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Studies on synthesis and optical properties of poly(isosorbide-co-1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol) carbonate

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Copolycarbonate was synthesized by melt transesterification method, using diphenyl carbonate, isosorbide and 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol (CHDM) as raw materials. The copolymer composition and random structure of the copolymer were determined by Fourier transform infrared and 1H NMR analysis. The DSC and TGA analysis showed that CHDM was introduced into the isosorbide polycarbonate chain, which effectively lowered the glass transition temperature of the polymer without lowering the thermal decomposition temperature. The glass transition temperature of the copolymer can be controlled by the addition amount of CHDM, and its processing performance can be improved. In addition, the introduction of CHDM did not reduce the high light transmittance (> 91.5%) of isosorbide polycarbonate. With the gradual increase of the amount of CHDM added, the refractive index of the copolymer decreases slightly. When the CHDM content is 30 mol%, the glass transition temperature (Tg)of the copolymer is 132.2 °C, the thermal decomposition temperature is > 350 °C, the refractive index is 1.4960, the Abbe number is 51, and the transmittance is 91.6%, and the haze is 1.07%.

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The work of this paper is financially supported by the Key Deployment Project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Project No. ZDRW-CN-2022-1) and the Key R&D Program of Sichuan Province (Project No. 2021YFG0109).

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  2. National Engineering Research Center of Chiral Drugs, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, People’s Republic of China

    Chen Li, Qingyin Wang & Gongying Wang

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Li, C., Long, X., Wang, Q. et al. Studies on synthesis and optical properties of poly(isosorbide-co-1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol) carbonate. J Polym Res 29, 426 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10965-022-03267-0

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