Effect of Ferrocene on the Structures and Properties
of EpoxyPolyurethane Composites

R. A. Rozhnova*, T. V. Rudenchik, V. V. Davidenko, P. A. Bondarenko, and N. A. Galatenko

Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Khar’kovskoe sh. 48, Kiev, 02160 Ukraine

*e-mail: politoks@merlin.net.ua

Received April 16, 2013;
Revised Manuscript Received December 3, 2013

Abstract—Effects of various ferrocene concentrations on the tensile strengths, elongations at break, and glass-
transition temperatures of ferrocene-containing epoxy–polyurethane composite materials are studied. As shown
by IR spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction analysis, ferrocene affects the structuring of epoxy–polyurethane
composites via redistribution of intermolecular hydrogen bonds between amide, hydroxyl, and urethane groups
of the polymer basis and formation of metal–polymer complexes between ferrocene and polar groups of the
polymer carrier.

DOI: 10.1134/S0965545X14030122

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