Table 1. Molecular characterics of the synthesized copolymer.
Copolymer | CL/EG feed | Mn(KDa)a | Mw (KDa)a | PdIb | Tm (°C)c | DPPEG | DPdPCL |
mPEG–PCL | 0.5 | 22.7 | 25.6 | 1.13 | 58.68 | 136.36 | 157 |
a: Determined by GPC analysis using narrow molecular weight polystyrene standards
b: Mw/Mn = Polydispersity index of the polymers (PdI) determined by GPC analysis
c: Calculated from the first run of DSC as half of the extrapolated tangents
d: DP: degree of polymerization