Issue 65, 2017, Issue in Progress

High performance polyimides with good solubility and optical transparency formed by the introduction of alkyl and naphthalene groups into diamine monomers

Abstract

Three kinds of naphthalene-containing diamines with –H, –CH3 or –CH(CH3)2 substituents at the ortho-positions of the aniline ring including 4,4′-(naphthalen-1-ylmethylene)dianiline (BAN-1), 4,4′-(naphthalen-1-ylmethylene)bis(2,6-dimethylaniline) (BAN-2) and 4,4′-(naphthalen-1-ylmethylene)bis(2,6-diisopropylaniline) (BAN-3) were synthesized via a simple one-step electrophilic substitution reaction. These diamines were then reacted with three commercial dianhydrides, via chemical imidization under microwave irradiation, to obtain nine types of polyimide (PI). It was found that the introduction of alkyl side groups can improve the solubility and optical transparency of PIs. Moreover, compared with BAN-2 based PIs containing –CH3 groups, BAN-3 based PIs containing –CH(CH3)2 groups exhibited better solubility and optical transparency (transmittances at 450 nm of over 86%). Meanwhile, due to the presence of the rigid naphthalene side groups, all the PIs possessed high thermal stability with a glass transition temperature (Tg) of over 290 °C and a decomposition temperature at 5% weight loss of over 510 °C under nitrogen. Furthermore, the Tg of PI-2B composed of BAN-2 and 3,3′,4,4′-biphenyltetracarboxylic dianhydride (BPDA) was found to be as high as 387 °C, which is comparable to that of the commercial and conventional PI material (Kapton®, Tg = 390 °C).

Graphical abstract: High performance polyimides with good solubility and optical transparency formed by the introduction of alkyl and naphthalene groups into diamine monomers

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
28 Jun 2017
Accepted
27 Jul 2017
First published
22 Aug 2017
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

RSC Adv., 2017,7, 40996-41003

High performance polyimides with good solubility and optical transparency formed by the introduction of alkyl and naphthalene groups into diamine monomers

T. Li, H. Huang, L. Wang and Y. Chen, RSC Adv., 2017, 7, 40996 DOI: 10.1039/C7RA07142F

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