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Immobilized lipase B from Candida antarctica was used to synthesize copolymers of poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) with α,ω-(dihydroxy alkyl) terminated poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS). The reactions were carried out in toluene with a 1:2 w/v ratio of the monomers to solvent at 70 ºC. The PCL−PDMS−PCL triblock copolymer composition was varied by changing the feed ratio of the reactants [CL]/[PDMS] (80:20; 60:40; 40:60; 20:80 w/w, respectively). The enzymatically synthesized copolymers were characterized by GPC, FTIR, TGA, DSC and XRD. The successful synthesis of the copolymers was confirmed by the appearance of a single peak in all of the respective GPC chromatograms. An increased feed ratio of [CL]/[PDMS] produced an increase in the number-average molecular weight (Mn) of the copolymers from 4,400 g mol−1 (20:80 w/w of [CL]/[PDMS]) to 13,950 g mol−1 (80:20 w/w of [CL]/[PDMS]). The copolymers were shown by DSC and XRD to be semi-crystalline and the degree of crystallinity increased with an increase in the [CL]/[PDMS] feed ratio. The crystal structure in the copolymers was analogous to that of the PCL homopolymer. In enzymatic polymerization the recovery and reuse of the enzyme is highly desirable. When the lipase was recovered and reused for the copolymerization, higher molecular weight copolymers were obtained upon a second use. This appears to be due to an increased activity of the immobilized lipase following an opening up of the acrylic resin matrix in the organic medium. This improvement was not maintained for subsequent recycling of the lipase principally due to the disintegration of the acrylic resin matrix.
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Poojari, Y., Clarson, S.J. Lipase Catalyzed Synthesis of Poly(ε-Caprolactone)−Poly(Dimethylsiloxane)−Poly(ε-Caprolactone) Triblock Copolymers. Silicon 1, 165–172 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12633-009-9013-3
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