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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 10, 1999
David Geoffrey Hawthorne, Oakleigh, AU;
Jonathan Howard Hodgkin, Burwood, AU;
Other;
Abstract
The invention provides a method for promoting the curing reactions of an acetylenic oligomer or polymer, characterized in that the oligomer or polymer is cured in the presence of sulfur or an organic sulfur derivative which is capable of lowering the temperature of cure of the oligomer or polymer. The invention also provides a process for producing a polyimide oligomer or polymer containing an aliphatic or aromatic disulfide moiety which is covalently bound to, and forms an integral part of the oligomer or polymer and which is capable of lowering the temperature of cure of the oligomer or polymer, characterised in that a suitable amount of a diamino-disulfide or dianhydride-disulfide, or any suitable derivative or precursor thereof, is introduced into the mixture of aromatic diamines, tetracarboxylic dianhydrides, and the phenylethynyl-substituted amine or anhydride normally used for the reparation of the oligo-imide.