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Synthesis and characterization of poly(ester amide amide)s of different alkylene chain lengths

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In this work, a series of aliphatic biodegradable poly(ester amide amide) polymers was synthesized by melt polycondensation of a tailor-made amide-containing monomer based on 1,4-diaminobutane and ε-caprolactone and different dicarboxylic acid methyl esters with even number of methylene groups. The synthesized polymers were characterized by 1H NMR, FT-IR spectroscopy, GPC, SAXS and WAXS. DSC results show that the melting point is located at about 150 °C for all polymers. X-ray scattering experiments in small and wide angles reveal formation of crystals with extended-chain conformation resulting in strict periodicity of electron density along the main chain. TGA data indicate the high thermal stability of polymers to temperatures above 350 °C, which are much above the melting point. The obtained characteristics of the newly synthesized PEAAs can open new perspectives for melt processing to fabricate films, highly oriented fibers and injection-molded parts with good thermal stability and mechanical performance.

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The authors acknowledge the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation for financial support (contract No. 14.578.21.0190 (RFMEFI57816X0190)).

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  1. Clément Girard and Manisha Gupta have contributed equally to the work.

  2. Manisha Gupta: Deceased 1st November 2017.

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  1. Laboratoire de Physique et Mécanique Textile, Université de Haute Alsace, 68093, Mulhouse, France

    Clément Girard & Abdelaziz Lallam

  2. DWI – Leibniz-Institute for Interactive Materials e.V. and Institute for Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Forckenbeckstraße 50, 52056, Aachen, Germany

    Manisha Gupta, Xiaomin Zhu & Martin Möller

  3. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University), Institutskiy per. 9, Dolgoprudny, Russia, 141700

    Denis V. Anokhin, Polina V. Bovsunovskaya, Azaliya F. Akhyamova, Alexey P. Melnikov, Alexey A. Piryazev, Alexander I. Rodygin, Andrey A. Rychkov, Kseniia N. Grafskaya, Ekaterina D. Shabratova & Dimitri A. Ivanov

  4. Institute for Problems of Chemical Physics RAS, Semenov Av. 1, Chernogolovka, Moscow Region, Russia, 142432

    Denis V. Anokhin

  5. Faculty of Fundamental Physical and Chemical Engineering, Lomonosov Moscow State University, GSP-1, 1-51 Leninskie Gory, Moscow, Russia, 119991

    Polina V. Bovsunovskaya, Azaliya F. Akhyamova, Alexey P. Melnikov, Alexey A. Piryazev, Alexander I. Rodygin & Andrey A. Rychkov

  6. Institut de Sciences des Matériaux de Mulhouse (CNRS UMR 7361), 15 rue Jean Starcky, B.P 2488, 68057, Mulhouse, France

    Dimitri A. Ivanov

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Girard, C., Gupta, M., Lallam, A. et al. Synthesis and characterization of poly(ester amide amide)s of different alkylene chain lengths. Polym. Bull. 76, 495–509 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00289-018-2361-7

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