Rheological behavior of a quadruple hydrogen-bonded supramolecular polyester

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Abstract

Functionalization of hydroxy telechelic poly(e-caprolactone) (PCL) (Mn = 2 kg/mol) with the quadruple hydrogen bonding unit 2-ureido-41;1H3;-pyrimidinone (UPy) leads to a supramol. polymer with improved properties and for use as a biomaterial. Oscillatory shear expts. were used to investigate the mech. properties of the new supramol. material. In the high frequency regime, the supramol. polymer shows similarities to com. available high mol. wt. PCL, indicating that dimerization of the UPy units leads to a high d.p. In the low frequency regime, a plateau in the moduli was obsd. indicating that relaxation was slow. Stress relaxation expts. confirm the presence of very slow relaxation processes, as even after 30 h significant residual stress was obsd. This indicates that the material exhibits a gel-like behavior, meaning that the melt state has a yield stress.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAbstracts of Papers, 230th ACS National Meeting
Place of PublicationWashington, DC, United States
PublisherAmerican Chemical Society
PagesPMSE-257
Publication statusPublished - 2005
Event230th ACS National Meeting - Washington, United States
Duration: 28 Aug 20051 Sept 2005

Conference

Conference230th ACS National Meeting
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityWashington
Period28/08/051/09/05

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