Correlation between Temperature Setting and DCS Complex Peak Energy and in ROMP of Dicyclopentadiene

Abstract

Polydicyclopentadiene is one of the most interesting advanced polymers. After ring open metathesis polymerization (ROMP) by using second generation Grubbs catalyst, we obtain a crosslinked polymer with good mechanical properties. Heating is used to initiate the polymerization process as well as to obtain a higher degree of crosslinking between the polymer chains. We try to analyze the correlation between second stage heating and the degree of cross-linking by using DSC-analysis. DSC analysis shows us a complex exothermic peak after glass transition temperature and this peak area was analyzed.