The evolution of poly(hydroxyamide amic acid) to poly(benzoxazole) via stepwise thermal cyclization: Structural changes and gas transport properties
The evolution of poly(hydroxyamide amic acid) to poly(benzoxazole) via stepwise thermal cyclization: Structural changes and gas transport properties
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10.1016/j.polymer.2011.08.043
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2011-10
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4.6
通讯作者:
Huan Wang;Songlin Liu;T. Chung;Hongmin Chen;Y. Jean;K. Pramoda
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作者:
Huan Wang;Songlin Liu;T. Chung;Hongmin Chen;Y. Jean;K. Pramoda
The thermally induced structure transformation and polymer chain rearrangement of a thermally rearranged (TR) material for gas separation has been explored in this work. A tremendous enhancement as high as 215 folds in CO2permeability has been achieved by converting the pristine poly(hydroxyamide amic acid) (PHAA) to the final polybenzoxazole (PBO) via thermal cyclization at 400 °C for 2 h. The evolution of the pristine polymer PHAA derived from 2,2-bis(3-amino-4-hydroxyphenyl)hexafluropropane (BisAPAF) and trimellitic anhydride chloride (TAC) by thermal treatment from 130 °C to 400 °C has been examined by various characterization techniques including elemental analysis, TGA, TGA-IR, DSC, ATR-FTIR, XPS, XRD and Positron Annihilation Lifetime Spectroscopy (PALS). The stepwise cyclization process commences with cyclodehydration followed by cyclodecarboxylation. At the first step, PHAA transforms to poly(imide benzoxazole) (PIBO) up to 300 °C, while at the second step, the final structure of PBO is formed at 400 °C. Following the changes in the cyclization process, gas transport properties also show the stepwise changes. The significant enlargements of polymer inter-chain distance and free volume cavity radius provide the fundamental understanding for the changes of gas transport properties at the molecular level.