“…However, the working principles of this approach are not yet fully understood [15]. In the continuation of previous studies [16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23], we focused on the photostabilization of PVC using 1,3,4-thiadiazole compounds. To our knowledge, there has been no attempt to investigate the photostabilization of PVC films by Schiff bases containing four 1,3,4-thiadiazole rings; therefore, in this study, we report the design of the Schiff bases and the study of their use as a photostabilizing reagents.…”