The influence of soft segment length on the properties of poly(butylene terephthalate-co-succinate)-b-poly(ethylene glycol) segmented random copolymers

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1297-1308

  Zhang, Yong ^a   Feng, Zengguo ^b   Feng, Qingling ^a   Cui, Fuzhai ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Hydrolytic degradation; Polycondensation; Random copolymer; Sequence distribution analysis

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL LATTICES; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; GLASS TRANSITION; HYDROLYSIS; MECHANICAL TESTING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POLYCONDENSATION; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); VISCOSITY;

COPOLYMER CHAINS; HYDROLYTIC DEGRADATION; RANDOM COPOLYMERS; SEQUENCE DISTRIBUTION ANALYSIS;

COPOLYMERS;

EID: 2942672438     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2004.02.025     Document Type: Article

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