O. Nuyken et al., SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF PHOTOPOLYMERS WITH AZO UNITS - INTERFACIAL POLYADDITION, PHOTOLYSIS, PHOTODEGRADATION, Die Angewandte makromolekulare Chemie, 226, 1995, pp. 143-160
The synthesis of an aryl alkyl azo diisocyanate and a model azo urea i
s described. From the azo diisocyanate new azo polyureas were created
by interfacial polyaddition. Molecular weights M(n) in the range of 60
00 to 9000 were determined by gel permeation chromatography (GPC). Pho
tolysis and thermolysis of both, model compounds and polymers, were st
udied by UV-spectroscopy and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC),
respectively, and the results were compared with those of similar azo
amides. Photochemical polymer degradation was followed by GPC.