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The results of a preliminary study of the structure and morphology of a 100% crystalline polydiacetylene (pTS) have been presented. The crystals of the polymer have been prepared by solution crystallization of the monomer and subsequent thermal polymerization. They have been obtained in various morphological forms which include thin films, thin lamellae and fibrillar sections cleaved from macroscopic crystals. These various morphologies all have the polymer molecules in a chain-extended conformation and the polymer molecules lie in the plane of the thin crystals or sections. These morphologies are compared with the morphologies of conventional chain-folded semicrystalline polymers and they offer a unique opportunity to study new aspects of the structure and deformation of polymer crystals.
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Read, R.T., Young, R.J. Extended-chain polydiacetylene crystals. J Mater Sci 14, 1968–1974 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00551039
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