scholarly journals Effects of Geometrical Difference of Unsaturated Aliphatic Polyesters on Their Biodegradability III. Cross Effects of Molecular Weight and Geometric Structure of Poly(ethylene maleate/fumarate) and Its Model Compounds

2002 ◽  
Vol 34 (12) ◽  
pp. 882-890
Author(s):  
Shigenobu Takenouchi ◽  
Akinori Takasu ◽  
Yoshihito Inai ◽  
Tadamichi Hirabayashi

Author(s):  
C. E. Cluthe ◽  
G. G. Cocks

Aqueous solutions of a 1 weight-per cent poly (ethylene oxide) (PEO) were degassed under vacuum, transferred to a parallel plate viscometer under a nitrogen gas blanket, and exposed to Co60 gamma radiation. The Co60 source was rated at 4000 curies, and the dose ratewas 3.8x105 rads/hr. The poly (ethylene oxide) employed in the irradiations had an initial viscosity average molecular weight of 2.1 x 106.The solutions were gelled by a free radical reaction with dosages ranging from 5x104 rads to 4.8x106 rads.





Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 648
Author(s):  
Xiangning Wen ◽  
Yunlan Su ◽  
Shaofan Li ◽  
Weilong Ju ◽  
Dujin Wang

In this work, the crystallization kinetics of poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) matrix included with poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) grafted silica (PEG-g-SiO2) nanoparticles and bare SiO2 were systematically investigated by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and polarized light optical microscopy (PLOM) method. PEG-g-SiO2 can significantly increase the crystallinity and crystallization temperature of PEO matrix under the non-isothermal crystallization process. Pronounced effects of PEG-g-SiO2 on the crystalline morphology and crystallization rate of PEO were further characterized by employing spherulitic morphological observation and isothermal crystallization kinetics analysis. In contrast to the bare SiO2, PEG-g-SiO2 can be well dispersed in PEO matrix at low P/N (P: Molecular weight of matrix chains, N: Molecular weight of grafted chains), which is a key factor to enhance the primary nucleation rate. In particular, we found that the addition of PEG-g-SiO2 slows the spherulitic growth fronts compared to the neat PEO. It is speculated that the interfacial structure of the grafted PEG plays a key role in the formation of nuclei sites, thus ultimately determines the crystallization behavior of PEO PNCs and enhances the overall crystallization rate of the PEO nanocomposites.









e-Polymers ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Slim Salhi ◽  
Martine Tessier ◽  
Jean-Claude Blais ◽  
Rachid El Gharbi ◽  
Alain Fradet

AbstractPoly(ethylene adipate) (PEA) and poly(ethylene dodecanedioate) (PED) with dicarboxy-, dihydroxy-, dimethyl ester- and hydroxy-carboxy end-groups were synthesized and characterized by 13C NMR and MALDI-TOF MS. Size-exclusion chromatography (SEC) fractions of these polyesters were analyzed by MALDI-TOF MS and used as standards to obtain SEC calibration curves leading to the absolute molar masses of the unfractionated polyesters. PEA and PED calibration curves were different from each other, but the same calibration curve was obtained for each type of polyester, irrespective of the nature of end-groups, showing the predominant role of the nature of repeating units on the hydrodynamic volume of oligoesters. The study also shows that the conventional SEC calibration method using polystyrene standards leads to a significant overestimation of polyester average molar masses.



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