Low Water Absorption (low + water_absorption)

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Selected Abstracts


Synthesis, characterization, and comparison of properties of novel fluorinated poly(imide siloxane) copolymers

JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE, Issue 3 2008
Anindita Ghosh
Abstract Four new poly(imide siloxane) copolymers were prepared by a one-pot solution imidization method at a reaction temperature of 180°C in ortho -dichlorobenzene as a solvent. The polymers were made through the reaction of o -diphthaleic anhydride with four different diamines,4,4,-bis(p -aminophenoxy-3,3,-trifluoromethyl) terphenyl, 4,4,-bis(3,-trifluoromethyl- p -aminobiphenyl ether)biphenyl, 2,6-bis(3,-trifluoromethyl- p -aminobiphenyl ether)pyridine, and 2,5-bis(3,-trifluoromethyl- p -aminobiphenylether)thiopene,and aminopropyl-terminated poly dimethylsiloxane as a comonomer. The polymers were named 1a, 1b, 1c, and 1d, respectively. The synthesized polymers showed good solubility in different organic solvents. The resulting polymers were well characterized with gel permeation chromatography, IR, and NMR techniques. 1H-NMR indicated that the siloxane loading was about 36%, although 40 wt % was attempted. 29Si-NMR confirmed that the low siloxane incorporation was due to a disproportionation reaction of the siloxane chain that resulted in a lowering of the siloxane block length. The films of these polymers showed low water absorption of 0.02% and a low dielectric constant of 2.38 at 1 MHz. These polyimides showed good thermal stability with decomposition temperatures (5% weight loss) up to 460°C in nitrogen. Transparent, thin films of these poly(imide siloxane)s exhibited tensile strengths up to 30 MPa and elongations at break up to 103%, which depended on the structure of the repeating unit. The rheological properties showed ease of processability for these polymers with no change in the melt viscosity with the temperature. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2008 [source]


Recent advancement on polybenzoxazine,A newly developed high performance thermoset

JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE (IN TWO SECTIONS), Issue 21 2009
Yusuf Yagci
Abstract Polybenzoxazine is a newly developed addition polymerized phenolic system, having a wide range of interesting features and the capability to overcome several shortcomings of conventional novolac and resole type phenolic resins. They exhibit (i) near zero volumetric change upon curing, (ii) low water absorption, (iii) for some polybenzoxazines Tg much higher than cure temperature, (iv) high char yield, (v) no strong acid catalysts required for curing, (vi) release of no byproduct during curing and also possess thermal and flame retarding properties of phenolics along with the mechanical performance. Though benzoxazine based materials possess several advantages, they have not yet became very attractive to the industries. To improve the mechanical properties and processibility several strategies have been reported including (i) synthesis of benzoxazine monomers with additional functionality, (ii) incorporation of benzoxazine in polymer chain, and (iii) benzoxazine based composites or alloys. In this article, we have discussed about the recent development of benzoxazine chemistry. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 47: 5565,5576, 2009 [source]


Soluble fluorinated polyimides derived from 1,4- (4,-aminophenoxy)-2-(3,-trifluoromethylphenyl)benzene and aromatic dianhydrides

JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE (IN TWO SECTIONS), Issue 14 2001
Hongwei Zhou
Abstract New fluorinated aromatic polyimides were prepared from 1,4-(4,-aminophenoxy)-2-(3,-trifluoromethylphenyl)benzene and aromatic dianhydrides via the polycondensation of one-step high-temperature and two-step thermal or chemical imidization methods. Experimental results indicated that some of the polyimides were soluble both in strong dipolar solvents (N -methyl-2-pyrrolidone or N,N -dimethylacetamide) and in common organic solvents such as tetrahydrofuran, CHCl3, and acetone. The polyimides showed exceptional thermal and thermooxidative stability and good mechanical properties. No weight loss was detected before a temperature of 520 °C in nitrogen, and the glass-transition temperatures ranged from 208 to 251 °C. Low dielectric constants (2.55,2.71 at 1 MHz), low refractive indices, and low water absorption were also observed. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 39: 2404,2413, 2001 [source]


Novel Soluble Polyimide Containing 4- tert- Butyltoluene Moiety: Synthesis and Characterization

CHINESE JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY, Issue 11 2009
Chenyi Wang
Abstract Based on the synthesis of a rigid aromatic diamine, ,,, -bis(4-aminophenyl)-4-(t- butyl)toluene (1), a novel polyimide (PI) 3 was prepared from this diamine monomer and 4,4,-oxydiphthalic dianhydride via a one-step high-temperature polycondensation. FT-IR, 1H NMR and elemental analysis were used to investigate the chemical structures of 1 and 3. The results confirmed that they agreed with the proposed structures for both 1 and 3 completely. The obtained PI 3 showed excellent solubility in most common solvents such as N -methyl-2-pyrrolidinone, N,N -dimethylacetamide, N,N -dimethylformamide, chloroform, dichloromethane and tetrahydrofuran. The resulting strong and flexible film exhibited high thermal stability with the glass transition temperature at 317°C and the temperature at 10% weight loss beyond 519°C in both air and nitrogen atmospheres. Moreover, the film also showed high optical transparency, low dielectric constant (3.13 at 1 MHz), low water absorption (0.40%) and hydrophobic character. [source]