Thermoplastic and soluble in organic solvents polyetherimide is of great interest for the creation of heat-resistant composite materials with high physical and mechanical properties. In recent decades, the main scientific approaches to the synthesis of polyimides with the ability to process from melt and solutions in organic solvents have been developed. According to this methodology, the glass transition temperature of rigid-chain polyimides is reduced by increasing the flexibility of the main polymer chain and/or by reducing the intermolecular interaction.
Evolution of fine organic synthesis is one of the priority directions of development of chemical technology. Chemistry of high-molecular compounds is the subject of research by various domestic and foreign scientists. This interest is due to the prospects for the use of materials for industrial purposes. The polyetherimide contains various aromatic, heterocyclic and cycloaliphatic groups and systems in its chain. This article describes the main approaches to the creation of polymers with improved, compared with polyimides, technological properties and prospects for their application in the production of filled composite materials based on them. The paper presents the properties of the materials under consideration as a justification for the creation of heat-resistant composite materials.
POLYETHERIMIDE FOR CREATION OF HEAT-RESISTANT POLYMERIC COMPOSITE MATERIALS WITH HIGH PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES