A polyimide luminescent material, a preparation method, and a used thereof are disclosed; the polyimide luminescent material includes a polyimide resin and a rare earth complex distributed in the polyimide resin, wherein the polyimide resin is a condensation polymer of an aromatic diamine containing a bidentate chelate ligand and an aromatic dianhydride, and the rare earth complex and the bidentate chelate ligand are connected by a chemical bond. The luminescent material has enhanced fluorescence intensity, thermal stability, and mechanical properties. The preparation method is simple and easy, and is suitable for industrial production.

A method of making polyetherimide comprising reacting a first diamine having four bonds between the amine groups, a second diamine having greater than or equal to five bonds between the amine groups, 4-halophthalic anhydride and 3-halophthalic in the presence of a solvent and a polymer additive to produce a mixture comprising 3,3′-bis(halophthalimide)s, 3,4′-bis(halophthalimide)s, 4,4′-bis(halophthalimide)s, solvent and the polymer additive wherein the molar ratio of 3-halophthalic anhydride to 4-halophthalic anhydride is 98:02 to 50:50 and the molar ratio of the first diamine to the second diamine is 98:02 to 02:98; and reacting the mixture with an alkali metal salt of a dihydroxy aromatic compound to produce a polyetherimide having a cyclics content less than or equal to 5 weight percent, based on the total weight of the polyetherimide, wherein the polymer additive dissolves in the solvent at the imidization reaction temperature and pressure.

An LED filament and an LED light bulb applying the same are provided. The LED filament includes a at least one LED section, wherein the at least one LED section comprises at least two LED chips electrically connected to each other through a first wire, and at least two conductive electrodes, wherein each of the at least two conductive electrodes is electrically connected to corresponding one of the at least one LED section; and a light conversion layer, covering the at least one LED section and a portion of each of the at least two conductive electrodes, a portion of the first wire is exposed outside the light conversion layer.

The present disclosure relates to a method for manufacturing a polyimide film and a polyimide film manufactured thereby. In one embodiment, the method for preparing a polyimide film includes: preparing a polyamic acid by polymerizing a mixture containing an aromatic diamine and an aromatic acid dianhydride; preparing a first composition containing the polyamic acid, an amine-based catalyst, an acid anhydride-based dehydrating agent, and a solvent; and forming a polyimide film at 150° C. or less using the first composition, wherein the first composition contains the amine-based catalyst and the acid anhydride-based dehydrating agent in a molar ratio of 1:2 to 1:5.

Embodiments in accordance with the present invention encompass polyamic acid or polyimide polymers containing a reactive maleimide end group as well as photosensitive compositions made therefrom which are useful for forming films that can be patterned to create structures for microelectronic devices, microelectronic packaging, microelectromechanical systems, optoelectronic devices and displays. In some embodiments the compositions of this invention are shown to feature excellent hitherto unachievable mechanical properties. The negative images formed therefrom exhibit improved thermo-mechanical properties, among other property enhancements.

In a first aspect, a single layer polymer film includes 60 to 99 wt % of a crosslinked polyimide, having a gel fraction in the range of from 20 to 100% and a refractive index of 1.74 or less, and 1 to 40 wt % of a colorant. A surface of the single layer polymer film has been textured and has a maximum roughness (S.sub.pv) of 6 μm or more, an L* color of 30 or less and a 60° gloss of 15 or less. In a second aspect, a coverlay for a printed circuit board includes the single layer polymer film of the first aspect. In third and fourth aspects, processes are disclosed for forming a single layer polymer film including a crosslinked polyimide film including a dianhydride and a diamine.

Disclosed herein are a highly thick polyimide film that contains a reduced number of bubbles therein and exhibits high elasticity and high heat resistance, and a manufacturing method therefor. The polyimide film is obtained by imidizing a poly(amic acid) solution containing an acid dianhydride component including 3,3′,4,4′-benzophenonetetracarboxylic dianhydride (BTDA), 3,3′,4,4′-biphenyltetracarboxylic dianhydride (BPDA), and pyromellitic dianhydride (PMDA), and a diamine component including 4,4′-oxydianiline (ODA), para-phenylenediamine (p-phenylenediamine, PPD), and 3,5-diaminobenzoic acid (DABA), and contains a phosphorus (P)-based compound.

Provided herein is a method for manufacturing a polyimide film, the method including the steps of: preparing a polyamic acid solution; preparing a polyamic acid composition by adding a dehydrating agent and an imidizing catalyst to the polyamic acid solution; and applying the polyamic acid to a support to form a film, followed by thermosetting the film in a heater, wherein the thermosetting step comprises a first heating step, a second heating step, and a third heating step, each of the first, the second, and the third step being carried out in a processing temperature range of 100° C. to 550° C.

A transparent polyimide film, prepared from a copolymerized polyamide acid according to a chemical cyclization method, is provided. The copolymerized polyamide acid requires at least a semi-aromatic polyamide acid, and the semi-aromatic polyamide acid is formed by reacting cyclobutane-1,2,3,4-tetracarboxylic dianhydride (CBDA) and 2,2′-bis(trifluoromethyl)diaminodiphenyl (TFMB). The molar number of dianhydrides of the semi-aromatic polyamide acid is more than 20% of the total molar number of anhydrides of the copolymerized polyamide acid, so that the transparent polyimide film has a light transmittance greater than 80%, a chroma b* less than 5, and a CTE less than 35 ppm/° C.

Disclosed herein are a polyimide film for graphite sheets, a method of fabricating the same, and a graphite sheet fabricated using the same. The polyimide film is fabricated by imidizing a polyamic acid formed by reaction between a dianhydride monomer and a diamine monomer, wherein the reaction is carried out in the presence of a metal compound and the polyamic acid forms a chelate with metal ions.