FINAL PROGRAM

INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON POLYIMIDES AND OTHER HIGH TEMPERATURE POLYMERS: SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION AND APPLICATIONS

NOVEMBER 29 - DECEMBER 1, 1999

ROBERT TREAT HOTEL

NEWARK, NJ

The primary focus of this meeting is to provide a forum for the discussion of cutting edge advancements in the field and to review and consolidate the accomplishments which have been achieved thus far.



SESSION I: MONDAY NOVEMBER 29, 1999



8:30-8:35: Opening Remarks



8:35-9:05: Diels-Alder Trapping of Photochemically Generated Bisdienes with Bismaleimides - A New Approach to UV Curable Polyimides; Michael Meador; Polymers Branch, NASA Glenn Research Center, 21000 Brookpark Road, M.S. 49-3, Cleveland, OH 44315 (p. 1)



9:05-9:35: Synthesis and Characterization of New Polyimides Containing Fluorine and Phosphine Oxide Moieties; K. U. Jeong and T. H. Yoon; Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Kwangju Institute of Science & Technology, 1 Oryong-dong, Buk-gu, Kwangju 500-712, KOREA (p. 2)



9:35-10:05: Novel Phenylethynyl-Terminated Asymmetric BPDA Polyimides Having Excellent Processability and Thermo-Oxidative Stability; R. Yokota1, S. Yamamoto2, S. Yano2, T. Sawaguchi2, M. Hasegawa3, H.Yamaguchi4, H.Ozawa4 and R. Sato4;1) Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, 3-3-1 Yoshinodai, Sagamihara-shi, Kanagawa 229, JAPAN; 2) Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Nihon University, Ochanomizu, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101, JAPAN; 3) Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Toho University. 2-2-1 Miyama, Funabashi, Chiba 274, JAPAN; 4) Polymer Research Laboratory, R&D, Ube Industries Ltd., Goi Minamikaigan,Ichiharai-shi, Chiba 290, JAPAN (p. 3)



10:05-10:30: COFFEE BREAK



10:30-10:55: Synthesis and Characterization of a High Tg Polyimide (DMBZ-15); Kathy C. Chuang1, Demitrios S. Papadopoulos2 and DeNise Hardy-Green2; 1) NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH 44135; 2) University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325 (p. 4)



10:55-11:25: ArF Laser and Xe2* Excimer Lamp Induced Photochemical Fluorination of Polyimide Film; Tadahiro Ikegame and Masataka Murahara; Department of Electrical,Engineering Tokai University,1117Kitakaname Hiratuka, Kanagawa 259-1292, JAPAN (p. 5)



11:25-11:50: Chemistry and Properties of O-Hydroxy- and O-Amino-Substituted Polyimides; Dmitri Likhatchev; Instituto de Investigaciones en Materiales, UNAM, Apdo. Postal 70-360, Coyoacan, Mexico D.F. 04570, MEXICO (p. 6)



11:50-12:15: Effects of Thermal Curing of Solvent Outdiffused PAA Solution/Gel on the Physico-chemical Properties of the Resultant Polyimide Film; Sanjay Ghuratia and S. K. Nema; Macromolecular Research Centre, Rani Durgawati University, Jabalpur-482 001 (M.P.), INDIA (p. 7)



12:15-1:30 LUNCH



SESSION II: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1999



1:30-2:00: Shape-memory Polymers : Copoly(aliphatic-aromatic)oxadiazoles; T. Briffaud (1), J. Garapon (2) and B. Sillion (2). 1)CERDATO/SPS, 27470 Serquigny, FRANCE; 2) CNRS/LMOPS, BP 24, 69390 Vernaison, FRANCE. (p. 8)





2:00-2:30: A New Family of High-Temperature Aromatic Copolyester Thermosets; James Economy and Kun Xu; Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801 (p. 9)



2:30-3:00: Hydrophilic Treatment of Inner Porous PTFE Implant Devices for Intractable Glaucoma; Hitoshi Iizuka1, Tadahiro Ikegame1, Izuru Nose2, William Lee2, Pascal Chapon2, Jean-Marie Parel2 and Masataka Murahara1; 1) Department of Electrical Engineering, Tokai University, 1117 Kitakaname Hiratsuka, Kanagawa 259-1292, JAPAN; 2) Ophthalmic Biophysics Center, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami School of Medicine, 900 NW 17th Street, Miami, FL. (p. 10)



3:00-3:30: COFFEE BREAK



3:30-4:00: Electrostatic Phenomena of Polyimide Langmuir-Blodgett Films: Spatial Charge Distribution and Electronic Density of States at the Nanometric Interface; Mitsumasa Iwamoto and Eiji Itoh; Department of Physical Electronics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 O-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8552, JAPAN (p. 11)



4:00-4:25: Development of Some Metal-Containing Polyimides for Optoelectronic Applications; Wai Kin Chan;Department of Chemistry, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, HONG KONG (p. 12)



