Atactic polystyrene-carbon disulfide gels

FRA Francois, J., Gan, J.Y.S., and Guenet, J.M., Sol-gel transition and phase diagram of the system atactic polystyrene-carbon disulfide, A/ocrowo/eew/es, 19,2755,1986. 

A. Hiltner Yes. You just made an important point which is that this is a general phenomenon and should nc% be considered as typical of atactic polystyrene in carbon disulfide. Because the solvent obviously affects the thermodynamics, if one finds the proper solvent, any polymer should gel. Your other point which is that it could be intra- as well as intermolecular is absolutely correct, and we just see the manifestation as gelation when it s intermolecular and forms a netwtnk. That s why the overlap is necessary. 

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