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Published in final edited form as: ACS Macro Lett. 2013 Sep 17;2(10):874–878. doi: 10.1021/mz400344e

Table 1.

Molecular characteristics of the ring samples

	M_w [kg/mol]	T_{g, linear} [°C]	T_g,ring [°C]	Z [−]	η_0,_linear [Pa.s]	η_0,_ring [Pa.s]
PI24	24	−64	−64	3.9	2255 (±11.8) at 0°C	1187 (±0.3) at 0°C
PI38	37.3	−44	−44	6.1	292000 (±2682) at 0°C	16028 (±433) at 0°C
PI81	81	−62	−62	12.9	21490 (±388.5) at 0°C	1266 (±82.5) at 0°C
PEO5	5.3	−0.5 (±0.3)	−46. 4 (±0.7)	2.6	0.072 (±0.003) at 115°C	0.018 (±0.002) at 70°C
PEO10	10.1	−14.6 (±3.1)	−53.5 (±1.1)	5	1.44 (±0.078) at 60°C	0.26 (±0.005) at 100°C
PS160	160	100	100	9.3	43240 (±236) at 170°C	2666 (±11.6) at 170°C
PS198	198	100	100	11.5	217200 (±1007) at 170°C	12750 (± 133) at 170°C
PS244	244	100	100	14.2	562553 (±3159) at 160°C	23022 (±425) at 160°C