POLY(PHTHALIDYLIDENEARYLENE)S - EFFECT OF PRESSURE ON THE CONDUCTIVITY OF POLY(3,3-PHTHALIDYLIDENE-4,4'-BIPHENYLYLENE)

Authors
ZOLOTUKHIN MG LACHINOV AN
Citation
Mg. Zolotukhin et An. Lachinov, POLY(PHTHALIDYLIDENEARYLENE)S - EFFECT OF PRESSURE ON THE CONDUCTIVITY OF POLY(3,3-PHTHALIDYLIDENE-4,4'-BIPHENYLYLENE), Macromolecular chemistry and physics, 195(6), 1994, pp. 2013-2021
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Polymer Sciences
Journal title
Macromolecular chemistry and physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
10221352
Volume
195
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
2013 - 2021
Database
ISI
SICI code
1022-1352(1994)195:6<2013:P-EOPO>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
Poly(3,3-phthalidylidene-4,4'-biphenylylene) (PPB) was considered to b e a polymer containing pressure-sensitive moieties as repeating units in the main chain. The effect of pressure on the properties of PPB was studied. Thin films of the undoped polymer were found to become condu ctive under slight pressure. The conductivity increases from 10(-14) U p to 10(-3) OMEGA-1 . cm-1 under a pressure of about 3 . 10(5) Pa (0,3 kg/cm2). An effective method is used to visualize the pattern of cond ucting sites. These may be represented by channels (or domains) in the polymer film.