The invention discloses polyether ester type
polyurethane with a shape memory characteristic and a preparation method of the polyether ester type
polyurethane, and belongs to the field of
high polymer materials. The preparation method comprises the following steps: firstly, using an
epoxy compound and a cyclic
lactone compound as comonomers, carrying out
ring opening polymerization by using a cheap and easily available commercial catalyst to synthesize polyether ester
polyol, and introducing a small amount of ester groups into a polyether
structural unit as ester exchange sites, so that the compatibility of the
polyester structural unit and the polyether
structural unit is improved; the polyether ester random
copolymer with uniform and controllable performance is prepared; then introducing an
isocyanate compound, a chain
extender and a branching agent into a
reaction system to synthesize polyether ester
polyurethane with a long-chain branched structure. The polyether ester type polyurethane is prepared through a one-pot method, the method is simple in
route, low in cost and
environmentally friendly, the obtained
polymer has the shape memory characteristic, the performance of the
polymer can be regulated and controlled by adjusting copolymerization components, and the method has the prospect and potential of large-scale production.