PRESSURE-SENSITIVE MATERIAL Russian patent published in 2008 - IPC C08G18/02 C08G61/12 C08F20/06 C08G77/04 G01L1/24 G01L11/02 

FIELD: chemistry.

SUBSTANCE: invention concerns polymer material displaying optically detectable response to load (pressure) change, including polyurethane elastomer adapted for load change detection, containing aliphatic diisocyanate, polyol with end hydroxyl, and photochemical system including fluorescent molecules for distance probing, modified and transformed into chain-extending diols, with molar diol to polyol ratio approximately within 10:1 to 1:2 range, and photochemical system selected out of group of exciplex and fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) systems. The invention also concerns solution containing the said polymer material, and polymer material displaying detectable response to pressure change, including polyacryl or silicon elastomer and photochemical system including definite number of fluorescent molecules for distance probing, modified for penetration into the said elastomer, selected out of group including exciplex and fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET), and solution containing this polymer material. To eliminate oxygen sensitivity in pressure detection the material includes photochemical system selected out of group including exciplex and fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET). Systems including these photochemical systems enable fast response to pressure change; in addition, compression of material containing these systems is reversible, therefore elimination of oxygen influence on pressure change detection allows shorter response time and higher sensitivity when the claimed material is used.

EFFECT: increased material sensitivity to loads and reduced sensitivity to oxygen presence.

24 cl, 2 ex, 6 dwg