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Ken JohnsChemical and PolymerWindlesham, Surrey, England
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Contributors
Shinji Ando, Science and Core Technology Group, Nippon Telegraph andTelephone Corp. Musashino-shi, Tokyo 180, Japan. Present address: Departmentof Polymer Chemistry, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152,Japan
Karol Argasinski, Ausimont USA, Thorofare, New Jersey 08086
S. V. Babu, Department of Chemical Engineering, Clarkson University, Potsdam,New York 13699
Warren H. Buck, Ausimont USA, Thorofare, New Jersey 08086
Jeffrey D. Carbeck, Department of Chemical Engineering, MassachusettsInstitute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139. Present address:Department of Chemical Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NewJersey 08544
Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Maurice Morton Institute and Department of PolymerScience, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325-3909
Theodore Davidson, 109 Poe Road, Princeton, New Jersey 08540
C. R. Davis, IBM, Microelectronics Division, Hopewell Junction, New York12533
Ronald K. Eby, Institute of Polymer Science, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio44325
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F. D. Egitto, IBM, Microelectronics Division, Endicott, New York 13760
Barry L. Farmer, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Universityof Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903
Vassilios Galiatsatos, Maurice Morton Institute of Polymer Science, University ofAkron, Akron, Ohio 44325-3909. Present address: Huntsman Polymers Corpora-tion, Odessa, Texas 79766
Raj N. Gounder, The Boeing Company, Seattle, Washington 98 124-2499
Mark Grenfell, 3M Company, St. Paul, Minnesota 55144-1000
Frank. W. Harris, Maurice Morton Institute and Department of Polymer Science,University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325-3909
David B. Holt, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University ofVirginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903
Gareth Hougham, IBM, T. J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NewYork 10598
Ken Johns, Chemical and Polymer (UK), Windlesham, Surrey, GU20 6HR,United Kingdom
Fuming Li, Maurice Morton Institute and Department of Polymer Science,University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325-3909
Shiow-Ching Lin, Ausimont USA, Thorofare, New Jersey 08086
Roberta Marchetti, Centro Ricerche & Sviluppo, Ausimont S.p.A., 20021Bollate, Milan, Italy
Tohru Matsuura, Science and Core Technology Group, Nippon Telegraph andTelephone Corp., Musashino-shi, Tokyo 180, Japan
Re’gis Mercier, UMR 102, IFP/CNRS, 69390 Vernaison, France
Stefano Radice, Centro Ricerche & Sviluppo Ausimont S.p.A., 20021 Bollate,Milan, Italy
Paul Resnick, DuPont Fluoroproducts, Fayetteville, North Carolina 28306
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Gregory C. Rutledge, Department of Chemical Engineering, MassachusettsInstitute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
Aldo Sanguineti, Centro Ricerche & Sviluppo, Ausimont S.p.A., 20021 BollateMilan, Italy
Shigekuni Sasaki, Science and Core Technology Group, Nippon Telegraph andTelephone Corp., Musashino-shi, Tokyo 180, Japan
Massimo Scicchitano, Centro Ricerche & Sviluppo, Ausimont S.p.A., 20021Bollate, Milan, Italy
B. Jeffrey Sherman, Maurice Morton Institute of Polymer Science, University ofAkron, Akron, Ohio 44325-3909
Bernard Sillion, UMR 102, IFP/CNRS, 69390 Vernaison, France
Carrington D. Smith, UMR 102 IFP/CNS 69390 Vemaison, France. Presentaddress: Air Products and Chemicals Inc., Allentown, Pennsylvania 18195-1501
Gordon Stead, Chemical and Polymer (UK), Windlesham, Surrey, GU20 6HR,United Kingdom
William Tuminello, DuPont Company, Experimental Station, Wilmington, Dela-ware 19880-0356
Stefano Turri, Centro Ricerche & Sviluppo, Ausimont S.p.A., 20021 Bollate,Milan, Italy
Richard Thomas, DuPont, Jackson Laboratory, Deepwater, New Jersey 08023
Huges Waton, CNRS Service Central d’Analyses, 69390, Vemaison, France
David K. Weber, 101 County Shire Drive, Rochester, New York 14626
Sheldon M. Wecker, Abbot Laboratories, Abbott Park, Illinois 60064
Preface
The fluorine atom, by virtue of its electronegativity, size, and bond strength withcarbon, can be used to create compounds with remarkable properties. Smallmolecules containing fluorine have many positive impacts on everyday life ofwhich blood substitutes, pharmaceuticals, and surface modifiers are only a fewexamples.