4:25-4:50: Effect of Doping on the Thermal Stability and Electrical Conductivity of Polyaniline; Vandna Arora1, Ramadhar Singh2 and A. Mansingh; 1) Department of Physics & Astrophysics, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007, India; 2) National Physical Laboratory, Dr. K. S. Krishnan Road, New Delhi-110012, INDIA (p. 13)



4:50-5:15: Cryotreatment- An Effective Technique for Enhancement of Abrasive Wear Performance of High Temperature Engineering Polymers; J. Indumathi, Jayashree Bijwe and A. K. Ghosh1; Industrial Tribology, Machine Dynamics and Maintenance Engineering Centre (ITMMEC); 1) Centre for Polymer Science and Engineering (CPSE), Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi 110 016, INDIA (p. 14)



SESSION III: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1999



8:30-9:00: Thermal Conversion of Hydroxy-containing Imides to Benzoxazoles: Polymer and Model Compound Study; Lon J. Mathias, Gordon L. Tullos, Jason M. Powers and Stacy J. Jeskey; School of Polymer Science and Engineering, Polymers and High Performance Materials, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0076. (p. 15)



9:00-9:30: Synthesis of Hyperbranched Aromatic Polyamides and Polyimides from ABX Monomers; Masa-aki Kakimoto, Mitsutoshi Jikei, Gang Yang, Yuichi Ishida, Ken Fujii and Kazuhiro Yamanaka; Department of Organic and Polymeric Materials, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8552, JAPAN (p. 16)



9:30-10:00: Novel Approaches to Solubilizing Polyimides Without Sacrificing Thermal Properties; Lon J. Mathias, Hava Yagci, Gordon Tullos, Tina Grubb, Tara Smith, Cher Davis, and Victoria Ulery; School of Polymer Science and Engineering, Polymers and High Performance Materials, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0076. (p. 17)



10:00-10:30 COFFEE BREAK



10:30-10:55: Tetracarboxylic Bisimide-lactam Ring-contraction; a Route to Polylactamimides - Novel Class of Polymers with Intramolecular Charge Transfer; S. Fomine and L. Fomina; Instituto de Investigaciones en Materiales, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 70-360, CU, Coyoacán, México DF 04510, MEXICO (p.18)



10:55-11:20: Poly(4,4'-diphenylene)pyromellitimide in Highly Oriented State; Dmitri Likhatchev 1 and Sergei Chvalun2; 1) Instituto de Investigaciones en Materiales, UNAM, Apdo. Postal 70-360, Coyoacan, 04510, México D.F., MEXICO; 2) Karpov Institute of Physical Chemistry, Voronstsovo Pole, 10, Moscow 103064, RUSSIA (p. 19)



11:20-11:45: Thiazole Ring Based Poly(ether imide)s; Rama Dubey, L. D. Kandpal and G. N. Mathur; Defence Materials and Stores Research and Development Establishment DMSRDE, P.O., G. T. Road, Kanpur - 208013, INDIA (p. 20)



11:45-12:10: Synthesis of Fluorinated Polyimides; Sema Bajpai, Jyoti Srivastava, L. D. Kandpal and G. N. Mathur; Defence Materials and Stores Research and Development Establishment DMSRDE, P.O., G. T. Road, Kanpur - 208013, INDIA (p. 21)



12:10-1:30: LUNCH



SESSION IV: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1999



1:30-2:00: Preparation of Noble Metal Nanoclusters in a Polyimide Matrix by Vapor Phase Deposition; K.Behnke, V. Zaporojtchenko, and T. Strunskus ; Lehrstuhl für Materialverbunde, Technische Fakultät der CAU Kiel, Kaiserstr. 2, D-24143 Kiel, GERMANY (p. 22)



2:00-2:30: Measurements and Theoretical Estimations of Dielectric Properties of Polyimides; Rohit H. Vora1 , Huimin Wang1 and Tai-Shung Chung1,2; 1) Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE) Blk S7, Level 3, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, SINGAPORE 119260; 2) Department of Chemical Engineering, National University of Singapore, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, SINGAPORE 119260 (p. 23)



2:30-3:00: Residual Stress Evaluation of Aromatic Polyimide by X-ray Diffraction; Takashi Nishino, Masaru Kotera and Katsuhiko Nakamae; Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Kobe University, Rokko, Nada, Kobe 657-8501, JAPAN (p. 24)



3:00-3:30: COFFEE BREAK



3:30-4:00: Determination of Orthotropic Elasticity Coefficients and Coefficients of Thermal Expansion for Polyimide Coatings; Michael J. Chen1, Kapil C. Sheth2, and Richard J. Farris3; 1) DuPont Company, Experimental Station E302/126C, PO Box 80302, Wilmington, DE 19880; 2) GE Company, GE Plastics, 1 LEXAN Lane, Mt.Vernon, IN 47620; 3) University of Massachusetts Amherst, Polymer Science and Engineering Department, Amherst, MA 01003 (p. 25)



4:00-4:25: High Glass Transition Temperature Epoxies; A Chaplin, T J Davies, P Johncock, D A Jones, S J Shaw and G F Tudgey; Structural Materials Centre, Defence Evaluation and Research Agency, Farnborough, Hampshire, UK (p. 26)



