N. Nugay et al., THERMAL-STABILITY OF CONDUCTIVE CHARGE-TRANSFER COMPLEXES OF POLY(4-VINYLPYRIDINE)-POLY(DIMETHYLSILOXANE) BLOCK-COPOLYMERS, Polymer bulletin, 34(3), 1995, pp. 345-352
Thermal stability of conductive charge transfer complexes of poly(4-vi
nylpyridine)-poly(dimethylsiloxane) (P4VP-PDMS) block copolymers with
tetracyanoquinodimethane (TCNQ) was investigated by using thermal grav
imetric analysis (TGA). The results show that both TCNQ simple and com
plex salts of polymers are thermally stable up to 800 degrees C and de
pending on the amount of added neutral TCNQ, the residual product incr
eased up to 75%.