Segmented blockcopolymers with uniform amide segments

Husken, D. and Krijgsman, J. and Gaymans, R.J. (2004) Segmented blockcopolymers with uniform amide segments. Polymer, 45 (14). pp. 4837-4843. ISSN 0032-3861

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Abstract:	Segmented blockcopolymers based on poly(tetramethylene oxide) (PTMO) soft segments and uniform crystallisable tetra-amide segments (TxTxT) are made via polycondensation. The PTMO soft segments, with a molecular weight of 1000 g/mol, are extended with terephthalic groups to a molecular weight of 6000 g/mol. The crystallisable segment is uniform of length and is based on a tetra-amide with terephthalamide groups. The length of the aliphatic diamine (x) in the tetra-amide segment is varied from x=2 to 8. The thermal properties of the blockcopolymers were studied with dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). Due to the use of uniform TxTxT segments a fast and almost complete crystallization of the hard segments is obtained. The melting temperature of the blockpolymers increases with decreasing diamine length and the well-known odd–even effect is observed. The elastic behavior of the blockcopolymer was studied by compression set. All the blockcopolymers had a low compression set and were highly elastic.
Item Type:	Article
Copyright:	Elsevier Ltd
Research Group:	Polymer Chemistry and BioMaterials (PBM)
Link to this item:	http://purl.utwente.nl/publications/71376
Official URL:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2004.05.019
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