Tv. Filippova et al., DYNAMO-OPTICAL AND CONFORMATIONAL PROPERTIES OF POLY(BIPHENYLSULFONETEREPHTHALAMIDE) IN CONCENTRATED SULFURIC-ACID, Macromolecular chemistry and physics, 198(6), 1997, pp. 1843-1854
Optical and hydrodynamic properties of poly(biphenylsulfoneterephthala
mide) (PPhSTPhA) (systematic IUPAC name: rephthaloylimino-2,2'-sulfony
lbiphenyl-4,4'-diyl)) in sulfuric acid were investigated by means of f
low birefringence and viscometry. Analysis of experimental molecular w
eight dependence on the shear optical coefficient made it possible to
determine optical anisotropy of a monomer segment and a monomeric unit
and the rigidity of the macromolecules. It was established that the m
olecules of this heterocyclic polyamide have the conformation of a kin
etically rigid coil.