Abstract
The temperature required to induce cross-linking in typical benzocyclobutene-based thermosets is near 250 °C, which exceeds the use temperature of many chemical components. A new and versatile synthesis of BCB-functionalized monomers has allowed access to monomers that can be incorporated into a variety of macromolecular platforms to enable significantly reduced cure temperatures. Incorporation of BCB-functionalized comonomers in polystyrene and polynorbornene enabled insolublization of thin films by curing at only 120 °C for 1 h.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 3706-3715 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Macromolecules |
Volume | 49 |
Issue number | 10 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 24 2016 |
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