Flow and electric birefringence in solutions of ladder polychlorophenylsilsesquioxane

✍ Scribed by V.N. Tsvetkov; K.A. Andrianov; E.I. Riumtsev; I.N. Shtennikova; N.V. Pogodina; G.F. Kolbina; N.N. Makarova

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1975
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 642 KB
• Volume: 11
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0014-3057
• DOI: 10.1016/0014-3057(75)90115-9

✦ Synopsis

Flow birefringence (FBR) and electric birefringence (EBR) have been investigated for dilute solutions of a number of fractions of cyclolinear (ladder) polychlorophenylsilsesquioxane (CLChPhS). FBR and EBR are negative in sign and their characteristic values increase with molecular weight in accordance with properties characteristic of kinetically and equilibrium--rigid chain polymers. In sinusoidal fields, dispersion of EBR characleristic of kinetically rigid chains was found: its dependence on molecular weight quantitatively agrees with the theory of relaxation and rotatory friction of rigid molecules. Analysis of experimental data confirms the validity of the molecular model of CIChPhS as a double-chain ladder cis-structure and permits us to obtain quantitative information concerning important molecular parameters such as the character of rotation of phenyl side groups the values of valence angles in chains and in oxygen bridges and dipole moments of the monomer unit of the chain and of the Si-O bond.