• Polymer(Korea)
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• v.37 no.4
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• pp.420-430
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• 2013

Polymer blends were prepared by solution blending poly(amic acid) (PAA) and poly(o-hydroxy amide) (PHA) having imide groups in the main chain. The polymers and their blends were characterized by using FTIR, FT NMR, DSC, TGA, SEM, XRD, UTM, and LOI. The solubility study revealed that the blends were readily soluble in aprotic solvents such as DMF, DMAc, DMSO, and NMP. The maximum weight loss of the blends occurred in the range of $578-645^{\circ}C$, and the maximum weight loss temperature increased with increasing the PHA content. The PBO/PI blends showed relatively high char yields (i.e. 56-69 wt%). The LOI values of the blends were in the range of 24.5-28.1% and increased with increasing the PHA content. The initial modulus and tensile strength of the blends increased by 57 to 121% and by 67 to 107%, respectively, compared to the values of PAA. Especially the initial modulus and tensile strength of the PHA/PAA=2/8(wt/wt) showed the highest values of 4.87 GPa and 108 MPa, respectively. The PHA domains of $0.03-0.1{\mu}m$ in their size were more or less uniformly dispersed. The interfacial adhesion between PAA and PHA was found to be good.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.207-213
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• 1998

On the basis of the previous study[1], miscibility were investigated and intermolecular interaction strength for the miscibility were relatively compared for the blends poly{2,2-(m-phenylene)-5,5'-bibenzimidazole}(PBI) with two aromatic polyimides (PIs) synthesized by another dianhydride. Aromatic PAAs were prepared by the reaction of condensation of two diamines, 4,4'-methylene dianiline(4,4'-MDA) and 4,4'-oxydianiline(4,4'-ODA) with 3,3',4,4'-diphenylsulfone tetracarboxylic dianhydride(DSDA) using DMAc, and then converted into PIs after curing. PBI/PAA blends were prepared by solution blending. Cast films or precipitated powders of the PBI/PAA blends were cared at a high temperature to transform into PBI/PIs blends. Miscibility and specific intermolecular interaction for miscibility in the blends were investigated, and compared with previous polyimide structures of PBI/PIs blends [1]. Two blends, PBI/DSDA+4,4'-MDA(Blend-V) and PBI/DSDA+4,4'-ODA(Blend-VI), were found miscible : the evidences were optically clear films, synergistic single composition dependent $T_g{\prime}s$, and frequency shifts of N-H stretching band as much as $39{\sim}40cm^{-1}$, and of C=O stretching band near 1730 and $1780cm^{-1}$, 5~6 and $3{\sim}4cm^{-1}$, respectively. The specific intermolecular interactions existing between PBI and PIs were relatively analyzed with the area(A) formed between the $T_g{\prime}s$ of the measured and that of the calculated by the Fox equation at all compositions, the ${\kappa}$ values in Gordon-Taylor equation obtained from the measured $T_g{\prime}s$, and differences of the frequency shifts in the functional N-H and carbonyl stretching band. From the results, the area(A) and the ${\kappa}$ values for Blend-V and VI were smaller than those for Blend-III and IV used in previous study[1]. Differences of the frequency shifts in the functional groups(N-H and C=O) also showed similar tendency. Thus, specific intermolecular interaction strength in terms of hydrogen bonding of PBI/PI blends is dependent upon chemical structures of PIs, that is, PIs it seems that $SO_2$ group in dianhydride(DSDA) has weaker hydrogen bond strength than those of C=O in BTDA. In other words, it implies that the former occupied bulk space than the latter due to the sterric effect.