Surface modification of nylon 6,6 using a carbene insertion approach

Blencowe, A., Cosstick, K. and Hayes, W. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0047-2991 (2006) Surface modification of nylon 6,6 using a carbene insertion approach. New Journal of Chemistry, 30 (1). pp. 53-58. ISSN 1144-0546 doi: 10.1039/b514205a

Abstract/Summary

The diazirine functionalised fluorenone, 3-[3-(trifluoromethyl)diazirin-3-yl]phenyl-9-oxo-9H-fluorene-2-carboxyla te was synthesised to act as a model compound capable of modifying a wide variety of polymeric substrates. Photochemical activation of the diazirine moiety of the fluorenone derivative was utilised to afford highly reactive carbenes capable of insertion into or addition to a wide variety of functionalities. In this paper the photoinduced attachment of a fluorenone derivative to nylon 6,6 has been studied using UV-visible spectroscopic analysis. Incorporation of the fluorenone chromophore onto the backbone of nylon at different loading levels and after different coating cycles has been investigated and is detailed in this paper.