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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7923527 | Carbon nanotube compound and method for producing the same The invention provides a carbon nanotube compound and method for producing the same. The method of the invention comprises the following steps. Firstly, Aniline-trimer and DMAc(dimethyl acetamide) solution are mixed to form a first solution. Secondly, Dianhydride an... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7349049 | Liquid crystal display apparatus A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a pair of substrates, a liquid crystal layer arranged therebetween, a plurality of electrodes formed on one substrate for applying an electric field substantially in parallel to a face of the substrate, a plurality of acti... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7314906 | High molecular weight stereoregular head-tail poly(glucaramides) A method of producing high molecular weight stereoregular head, tail-poly(alkylene D-glucaramides) is described. Amidoamino acids are esterified in cold alcohol and then polymerized in a protic solvent to form steroregular prepolymers. The prepolymers are then furth... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7300972 | Water-soluble polyimide precursor, aqueous polyimide precursor solution, polyimide, impregnated material with polyimide binder, and laminate A water-soluble polyimide precursor, which can be suitably applied for aromatic polyimides and exhibits a low reduction in heat resistance and mechanical properties, an aqueous solution of the polyimide precursor and a polyimide obtained from the precursor. A heat-r... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7157204 | Soluble polyimide for photosensitive polyimide precursor and photosensitive polyimide precursor composition comprising the soluble polyimide A soluble polyimide for a photosensitive polyimide precursor and a photosensitive polyimide precursor composition including the soluble polyimide, wherein the soluble polyimide contains hydroxyl and acetyl moieties and at least one reactive end-cap group at one or b... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7148314 | Process for preparation of functionalized polyimides A method for preparation of a sulfonic and or sulfonic acid salt containing polyimide resins comprising melt reaction of a polyimide resin with an organic compound, wherein the organic compound contains at least one aliphatic primary amine functionality and at least... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7090925 | Dielectric films and materials therefor A material for dielectric films is a polymerizable composition containing an adamantanepolycarboxylic acid represented by following Formula (1): wherein X is a hydrogen atom, a carboxyl group or a hydrocarbon group; and Y1, Y2, Y3 | 08/15/2006 |
| 7074880 | Polyimide aerogels, carbon aerogels, and metal carbide aerogels and methods of making same A preparation process of polyimide aerogels that composed of aromatic dianhydrides and aromatic diamines or a combined aromatic and aliphatic diamines is described. Also descried is a process to produce carbon aerogels derived from polyimide aerogel composed of a ri... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7071282 | Benzimidazole diamine-based polyetherimide compositions and methods for making them Disclosed herein are polyetherimide compositions comprising structural units of the formula: derived from at least one benzimidazole diamine, wherein R1 and R2 are independently selected fro... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7041778 | Processable thermally stable addition polyimide for composite applications A novel polyimide resin consisting essentially of 3,3′,4,4′-benzophenonetetracarboxylic dianhydride (BTDA), 3,4,3′,4′-biphenyltetracarboxylic dianhydride (BPDA), 2,2 bis (3′,4′-dicarboxy phenyl) hexafluoro propane dianhydride (6FDA), 2-(3,4-dicarboxyphen... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7022809 | Polyimides for anchoring liquid crystals, display devices including same and method for the preparation of said devices The present invention relates to novel polyimides derived from 6FDA and from 3,3-dihydroxy-4,4′-diaminobiphenyl and novel polyimides derived from PMDA and from Bis-AP-AF, having alkyl, arylalkyl, heteroarylalkyl, (cycloalkyl)alkyl, fluoroalkyl or siloxane side gro... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7022810 | Proton exchange membrane materials for the advancement of direct methanol fuel-cell technology A new class of hybrid organic-inorganic materials, and methods of synthesis, that can be used as a proton exchange membrane in a direct methanol fuel cell. In contrast with Nafion® PEM materials, which have random sulfonation, the new class of materials have ordere... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6979721 | Substituted cyclohexene endcaps for polymers with thermal-oxidative stability This invention relates to polyimides having improved thermal-oxidative stability, to the process of preparing said polyimides, and the use of polyimide prepolymers in the preparation of prepregs and composites. The polyimides are particularly useful in the preparati... