申请人:Harris Frank W.
公开号:US20090197019A1
公开(公告)日:2009-08-06
A negative birefringence film prepared from a poly(aryletherimide) which is the reaction product of a dianhydride and a diamine, where the dianhydride is BisADA, ODPA, BPEDA, BPQDA, BPDA, or 6FDA, alone or a mixture with one or more of: BPDA, 6FDA, BisADA, Bis-AF-DA, BPQDA, BPEDA, and ODPA; and where the diamine is 4,4′-diaminophenyl ether, 2-trifluoromethyl-4,4′-diaminophenyl ether, 2-trifluoromethyl-2′-methyl-4,4′-diaminophenyl ether, 1,4-bis(4-aminophenoxy)benzene, 4,4′-bis(4-aminophenoxy)biphenyl, 4,4′-bis(3-aminophenoxy)biphenyl, 4,4′-bis(4-aminophenoxy)terphenyl, 4,4′-bis(3-aminophenoxy)terphenyl, 2,2-bis[4-(4-aminophenoxy)phenyl]propane, 2,2-bis[4-(4-aminophenoxy)phenyl]1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoropropane, 1,4-bis(4-amino-2-trifluoromethylphenoxy)benzene, 2,2′-bis(trifluoromethyl)-4,4′-diaminophenyl ether (6FODA), 4,4′-bis(4-amino-2-trifluoromethylphenoxy)biphenyl (6FOBDA), 4,4′-bis(4-amino-2-trifluoromethylphenoxy)-3,3′,5,5′-tetramethylbiphenyl, 4,4′-bis(4-amino-2-trifluoromethylphenoxy)-3,3′,5,5′-tetra(tert-butyl)biphenyl, 4,4′-bis(3-amino-trifluoromethylphenoxy)biphenyl, 4,4′-bis(4-amino-2-trifluoromethylphenoxy)terphenyl, 2,2-bis[4-(4-amino-2-trifluoromethylphenoxy)-phenyl]propane, 2,2-bis[4-(4-amino-2-trifluoromethylphenoxy)-phenyl]1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoropropane, 1,4-bis(2-trifluoromethyl-4-aminophenoxy)-2,5-di(t-butyl)benzene (BTBDA), 3,3′-dimethyl-4,4′-diamino biphenyl (OTOL), 1,4-bis(2-trifluoromethyl-4-aminophenoxy)-2-t-butylbenzene, or mixtures thereof and wherein when a mixture of dianhydrides is present, they are present in a molar amount of between 99 to 1 (99:1) and 1 to 99 (1:99), and the film has a negative birefringence greater than 0.01, at a thickness of less than 15 μm, when the poly(aryletherimide) is solution cast or coated onto a substrate.