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The morphology and structure of the bacterial plastics of poly(β-hydroxy-butyrate-β-hydroxyvalerate) P(HB-HV) were studied as well as the reference homopolymer, poly(β-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB). Because of bacterial origins they are exceptionally pure. Crystallization behavior of them is expected to be almost ideal, so that we can easily infer how the minor component (HV) acts within the major component (HB). The solution-grown single crystals of PHB and P(HB-HV) showed linear increase in melting points and hyperbolic increase in long spacings as the crystallization temperature increased. The HV component in the polymer chain was inclined to be excluded outwards as much as possible from the crystal of HB component during the crystallization. A small part of the HV component included in the HB component crystal acts as a defect, by which small expansion of the a-parameter of the unit cell is mainly caused with increasing HV content. The severe effect of the HV component was observed on crystallization characteristics and morphological changes.
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Mitomo, H., Barham, P. & Keller, A. Crystallization and Morphology of Poly(β-hydroxybutyrate) and Its Copolymer. Polym J 19, 1241–1253 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1295/polymj.19.1241
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