Poly(arylene ether ketone)s composed of 1,8-diaroylenenaphthalene moiety, a non-coplanarly accumulated aromatic-rings unit, have been successfully synthesized via nucleophilic aromatic substitution polycondensation of 1,8-bis(4-fluorobenzoyl)-2,7-dimethoxynaphthalene with several arene diols under mild conditions. The polymers show high glass transition temperature (Tg), poor solubility and good film-forming ability by heat casting.
- Akiko Okamoto
- Daichi Hijikata
- Noriyuki Yonezawa
