Synthesis and characterization of amorphous fluorinated polyarylether prepared from phenolphthalein and decafluorobiphenyl

Abstract

AbstractPoly(arylene ether)s with different molecular weights were synthesized via a two‐step nucleophilic substitution polymerization by adjusting reaction parameters based on phenolphthalein (PHT) and decafluorobiphenyl (DFBP). The chemical structures and properties were identified by Fourier transform infrared, NMR, gel permeation chromatography, differential scanning calorimetry, thermogravimetric analysis, dynamic thermomechanical analysis (DMA), and so forth. The number‐average molecular weight (Mn) of the resulting polymers was in the range of 23.0–49.3KDa. FPAEs (polyarylether including perfluorobiphenyl structure) were demonstrated to have outstanding thermo‐resistance with 5% weight loss temperature of about 482–520°C (N2) and high‐glass transition temperature (about 240–250°C). FPAEs can be dissolved in conventional organic solvents, possessing excellent film‐forming properties. The good mechanical properties of FPAEs were confirmed by the DMA data, with Young's modulus greater than 1.0 Gpa and modulus retention rate at 230°C >67%. FPAEs also showed good hydrophobicity and low‐water absorption, in particular, FPAE‐1 (FPAE‐1‐5 were the polycondensation products of PHT and DFBP, just the polymerization conditions were slightly modified) exhibited favorable dielectric properties: at 1 MHz, the dielectric constant and dielectric loss was 2.58 and 0.0053, respectively. Thus, FPAE‐1 has broad prospective applications in microelectronic devices and communication technology.