N. Tanigaki et al., EPITAXIAL-GROWTH OF POLYSILANES ON FRICTION-TRANSFERRED POLY(DIMETHYLSILYLENE) FILM, Molecular crystals and liquid crystals science and technology. Section A, Molecular crystals and liquid crystals, 294, 1997, pp. 39-42
Highly oriented poly(dimethylsilylene) films, which were prepared by f
riction-transfer technique, have an ability of orienting soluble polys
ilanes. Solution-cast films of polysilanes on the friction-transferred
film were oriented. The oriented films were characterized by polarize
d ultraviolet absorption spectroscopy. Several soluble polysilanes wer
e poly(di-n-hexylsilylene) and poly(methyl-n-propylsilylene) had highe
r orientation. Their main chains were arranged along the main chains o
f the poly(dimethylsilylene).