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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 February 2011
A series of polyimides prepared from BPDA-PDA and BTDA-PDA polyamic acid blends and the corresponding (BPDA-PDA)x-(BTDA-PDA)y copolymers have been investigated for the mechanical properties, the thermal expansion, and the residual stress in films cured on silicon wafers. To determine the effect of inclusion of a highly flexible chain segment into BPDA-PDA structure, a BPDA-PDA/BDAF copolyimide has also been characterized. The experimental data are correlated with the chemistry and the composition of the blends and the copolyimides.