Enzymatic Synthesis and Structural and Thermal Properties of Poly(ω-pentadecalactone-co-butylene-co-succinate)

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• 作者：Laura Mazzocchetti ; Mariastella Scandola ; Zhaozhong Jiang
• 刊名：Macromolecules
• 出版年：2009
• 出版时间：October 27, 2009
• 年：2009
• 卷：42
• 期：20
• 页码：7811-7819
• 全文大小：883K
• 年卷期：v.42,no.20(October 27, 2009)
• ISSN：1520-5835

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Poly(ω-pentadecalactone-co-butylene-co-succinate) copolymers with various compositions were synthesized via copolymerization of dialkyl succinate with 1,4-butandiol and ω-pentadecalactone (PDL) catalyzed by immobilized Candida antarctica lipase B. The monomer unit ratio in the copolymers can be carefully controlled by adjusting monomer feed ratio. NMR spectroscopy shows that the copolymers have nearly random distribution of PDL, butylene, and succinate repeat units, linked by ester groups along the macromolecule. Thermal stability of poly(PDL-co-butylene-co-succinate)s is composition-dependent and increases with increasing PDL unit content. All copolymers are highly crystalline irrespective of their composition, and they show isodimorphic behavior, with the crystal lattices of poly(ω-pentadecalactone) and of poly(butylene succinate) being capable of hosting foreign comonomer units up to a given extent. The two types of crystals are stable in different composition ranges. The T_m/composition dependence shows a minimum at 35 mol % PDL (pseudoeutectic composition), where PBS-type and PPDL-type crystals coexist. Cocrystallization with high extent of comonomer inclusion is supported by application of the Wendling−Suter model to the experimental T_m values. Nanoparticles prepared from these copolymers maintain a high crystallinity degree associated with isodimorphic behavior.