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            Single crystals of a random copolymer, Poly[(R)-3-hydroxybutyrate-co-(R)-3-hydroxyhexanoate] (PHBHx), with a relatively high (R)-3-hydroxyhexanoate (3HHx) content of 3.9 mol% were grown from dilute solutions over a wide range of crystallization temperatures (Tc) from -20 °C to 75 °C. Unlike Poly[(R)-3-hydroxybutyrate-co-(R)-3-hydroxyvalerate] (PHBV) which allows the 3-hydroxyvalerate (3HV) to be included into PHB lattice, 3HHx is excluded from the lattice as a non-crystallizable molecular defect. Remarkably, however, even at such a high defect content, all the samples (except for Tc = -20 °C) formed well-developed needle-shaped single crystals, with a crystal morphology similar to that found for crystals of the homopolymer PHB.more » « less
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