Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology

Jae-Eun Cho

Kil-Yeong Choi

Mi-hie Yi

Moon-Young Jin

Jin-Tae Jung

Jeong-Ghi Koo

The invention herein relates to a soluble polyimide resin for a liquid crystal alignment layer and the manufacturing method thereof, wherein a mixture of aliphatic tetracarboxylic acid dianhydrides and aromatic diamine having aliphatic side chains are used to yield a soluble polyimide resin which has superior heat-resistance, solubility, surface hardness, transparency and liquid crystal alignment capacity. The soluble polyimide resin having alkoxy substituents, for a liquid crystal layer, according to the present invention, is manufactured by adding a mixture of dioxotetrahydrofuran 3-methylcyclohexene-1,2-dicarboxylic dianhydride, which is an aliphatic tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride and aromatic tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride to a mixture of aromatic diamine, and said dioxotetrahydrofuran 3-methylcyclohexene- 1,2-dicarboxylic dianhydride is used in the amount of 50 to 99 mol % to the total amount of anhydrides. The polyimide resin according to the present invention not only has superior heat-resistance and mechanical characteristics but also excellent solubility and transparency, which could be applicable as a liquid crystal alignment layer for the TFT-LCD requiring difficult processing condition such as a low temperature and vigorous rubbing processing. Further, the polyimide resin may be useful as basic heat resistant structural materials for advanced industry.

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Jae-Eun Cho