Abstract
A comparison between a thianthrenic polymer and the parent poly(p-phenylene sulfide) is presented on the basis of electrical and infrared properties. Evidence that the polyheterocycle has a higher conductivity after doping with different amounts of SbCl5 is reported. In this doped polymer significant spectral modifications are also observed, mostly around 1100 cm−1. On the contrary the spectral profile of poly(p-phenylene sulfide) remains nearly unchanged at all doping concentrations.