Disclosed is a dianhydride having Formula I, and diamines having Formula IV and Formula VII

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In the formulas: Y is alkyl, silyl, ester, siloxane, oligosiloxane, polysiloxane, O, S, SO.sub.2, BR.sup.3, NR.sup.3, P(O)R.sup.3, unsubstituted or substituted carbocyclic aryl, or unsubstituted or substituted heteroaryl and deuterated analogs thereof; Ar.sup.2-Ar.sup.4 are the same or different and are carbocyclic aryl, heteroaryl, or substituted derivatives thereof; Q.sup.1 is a single bond, alkyl, silyl, ester, siloxane, oligosiloxane, polysiloxane, O, S, SO.sub.2, BR.sup.3, NR.sup.3, P(O)R.sup.3, unsubstituted or substituted carbocyclic aryl, or unsubstituted or substituted heteroaryl and deuterated analogs thereof; R.sup.1-R.sup.2 are the same or different at each occurrence and are F, CN, deuterium, alkyl, fluoroalkyl, unsubstituted or substituted carbocyclic aryl, unsubstituted or substituted heteroaryl, alkoxy, fluoroalkoxy, unsubstituted or substituted aryloxy, silyl, siloxy and deuterated analogs thereof; R.sup.3 is alkyl or unsubstituted or substituted carbocyclic aryl; a and b are the same or different and are an integer from 0-5; and c is 0 or 1.

The present disclosure provides a thin film material and a manufacturing method thereof. The manufacturing method of the thin film material comprises: a compound A and a first reactant reacting to form a compound B; the compound B and a second reactant reacting to form a compound C; the compound C and a third reactant reacting to form a polymer D; the polymer D reacting to obtain a mixture including a polymer F or a polymer H; and a solution including the polymer F or the polymer H forming the polymer F or the polymer H on a substrate.

A high temperature resistant polyimide film and its preparation method. The present invention relates to a polyimide film and its preparation method and solves the problems of honeycomb's and skin panel's core adhesive—polyimide film with insufficient heat resistance, no climbing of bonding core structure and adhesive fillet formation. The high temperature resistant polyimide film is made by polyimide solution, inorganic filler modifier and interface coupling agent by the steps of: under specific temperature and stirring conditions, adding inorganic filler modifier and interface coupling agent to polyimide solution, stirring to obtain the adhesive agent; filtering and degassing the adhesive agent, casting to a stainless steel drum with carrier cloth and release paper to obtain a self-supporting film; then heating and annealing to obtain the final polyimide film. The present invention is applied to high temperature resistant polyimide film and its preparation method.

A preparation method of a zeolite/polyimide composite membrane includes: synthesizing a zeolite-doped polyamic acid precursor casting solution by condensation polymerization synthesis; coating a substrate with the obtained casting solution, and obtaining a zeolite/polyamic acid composite porous membrane by non-solvent induced phase separation; and obtaining the zeolite/polyimide composite membrane by performing thermal imidization on the zeolite/polyamic acid composite porous membrane through gradient heating.

The present invention relates to a hydrophilic polyimide including at least one type of building blocks [A-B] and [A-C], and represented by the formula -[A-B].sub.n-[A-C].sub.m— (I), wherein: the n-bracketed building blocks and the m-bracketed building blocks are randomly distributed over the polyimide chain; repeat unit A results from a monomer comprising two carboxylic anhydride moieties, repeat unit B is hydrophilic and results from a first hydrophilic monomer comprising two primary amine moieties and at least one further hydrophilic moiety different from the primary amines, and repeat unit C is hydrophilic and results from a second hydrophilic monomer comprising two primary amine moieties and at least one further hydrophilic moiety different from the primary amines; wherein: n and m represent independently an integer from 0 to about 1000; wherein n+m is an integer from about 10 to about 1000.

The present invention also relates to a porous membrane comprising the same, a method of producing the hydrophilic polyimide and the porous membrane, a liquid phase separation system comprising the porous membrane, and a liquid phase separation method.

The present invention relates to a polymer having excellent liquid crystal alignment and electrical properties and thus is suitable for use as a liquid crystal alignment agent, a liquid crystal alignment agent containing the same, a liquid crystal aligning film formed from the liquid crystal alignment agent, and a liquid crystal display device containing the liquid crystal aligning film.

The present invention pertains to a porous polyimide film production method and a porous polyimide film produced using said method, said method including: a step (1) in which a poly(amic acid) solution comprising 40%-97% by mass organic polar solvent and 3%-60% by mass poly(amic acid) having an intrinsic viscosity, comprising tetracarboxylic acid units and diamine units, of 1.0-3.0 is cast in film form and immersed in or caused to come in contact with a coagulating solvent having water as an essential component thereof, and a porous film of poly(amic acid) is produced; and a step (2) in which the porous film of poly(amic acid) obtained in said step is heat treated and imidized. Shrinkage in the film longitudinal direction and transverse direction after heat treatment is suppressed to no more than 8% for each direction and the speed of temperature increase in a temperature range of at least 200° C. during the heat treatment is at least 25° C./min.

A liquid crystal alignment agent composition for producing a liquid crystal alignment film having enhanced alignment property and stability and a high voltage holding ratio, a method of producing a liquid crystal alignment film using the same, and a liquid crystal alignment film and a liquid crystal display device using the same, are provided.

A liquid crystal aligning agent composition for forming a liquid crystal alignment film that can exhibit excellent alignment and electrical characteristics and simultaneously having enhanced durability, a method for preparing a liquid crystal alignment film using the liquid crystal aligning agent composition, and a liquid crystal alignment film comprising an aligned and cured product of the liquid crystal aligning agent composition and a liquid crystal display device comprising the liquid crystal alignment film.

The present invention provides a production method of an organic compound, in which a reaction is performed between functional groups without using any solvents. The present invention relates to a production method of an organic compound, in which a reaction is performed between functional groups by using a mechanochemical effect.