Fluoropolymers, too, while traditionally associated with extreme high-performance applications have found their way into our homes, our clothing,and even our language. A recent American president was often likened to thetribology of PTFE.
Since the serendipitous discovery of Teflon at the DuPont Jackson Laboratoryin 1938, fluoropolymers have grown steadily in technological and marketplaceimportance. New synthetic fluorine chemistry, new processes, and new apprecia-tion of the mechanisms by which fluorine imparts exceptional properties allcontribute to accelerating growth in fluoropolymers.
There are many stories of harrowing close calls in the fluorine chemistry lab,especially from the early years, and synthetic challenges at times remain daunting.But, fortunately, modem techniques and facilities have enabled significant stridestoward taming both the hazards and synthetic uncertainties,
In contrast to past environmental problems associated with fluorocarbonrefrigerants, the exceptional properties of fluorine in polymers have greatenvironmental value. Some fluoropolymers are enabling green technologiessuch as hydrogen fuel cells for automobiles and oxygen-selective membranesfor cleaner diesel combustion.
Curiously, fluorine incorporation can result in property shifts to opposite endsof a performance spectrum. Certainly with reactivity, fluorine compounds occupytwo extreme positions, and this is true of some physical properties of fluoro-polymers as well. One example depends on the combination of the low electronicpolarizability and high dipole moment of the carbon–fluorine bond. At oneextreme, some fluoropolymers have the lowest dielectric constants known. Atthe other, closely related materials are highly capacitive and even piezoelectric.
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Much progress has been made in understanding the sometimes confoundingproperties of fluoropolymers. Computer simulation is now contributing to thiswith new fluorine force fields and other parameters, bringing realistic predictionwithin reach of the practicing physical chemist.
These two volumes attempt to bring together in one place the chemistry,physics, and engineering properties of fluoropolymers. The collection wasintended to provide balance between breadth and depth, with contributionsranging from the introduction of fluoropolymer structure-property relationships,to reviews of subfields, to more focused topical reports.
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Acknowledgments
Gareth Hougham thanks G. Teroso, IBM, K. C. Appleby, D. L. Wade, R. H.Henry, and IS. Howell.
Patrick Cassidy expresses his appreciation to the Robert A. Welch Foundation, theNational Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National Science Foundation,and the Institute for Environmental and Industrial Science at Southwest TexasState University.
Ken Johns thanks Diane Kendall and Catherine Haworth, Senior Librarian, of thePaint Research Association.
Theodore Davidson wishes to acknowledge his students and collaborators whohave shared in the work on polytetrafluoroethylene. Sincere thanks go to ProfessorBernhard Wunderlich for providing the stimulus for a career in polymer science.
Contents
I. Processing, Structure, and Properties
1. A Perspective on Solid State Microstructure inPolytetrafluoroethyleneTheodore Davidson, Raj N. Gounder,David K. Weber, and Sheldon M. Wecker1.1. Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.2. Background Information about PTFE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.3. Materials, Processing, and Measurement Methods. . . . . . . . . . . . 81.4. Wide-Angle X-Ray Diffraction: Line-Broadening for Crystallite
Size and Strain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.5. Morphology of PTFE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121.6. Orientation Measured from Inverse Pole Figures. . . . . . . . . . . . . 121.7. Orientation Measured by Broad-Line NMR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171.8. IR Dichroism of PTFE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171.9. Summary and Conclusions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211.10. References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
2. Teflon® AF: A Family of Amorphous Fluoropolymers withExtraordinary PropertiesPaul R. Resnick and Warren H. Buck2.1. Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252.2. Preparation Methods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262.3. Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282.4. Conclusion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332.5. References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
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3. Supercritical Fluids for Coatings-From Analysis to Xenon:A Brief OverviewKen Johns and Gordon Stead3.1. Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353.2. Supercritical Fluids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353.3. Solubility of Silicone and Fluoro Compounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373.4. Potential Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383.5. Xenon and Recycling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423.6. References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
4. Material Properties of Fluoropolymers and Perfluoroalkyl-BasedPolymersRichard R. Thomas4.1. Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474.2. Historical Perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484.3. The Carbon–Fluorine Bond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504.4. Chemical Inertness and Thermal Stability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534.5. Friction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534.6. Repellency. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 554.7. Electrooptical Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 634.8. Conclusions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 654.9. References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
5. Excimer Laser-Induced Ablation of DopedPoly(Tetrafluoroethylene)C. R. Davis, F. D. Egitto, and S. V. Babu5.1. Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
5.1.1. Material Processing Challenges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 695.1.2. Excimer Lasers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
5.2. Laser Ablation of Neat PTFE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 735.3. Doping of Neat PTFE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 795.4. Laser Ablation of Doped PTFE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
