Functional flexible substrate in altering substitution phenylene core of fluorinated poly(arylene ether)s

We proposed three degrees n” of phenyl substition on the middle phenylene core of novel poly(arylene ether)s (PAEs). The PAEs were prepared via nucleophilic displacement of fluorine atoms on the terminal benzene ring with trifluoromethylactivated bisfluoro monomer. The thermal property of polymers showed ~273 0 C glass transition point and ~457 0 C decomposition temperature for 5% weight loss. In addition, investigations revealed that spiro-annulated textures resulted from multisubstituted phetaphenylene moiety and trifluoromethyl groups. Furthermore, PAE films were experimentally demonstrated to have wide-range solubility, high transparencies greater than 90% in visible light region, low coefficient of thermal expansion about 30 ppm/ 0 C, low polarities below 2.8 at 1 kHz, and hydrophobicities.