, iii) a formaldehyde-type reagent, and iv) a polymerization initiator; forming a gel by heating the mixture to a temperature of at least 50° C.; and curing the one or more polymerizable monomers by activating the polymerization initiator. The one or more primary diamines may include one or more amine functional oligomers and/or primary aromatic diamine small molecules. The one or more polymerizable monomers may include styrenics, acrylates, methacrylates, vinyl esters, unsaturated polyesters, and derivatives thereof. The gel is a polyhemiaminal (PHA), a polyhexahydrotriazine (PHT), and/or a polyoctatriazacane (POTA) polymer, and curing of the gel forms an interpenetrating network of the PHA/PHT/POTA and the polymer formed from the polymerizable monomers.
Abstract:
Polyhexahydrotriazine (PHT) and polyhemiaminal (PHA) materials chemically modified to include thermoplastic polymer bridging groups, and methods of making such materials, are disclosed. The materials are formed by a process that includes heating a mixture comprising i) a solvent, ii) paraformaldehyde, iii) a diamine monomer comprising two primary aromatic amine groups, and iv) a polymer diamine at a temperature of about 20° C. to less than 150° C. This heating step forms a stable PHA in solution, which can be isolated. The PHA includes covalently bonded thermoplastic polymer groups. The PHA is then heated at a temperature of 150° C. to about 280° C., thereby converting the PHA material to a PHT material that includes covalently bonded thermoplastic polymer groups.
Abstract:
Polyhexahydrotriazine (PHT) and polyhemiaminal (PHA) materials incorporating divalent or trivalent bridging groups tend to form highly cross-linked polymers. While highly cross-linked polymers have certain advantageous with respect to stability and various physical characteristics, they are difficult to process once formed. PHA and PHT materials incorporating a plurality of trivalent PHA/PHT groups, a plurality of divalent bridging groups, and a plurality of monovalent end groups are disclosed. According to an embodiment, the cross-link density and molecular weight can be controlled by the inclusion of the end groups. Lower cross-link density and molecular weight give PHA and PHT materials improved characteristics with respect to film and fiber formation methods. A method of coating a component or substrate with a polymer is also disclosed. Embodiments of the method can be used to form either a PHA or PHT film on a substrate, such as microelectronic component.
Abstract:
Methods for preparing a supramolecular therapeutic agent delivery assembly are provided. A hydrophilic precursor, a hydrophibic precursor, and an aromatic diamine precursor may be combined to form an amphiphilic block co-polymer. The block co-polymer may undergo a cross-linking polymerization process and a therapeutic agent may be incorporated into the resulting supramolecular assembly. The supramolecular assembly may comprise HT, PHT, HA, and/or PHA materials.
Abstract:
Materials which react with (“scavenge”) sulfur compounds, such as hydrogen sulfide and mercaptans, are used to limit sulfur-induced corrosion. Filters and protective coatings including these materials, described broadly as polyhexahydrotriazines (PHT) and polyhemiaminals (PHA), are disclosed. Methods of using these materials to prevent corrosion are described. PHT and PHA materials have excellent thermal and mechanical properties for many applications as coatings and filtration media. Specifically, PHT and PHA materials react with sulfur compounds in such a manner as to incorporate sulfur atoms into the polymeric matrix, thus sequestering the sulfur atoms and allowing removal from fluids such as crude oil, natural gas, hydrocarbon combustion exhaust gases, sulfur polluted air and water. A coating PHT or PHA material on a component to be protected similarly reacts with sulfur compounds prior to sulfur being able to penetrate to the component.
Abstract:
Materials which react with (“scavenge”) sulfur compounds, such as hydrogen sulfide and mercaptans, are useful for limiting sulfur-induced corrosion. Surface-modified particles incorporating a hexahydrotriazine moiety are disclosed and used as sulfur scavengers. These surface-modified particles are used a filter media in fixed filter systems and as additives to fluids including sulfur compounds. The hexahydrotriazine moiety can react with sulfur compounds in such a manner as to bind sulfur atoms to the surface-modified particles, thus allowing removal of the sulfur atoms from fluids such as crude oil, natural gas, hydrocarbon combustion exhaust gases, sulfur polluted air and water. The surface-modified particles may, in general, be sized to allow separation of the particles from the process fluid by sedimentation, size-exclusion filtration or the like.
Abstract:
Materials and methods for preparing a payload-containing microcapsule with walls that have hexahydrotriazine (HT) and/or hemiaminal (HA) structures are disclosed. To an HT small molecule or a HA small molecule, or a combination thereof, in a solvent is added a cross-linking agent, NH4Cl, and a copolymer. The solution is acidified, and a payload agent is added. The HT small molecule and HA small molecule may have orthogonal functionality.