2025 (3) 4
https://doi.org/10.15407/polymerj.47.03.134
POLYURETHANES AS EFFECTIVE MATRICES OF SOLID-STATE ELEMENTS IN ORGANIC DYE LASERS
LIUDMYLA KOSYANCHUK1 (ORCID: 0000-0002-3617-9538), VOLODYMYR BEZRODNYI2 (ORCID: 0000-0001-9965-8707), NATALIIA BABKINA1 (ORCID:0000-0002-1803-0887), NATALIIA KOZAK1 (ORCID: 0000-0001-6200-4048), TAMARA BEZRODNA2 (ORCID: 0000-0003-1935-7475), OKSANA ANTONENKO1 (ORCID: 0000-0002-6451-7944), OLEKSANDR BROVKO1 (ORCID: 0000-0003-0238-1137)
1Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, NAS of Ukraine, 48, Kharkivske Highway, Kyiv, 02155, Ukraine
2Institute of Physics NAS of Ukraine, 46, Nauky Ave., Kyiv, 03680, Ukraine
Polimernyi Zhurnal, 2025, 47, no. 3: 134-148
Section: Structure and properties.
Language: Ukrainian.
Abstract:
Studies on the photooxidative destruction of two polyurethane materials, characterized by different chemical natures, as well as the effect of polarity on the degree of association of dyes of different classes in them, are presented. The higher threshold for single-pulse laser destruction in polyurethane based on aliphatic diisocyanate and polyesterdiol is due to its lower susceptibility to damage upon irradiation. The higher polarity of the polymer and the possibility of forming a covalent bond between the dye and macromolecule lead to a higher ratio of monomeric to dimeric dye forms, which depends significantly on the intermolecular interactions between the components. These interactions also affect the structure of dye-doped polyurethanes. The presented data demonstrate the effectiveness of using these polyurethanes as matrices for solid-state laser elements on organic dyes.
Keywords: polyurethanes, dyes, radiation resistance, polarity, covalent bond.
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