Preparation,characterization, and properties of fluorene‐containing benzoxazine and its corresponding cross‐linked polymer |
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| Authors: | Ying‐Ling Liu Che‐Yuan Chang Chih‐Yuan Hsu Min‐Chi Tseng Ching‐I Chou |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Chemical Engineering and R&D Center for Membrane Technology, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chungli, Taoyuan 32023, Taiwan;2. Polymer Division, Chung‐San Institute of Science and Technology, Longtan, Taoyuan 32599, Taiwan |
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| Abstract: | A benzoxazine compound (FDP‐FBz), which possesses a fluorene group and two terminal furan groups, and its corresponding cross‐linked polymer (CR‐FDP‐FBz) have been prepared using 4,4′‐(9‐fluorenylidene)diphenol (FDP), furfurylamine, and formaldehyde as precursors. The chemical structure of FDP‐FBz has been characterized with Fourier‐transform infrared and 1H nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopies. FDP‐FBz displays a melting point at about 173 °C and a processing window of 52 °C as well as good solubility in common organic solvents. As a result, FDP‐FBz can be fabricated in both molten and solution processes. Under an excitation at 365 nm, FDP‐FBz exhibits a photoluminescent (PL) emission at about 445 nm. The PL intensity of FDP‐FBz is as high as sixfolds of the intensity recorded with FDP. CR‐FDP‐FBz displays a glass transition temperature of 215 °C, a high storage modulus of 3.1 GPa, a 10% weight loss at 384 °C, and a high char yield of 56 wt % (900 °C, in nitrogen). Moreover, CR‐FDP‐FBz has a high refractive index of about 1.65 as a result of incorporating fluorene groups to its structure. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 48: 4020–4026, 2010 |
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| Keywords: | high performance polymers refractive index thermosets |
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