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6927274 | Resin compositions, processes for preparing the resin compositions and processes for forming resin films Polyimide precursors contained in resin compositions of the present invention have a polymer structure unit represented by formula (1) below: wherein chemical structure A2 includes an alicyclic compound but ... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6919422 | Polyimide resin with reduced mold deposit A polyimide composition and a process to prepare polyimide resins with reduced plate out and mold deposits is described. During resin molding operations the low plate out resins show a longer period of operation between cleaning of equipment leading to more efficien... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6916898 | Process for producing polyimide A process of preparing a polyimide of the present invention comprises effecting an imidization reaction of a diamine and a tetracarboxylic dianhydride in a solvent containing 50 to 100% by weight of an equimolar composition of a nitrogen-containing cyclic compound i... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6911519 | Low viscosity melt processable high temperature polyimides A series of low melting and low viscosity phenylethynyl end-capped polyimides (PETIs) possessed of long term thermal and mechanical stability useful as films, melt coatings, adhesives, matrix and RTM resins and particular as coatings for optical fibers and phenyleth... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6908685 | Polyimide film, method of manufacture, and metal interconnect board with polyimide film substrate The invention provides a polyimide film manufactured from a polyamic acid prepared from pyromellitic dianhydride in combination with 10 to 60 mol % of phenylenediamine and 40 to 90 mol % of 3,4′-oxydianiline, based on the overall diamine. The polyimide film, when ... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6894135 | Method for preparing high molecular weight random polyhydroxypolyamides High molecular weight random polyhydroxypolyamides (PHPAs) are produced by creating prepolymers which are further polymerized. Random prepolymers are formed from a stoichiometrically molar balance (1:1) starting material. The starting material is a 1:1 stoichiometri... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6881815 | Method for the preparation poly(etherimide)s A method for the synthesis of poly(etherimide)s comprises the reaction of 4-halotetrahydrophthalic anhydride with an activating primary amine to yield an activated 4-halotetrahydrophthalimide. Activated 4-halotetrahydrophthalimide may then be aromatized and treated ... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6861497 | Polyimides having an unusually low and tunable electrical resistivity useful for electrical and optical applications A polyimide is disclosed of the formula: CG1 and CG2 are independently electron-accepting and/or electron-donating groups; x is an integer from about 3 to about 3000; ODAH is any of a number of... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6852826 | Manufacturing method of polyamic acid, and polyamic acid solution In a step of polymerizing polyamic acid by mixing tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride and diamine and polycondensating the tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride and diamine under the presence of a polymerization-use solvent, a tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride slurry in whic... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6849706 | Copolyetherimides Copolyetherimides comprise phthalimide structural units comprising both 3- and 4-linkages, wherein the designations 3-linkage and 4-linkage refer to the isomeric positions on the phthalimide ring in the totality of phthalimide-comprising structural units in the copo... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6784276 | High-solids polyimide precursor solutions This invention is a highly concentrated stable solution of polyimide precursors (monomers) having a solids content ranging from about 80 to 98 percent by weight in lower aliphatic alcohols i.e. methyl and/or ethyl alcohol. The concentrated polyimide precursor soluti... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6780960 | Method of making a polyimide in a low-boiling solvent A method of making a solution of a polyimide from a diamine monomer and a dianhydride monomer is disclosed. A solution or slurry of one of the monomers in a solvent that boils at a temperature between about 80° C. and about 160° C. is prepared. The solution or slu... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6770733 | Polyimide copolymer A film-formable polyimide copolymer, which comprises two kinds of tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride consisting of (A) pyromellitic acid dianhydride and (B) 3,3′,4,4′-benzophenonetetracarboxylic acid dianhydride, and (C) 6-amino-2-(p-aminophenyl)benzimidazole has ... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6737503 | Aromatic diamine and polyimide thereof The aromatic diamine compound of the present invention is represented by the following formula (1), and from the aromatic diamine compound a polyimide having a repeating unit represented by the following formula (4), which has low-temperature adherability, can be ob... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6734276 | Polyimide and circuit substrate comprising the same The invention is a polyimide, random copolymer having repeating units of the formula (1): wherein R1 and R2 each represent a divalent group selected from | 05/11/2004 |
