Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Biomater Sci Polym Ed. 2010 Jun 21;22(4-6):489–504. doi: 10.1163/092050610X487765

Table 1.

Full Fractional Design Parameters and Properties Characterization of uncrosslinked PPF-co-PCL. Results are presented as mean ± standard deviation for n=3.

Copolymer No. a Copolymer formulations PCL wt ratio by NMR Mn (g/mol) by GPC Tg (°C) by DSC
1 PPF700-co-PCL530R0.3 0.32 3141±48 -19.0±1.3
2 PPF700-co-PCL530R0.5 0.45 3947±278 -30.4±1.5
3 PPF700-co-PCL530R0.75 0.76 4043±51 -33.7±2.1
4 PPF700-co-PCL1250R0.3 0.25 3335±84 -19.9±3.1
5 PPF700-co-PCL1250R0.5 0.43 3133±23 -35.2±0.8
6 PPF700-co-PCL1250R0.75 0.66 3740±255 -36.1±0.8
7 PPF700-co-PCL2000R0.3 0.25 3448±76 -19.7±0.3
8 PPF700-co-PCL2000R0.5 0.43 3649±127 -35.7±3.5
9 PPF700-co-PCL2000R0.75 0.66 3835±63 -39.7±2.4
10 PPF2000-co-PCL530R0.3 0.25 4902±165 -15.0±1.6
11 PPF2000-co-PCL530R0.5 0.48 5907±243 -23.0±1.1
12 PPF2000-co-PCL530R0.75 0.65 6554±220 -31.4±0.6
13 PPF2000-co-PCL1250R0.3 0.37 5055±131 -20.1±1.8
14 PPF2000-co-PCL1250R0.5 0.52 5337±50 -28.4±0.5
15 PPF2000-co-PCL1250R0.75 0.68 6124±52 -32.5±1.3
16 PPF2000-co-PCL2000R0.3 0.28 4930±127 -15.0±1.0
17 PPF2000-co-PCL2000R0.5 0.44 4892±339 -28.1±1.4
18 PPF2000-co-PCL2000R0.75 0.63 6607±144 -36.0±1.9
a

Describes copolymers synthesized from PPF (Mn 700 or 2000 g/mol) and PCL (Mn 530, 1250 or 2000 g/mol) with different PCL feed ratios (Ratio 0.3, 0.5 or 0.75). For example, copolymer PPF700-co-PCL530R0.3 is synthesized from PPF700 (Mn 700 g/mol) and PCL530 (Mn 530 g/mol) with PCL feed ratio of 0.3.