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EUROPEAN POLYMER JOURNAL
Volume 56, Issue -, Pages 26-32Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2014.03.024
Keywords
Oligoaniline; Electroactive; Polyimide; Mechanical strength
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- Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan, R.O.C. [NSC 101-2113-M-033-005-MY2]
- Center-of-Excellence (COE) Program on Membrane Technology from the Ministry of Education (MOE), R.O.C.
- Department of Chemistry at CYCU [CYCU-01RD-RA002-11235]
- Center for Nanotechnology and Biomedical Technology at CYCU
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A series of electroactive polymers of poly(amic acid) (PAA) containing aniline trimers were synthesized from electroactive diamine (amino-capped aniline trimer, ACAT), 4,4'-oxydianiline (ODA), and 4,4'-(4,4'-isopropylidene diphenoxy)-bis(phthalic anhydride) (BSAA). The prepared PAA polymers were heated to cyclize to polyimide (PI) membranes by a conventional thermal imidization reaction. The structure and electroactivity of the PIs were characterized by Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy, UV-visible spectroscopy, and cyclic voltammetry (CV). The effects of different molar ratios of ACAT and ODA on the physical properties of electroactive PI (EPI) membranes were investigated by dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA), tensile test, thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The as-prepared EPI membranes showed significantly enhanced mechanical strength and thermal stability than those of non-electroactive PI (NEPI) and electroactive copolyimide (ECPI) membranes. For example, upon loading of ACAT, the tensile strength, thermal decomposition (T-d) temperature, and glass transition (T-g) temperature of the EPI membranes increased by >200%, similar to 45 degrees C, and similar to 35 degrees C, respectively. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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