Rigid backbone polymers

In view of the high conductivities observed with these rigid backbone polymers, it is interpreted that flexibility of the backbone need not be a critical fac-... 

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Aharoni SM, Walsh EK (1979) Rigid backbone polymers. 4. Solution properties of two lyotropic mesomorphic poly(isocyanates). Macromolecules 12 271-276... 

S.M. Aharoni, "Rigid Backbone Polymers, XVII Solution Viscosity of Polydisperse Systems," Polymer, 21, 1413-1422 (1980). 

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Aharoni, Sh.M. Walsh, E.K. (1979). Rigid backbone polymers. HI. Partitioning of isocyanate polymers between isotropac and anisotropic phases.. Polym. Sci. Polym. Lett Ed., Vol. 17, pp. 321-327. 

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Rigid backbone polymers are typically difficult to dissolve. A significant application of lyotropic polymer solutions is the nematic spinning dope... 

Reprinted from Polymer, vol. 21, Aharoni, S. M. Rigid Backbone Polymers XVII. Solution Viscosity of Polydisperse Systems, pp. 1413-1422, Copyright 1980, with kind permission from Elsevier Science Ltd., The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington 0X5 1GB, UK. 

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