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Melt-Processable Semicrystalline Polyimides Based on 1,4-Bis(3,4-dicarboxyphenoxy)benzene Dianhydride (HQDPA):
Hongfei Zhang1,2, Wei Wang3, Guofei Chen4
1Key Laboratory of Additive Manufacturing Materials of Zhejiang Province, Ningbo Institute of Material Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1219 Zhongguan West Rd, Zhenhai District, Ningbo 315201, Zhejiang, China. zhanghf@nimte.ac.cn.
Abstract:
It is a great challenge to develop semicrystalline polyimides exhibited significant recrystallization ability and fast crystallization kinetics from the melt. A series of semicrystalline polyimides based on 1,4-bis(3,4-dicarboxyphenoxy)benzene dianhydride (HQDPA) and different diamines, including 1,3-bis(4-aminophenoxy)benzene (TPER), 1,4-bis(4-aminophenoxy)benzene (TPEQ), 4,4'-oxydianiline (4,4'-ODA) and 4,4'-bis(4-aminophenoxy)biphenyl (BAPB), end capped with phthalic anhydride were synthesized. Crystallization and melting behaviors were investigated by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The polyimide derived from HQDPA/TPER (PI-1) exhibited a glass transition temperature (Tg) at 190 °C and double melting temperatures (Tms) at 331 °C and 350 °C, and the polyimide derived from HQDPA/TPEQ (PI-2) displayed a Tg at 214 °C and a Tm at 388 °C. PI-1 and PI-2 showed significant recrystallization ability from melt and high crystallization rate by isothermal crystallization kinetics study, while polyimides based on 4,4'-ODA and BAPB lost crystallizability once taken to the melt. These polyimides also exhibited excellent thermo-oxidative stability with 5% weight loss temperature higher than 500 °C and good mechanical properties with tensile moduli of 2.0⁻3.3 GPa, tensile strengths of 85⁻105 MPa and elongations at break of 5⁻18%. PI-1 also possessed outstanding melt flowability with less than 300 Pa·s around 370 °C by rheological measurements.
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