Contents
Preface IX
Section 1 Chemistry 1
Chapter 1 Polyimides Based on
4-4’-Diaminotriphenylmethane (DA-TPM) 3
C. Aguilar-Lugo, A.L. Perez-Martinez, D. Guzman-Lucero,
D. Likhatchev and L. Alexandrova
Chapter 2 BPDA-PDA Polyimide: Synthesis, Characterizations,
Aging and Semiconductor Device Passivation 15
S. Diaham, M.-L. Locatelli and R. Khazaka
Chapter 3 Hyperbranched Polyimides Prepared from
4,4′,4′′-Triaminotriphenylmethane and Mixed
Matrix Materials Based on Them 37
Evgenia Minko, Petr Sysel, Martin Spergl, Petra Slapakova
Section 2 Chemical and Physical Properties 63
Chapter 4 Chemical and Physical Properties of Polyimides:
Biomedical and Engineering Applications 65
Anton Georgiev, Dean Dimov, Erinche Spassova,
Jacob Assa, Peter Dineff and Gencho Danev
Section 3 Applications 85
Chapter 5 Controlling the Alignment of Polyimide
for Liquid Crystal Devices 87
Shie-Chang Jeng and Shug-June Hwang
Chapter 6 Fabrication of Polyimide Porous
Nanostructures for Low-k Materials 105
Takayuki Ishizaka and Hitoshi Kasai
Chapter 7 Novel Polyimide Materials Produced by Electrospinning 127