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Pendent Polyimides using Mellitic Acid Dianhydride. I. An Atomic Oxygen-resistant, Pendent 4,4'-ODA/PMDA/MADA Co-polyimide Containing Zirconium

Department of Chemistry, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, 14623, USA

Huixiong Dai

Department of Chemistry, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, 14623, USA

Russell A. Stapleton

Department of Chemistry, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, 14623, USA

Marvin L. Illingsworth

Department of Chemistry, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, 14623, USA, mlisch{at}rit.edu

Emilie J. Siochi

NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, 23681-2199, USA

The goal of this research is to increase the metal-organic concentration in Kapton-like polyimides (PIs) to achieve increased atomic oxygen (AO) resistance while retaining desirable film properties. Co-polyamic acid (PAA) precursors were prepared using a novel polymer building block, mellitic acid dianhydride (MADA), to provide sites for pendent group attachment. Attachment of an amino group-functionalized zirconium complex to the co-PAA precursors was facilitated by a stoichiometric amount of dicyclohexylcarbodiimide. The viscous solutions which resulted were characterized by thin layer chromatography (TLC), viscosity, and gel permeation chromatography (GPC), or treated with excess poor solvent to precipitate powder samples, or cast onto glass slides and heated to produce imidized films. Powder samples were dissolved in deuterated solvent for proton nuclear magnetic resonance analysis, or characterized by thermogravimetric analysis and differential scanning calorimetry. Film samples were characterized by Fourier transform infrared and by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) before and after exposure to atomic oxygen in a plasma asher. The spectroscopic data are consistent with the expected amic acid and imide, pendent and non-pendent structures. TLC, viscosity and GPC results confirm the polymeric nature of the pendent and non-pendent co-PAA precursors, with inherent viscosities (<₀)of 0.76 and 0.65 and weight average molecular weights (M_w) estimated to be 61 000 and 138 000 Dalton, respectively. As expected, visual and SEM inspections of pendent and non-pendent co-PI films reveal extensive surface roughening upon exposure to AO, with the former developing a white surface layer known from model compound studies to be predominantly zirconium dioxide. Additional reports describing the effects of polymer structure and pendent group concentration on film properties and AO resistance are in preparation.

Key Words: mellitic acid dianhydride • benzenehexacarboxylic acid dianhydride • polyimide • pendent • atomic oxygen • zirconium

This version was published on August 1, 2006

High Performance Polymers, Vol. 18, No. 4, 399-419 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/0954008305055012


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