Abstract
Amino-terminated polyetheretherketone (PEEK) oligomers were prepared by the condensation of 4,4′-difluorobenzophenone and hydroquinone in the presence of a calculated excess of m-aminophenol endblocker. The molecular weight of the oligomer was controlled by the manipulation of the ratio of difluoride to hydroquinone with the appropriate stoichiometric amount of m-aminophenol ensuring amino termination. The thermally induced self-crosslinking of these oligomers was studied by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). Curing was found to be quite slow, taking up to 1 h to reach completion at 668 K. Cured materials were all completely amorphous in contrast to the semi-crystalline starting material. The limiting Tg reached on curing was found to be proportional to the percentage of reactive terminal groups, as would be expected.
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