DIMENSIONS OF ATACTIC POLY（α-METHYLSTYRENE） CHAINS WITH SIDE GROUPS

An improved configurational-confomational statistical method is developed and the mean-square radius of gyration for atactic poly(α-methylstyrene)(PαMS)chains is studied,in which the effect of large side groups is considered. The deduced formulas,based on the rotational isomer state theory,are used to investigate the configuration-dependent properties of the atactic polymer chain,and the statistical correlation of the unperturbed polymer chain dimension and structure parameters are calculated.For the fraction of meso dyads w_m=0.4,the dependence of the radius of gyration R_g and the intrinsic viscosity[η]on the molecule mass M are R_g=2.63×10~(-2) M~(0.50) nm and[η]=7.36×10~(-2) M~(0.497),respectively, which are in agreement with the previous experimental data for the PαMS samples.A small hump is detected in the curve of the characteristic ratio of the unperturbed mean-square radius of gyration versus the chain length for short PαMS chains.The R_g increases linearly with the temperature T,and the effects of the chain length and the tacticity on the temperature coefficient are remarkable.These are quite different from the results for PαMS chains not considering side groups or for the monosubstituted polystyrene chain.

Dimensions of Atactic Poly(a-Methylstyrene) Chains with Side Groups

 An improved configurational-confomational statistical method is developed and the mean-square radius of gyration for atactic poly(-methylstyrene)(PMS) chains is studied, in which the effect of large side groups is considered. The deduced formulas, based on the rotational isomer state theory, are used to investigate the configuration-dependent properties of the atactic polymer chain, and the statistical correlation of the unperturbed polymer chain dimension and structure parameters are calculated. For the fraction of meso dyads wm = 0.4, the dependence of the radius of gyration Rg and the intrinsic viscosity [] on the molecule mass M are Rg = 2.63 102 M0.50 nm and [] = 7.36  102 M0.497, respectively, which are in agreement with the previous experimental data for the PMS samples. A small hump is detected in the curve of the characteristic ratio of the unperturbed mean-square radius of gyration versus the chain length for short PMS chains. The Rg increases linearly with the temperature T, and the effects of the chain length and the tacticity on the temperature coefficient are remarkable. These are quite different from the results for PMS chains not considering side groups or for the monosubstituted polystyrene chain.