Abstract
Latest high-strength gels overcome brittleness due to the inhomogeneities built in their network structure. However, the inhomogeneities still prevent precise characterization of their network structures by scattering methods. A new concept is to take advantage of the ensemble-averaged structure characterization with scanning microscopic light scattering (SMILS), in order to study the network structure and properties of inhomogeneous high-strength gels nondestructively in wide spatio-temporal ranges. In this study, two kinds of the jungle-gym type polyimide gels that have semi-rigid main-chains or rigid main-chains were synthesized in varying the preparing concentration and studied with SMILS. The optimal concentration of polyimide achieved ten times higher Young modulus than before.
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