Polyimide

Dear Colleagues

Polyimides (PI) are an important high-performance polymer with excellent thermal stability, mechanical strength and toughness, high electric insulating properties, low dielectric constants and dissipation factors, and high radiation and wear resistance, among other properties, and they can be processed into a variety of materials, including films, fibers, carbon fiber composites, engineering plastics, foams, porous membranes, coatings and varnishes, etc. Polyimides have found widespread use in a variety of high-tech domains, including electric insulation, microelectronics and optoelectronics, the aerospace and aviation industries, etc. Dupont released the first commercial polyimide material in the late 1960s after developing an effective synthetic pathway to high-molecular-weight polyimides. Even today, however, the most popular polyimide production processes are not totally understood. This is because numerous reaction conditions, such as solvent, moisture, impurity, temperature, and others, have a considerable impact on the polymerization reaction of aromatic dianhydrides with aromatic diamines. The molecular weights of the produced polyimides can be affected by the addition mode of monomers.

In recent years, there have been many publications on polyimide materials. In order to reflect the current state of the art on the subject and to explore potential future developments, the present Special Issue welcomes submissions on all aspects of high-performance polymers, ranging from the synthesis and characterization to structural modification, processing, and new functions and applications.

Dr. Chenliang Gong
Collection Editor

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