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Synthesis and optoelectronic properties of polyimides with naphthyldiphenylamine chromophores

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A series of electroactive polyimides with naphthyldiphenylamine units were prepared from the polycondensation reactions of N,N′-bis(4-aminophenyl)-N,N′-di-2-naphthyl-1,4-phenylenediamine with four tetracarboxylic dianhydrides via a conventional two-step technique. Most of the polyimides were readily soluble in many organic solvents and could be solution-cast into tough and amorphous films. These polyimides exhibited glass-transition temperatures of 288–329 °C and did not show significant decomposition before 500 °C. They showed well-defined and reversible redox couples during both p- and n-doping processes, together with multi-electrochromic behaviors.

Anodic and cathodic electrochromism of the cast film of polyimide 4b on an ITO-coated glass substrate

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The financial support of the National Science Council in Taiwan is greatly appreciated.

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  1. Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan

    Sheng-Huei Hsiao, Su-Jung Yeh, Hui-Min Wang & Wenjeng Guo

  2. Material and Chemical Research Laboratories, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, Taiwan

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Hsiao, SH., Yeh, SJ., Wang, HM. et al. Synthesis and optoelectronic properties of polyimides with naphthyldiphenylamine chromophores. J Polym Res 21, 407 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10965-014-0407-6

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