Abstract
AbstractTemperature depenences of the pitch of cholesteric helix in solutions of poly(y‐benzyl‐L‐glutamate) in N,N‐dimethylformamide and N‐methyl‐2‐pyrrolidone were measured for various molar masses of poly(γ‐benzyl‐L‐glutamate). It was found that in N‐methyl‐2‐pyrrolidone inversion of the cholesteric helix takes place, i. e., that the right‐handed helix changes to the lefthanded one. By using an equation derived by Kimura, the temperatures at which the system has a nematic order were determined. The results obtained allow the statement that an important role in the inversion of the cholesteric helix in poly(γ‐benzyl‐L‐glutamate) solutions is played by conformational changes in side chains of the polypeptide molecule.
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