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Phase behavior of poly(pyromellitimide)s having (n-alkyloxy)methyl side chains (-CH2OCmH2m+1, m=4, 6, 8) has been studied by wide angle X-ray scattering, differential scanning calorimetry and 13C solid-state NMR. While there are no observable transitions in the polymers bearing short side chain(m=4, 6), there is one transition in the polymer bearing the longest side chain(m=8), which is assigned to mesophase-mesophase transition. All the samples show layered mesophase at room temperature, in which the side chains are amorphous but the main chains form two-dimensional crystals in each layer. In the polymer bearing the longest side chain(m=8), it shows another layered mesophase at high temperature. In the high temperature mesophase, the main chains do not form two-dimensional crystals in each layer; only the lateral packing of the main chains remains undisrupted.
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Received: 7 July 2000/Accepted: 22 September 2000
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Kim, H., Choi, YJ., Jung, J. et al. Phase behavior of poly (pyromellitimide)s having flexible (n-alkyloxy)methyl side chains. Polymer Bulletin 45, 253–258 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002890070028
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002890070028