Designing Novel Interfaces via Surface Functionalization of Short-Chain-Length Polyhydroxyalkanoates

Table 1

Thermal and mechanical properties of various composition of P(3HB-co-3HV) copolymer [18].

	Melting temperature	Glass transition temperature	Young’s modulus	Tensile strength
	(°C)	(°C)	(GPa)	(MPa)
Polypropylene	176	-10	1.7	38
Poly(ethylene terephthalate)	267	69	2.9	70
Nylon-6,6	265	50	2.8	83
Low-density polyethylene	130	-30	0.2	10
P(3HB)	179	10	3.5	40
P(3HB-co-3 mol% 3HV)	170	8	2.9	38
P(3HB-co-9 mol% 3HV)	162	6	1.9	37
P(3HB-co-14 mol% 3HV)	150	4	1.5	35
P(3HB-co-20 mol% 3HV)	145	-1	1.2	32
P(3HB-co-25 mol% 3HV)	137	-6	0.7	30