High-Performance Processable Aromatic Polyamides

Materials Science Centre, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India 

Keywords Aromatic polyamides, diamine, separation applications, melt processing, solution processing, hyperbranched 

In contrast to conventional polymeric materials, high performance polymeric materials are categorized by specific criteria, exhibit a number of interesting properties, such as high thermal stability. 

Vikas Mittal (ed.) High Performance Polymers and Engineering Plastics, (111-166) Scrivener Publishing LLC 

Since the commercialization of Nomex and Kevlai a great number of PAs have been reported that covers a wide rage of properties. However the properties of Kevlar , the PA fibre made from terephthalic acid and p-phenyle diamine are still unique in terms properties-price balance. Thus all the efforts dedicated to design and produce novel aromatic PAs have concentrated to improve the 

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