Design and synthesis of liquid crystal copolyesters with high-frequency low dielectric loss and inherent flame retardancy

Ultra-low dielectric loss(Df)and low dielectric constant(Dk)materials are urgently required in highspeed and large-capacity transmission,in which the wholly aromatic liquid crystal polymer(LCP)has gained attention due to its excellent dielectric properties.However,the relationship between molecular structure and dielectric properties is still not clear.In this study,two copolyesters containing phenyl or naphthyl structures are synthesized,as well as the effects of benzene and naphthalene mesogens on dielectric properties are investigated.The synthesized copolyesters containing naphthalene structure have good comprehensive properties with high thermal stability(T_(5%)=479℃ and T_g=195-216℃),inherent flame retardance(LOI=33.0-35.0 and UL-94 V-0 level at 0.8 mm),low Dk(2.9-3.0@10 GHz)and low Df(0.0027-0.0047@10 GHz).Naphthalene mesogen can reduce the dielectric loss more significantly than benzene at high frequency by reducing the density and mobility of polarizable groups,which leads to the effectively limited dipole polarization in copolyesters.Consequently,we proposed a new strategy for designing low Dk and low Df materials.

A Facile Strategy for Intrinsic Low-Dk and Low-Df Polyimides Enabled by Spirobifluorene Groups

Modified polyimides(MPIs)show great potential towards 5G communication applications,due to its excellent thermal stability,mechanical property and chemical stability as compared to most of polymers.Introducing fluoride groups or porous structure is favorable to ultra-low dielectric constant(D_(k))and dielectric loss(D_(f)).However,the cost of the fluorinated MPIs is high and their synthetic processes are complicated,and porous MPIs suffer poor mechanical properties.Also,increasing the fraction of free volume is a very effective way to lower D_(k)through introducing more ultra-low-D_(k)air component.However,most of this kind of MPIs lag far behind the fluorinated MPIs and the porous MPIs in terms of ultra-low D_(f),hindering the application of MPIs in high-speed communication devices.Thus,it is highly desirable to develop intrinsic ultra-low-D_(k)/D_(f)MPIs at high frequency with less fluoric groups and nonporous structure.Herein,we introduce a facile and effective strategy to lower D_(k)and D_(f)through introducing rigid and large sterically hindered aromatic groups into MPIs.On the one hand,their large steric hindrance effect leads to low D_(k)by increasing intrinsic free volume.On the other hand,the resulting highly stiff polymer chain and strong intermolecular interaction are favorable to reduce D_(f)by inhibiting dipole orientations.Based on this strategy,the spirobifluorene groups are preferred.The as-prepared MPIs show excellent dielectric performance with low D_(k)of 2.74–2.76 and low D_(f)of 0.00599 at 10 GHz,to some extent,exceeding the multiple fluorinated MPI with D_(k)/D_(f)of 2.67/0.00663 at 10 GHz.

Hole-pinned defect-dipoles induced colossal permittivity in Bi doped SrTiO3 ceramics with Sr deficiency

Bi doped SrTiO3 ceramics with Sr deficiency,i.e.Sr1-1.5xBixTiO3(x=0,0.01,0.05,0.1),were prepared via conventional solid-state reaction route.A colossal permittivity(CP)over 104 with low dielectric loss less than 0.05wasobtained in x=0.05 Sr1-1.5xBixTiO3 ceramics.In addition,the dielectric constant is maintained at a value greater than 104 in the range of 102-105 Hz and almost frequency independent.Phase structure analysis and density functional theory calculations suggest that the Bi·Sr-V"Sr-Bi·Sr defect complex with hole-pinned defect-dipoles maybe responsible for the high-performance CP properties.This work gives a new way to achieve high performance CP materials in ABO3 perovskite ceramics.