Characterization of high performance randomly segmented poly(urethane siloxane) and poly(imide siloxane) block copolymers

Poly(imide siloxane) block copolymers with the same polydimethlysiloxane(APPS) were prepared by using 4,4'-oxydianiline (ODA) and Benzofenon-3,3,4,4-tetrakarboksilik dianhydride(BTDA) to compose the polyimide hard block. APPS and BTDA composed the polysiloxane soft block. The length of polysiloxane soft blocks increased with increasing the length of polyimide hard block. Copolymerization of soft and hard segments were determined by using this method. Copolymer structures could be obtained by holding constant hard block segments and by adjusting and increasing soft block segments. Thus, more flexible randomly segmented poly(imide siloxane) block copolymers can be obtained. These composed structure as flexible and high performance copolymers were characterized by FT-IR and evaluated. The structures were tested mechanically to detect their elastic recovery property as flexible material. The characterization of the samples enabled to examine flexible substrates in order to use in solar cell, aerospace applications and microelectronic devices.