Yu Shao, Yan-feng Li, Xin Zhao
Dec 1, 2006
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Journal of Polymer Science Part A
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A new aromatic, unsymmetrical ether diamine with a trifluoromethyl pendent group, 1,4-(2′-trifluoromethyl-4′,4″-diaminodiphenoxy)benzene, was successfully synthesized in three steps with hydroquinone as a starting material and polymerized with various aromatic tetracarboxylic acid dianhydrides, including 4,4′-oxydiphthalic anhydride, 3,3′,4,4′-benzophenone tetracarboxylic dianhydride, 2,2′-bis(3,4-dicarboxyphenyl)-hexafluoropropane dianhydride, and pyromellitic dianhydride, via a conventional two-step thermal or chemical imidization method to produce a series of fluorinated polyimides. The polyimides were characterized with solubility tests, viscosity measurements, IR, 1H NMR, and 13C NMR spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction studies, and thermogravimetric analysis. The polyimides had inherent viscosities of 0.56–0.77 dL/g and were easily dissolved in both polar, aprotic solvents and common, low-boiling-point solvents. The resulting strong and flexible polyimide films exhibited excellent thermal stability, with decomposition temperatures (at 5% weight loss) above 522 °C and glass-transition temperatures in the range of 232–272 °C. Moreover, the polymer films showed outstanding mechanical properties, with tensile strengths of 74.5–121.7 MPa, elongations at break of 6–13%, and initial moduli of 1.46–1.95 GPa, and good dielectric properties, with low dielectric constants of 1.82–2.53 at 10 MHz. Wide-angle X-ray diffraction measurements revealed that these polyimides were predominantly amorphous. These outstanding combined features ensure that the polymers are desirable candidate materials for advanced microelectronic applications. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 44: 6836–6846, 2006