Bulk and surface quantification of a biodegradable and -medical copolyester

Lang, FR;Léonard, Daniel;Mathieu, HJ;Moser, EM;Bertrand, Patrick
(1998) Macromolecules — Vol. 31, n° 18, p. 6177-6183 (1998)

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  • Lang, FR
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  • Léonard, DanielUCLouvain
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  • Mathieu, HJ
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  • Moser, EM
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  • Bertrand, PatrickUCLouvain
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Abstract
A multitechnique analysis approach has been used to study the bulk and surface properties of a biodegradable copolymer produced from agricultural feedstocks. The sample analyzed is a thermoplastic copolyester commercialized under the trademark Biopol that contains beta-hydroxybutyrate (HB) and beta-hydroxyvalerate (HV) units incorporated randomly throughout the polymer chain. The techniques applied are gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS), nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (TOF-SIMS), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Special emphasis is put on the quantitative determination of the surface composition of the copolyester by TOF-SIMS and XPS as well as the analysis of the molar bulk fraction by NMR and DSC.
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Lang, F., Léonard, D., Mathieu, H., Moser, E., & Bertrand, P. (1998). Bulk and surface quantification of a biodegradable and -medical copolyester. Macromolecules, 31(18), 6177-6183. https://doi.org/10.1021/ma980059e (Original work published 1998)