5.4.1. Effect of Dopant Concentration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 895.4.2. Threshold Fluence versus Absorption Coefficient . . . . . . . 995.4.3. Optimizing Absorption Coefficient . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1005.4.4. Modeling Ablation Rates of Blends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1015.4.5. Subthreshold Fluence Phenomena . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
5.5. Summary and Conclusions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1065.6. References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
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6. Novel Solvent and Dispersant Systems for Fluoropolymers andSiliconesMark W Grenfell6.1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1116.2. Perfiuorocarbons and Their Advantages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1126.3. Fluoropolymer Dispersions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1126.4. Amorphous Fluoropolymer Solvents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1156.5. Mixtures and Blends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
6.5.1. Higher Solvency Azeotropes and Mixtures . . . . . . . . . 1166.5.2. Mixtures for Materials Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1176.5.3. Silicone Solvent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
6.6. Gas Solubility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1186.7. Environmental Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1196.8. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
7. Fluoropolymer Alloys: Performance Optimization of PVDF AlloysShiow-Ching Lin and Karol Argasinski7.1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1217.2. Glass Transition Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
7.2.1. Quenched PVDF Blends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1227.2.2. Blends with Maximized Crystallinity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1237.2.3. Blends without Thermal Treatment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
7.3. Crystallinity and Melting-Temperature Depression. . . . . . . . . . . 1257.4. Optical Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1277.5. Mechanical Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1287.6. Weatherability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1317.7. Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1347.8. References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
8. Solubility of Poly(Tetrafluoroethylene) and Its CopolymersWilliam H. Tuminello8.1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1378.2. Atmospheric and Autogenous Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1388.3. Superautogenous Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1428.4. Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1428.5. References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
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9. Structure–Property Relationships of Coatings Based onPerfluoropolyether MacromersStefano Turri, Massimo Scicchitano, Roberta Marchetti,Aldo Sanguineti, and Stefano Radice9.1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1459.2. The Resins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1479.3. Thermal and Mechanical Properties of Z Coatings . . . . . . . . . . 1539.4. Optical and Surface Properties of Z Coatings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1599.5. Chemical Resistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1659.6. Weatherability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1679.7. Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1679.8. References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
II. Modeling and Simulation
10. Molecular Modeling of Fluoropolymers: PolytetrafluoroethyleneDavid B. Holt, Barry L. Farmer, and Ronald K. Eby10.1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17310.2. Force Fields and Molecular Mechanics Calculations . . . . . . . . . 17510.3. Dynamics Simulations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
10.3.1. Disordering Chain Motions in Solid StatePoly(Tetrafluoroethylene) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
10.3.2. Results. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18110.3.3. Discussion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
10.4. Force Field Improvements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18710.5. Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18810.6. References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
11. Material Behavior of Poly(Vinylidene Fluoride) Deduced fromMolecular ModelingJeffrey D. Carbeck and Gregory C. Rutledge11.1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
11.1.1 Relevant Aspects of Poly(Vinylidene Fluoride) . . . . . . . 19111.1.2. Challenges to a Detailed Molecular Model . . . . . . . . . . 193
11.2. Model of Crystal Polarization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19511.3. The Local Electric Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19811.4. Piezoelectricity and Pyroelectricity: The Coupling of Thermal,
Elastic, and Dielectric Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19911.4.1. The Dielectric Constant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20011.4.2. Elasticity and Piezoelectricity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
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11.4.3. Pyroelectricity and Thermal Expansion . . . . . . . . . . . . 20311.5. Mechanical Relaxation and Phase Transition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
11.5.1. Conformational Defects as Mechanisms . . . . . . . . . . . . 20311.5.2. The αc Relaxation in PVDF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20511.5.3. Implications for More Complex Processes . . . . . . . . . . 207
11.6. Concluding Remarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20911.7. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
12. Application of Chemical Graph Theory for the Estimation ofthe Dielectric Constant of PolyimidesB. Jeffrey Sherman, and Vassilios Galiatsatos12.1. Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21312.2. Quantitative Structure–Property Relationships Based on Group
