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JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE
Volume 83, Issue 1, Pages 27-37Publisher
JOHN WILEY & SONS INC
DOI: 10.1002/app.2228
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poly(ethylene terephthalate); poly(ethylene glycol); maleic anhydride; crosslinking; shape memory; modulus; copolymer
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Dimethyl terephthalate (DMT) and ethylene glycol (EG) were used for the preparation of poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET), and poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) was added as a soft segment to prepare a PET-PEG copolymer with a shape-memory function. MWs of the PEG used were 200, 400, 600, and 1000 g/mol, and various molar ratios of EG and PEG were tried. Their tensile and shape-memory properties were compared at various points. The glass-transition and melting temperatures of PET-PEG copolymers decreased with increasing PEG molecular weight and content. A tensile test showed that the most ideal mechanical properties were obtained when the molar ratio of EG and PEG was set to 80:20 with 200 g/mol of PEG. The shape memory of the copolymer with maleic anhydride (MAH) as a crosslinking agent was also tested in terms of shape retention and shape recovery rate. The amount of MAH added was between 0.5 and 2.5 mol % with respect to DMT, and tensile properties and shape retention and recovery rate generally improved with increasing MAH. (C) 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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