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Synthesis and tensile properties of poly(butylene succinate) copolymer containing poly(butylene terephthalate) as the second component
About: This article is published in Polymer-korea.The article was published on 1999-12-01 and is currently open access. It has received 2 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Polybutylene succinate.
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TL;DR: This article is an attempt to review applications of block copolymers in surface modification, drug targeting, nano and microparticles, hydrogels, micelles etc.
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TL;DR: In this paper, polyester-polyether segmented block copolymers of poly[butylene succinate)-co-poly(butylene terephthalate)] (PBS-PBT) and poly(tetramethylene glycol) (PTMG) with various compositions were synthesized.
Abstract: Polyester-polyether segmented block copolymers of poly[(butylene succinate)-co-poly(butylene terephthalate)] (PBS–PBT) and poly(tetramethylene glycol) (PTMG) (Mn = 2000) with various compositions were synthesized. PBT content in the PBS was adjusted to ca. 5 mol %. Their thermal and mechanical properties were investigated. In the case of copolymer, the melting point of the PBS–PBT control was 107.8°C, and the melting point of the copolymer containing 70 wt % of PTMG was 70.1°C. Crystallinity of soft segment was 5 ∼ 17%, and that of hard segment was 42 ∼ 59%. The breaking stress of the PBS–PTMG control was 47 MPa but it decreased with increasing PTMG content. In the case of copolymer containing 70 wt % of PTMG, breaking stress was 36 MPa. Contrary to the decreasing breaking stress, breaking strain increased from 300% for PBS–PBT control to 900% for a copolymer containing 70 wt % of PTMG. The shape recovery ratios of the copolymer containing 70 wt % PTMG were almost twice of those of copolymers containing 40 wt % PTMG. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 79: 2067–2075, 2001
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