TY - JOUR A1 - Okatova, Olga V. A1 - Andreeva, Katharina A. A1 - Schulz, Burkhard T1 - Thermal hydrolytic degradation of polyoxadiazole derivatives Y1 - 1996 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Okatova, Olga V. A1 - Andreeva, Katharina A. A1 - Schulz, Burkhard A1 - Lavrenko, Peter N. T1 - Degradation of poly(m-phenylene oxadiazole) in concentrated sulfuric acid Y1 - 1999 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Lavrenko, Peter N. A1 - Okatova, Olga V. A1 - Schulz, Burkhard A1 - Andreeva, Katharina A. A1 - Strelina, Irina A. T1 - Hydrodynamic and dynamo-optical properties of poly(1,3-phenylene-1,3,4-oxadiazole) molecules in sulphuric acid N2 - Translational diffusion of the macromolecules, intrinsic viscosity and flow birefringence induced in dilute solutions of poly(1,3-phenylene-1,3,4-oxadiazole) (PMOD) in conc. sulphuric acid has been investigated. Molecular-weight dependences of hydrodynamic and dynamo-optical properties are established over the M range from 8.1 103 to 87 103. Experimental data agree well with the theories developed for translational friction and intrinsic viscosity of the wormlike chains with the following molecular parameters: mass per chain unit ML = 22.7 Dalton/Å, the Kuhn segment length A = 59 ± 4 Å, the chain diameter d = 4 ± 1.5 Å. Hindrance to intramolecular rotation is characterized by the parameter s = 1.7. The shear optical coefficient was found to be approximately 1.7 times lower the value of that obtained in the same solvent for the para-phenylene isomer of this polymer, being in good agreement with higher equilibrium flexibility of the PMOD molecule chains in solutions as determined herein from the hydrodynamic data. Y1 - 1999 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Lavrenko, Peter N. A1 - Andreeva, Katharina A. A1 - Strelina, Irina A. A1 - Garmonova, Tatjana I. A1 - Schulz, Burkhard T1 - Optical anisotropy and flexibility of poly(m-phenylene oxadiazole) in sulfuric acid Y1 - 1999 ER -