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Effects of cis-trans-configurations of the main chains of poly(trimethylsilyl norbornene) on its transport and sorption properties as well as free volume

✍ Scribed by Yu. P. Yampolskii; E. Sh. Finkelshtein; K. L. Makovetskii; V. I. Bondar; V. P. Shantarovich


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1996
Tongue
English
Weight
681 KB
Volume
62
Category
Article
ISSN
0021-8995

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✦ Synopsis


Samples of poly(trimetylsily1 norbornene) having different content of cis configurations of double bonds in the main chains were prepared by ring opening metathesis polymerization in the presence of the catalysts characterized by different stereoselectivity (Re207, RuC13, WC1,). It was shown that the polymer obtained in the presence of the WC16 catalysts having the closest content o f t h e cis-and trans-configurations is distinguished by largest gas permeability, diffusion, and solubility coefficients. Determination of the parameters of gas sorption isotherms and estimation of free volume using group contribution and positron annihilation methods allowed to conclude that microstructure of this polymer (&/trans ratio) affects its free volume and, therefore, its transport and thermodynamic properties.