Sol-Gel Transition of Poly (butylene succinate) in Organic Solvents

DOI 6 Citations
  • TAKIGAWA Yuhki
    Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Kanagawa Institute of Technology
  • OHSATO Hidenori
    Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Kanagawa Institute of Technology
  • MIHIROGI Satomi
    Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Kanagawa Institute of Technology
  • WADA Risei
    Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Kanagawa Institute of Technology
  • IMAIZUMI Mitsuhiro
    Showa Denko K.K., Corporate R & D Center
  • SHIMIZU Hidenobu
    Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Kanagawa Institute of Technology
  • OKABE Masaru
    Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Kanagawa Institute of Technology

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Other Title
  • ポリブチレンサクシネートの有機溶媒中でのゾル‐ゲル転移

Description

It is well known that poly (butylene succinate) (PBS) is one of the biodegradable polymers. As PBS is crystalline, the polymer in a suitable organic solvent is expected to convert to a thermoreversible gel. In this study, the Flory-Huggins interaction parameter (χ12) between PBS and solvent was measured as a function of temperature by an inverse gas chromatography (IGC) measurement. The gelation of the PBS/solvent system was discussed from the viewpoint of the magnitude of χ12. The parameter χ12 measured for each PBS/organic solvent system increased slowly with decreasing temperature. The sol-gel transition of PBS solution took place when the parameter χ12 between PBS and solvent became slightly larger than 0.5. In the PBS/solvent system with χ12>>0.5, the liquid/solid phase separation occurred macroscopically and no gelation took place. The microscopic observation showed that many spherulites existed in the PBS gel.

Journal

  • KOBUNSHI RONBUNSHU

    KOBUNSHI RONBUNSHU 61 (3), 184-189, 2004

    The Society of Polymer Science, Japan

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  • CRID
    1390001206524086784
  • NII Article ID
    130004035664
  • DOI
    10.1295/koron.61.184
  • ISSN
    18815685
    03862186
    http://id.crossref.org/issn/03862186
  • Text Lang
    ja
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    • JaLC
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    • CiNii Articles
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