Unraveling the Complex Polymorphic Crystallization Behavior of the Alternating Copolymer DMDS-alt-DVE.

ABSTRACT: A complex crystallization behavior was observed for the alternating copolymer DMDS-alt-DVE synthesized via thiol-ene step-growth polymerization. Understanding the underlying complex crystallization processes of such innovative polythioethers is critical for their application, for example, in polymer coating technologies. These alternating copolymers have polymorphic traits, resulting in different phases that may display distinct crystalline structures. The copolymer DMDS-alt-DVE was studied in an earlier work, where only two crystalline phases were reported: a low melting, L - T_m, and high melting, H - T_m phase. Remarkably, the H - T_m form was only achieved by the previous formation and melting of the L - T_m

SUBMITTER: Pirela V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10353521 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature