Polymer composed of macromolecules containing exclusively alternating phenylene or substituted phenylene and ethynediyl (formerly ethynylene) constitutional repeating units in the backbone:
where
\(\ce{R^{1}}\),
\(\ce{R^{2}}\),
\(\ce{R^{3}}\) and
\(\ce{R^{4}}\) are each hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, halogen, trialkylsilyl etc. (structure-based polymer class name).
Source:
PAC, 2022, 94, 15. 'Glossary of terms relating to electronic, photonic and magnetic properties of polymers (IUPAC Recommendations 2021)' on page 59 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2020-0501)