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论文类型：期刊论文

发表时间：2019-03-01

发表刊物：Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials

收录刊物：PubMed、Scopus

卷号：91

页面范围：255-265

ISSN号：1878-0180

关键字：Ethylene brassylate,Isodimorphism,Mechanical properties,Structure-function relationship

摘要：High-molecular-weight poly(ethylene brassylate-co-ε-caprolactone) copolyesters within a wide composition range were prepared via triphenyl bismuth catalyzed copolymerization of ethylene brassylate (EB) and ε-caprolactone (ε-CL) in bulk. Microstructural analysis of the resulting copolyesters demonstrated that the comonomer units were completely random distribution. DSC and WAXD recognized that the copolyesters cocrystallize within the lattices analogous to either of the parent homopolymers. It confirmed the isodimorphism behavior with a pseudo-eutectic point of melting temperatures as well as lattice spacings at 75 mol% ε-CL units. The crystal cell would be stretched in one dimension rather than expanding in both dimensions with the incorporation of comonomer units according to the result of WAXD. The mechanical properties of the copolyesters are well tunable by the composition, and its trend is consistent with the isodimorphism behavior, in particular, the maximum elongation at break over 2000% is located at the pseudo-eutectic point. The intralamellar shear occurred at the low tensile rate while both intralamellar shear and interlamellar shear occurred at high tensile rate. The copolymers exhibit excellent hydrolytic stability.Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.