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. 2022 Feb 1;12(7):4016–4028. doi: 10.1039/d1ra07237d

Characteristics of PCL45, PCL45w, PCL80, PCL80w. Crystallinity degree determined with DSC (Xc DSC), melting temperature (Tm), crystallinity degree determined with WAXS (Xc WAXS), crystallite size in (110), (111) and (200) planes in PCL crystal lattices-L(110), L(111), L(200).

PCL45 PCL45w PCL80 PCL80w
X c DSC [%] 58.0 ± 0.3 62.2 ± 0.4 49.3 ± 0.4 51.8 ± 0.3
T m [oC] 55.3 ± 0.2 57.9 ± 0.2 54.3 ± 0.2 57.5 ± 0.2
X c WAXS [%] 56.5 62.1 47.7 52.5
L(110) [nm] 33.86 35.56 31.61 32.29
L(111) [nm] 20.79 21.97 18.24 22.96
L(200) [nm] 24.55 25.61 24.54 24.58