PREPARATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF POLYPYRROLE, N-SUBSTITUTED WITH LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE MOIETIES

Authors
IBISON P FOOT PJS BROWN JW
Citation
P. Ibison et al., PREPARATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF POLYPYRROLE, N-SUBSTITUTED WITH LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE MOIETIES, Synthetic metals, 76(1-3), 1996, pp. 297-300
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Condensed Matter","Material Science","Polymer Sciences
Journal title
Synthetic metals → ACNP
ISSN journal
03796779
Volume
76
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
297 - 300
Database
ISI
SICI code
0379-6779(1996)76:1-3<297:PACOPN>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
We describe the synthesis and polymerization of an N-substituted pyrro le. The substituent is an organic spacer chain culminating in a mesoge nic cyanobiphenyl group. The monomer molecule is symmetrical, and its polymerization produces effectively exclusive head-to-tail coupling, r esulting in increased chemical perfection of the polymer backbone. It is therefore not sensitive to head-tail or head-head coupling effects. The liquid crystallinities of the monomer and polymer have both been examined.