Dynamooptical and electrooptical properties of poly(methylphenylsiloxane) in solution and bulk

Abstract

The dynamooptical, electrooptical, and hydrodynamic properties of a low-molecular-mass poly(methylphenylsiloxane) containing 33% phenyl radicals (with respect to the total amount of side groups) in dilute solutions and in bulk are studied. The size of macromolecules, as well as the molecular mass of the polymer, its shear optical coefficients Δn/Δτ = (0.29 ± 0.3) × 10−10 (in decalin) and (0.43 ± 0.03) × 10−10 cm s2/g (in bulk), and the specific Kerr constants K = (2.30 ± 0.02) × 10−12 (in benzene), (2.23 ± 0.02) × 10−12 (in decalin), and (2.24 ± 0.09) × 10−12 cm5/[g (300 V)2] (in bulk), are estimated and compared with the corresponding characteristics of poly(dimethylsiloxane). The effect of solvents on the intramolecular mobility, optical anisotropy, and dipole structure of polymer macromolecules is considered.