Abstract:Solutions of a binaphthoxy phosphazene copolymer (containing chiral 2,2 0 -dioxy-1,1 0 -binaphthyl units with 50% R and S configurations distributed along the chains) in N-methyl pyrrolidone were studied by means of continuous flow experiments and small amplitude oscillatory flow tests. A sudden viscosity decrease was observed in the polymer concentration range (39-40 wt %), evidencing a liquid-crystalline polymer behavior. This has been confirmed by other rheological methods which have demonstrated that, for … Show more
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