Structure and properties of polymers with strongly anisometric side groups

✍ Scribed by Magagnini, Pier Luigi

• Publisher: Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
• Year: 1981
• Weight: 661 KB
• Volume: 4
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0025-116X
• DOI: 10.1002/macp.1981.020041981116

✦ Synopsis

STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES OF POLYMERS WITH STRONGLY ANISOMETRIC SIDE GROUPS

P i e r L u i g i Magagnini I s t i t u t o d i Chimira T n d u s t r i a l e ed A p p l i c a t a , F a c o l t l d i I n g e g n e r i a , v i a D i o t i s a l v i 2 , 56100 P i s a , I t a l y A s t r a c t -'The p o s s i b i l i t y t h a t polymers c o n t a i n i n g l a t h -l i k e s i d e c h a i n s may g i v e r i s e t o c r y s t a l l i n e a n d / o r mesomorphic s t r u c t u r e s a s r e s u l t of t h e o r g a n i z a t i o n o f t h e s i d e g r o u p s is d i s c u s s e d w i t h r e f e re n c e t o t h e c h e m i c a l s t r u c t u r e of b o t h main c h a i n s and s i d e g r o u p s f o r two f a m i l i e s o f polymers: 1 ) t h e c o m b l i k e p o l y m e r s , and 2 ) t h e polymers c a r r y i n g r i g i d , a n i s o t r o p i c s i d e g r o u p s . The r o l e p l a y e d by t h e p r e s e n c e of f l e x i b l e s p a c e r s of d i f f e r e n t l e n g t h c o n n e c t i n g t h e o r g a n i z a b l e s i d e g r o u p s to t h e polymer backbones i s also d i s c u s s e d .