New aromatic benzazole polymers II: Synthesis and conductivity of benzobisthiazole-co-polymers incorporated with 4-N,N-dimethylaminotriphenylamine groups
✍ Scribed by Loon-Seng Tan; K. R. Srinivasan; Shih Jung Bai; Robert J. Spry
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 296 KB
- Volume
- 36
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0887-624X
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✦ Synopsis
New aromatic benzobisthiazole copolymers containing 10-70 mol % of 4-N,N-dimethylamino-triphenylamine functionality were prepared from the respective dinitrile or dicarboxylic acid monomers, terephthalic acid, and 2,5-diamino-1,4-benzenedithiol dihydrochloride in polyphosphoric acid. At the first approximation, the copolymers containing 10 mol % or less of the triarylamino moieties in the polymer chains still preserve the capability to form anisotropic (nematic) solutions at 10 wt % polymer concentration. This is an important requirement for processing the copolymers into fibers and films with good to excellent mechanical properties. Films with good mechanical integrity were cast from the dilute methanesulfonic acid solutions of the copolymers under reduced pressure. They showed electrical conductivity values of the order of 10 011 -10 010 S/cm in pristine state, with four to seven orders of magnitude increase upon exposure to mild oxidizing agents such as iodine vapor. On the contrary, the parent polymer, poly( p-phenylene benzobisthiazole) is an insulator with conductivity of less than 10 012 S/cm, and its conductivity does not improve at all with exposure to iodine vapor.