%0 journal article
%@ 1946-4274
%A Kratz, K., Kumar, U., Noechel, U., Lendlein, A.

%D 2012
%J MRS Online Proceedings Library

%P 7-12 
%R doi:10.1557/opl.2012.454
%T Thermal Properties and Crystallinity of Grafted Copolymer Networks containing a Crystallizable Poly(ε-caprolactone) Crosslinker in an aqueous environment
%U https://doi.org/10.1557/opl.2012.454
 
%X The water swelling capability of the CLEG polymer networks was found to increase from 120% to 240% with increasing weight content of PEG. In contrast to the dry state, where two well separated melting temperatures could be observed for all CLEG samples, in aqueous environment only one melting temperature slightly above 40 °C, was obtained, whereby the overall crystallinity after swelling with water was strongly related to the PCL content in the CLEG polymer networks.