Triple-Shape Effect of Copolymer Networks Based on Poly(Omega-pentadecalactone) and Poly(Epsilon-caprolactone) Segments Applying a Programming Procedure with an Adjusted Temperature Profile

Zotzmann, J.; Behl, M.; Lendlein, A.

Journalpaper

Triple-Shape Effect of Copolymer Networks Based on Poly(Omega-pentadecalactone) and Poly(Epsilon-caprolactone) Segments Applying a Programming Procedure with an Adjusted Temperature Profile

Abstract

A triple-shape material based on the two crystallizable segments poly(ω‑pentadeca-lactone) and poly(ε-caprolactone) was synthesized by crosslinking star-shaped precursors. A newly developed programming procedure (TSCP2) was applied in order to achieve triple-shape behavior. The application of this modified triple-shape creation procedure enabled triple-shape capability by influencing the crystallization behavior of the two switching segments in these copolymer networks, which partly show no two distinct and separated melting points. The influence of molecular weight and content of the poly(ε-caprolactone) segment on the triple-shape effect programmed by application of TSCP2 was investigated.

DOI Link to Publication

URL: https://publications.hereon.de/id/29751/
Authors:Zotzmann, J., Behl, M., Lendlein, A.
Year:2012
In: MRS Online Proceedings Library
Volume:1403
Pages:43 - 48
Publisher:Materials Research Society, Warrendale, PA
Type:Journalpaper
ISSN: 1946-4274
Cite as: Zotzmann, J.; Behl, M.; Lendlein, A.: Triple-Shape Effect of Copolymer Networks Based on Poly(Omega-pentadecalactone) and Poly(Epsilon-caprolactone) Segments Applying a Programming Procedure with an Adjusted Temperature Profile. In: MRS Online Proceedings Library. Vol. 1403 (2012) 43 - 48. (DOI: 10.1557/opl.2012.250)