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Barra G, Guadagno L, Raimondo M, Santonicola MG, Toto E, Vecchio Ciprioti S. A Comprehensive Review on the Thermal Stability Assessment of Polymers and Composites for Aeronautics and Space Applications. Polymers (Basel) 2023; 15:3786. [PMID: 37765641 PMCID: PMC10535285 DOI: 10.3390/polym15183786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2023] [Revised: 09/10/2023] [Accepted: 09/14/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
Abstract
This review article provides an exhaustive survey on experimental investigations regarding the thermal stability assessment of polymers and polymer-based composites intended for applications in the aeronautical and space fields. This review aims to: (1) come up with a systematic and critical overview of the state-of-the-art knowledge and research on the thermal stability of various polymers and composites, such as polyimides, epoxy composites, and carbon-filled composites; (2) identify the key factors, mechanisms, methods, and challenges that affect the thermal stability of polymers and composites, such as the temperature, radiation, oxygen, and degradation; (3) highlight the current and potential applications, benefits, limitations, and opportunities of polymers and composites with high thermal stability, such as thermal control, structural reinforcement, protection, and energy conversion; (4) give a glimpse of future research directions by providing indications for improving the thermal stability of polymers and composites, such as novel materials, hybrid composites, smart materials, and advanced processing methods. In this context, thermal analysis plays a crucial role in the development of polyimide-based materials for the radiation shielding of space solar cells or spacecraft components. The main strategies that have been explored to improve the processability, optical transparency, and radiation resistance of polyimide-based materials without compromising their thermal stability are highlighted. The combination of different types of polyimides, such as linear and hyperbranched, as well as the incorporation of bulky pendant groups, are reported as routes for improving the mechanical behavior and optical transparency while retaining the thermal stability and radiation shielding properties. Furthermore, the thermal stability of polymer/carbon nanocomposites is discussed with particular reference to the role of the filler in radiation monitoring systems and electromagnetic interference shielding in the space environment. Finally, the thermal stability of epoxy-based composites and how it is influenced by the type and content of epoxy resin, curing agent, degree of cross-linking, and the addition of fillers or modifiers are critically reviewed. Some studies have reported that incorporating mesoporous silica micro-filler or microencapsulated phase change materials (MPCM) into epoxy resin can enhance its thermal stability and mechanical properties. The mesoporous silica composite exhibited the highest glass transition temperature and activation energy for thermal degradation among all the epoxy-silica nano/micro-composites. Indeed, an average activation energy value of 148.86 kJ/mol was recorded for the thermal degradation of unfilled epoxy resin. The maximum activation energy range was instead recorded for composites loaded with mesoporous microsilica. The EMC-5p50 sample showed the highest mean value of 217.6 kJ/mol. This remarkable enhancement was ascribed to the polymer invading the silica pores and forging formidable interfacial bonds.
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- Giuseppina Barra
- Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II, 132, 84084 Fisciano, Italy; (G.B.); (L.G.)
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- Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II, 132, 84084 Fisciano, Italy; (G.B.); (L.G.)
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- Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II, 132, 84084 Fisciano, Italy; (G.B.); (L.G.)
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- Department of Chemical Engineering Materials Environment, Sapienza University of Rome, Via del Castro Laurenziano 7, 00161 Rome, Italy;
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- Department of Chemical Engineering Materials Environment, Sapienza University of Rome, Via del Castro Laurenziano 7, 00161 Rome, Italy;
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- Department of Basic and Applied Science for Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, Via del Castro Laurenziano 7, 00161 Rome, Italy
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Jiang X, Chen K, Li C, Long Y, Liu S, Chi Z, Xu J, Zhang Y. Ultralow Coefficient of Thermal Expansion and a High Colorless Transparent Polyimide Film Realized Through a Reinforced Hydrogen-Bond Network by In Situ Polymerization of Aromatic Polyamide in Colorless Polyimide. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2023; 15:41793-41805. [PMID: 37616220 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c05664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/26/2023]
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Colorless polyimides (CPIs) are a key substrate material for flexible organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays and have attracted worldwide attention. Here, in this paper, the dispersion and interfacial interaction of aromatic polyamide (PA) in CPI (synthesized from 4,4'-(hexafluoroisopropylidene) diphthalic anhydride (6FDA) and 2,2'-bis(trifluoromethyl)benzidine (TFMB)) were significantly improved by in situ polymerization, and colorless transparent macromolecular polyimide composites (CPI-PAx) were successfully prepared by PA and CPI. By adjusting the ratio of PA to CPI, a high-performance engineering plastic with excellent film-forming properties was obtained. Molecular simulations confirmed the uniform distribution of PA in CPI and its interaction in polymers. In CPI-PAx, the CPI was locked by the PA chain, and numerous molecular chains were mutually entangled to form a hydrogen-bond network structure. Due to the strong interaction between the chains imparted by the hydrogen bonds of the PA, they do not slide under external forces and heating. In addition, the additive PA has excellent dimensional stability, thermal, and mechanical properties, and CPI has outstanding optical properties, so the synthesized CPI-PAx combines the comprehensive properties of PA and CPI. The CPI-PAx has excellent thermal and mechanical properties, with a thermal decomposition temperature of 499 °C, a glass transition temperature of 385 °C, a coefficient of thermal expansion of 0.8 ppm K-1, a tensile strength of 50.9 MPa, and an elastic modulus of 3.9 GPa. Particularly, CPI-PAx has a 90% transmittance in the visible region. These data prove that the strategy of combining PA and CPI by in situ polymerization is an effective method to circumvent the bottleneck of CPI in the current flexible window application, and this design strategy is universal.
