New thermoplastic elastomer triblock copolymer of PLLA for cardiovascular tissue engineering: Annealing as efficient tool to tailor the solid-state properties

A new high molecular weight aliphatic copolyester of PLLA characterized by a ABA triblock architecture was successfully synthesized by ring opening polymerization, using as initiator a low molecular weight hydroxyl terminated random copolymer of PBS, poly(butylene/triethylene succinate). To incre…