Front Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Part 1. Synthesis and Bulk Characterization......Page 10
Synthesis and characterization of novel fluorinated polyimides......Page 12
A modified approach for synthesizing pyridine-containing poly(imide-siloxane) co-polymers and their characterization......Page 30
Studies on imidization of poly(ester-amine salt) precursors to polyimides......Page 40
Liquid crystalline structures and crystallization morphology in aromatic bisimides and their blends with semicrystalline polyimide......Page 56
Part 2. Surface and Interface Aspects (Composites and Metallization)......Page 76
Development and properties of designed CeramImide materials for advanced high-performance and high-temperature applications......Page 78
Polyimide matrices for carbon–carbon composites with turbostratic structure......Page 190
Polyimide nanocomposite coating materials with special functions......Page 204
Molecular assembly of polyimides and oligoimides with direct covalent bonding: A pathway to robust structures......Page 224
Silver–polyimide nanocomposite films: A single-stage thermally-induced metallization of aromatic fluorinated polyimides yielding highly reflective films......Page 270
Electroless metallization of polyimides......Page 296
Part 3. Applications......Page 354
Characterization of orientational ordering of liquid crystalline molecules deposited on polyimide Langmuir–Blodgett films by optical polarized absorption and optical second-harmonic generation measurements......Page 356
Highly sulfonated poly(arylenethioethersulfone)s as proton-exchange membranes (PEMs) for fuel cells: Synthesis, characterization and performance......Page 374
High-temperature polymer dielectrics for capacitive energy-storage applications......Page 402
Concepts of textile composites for short- and long-term applications at high temperatures......Page 416