To improve the optical properties of polyimide (PI) films, we prepared two series of colorless transparent PIs from the dianhydride 4,4'-(hexafluoroisopropylidene)diphthalic anhydride (6FDA) and a diamine, either 2,2-bis(3-aminophenyl)hexafluoropropane (FDN) or 2,2-bis(3-amino-4-hydroxy-phenyl)hexafluoropropane (FDN-OH). Next, colorless PI (CPI) composite films were prepared by dispersing 0-1.00 wt % of organically modified clay (Cloisite 30B) in the intermediate poly(amic acid) (PAA) solution via solution intercalation, followed by imidization. The resultant CPI films had excellent optical transparency, which was achieved by reducing the charge-transfer effects by using a highly electronegative trifluoromethyl group and a kinked monomer structure. The thermal and mechanical properties, morphologies, and optical transparencies of the two as-synthesized CPI hybrid film series were investigated and compared. Electron microscopy observation of the two hybrid series revealed that the clay was well-dispersed with a nanoscale dispersion at all clay contents. However, agglomeration occurred at nanoclay loadings of 1.0 wt %. In addition, the effect of the presence of hydroxyl groups in the PI chain on various physical properties of the two CPI hybrids was also compared.
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