Synthesis, characterization, and enzymatic degradation of network aliphatic copolyesters
β Scribed by Minoru Nagata; Tetsuya Machida; Wataru Sakai; Naoto Tsutsumi
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 164 KB
- Volume
- 37
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0887-624X
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β¦ Synopsis
Network copolyesters were prepared from glycerol (Yg) and sebacic acid (10) with 10 -90 mol % of either succinic acid (4), 1,12-dodecanedicarboxylic acid ( 14), 1,18-octadecanedicarboxylic acid (20), or terephthalic acid (T). Prepolymers prepared by melt-polycondensation were cast from dimethylformamide solution and postpolymerized at 230 -250Β°C for various periods of time to form a network. The resultant films were transparent, flexible, and insoluble in organic solvents. The network copolyesters obtained were characterized by infrared absorption spectra, wide angle X-ray diffraction analysis, density measurement, thermomechanical analysis, differential scanning calorimetry, and tensile test. The enzymatic degradation was estimated by weight loss of the network copolyester films in a buffer solution with Rhizopus delemar lipase at 37Β°C. The weight loss due to the enzymatic degradation was decreased with increasing comonomer content, and the copolyesters with Yg4, Yg20 and YgT more than 50 mol % were not degraded by lipase enzyme at all. On the contrary, Yg-10/14 films were degraded appreciably over whole range of comonomer composition. With increasing comonomer content, the heat distortion temperature increased gradually, while the tensile strength and Young's modulus were not changed much.
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