Physical properties, crystallization kinetics, and spherulitic growth of well-defined poly(ε-caprolactone)s with different arms

Isothermal and nonisothermal crystallization kinetics of poly(ϵ‐caprolactone)

“…The material was allowed to dissolve in tetrahydrofuran solvent for 3 h with continuous stirring. The solution was then transferred to the vacuum oven maintained at 35 C and kept there for 24 h.…”

“…PCL can be degraded by hydrolysis of its ester linkages alone in the polymer chains in physiological conditions and has, therefore, found a wide range of possible applications, such as biodegradable packaging materials, implantable biomaterials, and microparticles for drug delivery. Many researchers have attempted to study the crystallization behavior of PCL; however, to our knowledge, in almost all of the reported literature, studies on the crystallization kinetics and morphology of pure unblended PCL exists only as a part of copolymers, [34][35][36][37] blends, [38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45] and composites. [46][47][48][49] Moreover, the research has mostly been aimed at evaluating the isothermal crystallization kinetics and growth rate phenomena.…”

Induced micellization and micellar transitions in aqueous solutions of non-linear block copolymer Tetronic® T904

“…Several authors have examined solubilization of hydrophobic substances in Tetronic Ò micelles [20,21]; it has also been demonstrated that amphiphilic star-shaped copolymers provide opportunities for novel drug delivery system development. Tetronic Ò micelles were adequate for hosting and protecting the labile lactone form of simvastatin from hydrolysis [17].…”

Octa-armed star-shaped poly(ε-caprolactone)s with a phthalocyanine core by ring-opening polymerization: Synthesis and characterization

“…These indicate that crystallinities of different sizes and imperfect crystallization possibly do not exist in 5-7, which all had sufficient time to rearrange and crystallize in the heating and cooling runs because of their low glass transition temperature (about −60 °C) and molecular regularity [74][75][76]. As can be seen in Fig.…”