Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics, Vol.37, No.21, 2918-2927, 1999
Crystallization and melting behavior of the soft and hard segments in poly(ester-ether)s. I. Ethylene oxide-ethylene terephthalate segmented copolymers
The crystallization and melting behavior of a series of ethylene oxide-ethylene terephthalate (EOET) segmented copolymers with different soft segment molecular weight and hard segment weight content were studied by differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) and polarized microscope. The crystallizability of both the hard and the soft segments became worse than that of the corresponding homopolymers due to the interactions of the different segments. The crystallizability of the soft segments is mainly determined by the soft segment molecular weight, but is affected greatly by the content and the crystallinity of the hard segments. Conversely, the soft segment length and content also have a great effect on the crystallization of the hard segments. However, the melting points of the hard segments are determined by the average hard segment length.
Keywords:crystallization and melting behavior;soft segments;hard segments;(ethylene oxide-ethylene terephthalate) segmented copolymers