Copolymer synthesis of poly(L-lactide-b-DMS-L-lactide) via the ring opening polymerization of L-lactide in the presence of α,ω-hydroxylpropyl-terminated PDMS macroinitiator

✍ Scribed by S. Zhang; Z. Hou; K. E. Gonsalves

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 435 KB
• Volume: 34
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0887-624X
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0518(19960930)34:13<2737::aid-pola18>3.0.co;2-d

✦ Synopsis

Various amounts of hydroxy terminated PDMS were linked into PLLA chains via in-situ ring opening polymerization at a very low content of SnOt2. The 'H and FTIR spectra provided evidence for the incorporation of the PDMS in the PLLA chains. The molecular weights, T8, T,, crystallinity and the heats of fusion decreased as the feed mole ratio of PDMS/LLA in the block copolymer increased. The molecular weight distribution broadened as the content of the PDMS increased, due the occurrence of two initiation and propagation mechanisms. Linking PDMS into the PLLA chains improved its thermal stability.