1st Edition

Polyimides and Other High Temperature Polymers: Synthesis, Characterization and Applications, Volume 3

Edited By Kash L. Mittal Copyright 2005
570 Pages
by CRC Press

570 Pages
by CRC Press

This volume chronicles the proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Polyimides and Other High Temperature Polymers: Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications, held in Orlando, December 17-19, 2003. This volume is divided into three parts. Part 1. “Synthesis, Properties and Bulk Characterization”; Part 2 “Hybrids and Composites” and Part 3 “Applications and General... Read more

Preface

Part 1. Synthesis, Properties and Bulk Characterization

Water as solvent in polyimide synthesis: Thermoset and thermoplastic examples

J. Chiefari, B. Dao, A. M. Groth and J. H. Hodgkin

Synthesis and properties of polyimides derived from 2-diphenyl methoxy-4,6-diamino-1 ,3,5-triazine and aromatic tetracarboxylic dianhydrides

M. Padmanabha Raju, S. Alam and G. N. Mathur

New organo-soluble polyimides based on 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene derivatives

A. L. Rusanov, L. G. Komarova, M.P. Prigozhina, V. A. Tartakovskiy, S. A. Shevelev, M. D. Dutov, A. Kh. Shakhnes, 0. V. Serushkina, S. S. Vorob'ev, M. ]. M. Abadie and V. Yu. Voitekunas

Properties of vapor-deposited polyimides

D. R. Harding, F.-Y. Tsai, E. L. Alfonso, S. H. Chen, A. K. Knight and T. N. Blanton

Structure/property correlations in new adamantane-based polyimides and copolyimides

T. E. Sukhanova, I. V. Gofman, A. I. Grigoriev, M. E. Vylegzhanina, D. V. Novikov, B. S. Orlinson and I. A. Novakov

Structure-property relationships as determined in PMDA-ODA polyimide processed by powder metallurgy techniques

T. D. Krizan, V. A. Bershtein, T. E. Sukhanova, M. Y. Keating, A. E. Bursian, A. I. Grigoriev, V. M. Egorov, M. E. Vylegzhanina and P. N. Yakushev

Porosity and functionality in polyimides: Effects of dendrimer substitution and chemical imidization in a supercritical medium

Z. Jia, Y. Gu and M. P. Srinivasan Ill

Synthesis and characterization of novel bismaleimides

S. Anu Abirami, S. Alam and G. N. Mathur

Preparation and properties of epoxy/maleimide compounds and their cured resins

Y.-L. Liu, Y.-J. Chen, Y.-H. Wang and C.-S. Wu

Synthesis and characterization of polybenzimidazopyrrolones based on pyridine-bridged aromatic tetraamines and dianhydrides

J.-G. Liu, L.-F. Wang, L. Fan and S.-Y. Yang

Synthesis and characterization of novel heterocyclic-ring-based poly( arylene ether)s

R. Dubey, S. Alam and G. N. Mathur 175

Cyclic aromatic polyethers

H. R. Kricheldorf, M. Garaleh, L. Vakhtangishvili and G. Schwarz

Part 2. Hybrids and Composites

Fluoro-poly( ether imide )s and fluoro-poly( ether imide)/ organa-soluble MMT clay nanocomposites: Synthesis, fabrication, characterization and thermal degradation kinetics study of their films

R. H. Vora, P. D. Sawant, S. H. Goh and M. Vora

Characterization and degradation of acidic fluorinated poly(amide-imide)s and their hybrids with silica

T. C. Chang, C. C. Shih and G. P. Wang

Poly(amide-imide) nanocomposites for high-temperature wire coatings

A. Ranade, N. A. D'Souza and B. Gnade

Influence of crystallinity of R-BAPB-type polyimide matrix on thermal and mechanical properties of carbon-fiber-reinforced composites

V. E. Yudin, V. M. Svetlichnyi, G. N. Gubanova, A. L. Didenko, E. N. Popova, T. E. Sukhanova, A. I. Grigoriev, T. A. Kostereva, I. Arbel and G. Marom

Viscoelastic properties of polyimide--silica ceramers imidized under different curing conditions

A. A. M. Ali, F. Al-Sagheer and Z. Ahmad

Transport of low-molecular-weight compounds in silicalpolyimide hybrids

P. Musto, S. Cotugno, G. Mensitieri and F. Lenzi

Part 3. Applications and General Papers

Peculiarities of segmental dynamics in complex polyimide materials for advanced technologies

V. A. Bershtein, L. David, V. M. Ef?orov, P. Pissis, P. Sysel and P. N. Yakushev

A new class of photoalignable polyimides with high photosensitivity

Z.-X. Zhong, X. Li, S. H. Lee and M.-H. Lee

Enhancing the photoconductivity of polyimides by incorporating intrinsic chromophore units

B.-K. Zhu, Y.-Y. Xu and Z.-K. Xu

Polyimide as a tunneling barrier in single-electron tunneling junctions

Y. Noguchi, T. Manaka and M. Iwamoto

Preparation and performance of ultrafiltration membranes from polyetherimide and its sulfonated derivatives

Z.-K. Xu, L.-S. Wan and Q. Yang

Design and properties of polymer materials with high glass-transition temperatures for nonlinear optical applications

C. Samyn, G. Koeckelherghs, T. Verhiest and A. Persoons

Alignment of SWNTs in lyotropic rigid-rod polymer compositions

T. D. Dang, S. Kumar, T. Uchida, K. L. Strong and N. Venkatasuhramanian

Adhesion of copper to UV photo-oxidized polyimide (PMDA-ODA) surfaces

U. Sener, A. Entenherg, B. Kahn, F. D. Egitto, L. J. Matienzo, T. Dehies and G. A. Takacs

Polyimide erosion in a low Earth orbit space environment simulated by a laser detonation atomic oxygen beam facility

M. Tagawa and K. Yokota

Biography

Kash L. Mittal

'Papers are well documented and illustrated with photos, charts and data, and references. For those researchers involved with these high performance polymers, this book is RECOMMENDED' Adhesives & Sealants Newsletter, November 2005