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– intramolecular ester interchange mechanism poly(L-lactide) (PLA) 74
13 poly(L-lactide-co-D,L-lactide) (PLDLLA) 10
– ring-opening polymerization 12, 13 poly(L-lactide-co-ϵ-caprolactone)s (PLACLs)
– surgery implantation 14, 15 138
– thermal and mechanical properties 13, 14 Poly(MDO-co-MMA-co-DMAEMA.BrC 2 H 5 )
poly(lactic acid) (PLA) 192 36
– advantages 109 poly(NIPAAm-co-BMDO) 37
– α/α’ crystals 111 poly(PEG-b-(BMDO-co-DMAEMA)) 36
– 6-membered cyclic esters 9 poly(propylene alkylanedicarboxylate)
– applications 11, 12 polyesters
– biomedical applications 109 – applications 80
– chemical and physical properties 10, 11 – cold crystallization temperatures 81
– cold-crystallization vs. melt-crystallization – crystallization half-times 82
116–118 –DSC traces 81
– composites 334 – enzymatic hydrolysis 83–85
– crystallization rates, molar mass influence – equilibrium melting points 81
120, 121 – esterification modeling, see esterification
– crystal polymorphism 111 reaction kinetic modeling
– DSC data 203 – glass transition temperature 81
– elongation at break 112, 113 – melt polycondensation method 79
– food-packaging 12 –melting points 80
– half-time of crystallization 119 – polycondensation modeling, see
– isothermal bulk crystallization rates polycondensation reaction kinetic
119–121 modeling
– limitations 109, 125 – step reaction kinetic modeling 85–87
– microbial synthesis 64, 65 – synthesis methods 78
– microfibrils 223 poly(propylene succinate) (PPSu)
– non-isothermal bulk crystallization rates – esterification kinetics, see esterification
120, 121 reaction kinetic modeling
– nucleation rate 114 – polycondensation kinetics, see
– onset time of crystal nuclei formation vs. polycondensation reaction kinetic
temperature 115, 117 modeling
– plasticizers effect 117, 119 poly(propylene terephthalate) (PPT) 75
– polarizing optical microscopy (POM) poly(R,S-3-hydroxybutyrate) (a-PHB) 330
images 114, 116, 118 poly(trimethylene carbonate) (PTMC) 139
– publication trend 6 poly(trimethylene carbonate-co-D,L-lactide)
– ring-opening polymerization 9, 10 random copolymers 139
– 6-membered cyclic esters 9 poly(ϵ-caprolactone) (PCL) 192
– spherulite density vs. crystallization – DSC data 203
temperature 114 – XRD analysis 203
–spherulite growth rates, D-lactic acid poly[(3-hydroxybutyrate)-co-(3-hydoxy-
content influence 122, 123 valerate) (PHBV) 139
– stereocomplex crystals 123, 124 polybenzoxazine-PU conetworks 146
– synthetic routes 110 polycaprolactone (PCL) 74
– thermal analysis data 10 polycondensation reaction kinetic modeling
– three-phase structure 112–114 – end group analysis 103, 104
– water vapor permeability 112, 113 – intrinsic viscosity vs. time 102, 103
– WAXS patterns 112 – kinetic rate constants 103, 105
– XRD analysis 203 – mathematical model, development of 101,
– Young’s modulus 112, 113 102
poly(L-lactic acid) (PLLA) – reaction scheme 100, 101
– onset time of crystal nuclei formation vs. – theoretical simulation curves 102–104
temperature 117 poly-D,L-lactide (PDLLA) 10
– stereocomplex crystals 124 poly-D-lactide (PDLA) 10, 11