The development of optical films with high transparency,high thermal resistance and low birefringence remains a challenge in the flexible display industry.In this work,we designed and synthesized a series of fluorinat...The development of optical films with high transparency,high thermal resistance and low birefringence remains a challenge in the flexible display industry.In this work,we designed and synthesized a series of fluorinated colorless polyimides(CPIs)materials using 2,5-substituted m-phenylenediamine diamine monomers and 1,2,4,5-cyclohexanetetracarboxylic dianhydride(CHDA).We systematically studied the effects of fluorinated group substitutions on the thermal,mechanical,optical and dielectric properties of CPI films.The introduction of alicyclic CHDA dianhydride affords high transparency and low yellowness,while the 2,5-substituted m-phenylenediamine diamines offer the CPIs with quite low birefringence as well as high glass transition temperatures.A particular CHDA/o3FBDA film with simple chemical structure stands out,exhibiting well-balanced overall properties.展开更多
The recent development of flexible display technology raised additional requirements for optical and electric properties of polyimides,accelerating the structure and property tunning of transparent polyimides.The uniq...The recent development of flexible display technology raised additional requirements for optical and electric properties of polyimides,accelerating the structure and property tunning of transparent polyimides.The unique electronic effect and steric hindrance effect of fluorine substitutions make fluorine-containing polyimides occupy an important position in the transparent polyimide family.In this work,a series of transparent aromatic polyimides were prepared from a fixed 4,4’-(hexafluoroisopropylidene)diphthalic anhydride(6FDA)and biphenyl diamines with different substitute groups at the 2,2’,6,6’-positions.We systematically studied the effects of pendant groups on the thermal,mechanical,optical and dielectric properties of these 6FDA-based polyimides with the aid of density function theory(DFT)calculation.In particular,we paid special attention to the simple but compact fluoro group substitution.The simple fluoro substitution brought the advantages of maintaining the linearity of the backbone and dense polymer chain packing,which would minimize the weakening of polyimides’inherent thermal,dimensional and mechanical properties.Comparing with trifluoromethyl substituted polyimides with the best optical transparency,polyimides containing fluoro substitutes exhibited slightly decreased optical transparency,but increased thermal and dimensional stability and higher mechanical strength.These results could shed light on the ultimate transparent polyimide film development toward the application in extreme working condition,e.g.,the colorless polyimide substrate film for the flexible display technology.展开更多
基金supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province(No.2022A1515010125)the Key-Area Research and Development Program of Guangdong Province(No.2020B010182002)+5 种基金the Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation(No.2022A1515110543)the R&D Program of Guangzhou(No.2023A04J1577)the Major Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51890871)the Recruitment Program of Guangdong(No.2016ZT06C322)the 111 Project(No.B18023)Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application at Soochow University.
文摘The development of optical films with high transparency,high thermal resistance and low birefringence remains a challenge in the flexible display industry.In this work,we designed and synthesized a series of fluorinated colorless polyimides(CPIs)materials using 2,5-substituted m-phenylenediamine diamine monomers and 1,2,4,5-cyclohexanetetracarboxylic dianhydride(CHDA).We systematically studied the effects of fluorinated group substitutions on the thermal,mechanical,optical and dielectric properties of CPI films.The introduction of alicyclic CHDA dianhydride affords high transparency and low yellowness,while the 2,5-substituted m-phenylenediamine diamines offer the CPIs with quite low birefringence as well as high glass transition temperatures.A particular CHDA/o3FBDA film with simple chemical structure stands out,exhibiting well-balanced overall properties.
基金financially supported by the Key-Area Research and Development Program of Guangdong Province(No.2020B010182002)the Recruitment Program of Guangdong(No.2016ZT06C322)the Major Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51890871)。
文摘The recent development of flexible display technology raised additional requirements for optical and electric properties of polyimides,accelerating the structure and property tunning of transparent polyimides.The unique electronic effect and steric hindrance effect of fluorine substitutions make fluorine-containing polyimides occupy an important position in the transparent polyimide family.In this work,a series of transparent aromatic polyimides were prepared from a fixed 4,4’-(hexafluoroisopropylidene)diphthalic anhydride(6FDA)and biphenyl diamines with different substitute groups at the 2,2’,6,6’-positions.We systematically studied the effects of pendant groups on the thermal,mechanical,optical and dielectric properties of these 6FDA-based polyimides with the aid of density function theory(DFT)calculation.In particular,we paid special attention to the simple but compact fluoro group substitution.The simple fluoro substitution brought the advantages of maintaining the linearity of the backbone and dense polymer chain packing,which would minimize the weakening of polyimides’inherent thermal,dimensional and mechanical properties.Comparing with trifluoromethyl substituted polyimides with the best optical transparency,polyimides containing fluoro substitutes exhibited slightly decreased optical transparency,but increased thermal and dimensional stability and higher mechanical strength.These results could shed light on the ultimate transparent polyimide film development toward the application in extreme working condition,e.g.,the colorless polyimide substrate film for the flexible display technology.
