2003
DOI: 10.1021/ma025766t
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Nucleation and Crystallization in Double Crystalline Poly(p-dioxanone)-b-poly(ε-caprolactone) Diblock Copolymers

Abstract: The crystallization behavior of three double crystalline diblock copolymers containing poly-( -caprolactone) and poly(p-dioxanone) has been studied via differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), polarized optical microscopy (POM), and wide-angle X-ray scattering (WAXS). Crystallization and melting temperatures and enthalpies are compared among copolymers and to those of the corresponding homopolymers. Only one crystallization exotherm was observed for the diblocks. DSC and WAXS indicated that during isothermal c… Show more

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“…This makes the crystallizable block copolymers representative systems having confined crystallization behavior, especially in the strong segregation regime [52]. Confined crystallization has been widely observed in the diblock copolymers having double crystalline blocks, such as PEO-b-PCL [112][113][114][115][116], PLLA-b-PEO [117][118][119][120][121][122], PLLA-b-PCL [123][124][125], poly(p-dioxanone) (PPDX)-b-PCL [126][127][128], polyolefin-based block copolymers [129][130][131][132][133][134][135], and so on. The confined crystallization kinetics and crystalline morphology of such block copolymers have been extensively studied.…”
Section: Crystalline Morphology Of Polymer Segments Confined In Blockmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This makes the crystallizable block copolymers representative systems having confined crystallization behavior, especially in the strong segregation regime [52]. Confined crystallization has been widely observed in the diblock copolymers having double crystalline blocks, such as PEO-b-PCL [112][113][114][115][116], PLLA-b-PEO [117][118][119][120][121][122], PLLA-b-PCL [123][124][125], poly(p-dioxanone) (PPDX)-b-PCL [126][127][128], polyolefin-based block copolymers [129][130][131][132][133][134][135], and so on. The confined crystallization kinetics and crystalline morphology of such block copolymers have been extensively studied.…”
Section: Crystalline Morphology Of Polymer Segments Confined In Blockmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…[21][22][23][24][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34] However, depending on the nature of the blocks in diblock copolymer, they may crystallize simultaneously (viz., coincident crystallization). 28,32,[35][36][37][38] Primarily, the interplay between crystallization and microphase separation plays a crucial role in dictating the final crystal morphology of the semi crystalline materials.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Unfortunately, reports on this field are still inadequate till now. Recently, with the comprehensive investigations on crystallization process for block copolymers, the high order structures containing crystal lamellae were frequently discovered [6,[21][22][23][24][25], where several types of spherulites with unusual morphologies such as ring banded spherulite, spherical granular aggregates and double concentric spherulites have been reported [14,15,[26][27][28][29][30][31]. Especially, the double concentric spherulites were only found in poly(ethylene oxide)/poly(!-caprolactone) PEG/PCL block copolymer up to now [14,[26][27][28][29].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%