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- Xueshuang Jiang
- PCFM Lab, GD HPPC Lab, Guangdong Engineering Technology Research Centre for High-Performance Organic and Polymer Photoelectric Functional Films, State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou510275, China
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- PCFM Lab, GD HPPC Lab, Guangdong Engineering Technology Research Centre for High-Performance Organic and Polymer Photoelectric Functional Films, State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou510275, China
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- PCFM Lab, GD HPPC Lab, Guangdong Engineering Technology Research Centre for High-Performance Organic and Polymer Photoelectric Functional Films, State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou510275, China
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- PCFM Lab, GD HPPC Lab, Guangdong Engineering Technology Research Centre for High-Performance Organic and Polymer Photoelectric Functional Films, State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou510275, China
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- PCFM Lab, GD HPPC Lab, Guangdong Engineering Technology Research Centre for High-Performance Organic and Polymer Photoelectric Functional Films, State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou510275, China
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- PCFM Lab, GD HPPC Lab, Guangdong Engineering Technology Research Centre for High-Performance Organic and Polymer Photoelectric Functional Films, State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou510275, China
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- PCFM Lab, GD HPPC Lab, Guangdong Engineering Technology Research Centre for High-Performance Organic and Polymer Photoelectric Functional Films, State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou510275, China
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- PCFM Lab, GD HPPC Lab, Guangdong Engineering Technology Research Centre for High-Performance Organic and Polymer Photoelectric Functional Films, State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou510275, China
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Bao F, Lei H, Zou B, Peng W, Qiu L, Ye F, Song Y, Qi F, Qiu X, Huang M. Colorless polyimides derived from rigid trifluoromethyl-substituted triphenylenediamines. POLYMER 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2023.125883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/30/2023]
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Zhou D, Peng Q, Kong L, Liu S, Yuan Y, Ma Y, Mo Y, Qin D, Zhao J. Synthesis of Highly Thermostable and Transparent Colorless Polyimides Based on a Semi‐aromatic Tetracarboxylic Anhydride. ChemistrySelect 2023. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.202204830] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/05/2023]
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- Di Zhou
- School of Materials Science and Engineering South China University of Technology Guangzhou Guangdong 510640 China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering South China University of Technology Guangzhou Guangdong 510640 China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering South China University of Technology Guangzhou Guangdong 510640 China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering South China University of Technology Guangzhou Guangdong 510640 China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering South China University of Technology Guangzhou Guangdong 510640 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials & Devices South China University of Technology Guangzhou Guangdong 510640, Peoples R China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering South China University of Technology Guangzhou Guangdong 510640 China
- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials & Devices South China University of Technology Guangzhou Guangdong 510640, Peoples R China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials & Devices South China University of Technology Guangzhou Guangdong 510640, Peoples R China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering South China University of Technology Guangzhou Guangdong 510640 China
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Li D, Li D, Ke Z, Gu Q, Xu K, Chen C, Qian G, Liu G. Synthesis of colorless polyimides with high
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and low coefficient of thermal expansion from benzimidazole diamine containing biamide. JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE 2023. [DOI: 10.1002/pol.20230055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/06/2023]
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- Dongwu Li
- Center for Advanced Low‐Dimension Materials, State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Material Science and Engineering Donghua University Shanghai People's Republic of China
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- Center for Advanced Low‐Dimension Materials, State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Material Science and Engineering Donghua University Shanghai People's Republic of China
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- Center for Advanced Low‐Dimension Materials, State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Material Science and Engineering Donghua University Shanghai People's Republic of China
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- Center for Advanced Low‐Dimension Materials, State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Material Science and Engineering Donghua University Shanghai People's Republic of China
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- Center for Advanced Low‐Dimension Materials, State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Material Science and Engineering Donghua University Shanghai People's Republic of China
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- Center for Advanced Low‐Dimension Materials, State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Material Science and Engineering Donghua University Shanghai People's Republic of China
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- Center for Civil Aviation Composites Donghua University Shanghai People's Republic of China
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- Center for Advanced Low‐Dimension Materials, State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Material Science and Engineering Donghua University Shanghai People's Republic of China
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Ma Y, He Z, Han Y. A promising low‐dielectric‐constant material with good comprehensive performance upon heating. J Appl Polym Sci 2023. [DOI: 10.1002/app.53769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2023]
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- Yingyi Ma
- School of Material Science and Chemical Engineering Harbin University of Science and Technology Harbin China
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- School of Material Science and Chemical Engineering Harbin University of Science and Technology Harbin China
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- School of Material Science and Chemical Engineering Harbin University of Science and Technology Harbin China
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Xiao P, He X, Ye C, Zhang S, Zheng F, Lu Q, Ma X. Tailoring the microporosity and gas separation property of soluble polybenzoxazole membranes derived from different regioisomer monomers. Sep Purif Technol 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2023.123340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Chen G, Xu G, Jiao Y, Tang Y, Tan L, Fang X. Cardo polyimides with high Tg and transparency derived from bisphenol fluorenes and 1,4-bis(4-fluorophthalimide)cyclohexanes via aromatic nucleophilic substitution. Eur Polym J 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2023.111911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/13/2023]
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Li JQ, Li WS, Zhang WT, Zhu S, Luo CY, Liu WS, Zhang LY. Enhancing Molecular Chain Entanglement and π-π Stacking Toward the Improvement of Shape Memory Performance of Polyimide. CHINESE JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE 2023. [DOI: 10.1007/s10118-023-2911-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Li D, Wang C, Yan X, Ma S, Lu R, Qian G, Zhou H. Heat-resistant colorless polyimides from benzimidazole diamines: Synthesis and properties. POLYMER 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2022.125078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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