Table 1 Summary of the thermomechanical properties of the C_SS copolymer library

%C_SS	M_w (kDa)	Đ_M	T_g (°C)	T_m ( °C)	T_c (°C)	T_{d, 5%} (°C)	E₀ (MPa)	ε_break (%)	UTS (MPa)
0	72.8	2.2	−7	112	61	351	65.8 ± 0.6	1457 ± 112	32.2 ± 3.9
10	81.3	2.5	−10	102	54	354	105.2 ± 1.4	1105 ± 67	26 ± 0.1
15	83	2.7	−10	98	40	357	93.1 ± 2.1	1384 ± 108	25 ± 0.5
20	68.6	2.1	−7	99	30	348	57.2 ± 4.4	1700 ± 31	40.5 ± 2.2
25	81.0	2.3	−9	93	26	359	67.2 ± 1.7	1506 ± 37	25 ± 3.4
30	60.4	2.1	−7	89	19	349	40.9 ± 3.5	1638 ± 33	28.3 ± 1.2
40	57.0	2.1	−7	83	13	349	36.2 ± 2.0	2110 ± 50	36.2 ± 4.1
50	94.9	2.1	−10	74	22	348	36.2 ± 2.0	1943 ± 155	37.4 ± 4.5
60	71.7	2.5	−12	-	-	342	12.0 ± 1.4	2077 ± 78	20.5 ± 0.6
100	86.8	1.4	−12	-	-	358	4.6 ± 0.3	1886 ± 147	8.4 ± 1.9

%C_SS % incorporation of the C_SS monomer, M_w weight average molecular mass, Đ_M molar mass distribution, T_g Glass transition temperature, T_m melting temperature, T_c crystallization temperature, T_d degradation temperature, ^aE₀ Young’s modulus, ^aε_break elongation at break, ^aUTS ultimate tensile strength. ^aDetermined from three or more replicates.

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