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Poly(bisphenol A carbonate) (BPA-PC) was post-polymerized by solid-state polymerization (SSP) after supercritical CO2-induced crystallization in low molecular weight particles prepolymerized via melt transesterification reaction. The effects of the crystallization conditions on melting behavior and SSP of BPA-PC were investigated with differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), Ubbelohde viscosity method and gel permeation chromatography (GPC). The reaction kinetics of the SSP of crystallized prepolymers was studied as a function of reaction temperatures for various reaction periods. As a result, the viscosity average molecular weight of BPA-PC particles (2 mm) increased from 1.9 × 104 g/mol to 2.8 × 104 g/mol after SSP. More importantly, the significantly enhanced thermal stability and mechanical properties of solid-state polymerized BPA-PC, compared with those of melt transesterification polymerized BPA-PC with the same molecular weight, can be ascribed to the substantial avoidance of undergoing high temperature during polymerization. Our work provides a useful method to obtain practical product of BPA-PC with high quality and high molecular weight.
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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51173112).
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He, Yl., Guo, Yl., He, R. et al. Towards high molecular weight poly(bisphenol a carbonate) with excellent thermal stability and mechanical properties by solid-state polymerization. Chin J Polym Sci 33, 1176–1185 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10118-015-1667-2
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