. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Sep 12.

Published in final edited form as: Biomacromolecules. 2011 Jul 26;12(9):3265–3274. doi: 10.1021/bm2007218

Table 1.

Synthesized PUU physical and mechanical properties

	Intrinsic viscosity (dL/g)	Tensile strength at break (MPa)	Initial modulus (MPa)	Strain at break (%)	Permanent set (%)	Storage modulus(E′), 25–55°C	Loss modulus (E″), 25–55°C
PUU-PCL2000	2.17±0.01	58.0±4.7	12.1±2.5	1192±102	677±30	-^*	-^*

PUU-PTMC1500	0.90±0.02	29.8±6.1	21.1±0.1	617±104	131±31	12.2	1.0
PUU-PTMC2500	1.74±0.02	47.0±7.8	12.2±1.2	831±75	149±12	8.6	0.7
PUU-PTMC5400	2.45±0.03	39.2±7.7	5.6±1.3	778±34	12±7	2.4	0.2

PUU-PVLCL2250	1.76±0.01	35.0±6.2	11.5±3.8	1295±150	132±1	5.2	0.4
PUU-PVLCL6000	2.75±0.01	29.3±5.2	2.8±1.3	1354±226	39±4	2.5	0.13

Data are mean +/− standard deviation

refer to Fig. 8a