4:25-4:50: Polyimides Doped With Copper Sulfide: Surface Conductive Films; R. V. A. Rowe1; E.C.Muniz1, L.T. Taylor2 and A. F. Rubira1; 1) Depto. de Química- Universidade Estadual de Marimgá- Maringá, PR-Brazil; 2) Department of Chemistry- Virginia Tech-Blacksburg-VA (p. 27)



4:50-5:15: Development of Bisitaconimide Pseudothermoplastic Resin; K. Gokul Chandra, T. Narender, K. Naveen Chandra, P. Ravi Sankar Reddy and K.V.C. Rao; ABR Research Laboratories, ABR Organics Limited, Shed No. 14 & 15, IDA Mallapur, Hyderabad - 500 076, Andhra Pradesh, INDIA. (p. 28)



SESSION V: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1999



8:30-9:00: The Photochemistry and Photophysics of Polyimides. The State of the Art?; David Creed; Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS 39406-5043 (p. 29)



9:00-9:30: UV Laser Micromachining of SU-8 Polyimide to Produce High Aspect Ratio Structures for MEMS; Dinesh Sood; Department of Materials Science & Engineering, RMIT University, 124 La Trobe Street, Melbourne 3000, AUSTRALIA (p. 30)



9:30-10:00: Synthesis of Novel Alicyclic Polyimides and Application for Liquid Crystal Alignment Layers; Hideyuki Nawata, Yoshikazu Ohtsuka, Kyoshi Sawahata, Takayasu Nihira, Hideo Suzuki and Hiroyoshi Fukuro, Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd., 722-1, Tsuboi-cho, Funabashi-shi, Chiba 274-8507, JAPAN (p. 31)



10:00-10:30: COFFEE BREAK



10:30-10:55: Dual Phase, Low Frequency Plasma Etching of Polyimide Films; Don Paquin, Jeff Dykhouse and Frank Hild; MetroLine/IPC, 2464 Tripaldi Way, Hayward, CA 94545 (p. 32)



10:55-11:20: Thermal and UV-laser Pyrolysis of Kapton: a Comparative Study; R. L. Wagner, and A. W. Fountain III, Photonics Research Center, Bldg. 753, Room B21F, (MADN-PRC), West Point, NY 10996-5000 (p. 33)



11:20-11:50: The Surface Properties of Polyimide Alignment Layers of Liquid Crystal Display; Jong-Duk Kim, Young-Mo Koo and Mu Hyun Kim; Department of Chem. Eng., KAIST, Kusong-dong, Yusong-gu, Taejon 305-701 KOREA (p. 34)



11:50-12:15: Siloxane- Polypyromellitimide Blends: Synthesis and Characterization; S. K. Nema, Atul Tewari, Shilpa Shrivastava and Madhu Dubey; Macromolecular Research Centre, Rani Durgawati University, Jabalpur-482 001 (M.P.), INDIA (p. 35)



12:15-1:30: LUNCH



SESSION VI: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1999



1:30-2:00: Modeling Adhesion at the Polyimide-Silica Interface; Tiffany Walsh, C. G. Harkins and Adrian P. Sutton; Materials Modelling Laboratory, Dept. of Materials, Oxford University, Parks Rd., Oxford, OX1 3PH, UK (p. 36)



2:00-2:30: Initial Stages of Polyimide Metallization; T. Strunskus, V. Zaporojtchenko, M. Kiene, K. Behnke, A. Thran, and F. Faupel; Lehrstuhl für Materialverbunde, Technische Fakultät der CAU Kiel, Kaiserstr. 2, D-24143 Kiel, GERMANY (p. 37)



2:30-3:00: Nucleation Growth and Aggregation of Gold on Polyimide Surfaces; Y. Travaly, L. Zhang, Y. Zhao, R. Pfeffer, K. Uhrich, F. Cosandey, E. Garfunkel and T. Madey; Laboratory for Surface Modification, Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854 (p. 38)



3:00-3:30: COFFEE BREAK



3:30-4:00: Controlled Coupling of Polyimide Precursors on Copper and Silicon Surfaces; Neville V. Richardson; School of Chemistry, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Fife, KY16 9ST, SCOTLAND (p.39)



4:00-4:30: Dynamic Mechanical Properties of Carbon-fiber-PMR-15 Polyimide Composites Containing Thermoplastic Polyimide Interphases; Jude O. Iroh and K. Jordan; Department of Materials Science and Engineering University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0012 (p. 40)



4:30-4:55: Behavior of Glass or Carbon Fiber Fabric Reinforced Polyetherimide after Natural and Accelerated Aging; J. Viña, M. A. Castrillo, A. Argüelles and I. Viña; Technical School of Industrial Engineering of Gijon, University of Oviedo, 33204 Gijon, Asturias, SPAIN (p. 41)



4:55-5:20: Physico-chemical Characterisation of Polypyromellitimide/polybisitaconimide Blends; Ajay Kumar Nema, Prakash Yadav and S. K. Nema; Macromolecular Research Centre, Rani Durgawati University, Jabalpur-482 001 (M.P.), INDIA (p. 42)