Contribution Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21412.3. Application of Chemical Graph Theory to QSPR . . . . . . . . . . . 21512.4. Prediction of Dielectric Constant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21712.5. Calculations and Comparison with Experiment. . . . . . . . . . . . . 22012.6. Concluding Remarks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22712.7. References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
III. Fluorine-Containing Polyimides
13. Fluorine-Containing PolyimidesGareth Hougham13.1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23313.2. Structure versus Properties of General Polyimides . . . . . . . . . . . 244
13.2.1. Structure–Property Relationships in FluorinatedPolyimides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
13.2.2. Evolution of Fluorinated Polyimide Properties . . . . . . . 24613.3. Structure–Property Generalizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
13.3.1. Dielectric Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25013.3.2. Glass Transition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25913.3.3. ß-Transition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26613.3.4. Thermal Stability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
13.4. Copolymers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27113.5. Concluding Remarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27113.6. References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
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14. Synthesis and Properties of Perfluorinated PolyimidesShinji Ando, Tohru Matsuura, and Shigekuni Sasaki14.1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
14.1.1. Near-IR Light Used in Optical TelecommunicationSystems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
14.1.2. Integrated Optics and Optical Interconnect Technology. . 27814.1.3. Polymeric Waveguide Materials for Integrated Optics . . . 27914.1.4. Optical Transparency of Fluorinated Polyimides at
Near-IR Wavelengths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28014.1.5. The Effect of Perfluorination on Optical Transparency . . 282
14.2. Characterization and Synthesis of Materials for PerfluorinatedPolyimides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28314.2.1. Reactivity Estimation of Perfluorinated Diamines . . . . . 28314.2.2. Reactivity and Structural Problems of an Existing
Perfluorinated Dianhydride . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28814.2.3. Synthesis of a Novel Perfluorinated Dianhydride . . . . . . 289
14.3. Synthesis and Characterization of Perfluorinated Polyimides . . . . 29014.3.1. Synthesis of Perfluorinated Polyimide
(10FEDA/4FMPD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29014.3.2. Imidization Process Estimated from NMR
and IR Spectra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29214.4. Optical, Physical, and Electrical Properties of Per-fluorinated
Polyimides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29514.4.1. Optical Transparency at Near-IR and Visible
Wavelengths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29514.4.2. Mechanical Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29814.4.3. Thermal, Electrical, and Other Optical Properties. . . . . . 298
14.5. Concluding Remarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30114.6. References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
15. Synthesis and Properties of Partially Fluorinated Polyimides forOptical ApplicationsTohru Matsuura, Shinji Ando, and Shigekuni Sasaki15.1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
15.1.1. Conventional Polyimides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30515.1.2. Optical Applications of Polyimides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30715.1.3. Fluorinated Polyimides for Optical Components . . . . . . 309
15.2. Synthesis and Properties of Fluorinated Polyimides . . . . . . . . . . 31015.2.1. High-Fluorine-Content Polyimide: (6FDA/TFDB) . . . . . 31015.2.2. Rigid-Rod Fluorinated Polyimides: PMDA/TFDB,
P2FDA/TFDB, P3FDA/TFDB, and P6FDA/TFDB . . . . . 314
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15.2.3. Fluorinated Copolyimides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31715.3. Optical Properties of the Fluorinated Polyimides . . . . . . . . . . . 321
15.3.1. Optical Loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32215.3.2. Refractive Index and Birefringence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
15.4. Optical Application of Fluorinated Polyimides . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33615.4.1. Optical Interference Filters on Optical Fluorinated
Polyimides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33615.4.2. Optical Waveplates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33715.4.3. Optical Waveguides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
15.5. Conclusion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34815.6. References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
16. Novel Organo-Soluble Fluorinated Polyimides for Optical,Microelectronic, and Fiber ApplicationsFrank W. Harris, Fuming Li, and Stephen Z. D. Cheng16.1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35116.2. Polymerization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35216.3. Solution Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35216.4. Anisotropic Structure in Aromatic Polyimide Films. . . . . . . . . . 35616.5. Thin-Film Properties and Applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35716.6. Structure and Tensile Properties of Polyimide Fibers . . . . . . . . . 36116.7. Thermal and Thermooxidative Stability of Polyimide Fibers. . . . 36516.8. Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36816.9. References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
17. Application of 19 F-NMR toward Chemistry of Imide Materials inSolutionCarrington D. Smith, Régis Merçier, Huges Waton,and Bernard Sillion17.1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37117.2. Experimental Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
17.2.1. Instrumentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37317.2.2. Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
17.3. Results and Discussion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37417.3.1. Model Compound Studies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37417.3.2. Applications of 19F-NMR to Imide and Amic Acid
Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37917.4. Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39717.5. References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397
Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401