TY - JOUR
T1 - Synthesis and characterisation of an extended series of biodegradable cycloaliphatic polyesters
AU - Barriau, E.
AU - Cormack, P.A.G.
AU - Daly, J.H.
AU - Liggat, J.J.
AU - Quincy, A.
N1 - Deposited with permission of eCM Journal.
PY - 2002/12
Y1 - 2002/12
N2 - We report the synthesis and characterisation of an extended series of biodegradable cycloaliphatic polyesters for medical purposes. These polymers are based on cis- and trans-1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid, cis- and trans-1,4-cyclohexanediol and straight chain aliphatic diols and diacids with different chain lengths. The results demonstrate the possibility of controlling polymer morphology through the cis/trans composition of the 1,4-cyclohexane moiety. The trans isomer increases the regularity of the polymer chain and hence modifies the crystalline morphology, the most obvious indication of which is an increase in melting point.
AB - We report the synthesis and characterisation of an extended series of biodegradable cycloaliphatic polyesters for medical purposes. These polymers are based on cis- and trans-1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid, cis- and trans-1,4-cyclohexanediol and straight chain aliphatic diols and diacids with different chain lengths. The results demonstrate the possibility of controlling polymer morphology through the cis/trans composition of the 1,4-cyclohexane moiety. The trans isomer increases the regularity of the polymer chain and hence modifies the crystalline morphology, the most obvious indication of which is an increase in melting point.
KW - polymer morphology
KW - biodegradable cycloaliphatic polyesters
KW - crystalline morphology
UR - http://www.ecmjournal.org/journal/supplements/vol004supp02/pdf/v004supp02a23.pdf
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:21144457815
SN - 1473-2262
VL - 4
SP - 100
JO - European Cells and Materials
JF - European Cells and Materials
IS - Suppl. 2
ER -