INCORPORATION OF METAL IONS INTO POLYPHENYLQUINOXALINE

FeCl_3·6H_2O, NiCl_2, CuCl_2, ZnCl_2 and CrCl_3 have been incorporated into polyphenylquinoxaline by a new method. High-quality, flexible, glass-cast films have been obtained which exhibit increased glass transition temperature and excellent thermal stability. Moduli and tensile strengths of the metal-containing polyphenylquinoxaline films increase surprisingly at elevated temperature. Electrical resistivities of these films fall in the same order range as polyphenylquinoxaline alone. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic study of metal-containing polyphcnylquinoxaiine films shows that all metals in these films are present in the ionic state, there is charge transfer between nitrogen of polyphenylquinoxaline and Cu~(2+), Zn~(2+) of CuCl_2, ZnCl_2 containing polyphenylquinoxaline films.

INCORPORATION OF METAL IONS INTO POLYPHENYLQUINOXALINE*

 FeCl³·6H²O, NiCl², CuCl², ZnCl² and CrCl³ have been incorporated into polyphenylquinoxaline by a new method. High-quality, flexible, glass-cast films have been obtained which exhibit increased glass transition temperature and excellent thermal stability. Moduli and tensile strengths of the metal-containing polyphenylquinoxaline films increase surprisingly at elevated temperature. Electrical resistivities of these films fall in the same order range as polyphenylquinoxaline alone. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic study of metal-containing polyphenylquinoxaline films shows that all metals in these films are present in the ionic state,there is charge transfer between nitrogen of polyphentlquinoxaline and Cu²⁺,Zn²⁺ of CuCl²,ZnCl² containing polyphentlquimoxaline films.