Ss. Berestova et al., NMR AND X-RAY-DIFFRACTION STUDY OF THE CR YSTALLINE-STRUCTURE OF POLYACRYLONITRILE, Vysokomolekularnye soedinenia. Seria A, 38(9), 1996, pp. 1612-1613
An attempt was made to establish the correlation between the tacticity
of the molecular chain of polyacrylonitrile (PAN) obtained with diffe
rent types of initiating systems and the crystallite dimensions. X-ray
and NMR spectroscopic studies showed that the lateral dimensions of t
he crystallites are controlled mainly by the temperature of polymeriza
tion (and crystallization, respectively), whereas the longitudional di
mensions along the molecular chain, by the polymer microtacticity.