TY - BOOK AU - Kloss,J. AU - Munaro,M. AU - Pinto De Souza,G. AU - Valente Gulmine,J. AU - Hui Wang,S. AU - Zawadzki,S. AU - Akcelrud,L. TI - Poly(ester urethane)s with Polycaprolactone Soft Segments: A Morphological Study KW - POLY(ESTER URETHANE)S KW - MORPHOLOGY KW - WAXS KW - POLYCAPROLACTONE KW - BLOCK COPOLYMERS KW - BIODEGRADABLE KW - POLYURETHANES KW - STRUCTURE-PROPERTY RELATIONS N2 - Two series of poly(ester urethane)s were prepared, containing polycaprolactone (PCL)as the soft segment with molecular weights of 530 and 2000. In each series, the soft-segment/hard-segment ratio was varied, and the morphological changes were monitored with differential scanning calorimetry, dynamic mechanical thermal analysis, wide-angle X-ray scattering, and scanning electron microscopy techniques. The polyurethanes with longer PCL segments retained their crystallinity, whereas those with shorter PCL segments did not. A morphological model is proposed, in which a continuous PCL-rich matrix contains both PCL crystallites and domains of urethane hard segments UR - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1D5nBMA5OjpkPzANih9XjghbMfuEuZUbA/view?usp=drivesdk ER -