Experimental Methods for Studying Equilibrium and Kinetic Rigidity of Polymers in Solution

Abstract

Extensive literature is devoted to structural studies of organic compounds, of polysaccharides in particular. A broad spectrum of the relevant methods involves the traditional, chemical ones which include identification and protection of functional groups, selective bond scission, total and partial hydrolysis, etc., as well as modern physical methods, viz. UV-, IR-, and Raman spectroscopy, NMR-spectroscopy, crystallography and electronography, optical rotatory dispersion, etc. Reference can be made to “Elucidation of Structures by Physical and Chemical Methods” (ed. K. W. Bentley, Interscience) and to “Cellulose and its Derivatives” (eds. N. Bikales, L. Segal).