Thermal effects on the optical spectra of a polydiacetylene: Poly{1,2-bis [4- (isopropylcarbamoyloxy) -n-butyl]-1-buten-3-ynylene}

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Abstract
The reflection spectra of single crystals of the polydiacetylene, IPUDO [R= (CH2)4OCONHCH (CH3)2], were measured between 25° C and 160° C. A nearly reversible thermochromic change is observed together with a variation of hysteresis upon cycling. The latter is attributed to annealing that permits the pendant groups to adopt a conformation which favors the butatriene‐type configuration of the polymer at high temperatures. Intensities of the high and low temperature spectra obtained by Kramers–Kronig transforms are in excellent agreement with the spectral intensities of polydiacetylenes which are prototypes for the two configurations.