It has been previously reported that a series of segmented polyetherurethaneureas (DPs) prepared from hydroxy terminated triblock copolyether (BPE, PEO-PPO-PEO), 4, 4′-diphenylmethane diisocyanate (MDI) and ethylene diamine (E) exhibited an excellen antithrombogenicity and a long-term durability. In this study, the effect of the composition of soft and hard segments (SS & HS) on the tensile properties of 22 different DPs was discussed from the stress-strain data plotted according to the Mooney-Rivlin equation. No significant differences of the value of C
1 terms were found by change in the content of HS, when the same BPE was used. And the C
2 values were approximately proportional to the content of HS. The C
2/C
1 values were higher than those for vulcanized rubbers. Generally, the glass transition temperature (
T2) of SS in polymer reflects the extent of microphase separation of soft and hard domains. On the series of DPs having the same content of HS and the different chain lengths of SS, the values of C
2 term increased with an increase in the
Tg of SS, but the values of C
1 term were almost independent of the
Tg of SS. This may imply that the variation of phase separation affects mainly the value of C
2. The antithrombogenicity of DPs was also discussed from a viewpoint of their microphase separation and their hydrophilicity.
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