Polymers containing iptycenes.

TitlePolymers containing iptycenes.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2001
AuthorsSwager, TM, Long, TM, Williams, V, Yang, J-S
JournalPolymeric Materials Science and Engineering
Volume84
Pagination304–305
ISSN0743-0515
Keywordspolyarylene polyacetylene prepn property, polyiptycene prepn property, triptycene contg polymer
Abstract

Recent research on producing polyiptycenes (polymers contg. triptycene units in the backbone) is discussed. The highly rigid structure of these polymers provides large degrees of free vol. and a host of novel properties. [on SciFinder(R)]