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论文类型：期刊论文

发表时间：2007-09-10

发表刊物：POLYMER

收录刊物：SCIE、EI、Scopus

卷号：48

期号：19

页面范围：5541-5547

ISSN号：0032-3861

关键字：biopolymers; liquid-crystalline polymers (LCP); photochemistry

摘要：Novel biodegradable-cum-photoactive liquid-crystalline copolyester was prepared by melt polycondensation of ferulic acid (FA), 4-hydroxybenzoic acid (HBA) and D,L-lactic acid (LA) in the presence of acetic anhydride and a transesterification catalyst. The chemical structures and properties of the synthesized copolyesters were characterized by means of viscosity measurements, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (H-1 NMR), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), thermogravimetry (TGA), polarizing light microscopy (PLM) and ultraviolet spectroscopy (UV). It was found that modestly increasing LA content and adjusting feed ratios could enhance the solubility and biodegradability of the copolyesters, still retaining the liquid crystallinity. The obtained copolyester could degrade in phosphate buffer solution (pH 7.2) with enzyme proteinase K, and could crosslink by UV-irradiation at ambient temperature. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.