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Branched polyurethanes based on synthetic polyhydroxybutyrate with tunable structure and properties
Brzeska, Joanna Elert, Anna Morawska, Magda Sikorska, Wanda Rutkowska, Maria Kowalczuk, Marek
Brzeska, Joanna
Elert, Anna
Morawska, Magda
Sikorska, Wanda
Rutkowska, Maria
Kowalczuk, Marek
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2018-07-26
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Branched, aliphatic polyurethanes (PURs) were synthesized and compared to linear analogues. The influence of polycaprolactonetriol and synthetic poly([R,S]-3-hydroxybutyrate) (R,S-PHB) in soft segments on structure, thermal and sorptive properties of PURs was determined. Using FTIR and Raman spectroscopies it was found that increasing the R,S-PHB amount in the structure of branched PURs reduced a tendency of urethane groups to hydrogen bonding. Melting enthalpies (on DSC thermograms) of both soft and hard segments of linear PURs were higher than branched PURs, suggesting that linear PURs were more crystalline. Oil sorption by samples of linear and branched PURs, containing only polycaprolactone chains in soft segments, was higher than in the case of samples with R,S-PHB in their structure. Branched PUR without R,S-PHB absorbed the highest amount of oil. Introducing R,S-PHB into the PUR structure increased water sorption. Thus, by operating the number of branching and the amount of poly([R,S]-3-hydroxybutyrate) in soft segments thermal and sorptive properties of aliphatic PURs could be controlled.
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'Branched Polyurethanes Based on Synthetic Polyhydroxybutyrate with Tunable Structure and Properties' Polymers, 10(8), 826 doi: 10.3390/polym10080826
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2073-4360