| 6713597 | Preparation of polyimide polymers A process for the preparation of a reactive friable polyimide powder comprises dissolving an aromatic dianhydride and an organic diamine in a high-boiling, aprotic organic solvent to form a reaction solution; heating the reaction solution under imidization condition... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6653433 | Polyimide composition having improved peel strength when clad A polyimide film that exhibits improved peel strength when clad with a metal layer is prepared by reacting a polyamic acid polymer and an esterified polyamic acid oligomer. The esterified oligomer has from two to twenty repeating units and at least two cr... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6642348 | Melt processable PMR-type polyimides The present invention provides PMR-type polyimides that exhibit lower melt viscosities than PMR-type polyimides of the prior art. These PMR-type polyimides are created by incorporating flexible linkages, such as kinked structures and twisted or non-coplan... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6586555 | Processes of preparing condensed polymers with polycarboxylic acids and polyamines This invention provides processes of the preparation of polyamides, polyimides, and polyamideimides, which are easy to purify after reactions, from polycarboxylic acids and polyamines in high yield without side reactions such as a change of color to black... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6555238 | Polyimide film, method of manufacture, and metal interconnect board with polyimide film substrate A polyimide film is manufactured from a random copolymeric, block copolymeric or interpenetrating polymer network-type polyamic acid prepared from pyromellitic dianhydride in combination with 22 to 78 mol % of 4,4'-oxydianiline and 22 to 78 mol % of 3,4'-... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6548621 | Synthesis of poly (imide-benzoxazole) copolymer The invention provides a poly(imide-benzoxazole) (PIBO) copolymer prepared from a trimellitic anhydride halide monomer and a bis(o-diaminophenol) monomer. The PIBO copolymer is characterized by the following recurring unit: ##STR1## wherein X is --O-... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6538097 | Process for production of polyimide powder, polyimide powder, polyimide powder molded bodies and process for their production A process for production of polyimide powder, which comprises reacting a biphenyltetracarboxylic dianhydride and an aromatic diamine in an amide-based solvent optionally containing a water-soluble ketone, in the presence of an imidazole at 1-100 equivalen... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6534622 | Process for production of polyimide powder, polyimide powder, polyimide powder molded bodies and process for their production A process for production of polyimide powder, which comprises reacting an aromatic diamine with a partial ester of a biphenyltetracarboxylic dianhydride, which is a partial ester of a biphenyltetracarboxylic dianhydride with a primary alcohol of 1-5 carbo... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6531568 | Polyimide containing crosslinkable group and process for producing the same This invention provides crosslinkable-group-containing polyimides of various known thermoplastic polyimide backbone structures, which are provided with far better heat resistance, chemical resistance and mechanical properties than known polyimides of the ... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6500904 | High molecular weight poly(imide)s and methods of synthesis thereof A method for the synthesis of high molecular weight poly(imide)s comprising coupling poly(imide) precursors having complementary functional groups and a weight average molecular weight of less than about 50,000 Daltons to form high molecular weight poly (... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6500913 | Polyimides, process for the preparation thereof and use thereof as alignment films for liquid crystal devices The present invention relates to a novel polyimide of the general formula (1) ##STR1## and a process for the preparation thereof.... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6498226 | Cycloaliphatic polyimide, a method for producing the same, and its use This invention provides cycloaliphatic polyimide having the following formula (I): ##STR1## wherein 1 and n are integers from 4 to 7; m is an integer from 0 to 2; p is an integer from 1 to 8; polycyclic aliphatic compound R reprents C1-8 c... | 12/24/2002 |