EXAFS evidence for local order in the ionic aggregates of halato-telechelic polymers

Abstract
The ionic aggregates in bulk halato-telechelic polymers, a class of ion-containing polymers with well controlled molecular characteristics, have a high degree of local order, as shown by EXAFS spectroscopy. In zinc neutralized carboxy telechelic polybutadiene each cation is surrounded by an average of 6 oxygen neighbours as well as by a second shell of up to 5 zinc atoms at a distance of 3.22 ± 0.02 A. The influence of humidity during sample preparation and elaboration is also investigated