High temperature polyarylene networks produced through the step-growth thermal cyclopolymerization of mono-ortho-diynylarene (MODA) and bis-ortho-diynylarene (BODA) monomers have been shown to produce high yielding glassy carbon once pyrolyzed at 1000 °C. In this study the homo- and co-polymerization of both monomers will be studied, and the effects of copolymer composition on the processability when applied to carbonization and carbon-carbon composites. The carbon products from these high temperature polymer matrices will also be characterized. MODA and BODA are prepared through a Sonogashira coupling reaction and are polymerized through a heat-initiated Bergman Cyclization reaction mechanism. This work seeks to show how BODA-MODA copolymers can attenuate current composite processing limitations, and improve mechanical properties while retaining high temperature properties including high carbon yields.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:MSSTATE/oai:scholarsjunction.msstate.edu:td-5198 |
| Date | 07 August 2020 |
| Creators | Tesfaye, Solomon |
| Publisher | Scholars Junction |
| Source Sets | Mississippi State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | Theses and Dissertations |
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