Triblock copolymers of ε-caprolactone, trimethylene carbonate, and L-lactide : effects of using random copolymer as hard-block

• Main Authors: Widjaja, Leonardus Kresna, Kong, Jen Fong, Chattopadhyay, Sujay, Lipik, Vitali T., Liow, Sing Shy, Abadie, Marc J. M., Venkatraman, Subbu S.
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Biomaterials
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/99398; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/17143
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

A series of triblock copolymers comprising end block of PLLA modified with PCL, and random copolymer of PCL and PTMC as soft segment were synthesized. DSC data show that PCL disrupted the crystallinity of PLLA, making the hard block to be completely amorphous when the PCL content is 50%. Correspondi...